NEWMAC Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Record5-3through 8 games
Nextvs MITSat Nov 7 · 12 pm ET
The model#127 among Division III teams

Updated Wed Nov 4 · through week 9

Schedule and results

Worcester Polytechnic Institute · 2026 schedule and results5-3Balanced slateAverage opponent win rate 54%.
WkDateOpponentResultRecordConfTop performers
1Sep 5@RensselaerL 7-350-10-0
2Sep 12New EnglandW 22-211-10-0
3Sep 19HussonW 13-72-10-0
4Sep 25@Coast GuardW 24-173-11-0
5Oct 3NorwichW 45-194-12-0
6Bye week
7Oct 17@SpringfieldL 13-194-22-1
8Oct 24@SUNY MaritimeW 36-125-23-1
9Oct 31Merchant MarineL 26-405-33-2
10Nov 7MIT12 pm ET49% to win
11Nov 14@Salve Regina12 pm ET37% to win
How to read this table

Win chances are our model for Worcester Polytechnic Institute, through 8 games. This week's game comes from the playoff simulation, later games from the rating model. They are estimates and move every week.

Ahead

The forecast

The games that decide the season

The games that decide the season

Sat Nov 7Next: MITvs MIT · at home

Recent form · last 10 games

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has won three of its last five.

5-5 over the last 10, and lost the last one.

Streak L1Last 5 · 3-2Last 10 · 5-5

More in this tab

Worth watchingGames average 44 combined points, rock fights

What it is like to watch them2026 · 5-3

Game feel44rock fightscombined pts / game7th highest-scoring of 8 in the NEWMAC
Heart rate3-1white-knucklein one-score games (4 of 8)1st most one-score games of 8 in the NEWMAC
Margin+2.0competitiveavg scoring margin6th best margin of 8 in the NEWMAC

Measured from 8 games · ranks are among NEWMAC teams the same season

Team storyThe story of this team right now, in one line.
The weekly grind

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is 5-3 and hosts MIT next.

2026 Record5-3
Read the full program story ↓
Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is 5-3 and hosts MIT next.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute sits 4th in the NEWMAC and 76th of 245 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

NEWMAC · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Springfield5-07-172.7
2Merchant Marine5-17-171.0
3MIT3-25-259.8
4WPI3-25-357.5
5Salve Regina2-35-356.8
6Coast Guard2-34-451.0
7Norwich1-43-543.4
8SUNY Maritime0-62-741.4
57.5 CFB Zeitgeist#76 of 245 D354.6 strength of schedule

Win the NEWMAC 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
The 2026 season · 5-3
L 7-35 at Rensselaer · Wk 1−28RensselaW 22-21 vs New England · Wk 2+1New EnglW 13-7 vs Husson · Wk 3+6HussonW 24-17 at Coast Guard · Wk 4+7Coast GuW 45-19 vs Norwich · Wk 5+26NorwichL 13-19 at Springfield · Wk 7−6SpringfiW 36-12 at SUNY Maritime · Wk 8+24SUNY MarL 26-40 vs Merchant Marine · Wk 9−14Merchant

Signature win 45-19 over Norwich; toughest day 7-35 against Rensselaer.

CFB Zeitgeist “Go Engineers.”
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