Wingate

1-3

South Atlantic · Irwin Belk Stadium · 3,500

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches

The marketno line yetvs UVA Wise · our model 89% Wingate · a number, not a pick

LastL 22–25 vs Newberry · Sat Sep 19

Nextvs UVA Wise · Sat Sep 26 · 6 pm ET · Irwin Belk Stadium · series 5-0, won the last 5

Updated Tue Sep 22 · through week 3

Wingate · 2026 schedule & results1-3

Wk	Date	Us	Opp	Line	Opponent	Result	Record	Conf
1	Aug 27	#318	#312	—	@UNC Pembroke	L 13–21	0-1	0-0
1	Sep 5	#318	#294	—	@Delta State	W 36–13	1-1	0-0
2	Sep 12	#316	#273	—	@Carson Newman	L 23–24	1-2	0-1
3	Sep 19	#306	#271	—	Newberry	L 22–25	1-3	0-2
4	Sep 26	#303	#410		UVA Wise
5	Oct 3	#302	#340		@Catawba
6	Oct 10				Tusculum
7	Oct 17				@Lenoir Rhyne
9	Oct 31				Anderson (SC)
10	Nov 7				Emory & Henry
11	Nov 14				@Mars Hill

Game Week

4d 22h

until kickoff · vs UVA Wise · Sat Sep 26 · 6 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Wingate built itself into a SAC power over 15 years and became the Division II program of the moment in 2024 — winning the SAC Championship in Rashaan Jordan's first season as head coach, reaching the D2 Semifinals in 2022, and proving the Bulldogs belong in national conversation.

Standard GapA perennial SAC playoff team (6 bids in 8 years) that finally won the…

Fans here believe wingate made six playoff bids in eight years and almost nobody noticed. The chip is that the Bulldogs were a 2022 D2 Semifinal away from national prominence and then won the 2024…

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The season in chapters

Week 10-1L 13–21 at UNC Pembroke · Thu Aug 27

Week 11-0W 36–13 at Delta State · Sat Sep 5

Weeks 2–30-2L 22–25 vs Newberry · Sat Sep 19

Ahead

Sat Sep 26Next: UVA Wisevs UVA Wise · at home

What it is like to watch them2026 · 1-3

Game feel44even gamescombined pts / game5th highest-scoring of 8 in the South Atlantic

Heart rate0-3white-knucklein one-score games (3 of 4)1st most one-score games of 8 in the South Atlantic

Margin+2.8competitiveavg scoring margin5th best margin of 8 in the South Atlantic

✓ measured from 4 games · ranks are among South Atlantic teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Wingate has won one of its last five.

Cold. 6-4 over the last 10, and lost the last two.

Streak L2Last 5 · 1-4Last 10 · 6-4

The forecast

Next Sep 26

vs UVA Wise · at home

Floor 0-12Ceiling 4-8Base 1-11

0 wins12 wins

Floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.

Base1-11Mid-table finish.

Ceiling4-8Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.

No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.

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Wingate

Wingate has won one of its last five.

Wingate's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.

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