Wingate

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South Atlantic · Irwin Belk Stadium · 3,500

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs Newberry · our model 58% Wingate · a number, not a pick

LastL 23–24 at Carson Newman · Sat Sep 12

Nextvs Newberry · Sat Sep 19 · 6 pm ET · Irwin Belk Stadium · series 2-3, last win 2024

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Wingate · 2026 schedule & results1-2
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Aug 27#318#312@UNC PembrokeL 13–210-10-0
1Sep 5#318#294@Delta StateW 36–131-10-0
2Sep 12#316#273@Carson NewmanL 23–241-20-1
3Sep 19#307#271Newberry
4Sep 26#307#401UVA Wise
5Oct 3@Catawba
6Oct 10Tusculum
7Oct 17@Lenoir Rhyne
9Oct 31Anderson (SC)
10Nov 7Emory & Henry
11Nov 14@Mars Hill

Game Week

4d 22h

until kickoff · vs Newberry · Sat Sep 19 · 6 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Wingate built itself into a SAC power over 15 years and became the Division II program of the moment in 2024 — winning the SAC Championship in Rashaan Jordan's first season as head coach, reaching the D2 Semifinals in 2022, and proving the Bulldogs belong in national conversation.

Standard GapA perennial SAC playoff team (6 bids in 8 years) that finally won the co…

Fans here believe wingate made six playoff bids in eight years and almost nobody noticed. The chip is that the Bulldogs were a 2022 D2 Semifinal away from national prominence and then won the 2024 SAC…

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The season in chapters

What it is like to watch them2025 · 9-3 · last season

Game feel57even gamescombined pts / game4th highest-scoring of 10 in the South Atlantic
Heart rate2-3some dramain one-score games (5 of 12)4th most one-score games of 10 in the South Atlantic
Margin+16.2comfortableavg scoring margin2nd best margin of 10 in the South Atlantic

✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among South Atlantic teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Wingate has won two of its last five.

Cooling. 7-3 over the last 10, and lost the last one.

Streak L1Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 7-3
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Newberry · at home

Outcome band · Wingate · 2026

Wingate's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.

Floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base1-11Mid-table finish.
Ceiling4-8Conference 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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The experience

Wingate built itself into a SAC power over 15 years and became the Division II program of the moment in 2024 — winning the SAC Championship in Rashaan Jordan's first season as head coach, reaching the D2 Semifinals in 2022, and proving the Bulldogs belong in national conversation.

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 Bulldogs.”
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