Empire 8
Nine current members, four former. Our membership records under this name start in 2014.
2023 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP | Elo | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUNY Cortland | 6–0 | 14–1 | 1441 | WWWWW | ||
| Brockport | 5–1 | 8–2 | 1231 | WWWLW | ||
| Utica | 4–2 | 8–2 | 1180 | LWWLW | ||
| St. John Fisher | 2–4 | 5–5 | 1018 | WLWLL | ||
| SUNY Morrisville | 2–4 | 4–6 | 1033 | LLLWW | ||
| Alfred | 2–4 | 4–6 | 980 | LLLWL | ||
| Hartwick | 0–6 | 1–9 | 831 | LLLLL |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied. AP: the AP poll, final (else the final AP rank). Elo is our own rating, a measure of strength, not a prediction.
Against other conferences, 2023
Empire 8 teams are 23–10 outside the conference.
- Landmark Conference11–4
- Liberty League3–3
- Commonwealth Coast Conference2–1
- CCIW1–0
- Michigan Conference1–0
- Mid Atlantic Conference1–0
- New Jersey Conference1–0
- NEWMAC0–1
- North Coast Conference1–0
- Ohio Conference0–1
- Old Dominion Conference1–0
- Presidents’1–0
The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from lower divisions count together.
Members
Every school and its years (13)
Members now
- Alfred 2014 on
- Brockport 2014 on
- Hartwick 2014 on
- St. John Fisher 2014 on
- Utica 2014 on
- SUNY Cortland 2015 on
- SUNY Morrisville 2015 on
- Hilbert 2024 on
- Alfred State 2025 on
Former members
- Buffalo State 2014–2018
- Ithaca 2014–2016
- Frostburg State 2014
- Salisbury 2014
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 2014; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in all 104 team-seasons from 2014. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.