Washington and Lee7-4The 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.
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.
Generals country waits.
Washington and Lee · Next-Season Outcome Band
Washington and Lee · 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
Warming
Four of five. The board favors this trend.
Opens Sep 5
vs Wittenberg · at home
Game Week
11 days
until kickoff · vs Wittenberg · Sat Sep 5 · 17:00 UTC
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.
Washington and Lee sits 3rd in the Old Dominion Conference and 94th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randolph Macon | 6-0 | 9-2 | 63.0 |
| 2 | Shenandoah | 4-2 | 8-3 | 55.3 |
| 3 | Washington and Lee | 4-2 | 7-4 | 53.9 |
| 4 | Hampden Sydney | 3-3 | 7-3 | 57.2 |
| 5 | Bridgewater | 3-3 | 4-6 | 48.4 |
| 6 | Averett | 1-5 | 1-9 | 34.7 |
| 7 | Guilford College | 0-6 | 2-8 | 37.8 |
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.
Signature win 45-0 over Gallaudet; toughest day 21-42 against Salisbury.
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.
The Pulse on Washington and Lee
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 | — | — | — | Salisbury | L 21–42 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 13 | #480 | #460 | — | @Wittenberg | L 21–24 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 20 | #489 | #634 | — | Guilford College | W 35–7 | 1-2 | 1-0 |
| 5 | Sep 27 | #502 | #470 | — | @Randolph Macon | L 6–24 | 1-3 | 1-1 |
| 6 | Oct 4 | #509 | #490 | — | @Hampden Sydney | W 42–34 | 2-3 | 2-1 |
| 7 | Oct 11 | #489 | #615 | — | Gallaudet | W 45–0 | 3-3 | 2-1 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #480 | #494 | — | Bridgewater | W 20–17 | 4-3 | 3-1 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #477 | #665 | — | @Averett | W 61–21 | 5-3 | 4-1 |
| 11 | Nov 8 | #469 | — | — | Roanoke College | W 35–14 | 6-3 | 4-1 |
| 12 | Nov 15 | #435 | #458 | — | @Shenandoah | L 14–17 | 6-4 | 4-2 |
| 13 | Nov 22 | #432 | #551 | — | Lycoming (N) | W 14–12 | 7-4 | 4-2 |
Historical echo
Washington and Lee’s breakout has happened before — and 2 of the 4 closest programs couldn’t hold it.
Programs whose stature climbed in the same shape. The grey line is their run; the color is what came next for them.
An analogy on the shape of a program’s Zeitgeist stature arc — not a prediction. Interim calibration, medium confidence; matched among current FBS programs at a comparable level.
Home-Field Advantage · Washington and Lee · 2018-present
Soft
60% home win rate vs 65% on the road. margin runs +1.8 better at home. Wilson Field seats 4,000.
70°F average kickoff temp; 20% of games had measurable precipitation; 5 mph average wind.
Based on 5 home games with weather data.
All-Time Record
218-198-25
since 1890 · 55 seasons · .494 win rate
Moment of the Year · Washington and Lee · 2025
Moment of the Year · Washington and Lee · 2025Won 35-7 vs Guilford College
Week 4 of 2025. A statement margin. Recruiting boards re-rendered overnight.