Next game
at Endicott
Sat Oct 24 · 12 pm ET
Hempstead Stadium · series 0-4, lost the last 4
Nichols College 1% to win · our ratings after 6 games
Nichols College
2-4Commonwealth Coast · Vendetti Field · 763 seats
Last game · Sat Oct 17
L 31-34 vs Curry
Our model gave Nichols College 39% before kickoff
The rest of the season
Underdogs in all 4 games left, best shot: Western New England 39%
Win out <1% · expect 1.1 of 4 more wins
Nichols College's chance to win each game left, from our model: Endicott 1%, New England 39%, Husson 31%, Western New England 39%Bar height is our model’s chance in each game left. Dashed line: 50%.
The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetBetting line at Endicott · our model 1% Nichols College
Updated Sat Oct 24 · through week 7
Schedule and results
Nichols College · 2026 schedule and results2-4Balanced slateAverage opponent win rate 48%.Our rank entering each game: #655 to #625
| Wk | Date | Our rank | Opp rank | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf | Top performers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 4 | #655 | #510 | — | MIT | L 7-35 | 0-1 | 0-0 | |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #655 | #527 | — | @Merchant Marine | L 14-63 | 0-2 | 0-0 | |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #654 | #515 | — | Coast Guard | L 42-49 | 0-3 | 0-0 | |
| 4 | Sep 26 | #653 | — | — | @New England College | W 31-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | |
| 5 | Oct 3 | #644 | #663 | — | Maine Maritime | W 38-20 | 2-3 | 1-0 | |
| 6 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | #625 | #525 | — | Curry | L 31-34 | 2-4 | 1-1 | |
| 8 | Oct 24 | #620 | #410 | @Endicott | 12 pm ET1% to win | ||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | #620 | #521 | New England | 12 pm ET39% to win | ||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Husson | 12 pm ET31% to win | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | Western New England | 12 pm ET | ||||||
How to read this table
Win chances are our model for Nichols College, 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 Nichols College: 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
Nichols College has won two of its last five.
2-8 over the last 10, and lost the last one.
Streak L1Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 2-8
Range of outcomes · Nichols College · 2026
Range of outcomes · Nichols College · 2026Nichols College’s most likely regular season is 3-7. 95% of outcomes land from 2-8 to 4-6.
Regular-season wins: chance of each total, from the game chances above
2 wins 26%; 3 wins 44%; 4 wins 25%; 5 wins 5%What a title game and a playoff run could add
Floor2-10Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base4-8Mid-table finish.
Ceiling7-5Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.
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.
More in this tab
Worth watching
What it is like to watch them2026 · 2-4
Game feel62even gamescombined pts / game3rd highest-scoring of 7 in the Commonwealth Coast
Heart rate0-2some dramain one-score games (2 of 6)5th most one-score games of 7 in the Commonwealth Coast
Margin-7.5competitiveavg scoring margin5th best margin of 7 in the Commonwealth Coast
Measured from 6 games · ranks are among Commonwealth Coast teams the same season
Team story
The weekly grind
The Bison of Dudley, Massachusetts, a small business-college program that won a run of New England Football Conference titles in the 1970s and still plays hard-nosed New England football at Vendetti Field.
Standard GapA tiny Massachusetts business college whose football wins are earned…
Nichols is a small business college in central Massachusetts whose football, despite a 1970s championship run, almost never gets noticed.
Game day
The experience
The Bison of Dudley, Massachusetts, a small business-college program that won a run of New England Football Conference titles in the 1970s and still plays hard-nosed New England football at Vendetti Field.
Playoff path
Nichols College sits 4th in the Commonwealth Coast Conference and 182nd of 245 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
Commonwealth Coast · 2026
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Endicott | 3-0 | 6-0 | 76.7 |
| 2 | Curry | 2-0 | 4-2 | 52.1 |
| 3 | Husson | 1-1 | 2-4 | 46.7 |
| 4 | Nichols | 1-1 | 2-4 | 41.7 |
| 5 | Western New England | 1-2 | 2-4 | 46.9 |
| 6 | New England | 1-2 | 1-5 | 38.6 |
| 7 | Maine Maritime | 0-3 | 0-6 | 28.4 |
41.7 CFB Zeitgeist#182 of 245 D348.3 strength of schedule
Win the Commonwealth Coast Conference 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 · 2-4
Signature win 31-7 over New England College; toughest day 14-63 against Merchant Marine.
Recruiting buzz
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.
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