College Of New Jersey

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New Jersey · Lions Stadium · 6,000

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat Juniata · our model 51% College Of New Jersey · a number, not a pick

LastL 8–28 at Wilkes · Sat Sep 12

Nextat Juniata · Sat Sep 26 · 1 pm ET · Knox Stadium · series 1-0

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

College Of New Jersey · 2026 schedule & results0-2
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 5#551#544LycomingL 7–170-10-0
2Sep 12#558#512@WilkesL 8–280-20-0
4Sep 26#568#658@Juniata
5Oct 3Salisbury
6Oct 10Vermont State Castleton
7Oct 17@William Paterson
8Oct 24@Rowan
9Oct 31Montclair State
10Nov 7@Christopher Newport
11Nov 14Kean

Game Week

11 days

until kickoff · at Juniata · Sat Sep 26 · 1 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

The Lions of The College of New Jersey in Ewing — once Trenton State College, a founding member of the New Jersey Athletic Conference since 1957, playing public-school football at Lions Stadium.

Standard GapA respected New Jersey public university grinding in the deep NJAC, wher…

TCNJ has been an NJAC charter member since 1957 as Trenton State — a real New Jersey football program that gets overlooked in a conference of heavyweights.

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The season in chapters

Ahead
Sat Sep 26Next: Juniataat Juniata · on the road

What it is like to watch them2025 · 6-4 · last season

Game feel46rock fightscombined pts / game7th highest-scoring of 8 in the New Jersey
Heart rate1-1some dramain one-score games (2 of 10)6th most one-score games of 8 in the New Jersey
Margin+7.0competitiveavg scoring margin4th best margin of 8 in the New Jersey

✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among New Jersey teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

College Of New Jersey has lost five straight.

Hibernating. 4-6 over the last 10, and lost the last five.

Streak L5Last 5 · 0-5Last 10 · 4-6
The forecast

Next Sep 26

vs Juniata · away

Outcome band · College Of New Jersey · 2026

College Of New Jersey's most likely season is 0-12 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 3-9.

Floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base0-12Mid-table finish.
Ceiling3-9Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.

No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.

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Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

The Lions of The College of New Jersey in Ewing — once Trenton State College, a founding member of the New Jersey Athletic Conference since 1957, playing public-school football at Lions Stadium.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.
DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

College Of New Jersey sits 7th in the New Jersey Conference and 208th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

New Jersey · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Christopher Newport0-02-067.4
2Salisbury0-01-064.0
3Montclair State0-01-156.5
4Rowan0-01-153.5
5Kean0-01-146.9
6Vermont State Castleton0-01-142.7
7The College of New Jersey0-00-232.2
8William Paterson0-00-130.5
32.2 CFB Zeitgeist#208 of 229 D354.3 strength of schedule

Win the New Jersey Conference for the automatic berth into the 40-team NCAA Division III bracket. Miss it and the path is an at-large bid, selected by NPI — the metric the CFB Index mirrors. Six wins survive the bracket to the Stagg Bowl.

Source: CFB Zeitgeist — conference records + NPI-style rating from 2026 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected
Recruiting buzzWhat fans say about the incoming class right now.

Community pulse

No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.

CFB Zeitgeist · team-pages synth v1.0 “Go Lions.”
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