North Carolina Wesleyan4-6The Battling Bishops of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, a small Methodist university competing in the USA South Athletic Conference, playing under the lights at Bradley Stadium for pride in the Carolina small-college ranks.
North Carolina Wesleyan is a small Methodist university whose football rarely gets noticed beyond eastern North Carolina.
Quiet weeks in Battling Bishops country.
North Carolina Wesleyan · Next-Season Outcome Band
North Carolina Wesleyan · 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
Cooling
Two of five. Schedule has caught up.
Opens Sep 5
vs Averett · away
Game Week
9 days
until kickoff · at Averett · Sat Sep 5 · 22:00 UTC
The Battling Bishops of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, a small Methodist university competing in the USA South Athletic Conference, playing under the lights at Bradley Stadium for pride in the Carolina small-college ranks.
North Carolina Wesleyan sits 7th in the USA South Conference and 166th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LaGrange | 7-0 | 10-2 | 65.1 |
| 2 | Belhaven | 5-2 | 6-4 | 56.3 |
| 3 | Huntingdon | 5-2 | 6-4 | 55.3 |
| 4 | Brevard College | 4-3 | 6-4 | 55.3 |
| 5 | Southern Virginia | 3-4 | 6-4 | 51.7 |
| 6 | Greensboro | 2-5 | 3-7 | 45.3 |
| 7 | North Carolina Wesleyan | 2-5 | 4-6 | 44.4 |
| 8 | Maryville (TN) | 0-0 | 7-3 | 59.4 |
Win the USA South 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 64-12 over Averett; toughest day 6-45 against Brevard College.
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.
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What moved it — fall camp · last 14 days
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| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Sep 4 | — | — | — | Averett | W 64–12 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 13 | #556 | #565 | — | @Apprentice School | W 49–16 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 20 | #541 | #599 | — | Sewanee | L 0–33 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 6 | Oct 4 | #576 | #450 | — | @LaGrange | L 24–41 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| 7 | Oct 11 | #584 | #495 | — | Belhaven | L 38–41 | 2-3 | 0-2 |
| 8 | Oct 18 | #575 | #486 | — | @Huntingdon | W 21–20 | 3-3 | 1-2 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #565 | #525 | — | Southern Virginia | L 10–19 | 3-4 | 1-3 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #570 | #644 | — | @Methodist | W 48–17 | 4-4 | 2-3 |
| 11 | Nov 8 | #552 | #647 | — | Greensboro | L 29–38 | 4-5 | 2-4 |
| 12 | Nov 15 | #571 | #450 | — | @Brevard College | L 6–45 | 4-6 | 2-5 |
Home-Field Advantage · North Carolina Wesleyan · 2018-present
Above-Average
31% home win rate vs 40% on the road. margin runs +3.6 better at home. Bishop Stadium seats 5,000.
73°F average kickoff temp; 0% of games had measurable precipitation; 8 mph average wind.
Based on 19 home games with weather data.
All-Time Record
15-26
since 2019 · 5 seasons · .365 win rate
Moment of the Year · North Carolina Wesleyan · 2025
Moment of the Year · North Carolina Wesleyan · 2025Won 64-12 vs Averett
Week 2 of 2025. A statement margin. Recruiting boards re-rendered overnight.