Willamette
1-1Northwest · McCulloch Stadium · 7,000
LastW 6–3 at Pacific (OR) · Sat Sep 12
Nextvs La Verne · Sat Sep 19 · 3 pm ET · McCulloch Stadium · series 4-0, won the last 4
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5 | #662 | #536 | — | @Pomona Pitzer | L 23–42 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 13 | #661 | #543 | — | @Pacific (OR) | W 6–3 | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #655 | #621 | La Verne | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | Pacific Lutheran | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @Lewis & Clark | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | Puget Sound | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | Pacific (OR) | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @George Fox | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Whitworth | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | Linfield |
Game Week
4d 19h
until kickoff · vs La Verne · Sat Sep 19 · 3 pm ET
The Bearcats of Salem, Oregon, a founding member of the Northwest Conference whose football history runs more than a century deep and whose every fall turns on the rivalry with Linfield.
Willamette helped found the Northwest Conference in 1926 and has played football since the 1890s, but the modern story is written by Linfield down the road.
The season in chapters
What fans said
L 23–42 at Pomona Pitzer
Real posts from the day of the game, chosen by community score · usernames not shown
What it is like to watch them2025 · 1-9 · last season
✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among Northwest teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Willamette has won one of its last five.
Cold. 2-8 over the last 10, and won the last one.
Next Sep 19
vs La Verne · at home
Outcome band · Willamette · 2026
Outcome band · Willamette · 2026Willamette's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.
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
The Bearcats of Salem, Oregon, a founding member of the Northwest Conference whose football history runs more than a century deep and whose every fall turns on the rivalry with Linfield.
Playoff path
Willamette sits 2nd in the Northwest Conference and 89th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis & Clark | 1-0 | 1-0 | 68.8 |
| 2 | Willamette | 1-0 | 1-1 | 53.9 |
| 3 | Linfield | 0-0 | 1-0 | 77.9 |
| 4 | George Fox | 0-0 | 1-0 | 56.2 |
| 5 | Pacific Lutheran | 0-0 | 1-1 | 49.0 |
| 6 | Puget Sound | 0-1 | 0-1 | 41.2 |
| 7 | Pacific (OR) | 0-1 | 0-2 | 35.8 |
| 8 | Whitworth | 0-0 | 0-1 | — |
Win the Northwest 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.
Recruiting buzz
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.