CFB Zeitgeist
June 22, 2026 · Dead Period · Heritage Window · 2026 Outlook

Bentley University

7-4 2025 final

Bentley is the Falcon that went from club-football obscurity in 1972 to a stunning 2025 Northeast-10 championship under first-year coach CJ Scarpa, upsetting the nationally-ranked favorite.

The Falcons bide their time.

Record
7-4
win% .636
D2 Top 25
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Conf Standing
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Playoff Path
Bracket race
Dead PeriodOffseasonPatientPost-loss — diagnostic
The Long Wait·Offseason

Bentley is the Falcon that went from club-football obscurity in 1972 to a stunning 2025 Northeast-10 championship under first-year coach CJ Scarpa, upsetting the nationally-ranked favorite.

Title DroughtSince 2019 · 6 yrs

Bentley finished the 2025 season 7-3 (6-1 NE10) and upset nationally-ranked No. 24 Assumption 20-17 to win the Northeast-10 Conference championship, earning the automatic NCAA Division II tournament bid as the conference's first a…

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Offseason

69 days

until kickoff · Sun Aug 30 · 17:00 UTC

Act I

The 2026 Outlook

The Pulse on Bentley University

Quiet · dead period heritage · signal ramps back in camp
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The Falcons bide their time.

What moved it — offseason · last 30 days

June Dead-period quiet — official-visit + heritage window —
Camp Fall camp ~40 days out
"Go Falcons." — Bentley University fanbase · recurring line
6 mentions · awaiting signal

Aspiration Ladder

Brief Part III §33.4 · Bentley University

Winning record—

The baseline for a successful season.

Conference title—

Earns a Super Region playoff qualifier bid.

Super Region qualifierLocked—

Entry into the 32-team national bracket.

McKinney, TXLocked—

The Division II national championship game.

Bentley University · Next-Season Outcome Band

Floor / Base / Ceiling

floor5-7Rebuild year. Below .500.
base7-5Mid-table finish.
ceiling10-2Deep playoff run. Program-defining year.

Variance assumed at ±2 wins from last-season record. Replace with the season-path projection once preview data is built.

Act II

Who We Are

D2 Program Prestige · Bentley University

Mid-Major Contender

D2 Playoff Contender — consistent Super Region participant, regional force.

T1Regional
T2Mid-Major
T3Power
T4National
T5Blue Blood
T6Dynasty
T7All-Time

Fanbase Health Index · Bentley University · medium confidence

Growing (55)

DecliningStableGrowingSurging
On-Field — 7-4 (64% win rate)65
Volume — 6 effective signal-N46

Home-Field Advantage · Bentley University · 2018-present

Strong

72% home win rate vs 65% on the road. margin runs +11.2 better at home.

Home18-7Away15-8
Act III

Last Season Reviewed

2025 season · tap to expand

Recent Form · last 10 games

Warming

Four of five. The board favors this trend.

Streak L1Last 5 · 4-1Last 10 · 7-3

Northeast 10 Standing · 2025

2nd in the Northeast 10

Bentley University is 2nd in the Northeast 10 at 7-4. 1 team above — that's the direct path to the title game.

#ProgramRecord
1Assumption9-3
2Bentley7-4
3Franklin Pierce6-4
4New Haven5-5
5St. Anselm5-5
6Post University4-6
7Southern Connecticut State4-6
8American International2-8
9Pace0-11

Schedule Strength · Bentley University · 2025

Soft

Average opponent win rate 43% across 10 finalized games. Lighter schedule — the committee weighs wins against strength of field.

Opp Win %0.440

Moment of the Year · Bentley University · 2025

Postseason · Lost 0-52 at Kutztown University

Week 13 of 2025. A reckoning loss — the data point the next season must answer.

Decisive MarginPostseason

Postseason History

Recent postseason (2025): 0-1

Most recent: 2025 — loss 52-0 (away). Last 5 postseason: 0-1.

2025

From the Archive — Bentley University

2024: Lost 35-45 vs New Haven

In 2024, the program lost 35-45 vs New Haven — a one to file away home result, 10 points either way.

Go Falcons.