Plymouth State University

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MSCAC · Charles L. Currier Memorial Field · 3,000

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs Bridgewater State · our model 54% Plymouth State University · a number, not a pick

LastL 6–28 at Worcester State · Sat Sep 12

Nextvs Bridgewater State · Sat Sep 19 · 12 pm ET · Charles L. Currier Memorial Field · series 3-1, won the last 2

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Plymouth State University · 2026 schedule & results1-1
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 5#519New England CollegeW 28–141-00-0
2Sep 12#477#610@Worcester StateL 6–281-10-1
3Sep 19#489#542Bridgewater State
4Sep 26#490#586@Mass Maritime
5Oct 3Dean
6Oct 10Framingham State
8Oct 24Westfield State
9Oct 31@Framingham State
10Nov 7@Fitchburg State
11Nov 14UMass Dartmouth

Game Week

4d 16h

until kickoff · vs Bridgewater State · Sat Sep 19 · 12 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Plymouth State is the New Hampshire Panther with 55 years of football history and a remarkable co-head coaching structure (since 2020) under Castonia and Zeman, a program that broke through to a 2017 MASCAC title and won New England Bowl championships (2021, 2024).

Title DroughtSince 2017 · 9 yrs

Fans here believe plymouth State won a MASCAC title (2017) and a New England Bowl (2021); nobody outside New England knows it. The chip is the invisibility of success.

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The season in chapters

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

Game feel57shootoutscombined pts / game2nd highest-scoring of 10 in the MSCAC
Heart rate4-1some dramain one-score games (5 of 10)4th most one-score games of 10 in the MSCAC
Margin+9.6comfortableavg scoring margin1st best margin of 10 in the MSCAC

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

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Plymouth State University has won three of its last five.

Mixed. 7-3 over the last 10, and lost the last one.

Streak L1Last 5 · 3-2Last 10 · 7-3
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Bridgewater State · at home

Outcome band · Plymouth State University · 2026

Plymouth State University'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

Plymouth State is the New Hampshire Panther with 55 years of football history and a remarkable co-head coaching structure (since 2020) under Castonia and Zeman, a program that broke through to a 2017 MASCAC title and won New England Bowl championships (2021, 2024).

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

Plymouth State University sits 9th in the MSCAC and 229th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

MSCAC · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Bridgewater State1-02-065.0
2UMass Dartmouth1-01-158.0
3Mass Maritime1-02-055.1
4Worcester State1-01-139.0
5Fitchburg State1-11-147.9
6Framingham State0-01-067.8
7Westfield State0-10-233.0
9Plymouth State0-11-123.4
23.4 CFB Zeitgeist#229 of 229 D339.0 strength of schedule

Win the MSCAC 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 Panthers.”
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