Yale

9-32025 record

Ivy · Yale Bowl · 61,446 · 12,397 avg in 2025

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat Holy Cross · our model 59% Yale · a number, not a pick

Openerat Holy Cross · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET · Fitton Field · series 21-7, won the last 2 · Game preview

Updated Tue Sep 15 · preseason

Yale · 2026 schedule & results0-0
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
3Sep 19#235#232@Holy Cross
4Sep 26#235#253@Cornell
5Oct 3Merrimack
6Oct 10Dartmouth
7Oct 17Rhode Island
8Oct 23@Pennsylvania
9Oct 31@Columbia
10Nov 7Brown
11Nov 14Princeton
12Nov 21Harvard (N)

Game Week

4d 18h

until kickoff · at Holy Cross · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Yale football carries the weight and pride of inventing American football itself—a legacy that transcends wins and losses.

Standard GapBirthplace of American football (27 national titles, 1872–1927) vs. Ivy…

The Ivy League was excluded from playoff football for decades while lesser conferences participated. The 2025 entry into FCS playoffs vindicated the league's argument that non-scholarship football can…

in season · quiet
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The games that decide the season

Sat Sep 19Next: Holy Crossat Holy Cross · on the road

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

Game feel49even gamescombined pts / game4th highest-scoring of 8 in the Ivy
Heart rate2-2some dramain one-score games (4 of 12)4th most one-score games of 8 in the Ivy
Margin+9.8comfortableavg scoring margin2nd best margin of 8 in the Ivy
Big plays1.26highlight reelexplosiveness (IsoPPP)2nd most explosive of 8 in the Ivy
Home crowd12,398avg attendance1st biggest crowds of 8 in the Ivy

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

Recent form · last 10 games

Yale has won four of its last five.

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

Streak L1Last 5 · 4-1Last 10 · 7-3

Outcome band · Yale · 2025

Yale's most likely season is 8-5 — a bowl game. The floor is 4-8; the ceiling is 11-2.

Floor4-8No postseason.
Base8-5A bowl game.
Ceiling11-2A bowl game, 3 more wins.

Floor, base and ceiling come from the season-path projection, which plays out conference title games and the CFP — so a ceiling can run past 12 games.

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Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

Yale football is American football—literally. Walter Camp, a Yale player and coach, invented the sport as we know it. The Bulldogs carry that origin story with historic pride, balancing Ivy League tradition with a recent breakthrough into national playoff competition.

RosterWho's gone, who's back, who replaces them.

Roster Reload - Yale

2026 snapshot - 2026-09-15
Returning ProductionNAContinuity signal unavailable
Portal Additions0No clear position repair point
Portal Losses10Primary pressure: WR
Draft Loss0No NFL Draft departures recorded
Recruiting ReloadNARecruiting class signal unavailable
WRin 0out 2 - Nico Brown3.60Starter Risk
DLin 0out 1 - Ejiroghene Egodogbare3.70Downgrade
OTin 0out 1 - Michael Bennett III3.60Downgrade
RBin 0out 1 - Wilhelm Daal II3.60Even
TEin 0out 1 - Spencer Mermans3.50Downgrade
EDGEin 0out 1 - Ezekiel Larry3.30Downgrade
Who's movedWho's transferring in and out, right now.

Transfer portal snapshot

-36.0 net portal points
(raw ledger: -32.2 — unweighted, no position adjustment)
WR
-4.6
starter risk
DL
-3.7
low confidence
OT
-3.6
low confidence
RB
-3.6
low confidence
TE
-3.5
low confidence
EDGE
-3.3
low confidence
IOL
-3.3
low confidence
QB
-3.3
low confidence
S
-3.3
low confidence
Full portal picture →Recent activity →
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 v1.0 “Leave the jersey better than you found it” Historical view →
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