Maine at Boston College
Maine (1‑2) travels to Boston College (1‑1). No market line yet; the model gives Boston College a 77% shot.
How they got here
Last three games
Maine · 1-2
Picked #194 in the preseason · now #210.
1-2 in its last three, capped by a 3-point win over Towson as a 2.5-point underdog.
Last two games
Boston College · 1-1
Picked #130 in the preseason · now #133 — about right.
1-1 in its last two — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.
W 28–21 vs Rutgers #86 of 669
won by 7 as a 3-point favorite
L 15–34 @ Cincinnati #110 of 669
lost by 19 as a 7-point underdog
What’s at stake
Maine
- Maine needs 5 more wins in the final 7 to reach bowl eligibility.
- A win would be one of Maine’s biggest of the season — a 77-spot gap in the power ratings.
Boston College
- Bill O'Brien is ahead of Jeff Hafley’s year-3 pace (1-1 vs. 0-2) — a win tonight widens the gap, a loss narrows it.
The series
Boston College leads the series 6-0
6 meetings since 1967 · Boston College has won the last 6
- 2022Boston College 38–17
- 2015Boston College 24–3
- 2014Boston College 40–10
- 2012Boston College 34–3
- 2006Boston College 22–0
Face-off
What each fanbase carries into this one.
Maine
The chip · vs the national mediaThe fanbase says Maine gets dismissed as a geographic outlier — a program in the far corner of New England that national FCS coverage treats as an afterthought — while the Black Bears have eight playoff appearances and a semifinal run to prove they belong.
What this game touches
Post-2018 drought and the Jordan Stevens rebuild. Maine's last FCS playoff appearance was 2018, when they advanced to the national semifinals. The program went through a long trough before Jordan Stevens arrived — his 9-25 record in three seasons includes a 6-6 finish in 2025 that suggests a floor has been found but the playoff ceiling remains elusive.
Boston College
The chip · vs the national mediaEagles fans hear the same shrug every fall — that Northeast football doesn't travel, that the league forgets BC is in it — and they answer with a Heisman, a Hail Mary, and a checkbook the school just opened wider.
What this game touches
The 2025 floor — two wins, and the seat finally warm. Bill O'Brien's second year went 2-10 (1-7 ACC), the program's worst in over a decade, and a 10-game losing streak only ended against Syracuse — a season that asked, out loud, whether an NFL-pedigree hire could lift a program that has finished the regular season ranked exactly once since Matt Ryan left.
Best players
Boston College
- Anthony Palano (LB) · 22 tackles
- KP Price (DB) · 14 tackles
- Marcus Upton (DB) · 13 tackles
Conditions
63°F · 12 mph wind · Cloudy
Boston College is worth +1.6 points (±3.6) more at home than on the road since 2018 — bottom third of FBS, 10th percentile.
46% at home, 36% on the road against FBS opponents (21–25 home, 16–28 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 +0.9 at home vs. away over 73 games — inside the ±7.2 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.
The visitors travel about 217 miles to get here.
Recent games
Boston College
- Wk 1Lat Cincinnati15-34
- Wk 2Wvs Rutgers28-21
Maine
- Wk 1Wat Towson21-18
- Wk 1Lat App State3-55
- Wk 2Lvs Merrimack14-23