Reading0-10The Golden Wolves of Alvernia University in Reading, Pennsylvania — a young program that played its first varsity season in 2018, building from scratch in the Mid Atlantic at Alvernia Stadium.
Alvernia only kicked off football in 2018 — and everyone treats the Golden Wolves like a startup that hasn't earned the right to compete in the Mid Atlantic.
The Wolves hold the line.
Reading · Next-Season Outcome Band
Reading · 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 Keystone · away
Game Week
10 days
until kickoff · at Keystone · Fri Sep 4 · 22:30 UTC
The Golden Wolves of Alvernia University in Reading, Pennsylvania — a young program that played its first varsity season in 2018, building from scratch in the Mid Atlantic at Alvernia Stadium.
Reading sits 10th in the Mid Atlantic Conference and 232nd of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastern | 8-1 | 10-2 | 67.7 |
| 2 | Delaware Valley | 7-2 | 8-3 | 58.5 |
| 3 | Misericordia | 7-2 | 7-4 | 56.4 |
| 4 | Lebanon Valley | 6-3 | 6-5 | 52.9 |
| 5 | Stevenson | 5-4 | 6-4 | 53.8 |
| 6 | King's | 5-4 | 5-5 | 50.3 |
| 7 | Widener | 3-6 | 4-6 | 45.3 |
| 10 | Alvernia | 0-9 | 0-10 | 31.1 |
Win the Mid Atlantic 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 14-24 over Eastern; toughest day 0-52 against King's.
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.
The Pulse on Reading
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 5 | — | — | — | Ursinus | L 17–41 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 13 | #575 | #534 | — | @Eastern | L 14–24 | 0-2 | 0-1 |
| 4 | Sep 20 | #608 | #528 | — | Stevenson | L 13–35 | 0-3 | 0-2 |
| 5 | Sep 27 | #631 | #575 | — | @Misericordia | L 10–41 | 0-4 | 0-3 |
| 7 | Oct 11 | #636 | #610 | — | Albright | L 14–38 | 0-5 | 0-4 |
| 8 | Oct 18 | #640 | #545 | — | @King's | L 0–52 | 0-6 | 0-5 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #641 | #602 | — | Widener | L 14–32 | 0-7 | 0-6 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #643 | #508 | — | Delaware Valley | L 10–43 | 0-8 | 0-7 |
| 11 | Nov 8 | #646 | #532 | — | @Lebanon Valley | L 7–38 | 0-9 | 0-8 |
| 12 | Nov 15 | #642 | #611 | — | @FDU Florham | L 3–52 | 0-10 | 0-9 |
Home-Field Advantage · Reading · 2018-present
Soft
10% home win rate vs 15% on the road. margin runs +1.3 better at home. Turf Field seats 4,000.
66°F average kickoff temp; 16% of games had measurable precipitation; 7 mph average wind.
Based on 19 home games with weather data.
All-Time Record
5-35
since 2022 · 4 seasons · .125 win rate