Empire 8
Nine current members, four former. Our membership records under this name start in 2014.
2025 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP | Elo | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUNY Cortland | 7–0 | 8–3 | 1284 | WWWLL | ||
| Utica | 6–1 | 8–3 | 1193 | WWWWL | ||
| St. John Fisher | 5–2 | 7–4 | 1064 | LLWWL | ||
| Brockport | 4–3 | 7–4 | 1167 | WWLLW | ||
| Alfred State | 4–4 | 5–5 | 992 | LWLWL | ||
| Alfred | 2–5 | 4–6 | 1000 | LLLLW | ||
| Hartwick | 2–6 | 4–6 | 888 | LLWLW | ||
| SUNY Morrisville | 0–7 | 0–10 | 846 | LLLLL | ||
| Hilbert | 0–2 | 0–10 | 700 | 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, 2025
Empire 8 teams are 13–21 outside the conference.
- Liberty League9–15
- Presidents’2–2
- New Jersey Conference0–2
- Commonwealth Coast Conference1–0
- Heartland Conference0–1
- Mid Atlantic Conference1–0
- NEWMAC0–1
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.