Western Oregon
8-3 2025 finalWestern Oregon is the Monmouth Wolves—a 100-year football program (since 1923) that lost its GNAC home in 2021, migrated to the Lone Star Conference in 2022, and nearly won the championship in 2025 with a dominant 8–3 regular season.
The Wolves hold the line.
Western Oregon is the Monmouth Wolves—a 100-year football program (since 1923) that lost its GNAC home in 2021, migrated to the Lone Star Conference in 2022, and nearly won the championship in 2025 with a dominant 8–3 regular season.
Western Oregon went 8–3 in 2025 (7–2 LSC, second place) and nearly won the Lone Star Championship, losing to Central Washington 19–17 on a last-second TD pass. Coach Arne Ferguson, in year 20, navigated the 2021 GNAC shutdown and…
Offseason
69 days
until kickoff · Sun Aug 30 · 17:00 UTC
The 2026 Outlook
The Pulse on Western Oregon
What moved it — offseason · last 30 days
Aspiration Ladder
Brief Part III §33.4 · Western Oregon
The baseline for a successful season.
Earns a Super Region playoff qualifier bid.
Entry into the 32-team national bracket.
The Division II national championship game.
Western Oregon · Next-Season Outcome Band
Floor / Base / Ceiling
Variance assumed at ±2 wins from last-season record. Replace with the season-path projection once preview data is built.
Who We Are
Fanbase Health Index · Western Oregon · low confidence
Growing (70)
Home-Field Advantage · Western Oregon · 2018-present
Elite
64% home win rate vs 37% on the road. margin runs +21.3 better at home.
Act IIILast Season Reviewed
2025 season · tap to expand
Recent Form · last 10 games
Warming
Four of five. The board favors this trend.
Lone Star Standing · 2025
3rd in the Lone Star
Western Oregon is 3rd in the Lone Star at 8-3. 2 teams above — that's the direct path to the title game.
| # | Program | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UT Permian Basin | 11-3 |
| 2 | Central Washington | 10-2 |
| 3 | Western Oregon | 8-3 |
| 4 | West Texas A&M | 8-4 |
| 5 | Angelo State | 5-5 |
| 6 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 5-6 |
| 7 | Eastern New Mexico | 3-8 |
| 8 | Midwestern State | 3-8 |
| 9 | Western New Mexico | 2-9 |
| 10 | Simon Fraser | 0-0 |
| 11 | Sul Ross State | 0-10 |
Schedule Strength · Western Oregon · 2025
Soft
Average opponent win rate 39% across 11 finalized games. Lighter schedule — the committee weighs wins against strength of field.
Moment of the Year · Western Oregon · 2025
Won 27-7 vs Southern Oregon
Week 2 of 2025. The single game that defined the season's arc.
From the Archive — Western Oregon
2024: Lost 3-13 at Central Washington
In 2024, the program lost 3-13 at Central Washington — a one to file away road result, 10 points either way.
Go Wolves.