Sacred Heart at Massachusetts
How they got here
Last three games · 2025 season
Sacred Heart · 8-4
Picked #205 in the preseason · now #205 — about right.
2-1 in its last three — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.
L 10–34 @ Villanova #106 of 668
lost by 24 as a 16-point underdog
W 42–37 vs Merrimack #222 of 668
won by 5 as a 6.5-point favorite
W 56–10 vs Virginia Lynchburg
W 35–20 vs New Haven #267 of 668
won by 15 as a 15.5-point favorite
L 21–43 @ Montana #94 of 668
lost by 22 as a 26.5-point underdog
W 32–14 vs Howard #197 of 668
won by 18 as a 2.5-point favorite
L 35–42 @ Central Connecticut #213 of 668
lost by 7 as a 5.5-point underdog
W 35–31 vs Delaware State #199 of 668
won by 4 as a 5-point underdog
W 31–28 @ Norfolk State #251 of 668
won by 3 as a 1-point underdog
W 24–21 @ Long Island University #183 of 668
won by 3 as a 13.5-point underdog
L 10–28 @ Lehigh #199 of 668
lost by 18 as a 20-point underdog
W 12–7 vs Stonehill #247 of 668
won by 5 as a 6.5-point favorite
Last three games · 2025 season
Massachusetts · 0-12
Picked #258 in the preseason · now #174 — better than expected.
Three straight losses, each by 20 or more.
L 14–45 vs Bowling Green #177 of 668
lost by 31 as a 14.5-point underdog
L 14–42 @ Ohio #63 of 668
lost by 28 as a 34.5-point underdog
L 3–45 vs Northern Illinois #180 of 668
lost by 42 as a 9.5-point underdog
L 10–44 @ Akron #148 of 668
lost by 34 as a 11.5-point underdog
L 13–38 @ Central Michigan #98 of 668
lost by 25 as a 17.5-point underdog
L 21–28 vs Buffalo #106 of 668
lost by 7 as a 16.5-point underdog
L 6–42 @ Kent State #220 of 668
lost by 36 as a 1.5-point underdog
L 3–21 vs Western Michigan #70 of 668
lost by 18 as a 12.5-point underdog
L 6–42 @ MissouriTop 25 #18 of 668
lost by 36 as a 44.5-point underdog
L 7–47 @ IowaTop 25 #33 of 668
lost by 40 as a 35.5-point underdog
L 26–27 vs Bryant #219 of 668
lost by 1 as a 16.5-point favorite
L 10–42 vs Temple #85 of 668
lost by 32 as a 1.5-point underdog
What’s at stake
Sacred Heart
- Sacred Heart is still shaking off a 27-point loss.
Massachusetts
- Joe Harasymiak is ahead of Shane Montgomery’s year-2 pace (2-0 vs. 0-2) — a win tonight widens the gap, a loss narrows it.
The series
Massachusetts leads the series 1-0
1 meeting since 2026 · Massachusetts won the last meeting
- 2026Massachusetts 37–10
Best players
Massachusetts
- Khari Bendolph (LB) · 14 tackles
- Timmy Hinspeter (LB) · 13 tackles
- Kendall Bournes (S) · 13 tackles
The line, and the room
The model and the market don’t fully agree on Massachusetts’s chances here.
Home −23.5 · O/U 53.5
Conditions
75°F · 7 mph wind · Cloudy
Massachusetts is worth +5.3 points (±3.7) more at home than on the road since 2018 — top third of FBS, 69th percentile.
12% at home, 8% on the road against FBS opponents (4–28 home, 4–44 away).
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads -2.1 at home vs. away over 73 games — inside the ±7.0 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.
The visitors travel about 88 miles to get here.
Sacred Heart 10 – Massachusetts 37
Missed — picked Sacred Heart, Massachusetts won.
Recent games
Massachusetts
- Wk 1Wat Rutgers37-21
Sacred Heart
- Wk 1Lat Monmouth24-31
Trajectory
The pregame pick missed: Massachusetts beat Sacred Heart 37-10.