Elon

2-1

Coastal Athletic · Rhodes Stadium · 14,000 · 4,667 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs Sacred Heart · our model 77% Elon · a number, not a pick

LastL 10–31 at Rhode Island · Sat Sep 12 · Dillon Pardue 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 6 tackles

Nextvs Sacred Heart · Sat Sep 19 · 6 pm ET · Rhodes Stadium · first meeting on record

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Elon · 2026 schedule & results2-1
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Aug 27#215#372Glenville StateW 42–71-00-0
1Sep 5#215#250-32.5@DavidsonW 38–02-00-0
2Sep 12#184#108+8.5@Rhode IslandL 10–312-10-1
3Sep 19#179#215Sacred Heart
4Sep 26#179#210Maine
5Oct 3@New Hampshire
6Oct 10Wofford
7Oct 17@Stanford
9Oct 31@North Carolina A&T
10Nov 7Hampton
11Nov 14Campbell
12Nov 21@Towson
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)
DateOppResultYdsTOTOPEPA/playSuccess%Explosive%Note
Sep 12@Rhode IslandL 10–31-0.07535.8%116.1%Season-low EPA/play
Sep 5@DavidsonW 38–0+0.13650.8%105.7%Best success rate
Aug 27Glenville StateW 42–7+0.23449.4%123.4%Season-high EPA/play
Season average (3 games)+0.09845.3%115.1%

Game Week

4d 22h

until kickoff · vs Sacred Heart · Sat Sep 19 · 6 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Elon is the Phoenix that quietly became the CAA's most consistent mid-tier winner — three FCS playoff appearances, 22 conference wins in four years, still waiting for the breakout season that gets them heard.

Title DroughtSince 2018 · 8 yrs

The fanbase says Elon has beaten 16 top-25 programs and won more CAA games than almost anyone in the 2020s, and national media still treats them like a scheduling afterthought — they believe the small…

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The season in chapters

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

Game feel54even gamescombined pts / game7th highest-scoring of 14 in the Coastal Athletic
Heart rate2-2some dramain one-score games (4 of 12)10th most one-score games of 14 in the Coastal Athletic
Margin+4.0comfortableavg scoring margin4th best margin of 14 in the Coastal Athletic
Big plays1.38highlight reelexplosiveness (IsoPPP)2nd most explosive of 14 in the Coastal Athletic
Home crowd6,706avg attendance4th biggest crowds of 14 in the Coastal Athletic

✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among Coastal Athletic teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Elon has won four of its last five.

Warming. 5-5 over the last 10, and lost the last one.

Streak L1Last 5 · 4-1Last 10 · 5-5
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Sacred Heart · at home

Outcome band · Elon · 2026

Elon's most likely season is 2-10 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 5-7.

Floor0-12Sub-.500 season. Playoff bid out of reach.
Base2-10Mid-table finish. Conference title a stretch.
Ceiling5-7Conference title race. Playoff bid in play.

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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Elon is the Phoenix that quietly became the CAA's most consistent mid-tier winner — three FCS playoff appearances, 22 conference wins in four years, still waiting for the breakout season that gets them heard.

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.

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