Washington and Lee

4-2

Old Dominion · Wilson Field · 4,000 seats · averaging 1,835 in 2026

Next game

vs Hampden Sydney

Sat Oct 24 · 1 pm ET

Wilson Field · series 13-1, won the last 3

Washington and Lee against Hampden Sydney since 1907: 13 wins, 1 losses

1907Each tick is a meeting: up is a win for Washington and Lee, down a lossnow

Washington and Lee 26% to win · our ratings after 6 games

Last game · Sat Oct 17

L 21-22 at Bridgewater

Our model gave Washington and Lee 83% before kickoff

The rest of the season

Three real tests left: Hampden Sydney 26%, Roanoke College 30%, Shenandoah 37%

Win out 3% · expect 1.8 of 4 more wins

Washington and Lee's chance to win each game left, from our model: Hampden Sydney 26%, Guilford 91%, Shenandoah 37%, Roanoke College 30%

Bar height is our model’s chance in each game left. Dashed line: 50%.

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetBetting line vs Hampden Sydney · our model 26% Washington and Lee

Updated Sat Oct 24 · through week 7

Schedule and results

Washington and Lee · 2026 schedule and results4-2Soft slateAverage opponent win rate 40%.Our rank entering each game: #461 to #480
WkDateOur rankOpp rankLineOpponentResultRecordConfTop performers
1Sep 5#461#486—WittenbergW 13-71-00-0
2Sep 12#461#640—@GettysburgW 27-232-00-0
3Sep 19#466#448—@SalisburyL 13-432-10-0
4Bye week
5Oct 3#477#614—AverettW 34-73-11-0
6Oct 10#476#439—Randolph MaconW 20-174-12-0
7Oct 17#480#555—@BridgewaterL 21-224-22-1
8Oct 24#494#464Hampden Sydney1 pm ET26% to win
9Oct 31#496#661@Guilford4 pm ET91% to win
10Nov 7Shenandoah1 pm ET37% to win
11Nov 14@Roanoke College2 pm ET
How to read this table

Win chances are our model for Washington and Lee, 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 Washington and Lee: 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

Sat Oct 24Next: Hampden Sydneyvs Hampden Sydney · at home

Recent form · last 10 games

Washington and Lee has won three of its last five.

7-3 over the last 10, and lost the last one.

Streak L1Last 5 · 3-2Last 10 · 7-3

Range of outcomes · Washington and Lee · 2026

Washington and Lee’s most likely regular season is 6-4. 94% of outcomes land from 5-5 to 7-3.

Regular-season wins: chance of each total, from the game chances above

4 wins 3%; 5 wins 33%; 6 wins 42%; 7 wins 18%; 8 wins 3%
What a title game and a playoff run could add
Floor6-6Competitive but likely outside bracket contention.
Base8-4Conference title contender. Bracket bid realistic.
Ceiling10-2Deep playoff run. Program-defining year.

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.

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Worth watchingGames average 41 combined points, rock fights

What it is like to watch them2026 · 4-2

Game feel41rock fightscombined pts / game6th highest-scoring of 7 in the Old Dominion
Heart rate3-1white-knucklein one-score games (4 of 6)1st most one-score games of 7 in the Old Dominion
Margin+1.5competitiveavg scoring margin4th best margin of 7 in the Old Dominion
Home crowd1,835avg attendance1st biggest crowds of 1 in the Old Dominion

Measured from 6 games · ranks are among Old Dominion teams the same season

Team storyThe story of this team right now, in one line.
The weekly grind

The Generals of Lexington, an elite Virginia liberal-arts college whose football dates to an 1873 win over neighbor VMI and now plays Division III in the ODAC with nine conference titles.

Title DroughtSince 2021 · 5 yrs

Washington and Lee gets dismissed as an academics-only school, yet its football goes back to 1873 and it has won nine ODAC titles in the modern era.

Read the full program story ↓
Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

The Generals of Lexington, an elite Virginia liberal-arts college whose football dates to an 1873 win over neighbor VMI and now plays Division III in the ODAC with nine conference titles.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.

Washington and Lee sits 3rd in the Old Dominion Conference and 94th of 245 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

Old Dominion · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Hampden Sydney2-05-164.3
2Randolph Macon2-14-256.5
3Washington and Lee2-14-254.1
4Bridgewater2-12-444.7
5Shenandoah1-14-257.2
6Averett0-32-440.6
7Guilford0-21-535.8
54.1 CFB Zeitgeist#94 of 245 D346.5 strength of schedule1 quality win

Win the Old Dominion 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 · 4-2
W 13-7 vs Wittenberg · Wk 1+6WittenbeW 27-23 at Gettysburg · Wk 2+4GettysbuL 13-43 at Salisbury · Wk 3-30SalisburW 34-7 vs Averett · Wk 5+27AverettW 20-17 vs Randolph Macon · Wk 6+3RandolphL 21-22 at Bridgewater · Wk 7-1Bridgewa

Signature win 34-7 over Averett; toughest day 13-43 against Salisbury.

Recruiting buzzWhat fans say about the incoming class right now.

Community pulse

No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.

CFB Zeitgeist “Go Generals.”
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