Buffalo State College1-9
Hope-Doping·Offseason

Buffalo State is a regional SUNY program in its sixth season of Liberty League competition, building identity in a new conference landscape.

Title DroughtSince 2020 · 5 yrs

Fans here believe no chip. Buffalo State plays to establish legitimacy in a new conference.

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The Bengals hold the line.

Buffalo State College · Next-Season Outcome Band

Floor / Base / Ceiling

floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.
base1-11Mid-table finish.
ceiling4-8Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.

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

Recent Form · last 10 games

Hibernating

Zero of five. Reset territory.

Streak L6Last 5 · 0-5Last 10 · 1-9
The forecast

Opens Sep 3

vs Brockport · away

Game Week

9 days

until kickoff · at Brockport · Thu Sep 3 · 23:00 UTC

The experience

Buffalo State is a regional SUNY program in its sixth season of Liberty League competition, building identity in a new conference landscape.

DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

Buffalo State College sits 7th in the Liberty League and 220th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

Liberty League · 2025
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Union6-08-360.9
2Ithaca5-18-264.4
3Rensselaer4-28-360.0
4Hobart3-36-552.6
5St. Lawrence2-44-644.1
6Rochester (NY)1-55-547.6
7Buffalo State0-61-934.3
34.3 CFB Zeitgeist#220 of 240 D350.2 strength of schedule

Win the Liberty League for the automatic berth into the 40-team NCAA Division III bracket. Miss it and the path is an at-large bid, selected by NPI — the metric the CFB Index mirrors. Six wins survive the bracket to the Stagg Bowl.

Source: CFB Zeitgeist — conference records + NPI-style rating from 2025 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected
THE 2025 SEASON · 1-9
L 0-41 vs Brockport · Wk 2-41BrockporL 27-29 vs Hartwick · Wk 3-2HartwickL 20-56 at Alfred State · Wk 4-36Alfred SW 15-8 at Hilbert · Wk 5+7HilbertL 6-28 vs Union · Wk 6-22UnionL 13-57 at Rensselaer · Wk 7-44RensselaL 3-23 vs Rochester (NY) · Wk 9-20RochesteL 7-49 at Ithaca · Wk 10-42IthacaL 19-24 vs St. Lawrence · Wk 11-5St. LawrL 9-35 at Hobart · Wk 12-26Hobart

Signature win 15-8 over Hilbert; toughest day 13-57 against Rensselaer.

Community pulse

No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.

CFB Zeitgeist · team-pages synth v1.0 “Go Bengals.”
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