Dean College
0-2MSCAC · Dale Lippert Field · 1,500
LastL 0–70 at Mass Maritime · Sat Sep 12
Nextat Westfield State · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET · Alumni Field (Westfield, MA) · series 0-1
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5 | #668 | #615 | — | Fitchburg State | L 26–35 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #668 | #581 | — | @Mass Maritime | L 0–70 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #668 | #626 | @Westfield State | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | @Plymouth State | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | Gallaudet | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | Bridgewater State | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | Worcester State | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @UMass Dartmouth | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | Framingham State |
Game Week
4d 18h
until kickoff · at Westfield State · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET
The Bulldogs of Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts — once a junior college, now a four-year program that won an ECFC title in 2019, playing scrappy small-college football at Dale Lippert Field.
Dean won the ECFC in 2019 — and still gets dismissed as a former junior college that doesn't belong in four-year football.
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 0-10 · last season
✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among MSCAC teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Dean College has lost five straight.
Hibernating. 0-10 over the last 10, and lost the last ten.
Next Sep 19
vs Westfield State · away
Outcome band · Dean College · 2026
Outcome band · Dean College · 2026Dean College's most likely season is 0-12 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 3-9.
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
The Bulldogs of Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts — once a junior college, now a four-year program that won an ECFC title in 2019, playing scrappy small-college football at Dale Lippert Field.
Playoff path
Dean College sits 8th in the MSCAC and 211th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bridgewater State | 1-0 | 2-0 | 65.0 |
| 2 | UMass Dartmouth | 1-0 | 1-1 | 58.0 |
| 3 | Mass Maritime | 1-0 | 2-0 | 55.1 |
| 4 | Worcester State | 1-0 | 1-1 | 39.0 |
| 5 | Fitchburg State | 1-1 | 1-1 | 47.9 |
| 6 | Framingham State | 0-0 | 1-0 | 67.8 |
| 7 | Westfield State | 0-1 | 0-2 | 33.0 |
| 8 | Dean | 0-2 | 0-2 | 30.7 |
Win the MSCAC 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.