Nichols College2-8The 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.
Nichols is a small business college in central Massachusetts whose football, despite a 1970s championship run, almost never gets noticed.
Quiet weeks in Bison country.
Nichols College · Next-Season Outcome Band
Nichols College · Next-Season Outcome BandFloor / Base / Ceiling
Variance assumed at ±2 wins from last-season record. Replace with the season-path projection once preview data is built.
Recent Form · last 10 games
Hibernating
Zero of five. Reset territory.
Opens Sep 4
vs MIT · at home
Game Week
10 days
until kickoff · vs MIT · Fri Sep 4 · 22:00 UTC
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.
Nichols College sits 6th in the Commonwealth Coast Conference and 207th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Endicott | 6-0 | 9-2 | 62.2 |
| 2 | Curry | 5-1 | 8-3 | 55.4 |
| 3 | New England | 4-2 | 8-2 | 58.3 |
| 4 | Western New England | 3-3 | 6-4 | 51.3 |
| 5 | Husson | 2-4 | 4-6 | 43.6 |
| 6 | Nichols | 1-5 | 2-8 | 36.6 |
| 7 | Maine Maritime | 0-6 | 0-10 | 28.6 |
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.
Signature win 49-20 over Maine Maritime; toughest day 3-56 against Endicott.
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.
The Pulse on Nichols College
What moved it — fall camp · last 14 days
No player stats logged for this program yet — stats appear once the season is underway.
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Sep 6 | — | — | — | @MIT | L 13–46 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 13 | #590 | #538 | — | Merchant Marine | L 24–56 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 20 | #638 | #569 | — | @Coast Guard | L 60–92 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 5 | Sep 27 | #656 | — | — | New England College | W 41–21 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 6 | Oct 4 | #577 | #646 | — | @Maine Maritime | W 49–20 | 2-3 | 1-0 |
| 8 | Oct 18 | #572 | #469 | — | @Curry | L 27–71 | 2-4 | 1-1 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #626 | #436 | — | Endicott | L 3–56 | 2-5 | 1-2 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #633 | #503 | — | @New England | L 34–58 | 2-6 | 1-3 |
| 11 | Nov 8 | #641 | #563 | — | Husson | L 19–63 | 2-7 | 1-4 |
| 12 | Nov 15 | #658 | #454 | — | @Western New England | L 20–63 | 2-8 | 1-5 |
Home-Field Advantage · Nichols College · 2018-present
Strong
42% home win rate vs 19% on the road. margin runs +8.3 better at home. Vendetti Field seats 763.
64°F average kickoff temp; 21% of games had measurable precipitation; 10 mph average wind.
Based on 19 home games with weather data.
All-Time Record
12-28
since 2022 · 4 seasons · .300 win rate
Moment of the Year · Nichols College · 2025
Moment of the Year · Nichols College · 2025Won 41-21 vs New England College
Week 5 of 2025. The single game that defined the season's arc.