Franklin & Marshall
2-0Centennial · Shadek Stadium · 2,500
LastW 45–8 at Westminster (PA) · Sat Sep 12
Nextat Catholic · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET · Cardinal Stadium (DC) · series 1-0
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 4 | #502 | #541 | — | Lebanon Valley | W 31–7 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #503 | #494 | — | @Westminster (PA) | W 45–8 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #495 | #615 | @Catholic | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | Gettysburg | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @Muhlenberg | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | Dickinson | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | Ursinus | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @McDaniel | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | Carnegie Mellon | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | @Johns Hopkins |
Game Week
4d 17h
until kickoff · at Catholic · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET
Franklin & Marshall just made its first NCAA Division III playoff appearance in program history in 2025 — a breakthrough that rewrites what a 15-conference-championship school thought it could be.
Fans here believe the chip is the record itself: 15 conference titles with zero NCAA playoff appearances. F&M was the program everyone underestimated, and 2025 is the proof of disrespect.
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 9-2 · last season
✓ measured from 11 games · ranks are among Centennial teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Franklin & Marshall has won four of its last five.
Warming. 9-1 over the last 10, and won the last two.
Next Sep 19
vs Catholic · away
Outcome band · Franklin & Marshall · 2026
Outcome band · Franklin & Marshall · 2026Franklin & Marshall'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
Franklin & Marshall just made its first NCAA Division III playoff appearance in program history in 2025 — a breakthrough that rewrites what a 15-conference-championship school thought it could be.
Playoff path
Franklin & Marshall sits 3rd in the Centennial Conference and 64th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — on the at-large bubble — the conference title is the surer route.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ursinus | 0-0 | 2-0 | 68.6 |
| 2 | Dickinson | 0-0 | 1-1 | 67.9 |
| 3 | Franklin & Marshall | 0-0 | 2-0 | 59.5 |
| 4 | Muhlenberg | 0-0 | 1-1 | 52.7 |
| 5 | Gettysburg | 0-0 | 1-1 | 51.8 |
| 6 | Johns Hopkins | 0-0 | 1-1 | 47.3 |
| 7 | McDaniel | 0-0 | 1-1 | 46.6 |
Win the Centennial 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.