Ithaca College

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Liberty League · Butterfield Stadium · 5,000

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs Hilbert · our model 86% Ithaca College · a number, not a pick

LastW 27–3 vs Alfred · Sat Sep 12

Nextvs Hilbert · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET · Butterfield Stadium · series 1-0

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Ithaca College · 2026 schedule & results1-1
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 5#485#453@Johns HopkinsL 21–300-10-0
2Sep 12#484#564AlfredW 27–31-10-0
3Sep 19#486#660Hilbert
4Sep 26#486#611St. Lawrence
5Oct 3@Hobart
6Oct 10Rochester (NY)
8Oct 24@Union
9Oct 31@Buffalo State
10Nov 7Rensselaer
11Nov 14SUNY Cortland (N)

Game Week

4d 17h

until kickoff · vs Hilbert · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

The Bombers — a three-time NCAA Division III national champion, most recently in 1991 — and the leaders of the Cortaca Jug against Cortland, a rivalry that has packed Yankee Stadium and MetLife and set Division III attendance records.

Title DroughtSince 1991 · 35 yrs

Cortland holds the recent edge and the all-time Jug lead; Ithaca answers with three national titles and a stage — Yankee Stadium — most of the country will never see.

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The season in chapters

What it is like to watch them2025 · 8-2 · last season

Game feel43even gamescombined pts / game5th highest-scoring of 7 in the Liberty League
Heart rate4-1white-knucklein one-score games (5 of 10)1st most one-score games of 7 in the Liberty League
Margin+13.5comfortableavg scoring margin2nd best margin of 7 in the Liberty League

✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among Liberty League teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Ithaca College has won four of its last five.

Warming. 8-2 over the last 10, and won the last one.

Streak W1Last 5 · 4-1Last 10 · 8-2
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Hilbert · at home

Outcome band · Ithaca College · 2026

Ithaca College's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.

Floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base1-11Mid-table finish.
Ceiling4-8Conference 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 Bombers — a three-time NCAA Division III national champion, most recently in 1991 — and the leaders of the Cortaca Jug against Cortland, a rivalry that has packed Yankee Stadium and MetLife and set Division III attendance records.

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

Ithaca College sits 5th in the Liberty League and 150th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

Liberty League · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Hobart0-02-058.0
2Rochester (NY)0-01-157.6
3St. Lawrence0-01-155.8
4Rensselaer0-01-151.2
5Ithaca0-01-141.8
6Union0-00-240.4
7Buffalo State0-00-225.1
41.8 CFB Zeitgeist#150 of 229 D338.6 strength of schedule

Win the Liberty League 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 Bombers.”
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