Wilkes University

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Landmark Conference · Schmidt Stadium · 1,800

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat Muhlenberg · our model 46% Wilkes University · a number, not a pick

LastW 28–8 vs The College of New Jersey · Sat Sep 12

Nextat Muhlenberg · Sat Sep 19 · 12 pm ET · Scotty Wood Stadium · series 0-1

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Wilkes University · 2026 schedule & results2-0
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 3#507#539@King'sW 7–01-00-0
2Sep 12#512#558The College of New JerseyW 28–82-00-0
3Sep 19#514#497@Muhlenberg
4Sep 26#513#581Montclair State
5Oct 3@Juniata
6Oct 10Lycoming
8Oct 24Susquehanna
9Oct 31@Catholic
10Nov 7Moravian
11Nov 14@Western Connecticut State

Game Week

4d 16h

until kickoff · at Muhlenberg · Sat Sep 19 · 12 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Wilkes is the Landmark program that finished second in back-to-back years (2023, 2024)—a rising team just below the Susquehanna juggernaut, playing championship-level football with resources of a small school.

Title DroughtSince 2023 · 3 yrs

Fans here believe wilkes' chip is Susquehanna—the program that has won four straight titles and left Wilkes as the eternal runner-up.

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The season in chapters

What it is like to watch them2025 · 7-4 · last season

Game feel40rock fightscombined pts / game7th highest-scoring of 7 in the Landmark Conference
Heart rate4-1white-knucklein one-score games (5 of 11)1st most one-score games of 7 in the Landmark Conference
Margin+3.9comfortableavg scoring margin2nd best margin of 7 in the Landmark Conference

✓ measured from 11 games · ranks are among Landmark Conference teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Wilkes University has won four of its last five.

Warming. 8-2 over the last 10, and won the last four.

Streak W4Last 5 · 4-1Last 10 · 8-2
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Muhlenberg · away

Outcome band · Wilkes University · 2026

Wilkes University's most likely season is 2-10 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 5-7.

Floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base2-10Mid-table finish.
Ceiling5-7Conference 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

Wilkes is the Landmark program that finished second in back-to-back years (2023, 2024)—a rising team just below the Susquehanna juggernaut, playing championship-level football with resources of a small school.

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

Wilkes University sits 2nd in the Landmark Conference and 62nd of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — on the at-large bubble — the conference title is the surer route.

Landmark · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Susquehanna0-02-068.0
2Wilkes0-02-060.8
3Western Connecticut State0-01-150.8
4Lycoming0-01-147.8
5Juniata0-00-234.4
6Moravian0-00-231.9
7Catholic0-00-230.1
60.8 CFB Zeitgeist#62 of 229 D334.6 strength of schedule

Win the Landmark Conference 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 Colonels.”
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