Westfield State University
0-2MSCAC · Alumni Field (Westfield, MA) · 4,000
LastL 28–34 vs Bridgewater State · Sat Sep 12
Nextvs Dean · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET · Alumni Field (Westfield, MA) · series 1-0
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5 | #613 | #653 | — | @Vermont State Castleton | L 7–29 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #623 | #540 | — | Bridgewater State | L 28–34 | 0-2 | 0-1 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #626 | #668 | Dean | ||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #628 | #595 | @Worcester State | ||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | Mass Maritime | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | Framingham State | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | @Plymouth State | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @Mass Maritime | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | UMass Dartmouth | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | Fitchburg State |
Game Week
4d 18h
until kickoff · vs Dean · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET
Westfield State is the Massachusetts Owl — a small state university with 44 years of Division III football history (since 1982), one MASCAC conference title (2001), and a legacy anchored in multi-sport athletic excellence rather than football dominance.
Fans here believe no real chip — Westfield State's identity is too rooted in overall athletic excellence (20 Smith Cups as MASCAC's all-time winningest institution in all sports) to carry a grievance…
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 3-7 · last season
✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among MSCAC teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Westfield State University has won one of its last five.
Cold. 3-7 over the last 10, and lost the last two.
Next Sep 19
vs Dean · at home
Outcome band · Westfield State University · 2026
Outcome band · Westfield State University · 2026Westfield State University's most likely season is 0-12 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 3-9.
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
Westfield State is the Massachusetts Owl — a small state university with 44 years of Division III football history (since 1982), one MASCAC conference title (2001), and a legacy anchored in multi-sport athletic excellence rather than football dominance.
Playoff path
Westfield State University sits 7th in the MSCAC and 203rd of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bridgewater State | 1-0 | 2-0 | 65.0 |
| 2 | UMass Dartmouth | 1-0 | 1-1 | 58.0 |
| 3 | Mass Maritime | 1-0 | 2-0 | 55.1 |
| 4 | Worcester State | 1-0 | 1-1 | 39.0 |
| 5 | Fitchburg State | 1-1 | 1-1 | 47.9 |
| 6 | Framingham State | 0-0 | 1-0 | 67.8 |
| 7 | Westfield State | 0-1 | 0-2 | 33.0 |
| 8 | Dean | 0-2 | 0-2 | 30.7 |
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.
Recruiting buzz
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.