Elon

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Coastal Athletic · Rhodes Stadium · 14,000 · 5,440 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs Maine · our model 72% Elon · a number, not a pick

LastW 24–21 vs Sacred Heart · Sat Sep 19 · Elijah Guttman 142 pass yds, 1 TD, 10 rush yds

Nextvs Maine · Sat Sep 26 · 2 pm ET · Rhodes Stadium · series 3-4, last win 2024

Updated Tue Sep 22 · through week 3

Elon · 2026 schedule & results3-1
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Aug 27#215#372Glenville StateW 42–71-00-0
1Sep 5#215#250-32.5@DavidsonW 38–02-00-0
2Sep 12#184#107+8.5@Rhode IslandL 10–312-10-1
3Sep 19#179#215-11.5Sacred HeartW 24–213-11-1
4Sep 26#184#220Maine
5Oct 3#182#229@New Hampshire
6Oct 10Wofford
7Oct 17@Stanford
9Oct 31@North Carolina A&T
10Nov 7Hampton
11Nov 14Campbell
12Nov 21@Towson
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)
DateOppResultYdsTOTOPEPA/playSuccess%Explosive%Note
Sep 19Sacred HeartW 24–21+0.22339.3%135.3%Most explosive
Sep 12@Rhode IslandL 10–31-0.24035.8%116.1%Season-low EPA/play
Sep 5@DavidsonW 38–0+0.13650.8%105.7%Best success rate
Aug 27Glenville StateW 42–7+0.23449.4%123.4%Season-high EPA/play
Season average (4 games)+0.08843.8%120.1%

Game Week

4d 18h

until kickoff · vs Maine · Sat Sep 26 · 2 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Elon is the Phoenix that quietly became the CAA's most consistent mid-tier winner — three FCS playoff appearances, 22 conference wins in four years, still waiting for the breakout season that gets them heard.

Title DroughtSince 2018 · 8 yrs

The fanbase says Elon has beaten 16 top-25 programs and won more CAA games than almost anyone in the 2020s, and national media still treats them like a scheduling afterthought — they believe the…

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The season in chapters

What fans said

W 24–21 vs Sacred Heart

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What it is like to watch them2026 · 3-1

Game feel43rock fightscombined pts / game10th highest-scoring of 12 in the Coastal Athletic
Heart rate1-0some dramain one-score games (1 of 4)9th most one-score games of 12 in the Coastal Athletic
Margin+13.8comfortableavg scoring margin1st best margin of 12 in the Coastal Athletic
Big plays1.20some popexplosiveness (IsoPPP)9th most explosive of 13 in the Coastal Athletic
Home crowd5,440avg attendance4th biggest crowds of 12 in the Coastal Athletic

✓ measured from 4 games · ranks are among Coastal Athletic teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Elon has won four of its last five.

Warming. 5-5 over the last 10, and won the last one.

Streak W1Last 5 · 4-1Last 10 · 5-5
The forecast

Next Sep 26

vs Maine · at home

Outcome band · Elon · 2026

Elon's most likely season is 3-9 — mid-table finish. The floor is 1-11; the ceiling is 6-6.

Floor1-11Sub-.500 season. Playoff bid out of reach.
Base3-9Mid-table finish. Conference title a stretch.
Ceiling6-6Conference title race. Playoff bid in play.

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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Elon is the Phoenix that quietly became the CAA's most consistent mid-tier winner — three FCS playoff appearances, 22 conference wins in four years, still waiting for the breakout season that gets them heard.

Offseason movesEvery addition and subtraction since the last snap.

The Offseason Ledger · Elon

1 verified update · portal · recruiting · staff · news
  1. News

    Brodie Carroll: 16 tackles · 1 TFL · 1 sack vs Sacred Heart

    Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021. vs Sacred Heart (FCS) W 24-21.

    Sep 19
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 Phoenix.”
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