Liberty League Ithaca College

Record7-1through 8 games
Nextvs RensselaerSat Nov 7 · 1 pm ET
The model#54 among Division III teams

Updated Wed Nov 4 · through week 9

Schedule and results

Ithaca College · 2026 schedule and results7-1Soft slateAverage opponent win rate 31%.
WkDateOpponentResultRecordConfTop performers
1Sep 5@Johns HopkinsL 21-300-10-0
2Sep 12AlfredW 27-31-10-0
3Sep 19HilbertW 76-62-10-0
4Sep 26St. LawrenceW 66-03-11-0
5Oct 3@HobartW 27-204-12-0
6Oct 10Rochester (NY)W 36-05-13-0
7Bye week
8Oct 24@UnionW 35-146-14-0
9Oct 31@Buffalo StateW 65-147-15-0
10Nov 7Rensselaer1 pm ET62% to win
11Nov 14SUNY Cortland (N)1 pm ET35% to win
How to read this table

Win chances are our model for Ithaca College, through 8 games. This week's game comes from the playoff simulation, later games from the rating model. They are estimates and move every week.

Ahead

The forecast

The games that decide the season

The games that decide the season

Sat Nov 7Next: Rensselaervs Rensselaer · at home

Recent form · last 10 games

Ithaca College has won seven straight.

9-1 over the last 10, and won the last seven.

Streak W7Last 5 · 5-0Last 10 · 9-1

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Worth watchingGames average 55 combined points, shootouts

What it is like to watch them2026 · 7-1

Game feel55shootoutscombined pts / game2nd highest-scoring of 7 in the Liberty League
Heart rate1-0some dramain one-score games (1 of 8)4th most one-score games of 7 in the Liberty League
Margin+33.2comfortableavg scoring margin1st best margin of 7 in the Liberty League

Measured from 8 games · ranks are among Liberty League teams the same season

Team storyThe story of this team right now, in one line.
The weekly grind

Ithaca College is 7-1 and hosts Rensselaer next.

Standard GapA national-champion pedigree measured against the long gap since the…
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Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

Ithaca College is 7-1 and hosts Rensselaer next.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.

Ithaca College sits 1st in the Liberty League and 44th of 245 in the CFB Zeitgeist — on the at-large bubble — the conference title is the surer route.

Liberty League · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Ithaca5-07-163.4
2Rensselaer4-06-260.6
3Hobart3-25-357.6
4Union2-24-452.0
5Rochester (NY)1-33-545.3
6St. Lawrence0-42-641.6
7Buffalo State0-41-735.9
63.4 CFB Zeitgeist#44 of 245 D344.8 strength of schedule1 quality win

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
The 2026 season · 7-1
L 21-30 at Johns Hopkins · Wk 1−9Johns HoW 27-3 vs Alfred · Wk 2+24AlfredW 76-6 vs Hilbert · Wk 3+70HilbertW 66-0 vs St. Lawrence · Wk 4+66St. LawrW 27-20 at Hobart · Wk 5+7HobartW 36-0 vs Rochester (NY) · Wk 6+36RochesteW 35-14 at Union · Wk 8+21UnionW 65-14 at Buffalo State · Wk 9+51Buffalo

Signature win 76-6 over Hilbert; toughest day 21-30 against Johns Hopkins.

CFB Zeitgeist “Go Bombers.”
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