Central Washington

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Lone Star · Tomlinson Stadium · 4,000

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs Sul Ross State · our model 88% Central Washington · a number, not a pick

LastW 45–36 vs Western Oregon · Sat Sep 19

Nextvs Sul Ross State · Sat Sep 26 · 9 pm ET · Tomlinson Stadium · series 2-0, won the last 2

Updated Tue Sep 22 · through week 3

Central Washington · 2026 schedule & results1-2
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 6#270#199@Cal PolyL 17–240-10-0
2Sep 13#269#267Ferris StateL 14–280-20-0
3Sep 20#269#270Western OregonW 45–361-21-0
4Sep 27#271#421Sul Ross State
5Oct 3#271#358@Angelo State
6Oct 11Midwestern State
7Oct 18@Texas A&M-Kingsville
8Oct 25UT Permian Basin
9Oct 31@Eastern New Mexico
10Nov 7Western New Mexico
11Nov 14@West Texas

Game Week

5d 1h

until kickoff · vs Sul Ross State · Sat Sep 26 · 9 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Central Washington is the Pacific Northwest Wildcats that seized the Lone Star Conference championship in their first year of eligibility—a program reborn on the national stage.

Title DroughtSince 2021 · 5 yrs

Fans here believe for 70 years, CWU was a GNAC power. When the conference died, the assumption was that the Wildcats were too regional, too small, too Pacific-Northwest for the modern game. The 2025…

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The season in chapters

What it is like to watch them2025 · 10-2 · last season

Game feel61even gamescombined pts / game7th highest-scoring of 10 in the Lone Star
Heart rate2-1some dramain one-score games (3 of 12)5th most one-score games of 10 in the Lone Star
Margin+24.7comfortableavg scoring margin1st best margin of 10 in the Lone Star

✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among Lone Star teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Central Washington has won two of its last five.

Cooling. 7-3 over the last 10, and won the last one.

Streak W1Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 7-3
The forecast

Next Sep 27

vs Sul Ross State · at home

Outcome band · Central Washington · 2026

Central Washington's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.

Floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base1-11Mid-table finish.
Ceiling4-8Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.

No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.

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The experience

Central Washington is the Pacific Northwest Wildcats that seized the Lone Star Conference championship in their first year of eligibility—a program reborn on the national stage.

Recruiting buzzWhat fans say about the incoming class right now.

Community pulse

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

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