June 22, 2026 · Dead Period · Heritage Window · 2026 Outlook

Springfield College

9-3 2025 final

Springfield College is the Pride program — the birthplace of basketball (1891) and the home of a NEWMAC dynasty: five consecutive conference championships (2021–2025), a 12-1 2024 season, and NCAA Tournament regulars.

The Pride bide their time.

Record

9-3

win% .750

Conference

1st of 8

NEWMAC · 7-0

Index Rating

62.7

D3 #36 of 240

Playoff Path

In the field

Dead PeriodOffseasonPatientPost-loss — diagnostic

The Long Wait·Offseason

Title DroughtSince 2021 · 4 yrs

Springfield College posted an 11-1 or 12-1 record in 2025 (final game was Nov 8, NEWMAC Championship 30-10 over Coast Guard; NCAA playoff advancement pending verification). The Pride have now won five consecutive NEWMAC titles (20…

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Offseason

69 days

until kickoff · Sun Aug 30 · 17:00 UTC

Act I

The 2026 Outlook

DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

Springfield College sits 1st in the NEWMAC and 36th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — inside the projected 40-team field on the at-large math.

NEWMAC · 2025

	Team	Conf	Overall	Index
1	Springfield	7-0	9-3	62.7
2	Merchant Marine Academy	5-2	8-2	62.6
3	Coast Guard	5-2	7-3	58.9
4	MIT	4-3	6-3	53.6
5	Salve Regina	3-4	6-4	54.2
6	SUNY Maritime	3-4	5-6	49.4
7	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	1-6	2-8	40.8
8	Norwich	0-7	1-9	33.5

62.7 CFB Zeitgeist#36 of 240 D354.3 strength of schedule4 quality wins

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.

Source: CFB Zeitgeist — conference records + NPI-style rating from 2025 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected

THE 2025 SEASON · 9-3

Signature win 48-6 over Norwich; toughest day 14-34 against Johns Hopkins University.

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The Pride bide their time.

What moved it — offseason · last 30 days

June Dead-period quiet — official-visit + heritage window —

Camp Fall camp ~40 days out

"Go Springfield" — Springfield College fanbase · recurring line

0 mentions · awaiting signal

Winning record—

The baseline for a successful season.

Conference title—

The primary goal and national bracket path.

32-team bracket qualifierLocked—

One of 32 national tournament entries.

Stagg BowlLocked—

The Division III national championship game.

Floor 7-5

Base 9-3

Ceiling 12-0

floor7-5Competitive but likely outside bracket contention.

base9-3Conference title contender. Bracket bid realistic.

ceiling12-0Deep playoff run. Program-defining year.

Variance assumed at ±2 wins from last-season record. Replace with the season-path projection once preview data is built.

Act II

Who We Are

Home-Field Advantage · Springfield College · 2018-present

Above-Average

88% home win rate vs 73% on the road. margin runs +6.6 better at home.

Home22-3Away17-6

Act III

Last Season Reviewed

2025 season · tap to expand

Recent Form · last 10 games

Warming

Four of five. The board favors this trend.

Streak L1Last 5 · 4-1Last 10 · 8-2

Schedule Strength · Springfield College · 2025

Hard

Average opponent win rate 57% across 12 finalized games. Strong conference slate — wins here carry full weight in Super Region selection.

Opp Win %0.571

Moment of the Year · Springfield College · 2025

Postseason · Won 21-7 vs Cortland

Week 13 of 2025. Postseason win — the season-defining moment.

Decisive MarginPostseason

Postseason History

Recent postseason (2023-2025): 1-1

Most recent: 2025 — win 21-7 (home). Last 5 postseason: 1-1.

20252023

From the Archive — Springfield College

2023: Won 31-21 vs Salve Regina

In 2023, the program won 31-21 vs Salve Regina — a tight home result that left the 10-point margin on the books.

Go Pride.