Coastal Athletic New Hampshire

Record2-7through 9 games
Nextvs Rhode IslandSat Nov 7 · 1 pm ET

The rest of the season

Three real tests left: Stony Brook 23%, Rhode Island 25%, Maine 49%

Win out 3% · expect 1.0 of 3 more wins

New Hampshire's chance to win each game left, from our model: Rhode Island 25%, Stony Brook 23%, Maine 49%

Bar height is our model’s chance in each game left. Dashed line: 50%.

LeadersPassing Brooks Bentley 1,364 · Rushing Jocquez Smith 476 · Receiving Ja'Carree Kelly 405 All player stats

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Updated Wed Nov 4 · through week 8

Schedule and results

New Hampshire · 2026 schedule and results2-7Balanced slateAverage opponent win rate 56% · 0 opponents played so far are in the AP top 25 now.
WkDateOpponentResultRecordConfTop performers
1Aug 28@UAlbanyL 14-280-10-1Pass Bentley 230 · Rush Thomason 53 · Rec Kelly 123
1Sep 5@SyracuseL 3-66 77New Hampshire lost 3-66 at Syracuse. Chance to win started at 1%, low under 1%, high 2%.0-20-1Pass Bentley 75 · Rush Smith 64 · Rec Thomason 53
2Sep 12StonehillW 42-35New Hampshire won 42-35 vs Stonehill. Chance to win started at 89%, low 64%, high better than 99%.1-20-1Pass Bentley 195 · Rush Smith 122 · Rec Kelly 78
3Sep 19HarvardL 7-31New Hampshire lost 7-31 vs Harvard. Chance to win started at 19%, low under 1%, high 33%.1-30-1Pass Bentley 186 · Rush Smith 50 · Rec Carlson 56
4Sep 26@Sacred HeartL 13-20New Hampshire lost 13-20 at Sacred Heart. Chance to win started at 31%, low 2%, high 44%.1-40-2Pass Bentley 81 · Rush Smith 107 · Rec Ramshaw 32
5Oct 3ElonW 30-23New Hampshire won 30-23 vs Elon. Chance to win started at 41%, low 34%, high better than 99%.2-41-2Pass Bentley 301 · Rush Thomason 36 · Rec Kelly 82
6Oct 10@North Carolina A&TL 27-302-51-3Pass Bentley 267 · Rush Smith 76 · Rec Perez 136
7Oct 17MonmouthL 21-42New Hampshire lost 21-42 vs Monmouth. Chance to win started at 36%, low under 1%, high 36%.2-61-4Pass McLeish 178 · Rush Thomason 70 · Rec Carlson 62
8Oct 24@MerrimackL 17-24New Hampshire lost 17-24 at Merrimack. Chance to win started at 42%, low under 1%, high 83%.2-71-4Pass McLeish 318 · Rush Smith 16 · Rec Ricketti 155
9Bye week
10Nov 7Rhode Island1 pm ET25% to win
11Nov 14Stony Brook1 pm ET23% to win
12Nov 21@Maine1 pm ET49% to win
How to read this table

Win chances are our model for New Hampshire, through 9 games. This week's game comes from the playoff simulation, later games from the rating model. They are estimates and move every week.

The small line beside each score is the team's win chance through the game, drawn on one scale for every game. The small number is total plays.

Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, big plays)▼
DateOppResultYdsTOTOPEPA/playSuccess%Big plays (IsoPPP)Note
Oct 24@MerrimackL 17-24———+0.06637.1%1.50One-score loss
Oct 17MonmouthL 21-42———−0.05032.7%1.43
Oct 10@North Carolina A&TL 27-30———+0.00532.4%1.57Most explosive
Oct 3ElonW 30-23———+0.13044.4%0.97Best success rate
Sep 26@Sacred HeartL 13-20———−0.03329.2%1.39One-score loss
Sep 19HarvardL 7-31———−0.29728.9%1.32Season-low EPA/play
Sep 12StonehillW 42-35———+0.28343.4%1.46Season-high EPA/play
Sep 5@SyracuseL 3-66———−0.25627.0%0.89Defense's roughest night
Aug 28@UAlbanyL 14-28———+0.04932.1%1.41
Season average (9 games)——−0.01234.1%1.33

Ahead

The forecast

The games that decide the season

The games that decide the season

Sat Nov 7Next: Rhode Islandvs Rhode Island · at home

Recent form · last 10 games

New Hampshire has won one of its last five.

2-8 over the last 10, and lost the last three.

Streak L3Last 5 · 1-4Last 10 · 2-8

Range of outcomes · New Hampshire · 2026

New Hampshire’s most common regular-season record in our model is 3-9. Most outcomes (97%) land from 2-10 to 4-8.

Regular-season wins: chance of each total, from the game chances above

2 wins 30%; 3 wins 47%; 4 wins 21%; 5 wins 3%
What a title game and a playoff run could add
Floor2-10Sub-.500 season. Playoff bid out of reach.
Base3-9Mid-table finish. Conference title a stretch.
Ceiling5-7Conference title race. Playoff bid in play.

Bars are the chance of each regular-season win total, from our model's chance in each game left, through 9 games. Paler bars are the outer 10% at each end. The closed row comes from the season-path projection, which also plays out conference title games and the FCS playoff.

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Worth watchingGames average 53 combined points, even games

What it is like to watch them2026 · 2-7

Game feel53even gamescombined pts / game6th highest-scoring of 13 in the Coastal Athletic
Heart rate2-3some dramain one-score games (5 of 9)4th most one-score games of 13 in the Coastal Athletic
Margin−13.9outgunnedavg scoring margin11th best margin of 13 in the Coastal Athletic
Big plays1.33some popexplosiveness (IsoPPP)5th most explosive of 13 in the Coastal Athletic
Home crowd6,185avg attendance4th biggest crowds of 13 in the Coastal Athletic

Measured from 9 games · ranks are among Coastal Athletic teams the same season

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

New Hampshire is 2-7 and hosts Rhode Island next.

2026 Record2-7
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The experience

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