Merchant Marine Academy
2-0NEWMAC · Brooks Stadium (NY) · 2,000
LastW 63–14 vs Nichols · Sat Sep 12
Nextvs Norwich · Sat Sep 26 · 1 pm ET · Brooks Stadium (NY) · series 4-0, won the last 4
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 3 | #525 | #575 | — | @Montclair State | W 41–24 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #531 | #656 | — | Nichols | W 63–14 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 26 | #533 | #657 | Norwich | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | @MIT | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @SUNY Maritime | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | Salve Regina | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | Springfield | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @WPI | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | Coast Guard (N) |
Game Week
11 days
until kickoff · vs Norwich · Sat Sep 26 · 1 pm ET
The Mariners of Kings Point, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy's NEWMAC program, where future ship's officers play Division III football as a fourth service academy and meet Coast Guard for the Secretaries Cup.
Kings Point is the forgotten service academy — every midshipman ships out to sea, yet the football team plays in front of crowds a fraction the size of Army and Navy.
The season in chapters
What fans said
W 63–14 vs Nichols
Real posts from the day of the game, chosen by community score · usernames not shown
What it is like to watch them2025 · 8-2 · last season
✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among NEWMAC teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Merchant Marine Academy has won five straight.
Hot. 8-2 over the last 10, and won the last five.
Next Sep 26
vs Norwich · at home
Outcome band · Merchant Marine Academy · 2026
Outcome band · Merchant Marine Academy · 2026Merchant Marine Academy'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
The Mariners of Kings Point, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy's NEWMAC program, where future ship's officers play Division III football as a fourth service academy and meet Coast Guard for the Secretaries Cup.
Playoff path
Merchant Marine Academy sits 2nd in the NEWMAC and 11th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — in the projected field with a seedable rating.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salve Regina | 0-0 | 2-0 | 74.5 |
| 2 | Merchant Marine | 0-0 | 2-0 | 69.7 |
| 3 | MIT | 0-0 | 2-0 | 68.9 |
| 4 | Springfield | 0-0 | 2-0 | 64.5 |
| 5 | Norwich | 0-0 | 1-1 | 46.8 |
| 6 | SUNY Maritime | 0-0 | 1-1 | 44.6 |
| 7 | WPI | 0-0 | 1-1 | 41.3 |
| 8 | Coast Guard | 0-0 | 1-1 | 41.1 |
Win the NEWMAC 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.