DII CONFERENCE · 2025 SEASON
THE LONG WAIT · 2025
The Carolinas Conference is a smaller DII league serving programs in North and South Carolina — Barton, Belmont Abbey, Catawba, Erskine, King, and Wingate (now in the SAC) competing in the Charlotte and Piedmont corridor. The conference serves programs that compete between the South Atlantic Conference's depth and the CIAA's HBCU identity, providing DII football access to programs with limited scholarship resources but genuine football traditions in the most competitive prep football region in the country.
Which Carolinas Conference program builds the conference record and strength of schedule that earns a Super Region consideration in 2026, and does the Charlotte corridor's recruiting depth translate into a national championship appearance?
Conference Standings · Carolinas · 2025
| # | Team | Conf |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Greenville | 7–0 |
| 2 | UNC Pembroke | 5–2 |
| 3 | Ferrum | 3–3 |
| 4 | Chowan | 3–4 |
| 5 | Wilson | 3–4 |
| 6 | Shorter | 1–5 |
| 7 | ERSKINE | 1–5 |
Conference record determines Super Region seeding. Power = neutral-field pts vs. all-level average.
Projected Standings · Carolinas · 2025
Odds of winning at least N conference games from current power ratings — full slate played out, not locked to results. AVG = expected wins; W–L = most-likely record.
| # | Team | W–L | PWR | AVG | ≥7 | ≥6 | ≥5 | ≥4 | ≥3 | ≥2 | ≥1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Favorites | |||||||||||
| 1 | North Greenville | 4–3 | +2.8 | 4.0 | 2 | 12 | 36 | 66 | 88 | 98 | ✓ |
| Challengers | |||||||||||
| 2 | UNC Pembroke | 4–3 | +2.3 | 3.8 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 60 | 84 | 96 | ✓ |
| 3 | Shorter | 3–3 | +2.4 | 3.4 | 3 | 18 | 47 | 77 | 94 | 99 | |
| 4 | ERSKINE | 3–3 | -0.5 | 2.9 | 1 | 10 | 32 | 63 | 88 | 98 | |
| The Field | |||||||||||
| 5 | Wilson | 3–4 | -1.2 | 3.4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 46 | 74 | 93 | 99 |
| 6 | Chowan | 3–4 | -0.9 | 3.3 | 4 | 18 | 43 | 73 | 92 | 99 | |
| Rebuilding | |||||||||||
| 7 | Ferrum | 2–4 | -4.9 | 2.2 | 3 | 14 | 39 | 72 | 94 | ||
Conference Power · Division II
| # | Conference | Avg Power |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SIAC | |
| 2 | GLIAC | |
| 3 | CIAA | |
| 4 | Great Lakes | |
| 5 | Gulf South | |
| 6 | South Atlantic | |
| 7 | Northeast 10 | |
| 8 | Lone Star | |
| 9 | Northern Sun | |
| 10 | Rocky Mountain | |
| 11 | CarolinasYou are here | |
| 12 | Great Midwest Athletic | |
| 13 | Mountain East | |
| 14 | Mid America | |
| 15 | Pennsylvania State Athletic | |
| 16 | Great American |
Round-robin power = strength of schedule-adjusted conference average, points vs. all-level average team. Record = Carolinas's record vs. that conference across all games this season.
Carolinas reads like a weekly gauntlet. The middle of the league is strong enough that contenders do not get many breathers.
The league stack, sorted by predictive strength. Power is shown as neutral-field points versus the all-level average team, while resume is shown on a 0-100 season score.
| Rank | Team | Record | Power | Resume | ATS | Wins vs Market | Recent Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #297 | North Greenville | 7-5 | +0.5 | 51 | -- | +0.00 | 3-1 over the last 4 (W10 W11 W12 L13) |
| #308 | Shorter | 2-9 | +0.1 | 17 | -- | +0.00 | 1-3 over the last 4 (L8 W9 L11 L12) |
| #310 | UNC Pembroke | 8-3 | -0.0 | 66 | -- | +0.00 | 2-2 over the last 4 (L8 W9 W10 L12) |
| #365 | ERSKINE | 1-10 | -2.8 | 9 | -- | +0.00 | 0-4 over the last 4 (L9 L10 L11 L12) |
| #377 | Chowan | 4-7 | -3.3 | 23 | -- | +0.00 | 2-2 over the last 4 (L9 W10 L11 W12) |
| #384 | Wilson | 3-8 | -3.5 | 16 | -- | +0.00 | 1-3 over the last 4 (L9 L10 W11 L12) |
| #461 | Ferrum | 4-7 | -7.3 | 16 | -- | +0.00 | 2-2 over the last 4 (W9 L10 W11 L12) |