Maine
1-3Coastal Athletic · Alfond Stadium · 10,000 · 5,065 avg in 2026
LastL 16–22 at Boston College · Sat Sep 19 · Sam Oppenheimer 0.5 TFL, 1 INT, 11 tackles
Nextat Elon · Sat Sep 26 · 2 pm ET · Rhodes Stadium · series 4-3
Updated Tue Sep 22 · through week 3
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 27 | #194 | #188 | +2.5✓ | @Towson | W 21–18 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| 1 | Sep 5 | #194 | #98 | +21✗ | @App State | L 3–55 72 | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #174 | #219 | -10✗ | Merrimack | L 14–23 | 1-2 | 1-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #211 | #136 | +37.5✓ | @Boston College | L 16–22 60 | 1-3 | 1-0 |
| 4 | Sep 26 | #220 | #184 | @Elon | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | #221 | #217 | Sacred Heart | ||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | Bryant | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | Campbell | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @Rhode Island | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | @UAlbany | ||||||
| 12 | Nov 21 | New Hampshire |
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)▼
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | @Boston College | L 16–22 | — | — | — | -0.039 | 34.8% | 128.3% | Best success rate |
| Sep 12 | Merrimack | L 14–23 | — | — | — | -0.511 | 25.0% | 104.6% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Sep 5 | @App State | L 3–55 | — | — | — | -0.071 | 31.1% | 124.7% | Defense's roughest night |
| Aug 27 | @Towson | W 21–18 | — | — | — | -0.002 | 34.4% | 148.9% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Season average (4 games) | — | — | -0.155 | 31.3% | 126.6% | ||||
Game Week
4d 18h
until kickoff · at Elon · Sat Sep 26 · 2 pm ET
Maine is the northernmost FCS program, chasing a return to the 2018 playoff magic that put Orono on the national map — the Black Bears have made eight FCS playoff runs and keep building toward the next one.
The 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…
The season in chapters
What fans said
L 14–23 vs Merrimack
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What it is like to watch them2026 · 1-3
✓ measured from 4 games · ranks are among Coastal Athletic teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Maine has won one of its last five.
Cold. 5-5 over the last 10, and lost the last three.
Next Sep 26
vs Elon · away
Outcome band · Maine · 2026
Outcome band · Maine · 2026Maine's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.
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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Maine is the northernmost FCS program, chasing a return to the 2018 playoff magic that put Orono on the national map — the Black Bears have made eight FCS playoff runs and keep building toward the next one.
Recruiting buzz
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.