June 22, 2026 · Dead Period · Heritage Window · 2026 Outlook

SUNY Morrisville

0-10 2025 final

The Mustangs of Morrisville, a SUNY school in upstate New York that climbed to a 2024 ECAC Scotty Whitelaw Bowl title and now plays Division III football in the Empire 8.

The Mustangs hold the line.

Record

0-10

win% .000

Conference

7th of 8

Empire 8 · 0-6

Index Rating

31.1

D3 #233 of 240

Playoff Path

Win the league

Dead PeriodOffseasonPatientPost-loss — reckoning

The Long Wait·Offseason

The Mustangs of Morrisville, a SUNY school in upstate New York that climbed to a 2024 ECAC Scotty Whitelaw Bowl title and now plays Division III football in the Empire 8.

Standard GapA small state-college program building credibility — the recent goal mov…

Turn the 2024 bowl breakthrough into a real Empire 8 run — make Morrisville a team the conference has to plan around, not a road game opponents pencil as a win.

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Offseason

69 days

until kickoff · Sun Aug 30 · 17:00 UTC

Act I

The 2026 Outlook

DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

SUNY Morrisville sits 7th in the Empire 8 Conference and 233rd of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

Empire 8 · 2025

	Team	Conf	Overall	Index
1	Cortland	6-0	8-3	61.5
2	Utica	5-1	8-3	60.8
3	St John Fisher University	4-2	7-4	54.0
4	Brockport	3-3	7-4	54.1
5	Alfred University	2-4	4-6	46.2
6	Hartwick	2-5	4-6	42.3
7	SUNY Morrisville	0-6	0-10	31.1
8	Hilbert College	0-1	0-10	29.5

31.1 CFB Zeitgeist#233 of 240 D351.7 strength of schedule

Win the Empire 8 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 2025 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected

THE 2025 SEASON · 0-10

Signature win 14-17 over Kean; toughest day 3-61 against Brockport.

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The Mustangs hold the line.

What moved it — offseason · last 30 days

June Dead-period quiet — official-visit + heritage window —

Camp Fall camp ~40 days out

"Go Mustangs." — SUNY Morrisville fanbase · recurring line

0 mentions · awaiting signal

Winning record—

The baseline for a successful season.

Conference title—

The primary goal and national bracket path.

32-team bracket qualifierLocked—

One of 32 national tournament entries.

Stagg BowlLocked—

The Division III national championship game.

Floor 0-12

Base 0-12

Ceiling 3-9

floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.

base0-12Mid-table finish.

ceiling3-9Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.

Variance assumed at ±2 wins from last-season record. Replace with the season-path projection once preview data is built.

Act II

Who We Are

Home-Field Advantage · SUNY Morrisville · 2018-present

Strong

52% home win rate vs 33% on the road. margin runs +3.0 better at home.

Home10-9Away7-14

Act III

Last Season Reviewed

2025 season · tap to expand

Recent Form · last 10 games

Hibernating

Zero of five. Reset territory.

Streak L10Last 5 · 0-5Last 10 · 0-10

Schedule Strength · SUNY Morrisville · 2025

Hard

Average opponent win rate 55% across 10 finalized games. Strong conference slate — wins here carry full weight in Super Region selection.

Opp Win %0.555

From the Archive — SUNY Morrisville

2024: Lost 0-24 at Brockport

In 2024, the program lost 0-24 at Brockport — a stinging road result, 24 points either way.

Go Mustangs.