Next game
vs Springfield
Sat Oct 24 · 12 pm ET
Brooks Stadium (NY) · series 0-4, lost the last 4
Merchant Marine Academy 77% to win · our ratings after 6 games
Merchant Marine Academy
6-0NEWMAC · Brooks Stadium (NY) · 2,000 seats
Last game · Sat Oct 17
W 28-21 vs Salve Regina
Our model gave Merchant Marine Academy 87% before kickoff
The rest of the season
Every game left is at least 75%
Win out 61% · expect 2.5 of 3 more wins
Merchant Marine Academy's chance to win each game left, from our model: Springfield 77%, WPI 86%, Coast Guard 92%Bar height is our model’s chance in each game left. Dashed line: 50%.
The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetBetting line vs Springfield · our model 77% Merchant Marine Academy
Updated Sat Oct 24 · through week 7
Schedule and results
Merchant Marine Academy · 2026 schedule and results6-0Balanced slateAverage opponent win rate 50%.Our rank entering each game: #524 to #484
| Wk | Date | Our rank | Opp rank | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf | Top performers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 3 | #524 | #574 | — | @Montclair State | W 41-24 | 1-0 | 0-0 | |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #527 | #655 | — | Nichols | W 63-14 | 2-0 | 0-0 | |
| 3 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #530 | #656 | — | Norwich | W 44-9 | 3-0 | 1-0 | |
| 5 | Oct 3 | #527 | #516 | — | @MIT | W 43-7 | 4-0 | 2-0 | |
| 6 | Oct 10 | #499 | #595 | — | @SUNY Maritime | W 55-6 | 5-0 | 3-0 | |
| 7 | Oct 17 | #484 | #504 | — | Salve Regina | W 28-21 | 6-0 | 4-0 | |
| 8 | Oct 24 | #484 | #460 | Springfield | 12 pm ET77% to win | ||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | #483 | #556 | @WPI | 12 pm ET86% to win | ||||
| 10 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | Coast Guard (N) | 1 pm ET92% to win | ||||||
How to read this table
Win chances are our model for Merchant Marine Academy, through 6 games. This week's game comes from the playoff simulation, later games from the rating model. They are estimates and move every week.
Line is the closing point spread for Merchant Marine Academy: a minus number means favored. A green check means the team covered it, by the number beside it. A red cross means it fell short by that much.
Ahead
The forecast
The games that decide the season
The games that decide the season
Recent form · last 10 games
Merchant Marine Academy has won nine straight.
9-1 over the last 10, and won the last nine.
Streak W9Last 5 · 5-0Last 10 · 9-1
Range of outcomes · Merchant Marine Academy · 2026
Range of outcomes · Merchant Marine Academy · 2026Merchant Marine Academy’s most likely regular season is 9-0. 94% of outcomes land from 8-1 to 9-0.
Regular-season wins: chance of each total, from the game chances above
7 wins 6%; 8 wins 34%; 9 wins 61%What a title game and a playoff run could add
Floor10-2Competitive but likely outside bracket contention.
Base12-0Conference title contender. Bracket bid realistic.
Ceiling12-0Deep playoff run. Program-defining year.
Bars are the chance of each regular-season win total, from our model's chance in each game left, through 6 games. Paler bars are the outer 10% at each end. The closed row comes from the season-path projection, which also plays out conference title games and the CFP.
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Worth watching
What it is like to watch them2026 · 6-0
Game feel59even gamescombined pts / game3rd highest-scoring of 8 in the NEWMAC
Heart rate1-0rarely closein one-score games (1 of 6)8th most one-score games of 8 in the NEWMAC
Margin+32.2comfortableavg scoring margin1st best margin of 8 in the NEWMAC
Measured from 6 games · ranks are among NEWMAC teams the same season
Team story
The weekly grind
The Mariners of Kings Point, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy's NEWMAC program, where future ship's officers play Division III football as a fourth service academy and meet Coast Guard for the Secretaries Cup.
Standard GapA federal service academy playing small-college football — discipline…
Kings Point is the forgotten service academy — every midshipman ships out to sea, yet the football team plays in front of crowds a fraction the size of Army and Navy.
Game day
The experience
The Mariners of Kings Point, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy's NEWMAC program, where future ship's officers play Division III football as a fourth service academy and meet Coast Guard for the Secretaries Cup.
Playoff path
Merchant Marine Academy sits 1st in the NEWMAC and 8th of 245 in the CFB Zeitgeist — in the projected field with a seedable rating.
NEWMAC · 2026
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merchant Marine | 4-0 | 6-0 | 72.9 |
| 2 | Springfield | 3-0 | 5-1 | 66.9 |
| 3 | WPI | 2-1 | 4-2 | 56.4 |
| 4 | Salve Regina | 1-2 | 4-2 | 58.8 |
| 5 | MIT | 1-2 | 3-2 | 54.8 |
| 6 | Coast Guard | 1-2 | 3-3 | 48.3 |
| 7 | Norwich | 1-2 | 3-3 | 48.0 |
| 8 | SUNY Maritime | 0-4 | 2-5 | 43.4 |
72.9 CFB Zeitgeist#8 of 245 D350.8 strength of schedule3 quality wins
Win the NEWMAC 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 2026 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected
The 2026 season · 6-0
Signature win 63-14 over Nichols; toughest day 28-21 against Salve Regina.
Recruiting buzz
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.
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