SUNY Cortland
2-0Empire 8 · Stadium Red Field · 6,500
LastW 26–0 at Union · Sat Sep 12
Nextvs Hartwick · Sat Sep 19 · 12 pm ET · Stadium Red Field · series 4-0, won the last 4
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5 | #466 | #474 | — | @Grove City | W 28–18 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #465 | #509 | — | @Union | W 26–0 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #461 | #634 | Hartwick | ||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #461 | #604 | SUNY Morrisville | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | @Utica | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | @Alfred | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | St. John Fisher | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | Alfred State | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Brockport | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | Ithaca (N) |
Game Week
4d 16h
until kickoff · vs Hartwick · Sat Sep 19 · 12 pm ET
Cortland is the national champion that won the 2023 Stagg Bowl and owns the most iconic rivalry in Division III — the Cortaca Jug against Ithaca, the biggest little game in America.
Fans here believe cortland's chip is earned: beat #1 North Central 38–37 in the 2023 Stagg Bowl to win the national championship, proving a small SUNY program could do what the big boys couldn't.
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 8-3 · last season
✓ measured from 11 games · ranks are among Empire 8 teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
SUNY Cortland has won three of its last five.
Mixed. 8-2 over the last 10, and won the last two.
Next Sep 19
vs Hartwick · at home
Outcome band · SUNY Cortland · 2026
Outcome band · SUNY Cortland · 2026SUNY Cortland's most likely season is 2-10 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 5-7.
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 day
Cortland is the national champion that won the 2023 Stagg Bowl and owns the most iconic rivalry in Division III — the Cortaca Jug against Ithaca, the biggest little game in America.
Playoff path
SUNY Cortland sits 4th in the Empire 8 Conference and 33rd of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — inside the projected 40-team field on the at-large math.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alfred State | 1-0 | 2-0 | 57.8 |
| 2 | Utica | 0-0 | 2-0 | 71.1 |
| 3 | St. John Fisher | 0-0 | 2-0 | 68.6 |
| 4 | SUNY Cortland | 0-0 | 2-0 | 66.7 |
| 5 | SUNY Morrisville | 0-0 | 1-1 | 54.4 |
| 6 | Brockport | 0-0 | 1-1 | 43.4 |
| 7 | Hartwick | 0-0 | 1-1 | 40.2 |
| 8 | Hilbert | 0-1 | 0-2 | 34.3 |
Win the Empire 8 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.
Recruiting buzz
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.