Elizabeth City State Vikings

CIAAElizabeth City, NCRoebuck Stadium

2026: 1–⁠6 (1–⁠4 CIAA). Last: lost at Fayetteville State 43–⁠7. Next: at Livingstone, Saturday, Oct 24, 2 p.m. ET.

  1. L 14–⁠17Fort Valley State
  2. L 6–⁠27at North Carolina Central
  3. L 14–⁠28Virginia State
  4. L 23–⁠34Bowie State
  5. L 7–⁠20at Virginia Union
  6. W 35–⁠21Lincoln (PA)
  7. L 7–⁠43at Fayetteville State
  8. Oct 24at Livingstone
  9. Oct 31Winston-Salem State
  10. Nov 7at Bluefield State

Elizabeth City State has played football since at least 2007 and is 16–⁠47 in the 63 games on record. This season, they’re 1–⁠6.

Résumé

Record on file
16–⁠47 .254; how we count
Postseason
0–⁠0 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 0 ranked
Elo now
1025
Best season by Elo
2007 rated 1178
Seasons
11 since 2007, 63 games

2026 season 1–⁠6

RosterFull 2026 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Elizabeth City State’s Elo through 2026: 1099 going into the opener, 1025 after the latest game.1025105010751100Elo 1099 going in; lost to Fort Valley State 17–14Elo 1086 going in; lost to North Carolina Central 27–6Elo 1078 going in; lost to Virginia State 28–14Elo 1058 going in; lost to Bowie State 34–23Elo 1029 going in; lost to Virginia Union 20–7Elo 1023 going in; beat Lincoln (PA) 35–21Elo 1040 going in; lost to Fayetteville State 43–7Now: Elo 1025 after the latest game1025
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

On the 2026 team

Program strength since 2007

Best seasons ever
Elizabeth City State end-of-season Elo from 2007 to 2026, best in 2007 at 1178.130015001700190020102015202020252007 peak: Elo 1178
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesECSU record
Lincoln (PA)63–⁠3
Virginia Union60–⁠6
Virginia State61–⁠5
Bowie State61–⁠5
Every opponent (21)

Every program Elizabeth City State has played, A to Z, with Elizabeth City State’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Black college football

Black College Football Hall of Fame: 2 inductees from Elizabeth City State.

Black college national champions as Wikipedia’s list gives each season’s selections since 1920 (the black press’s polls, bowls and later media polls; some seasons have several). Black college football history: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL Draft

By college
Drafted, rounds 1–⁠7
3 since 1967
First-round picks
0

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20261–⁠61–⁠41025
20254–⁠64–⁠41074
20243–⁠71–⁠7998
20233–⁠72–⁠6990
20222–⁠72–⁠6958
20213–⁠73–⁠51026
20190–⁠21102
20160–⁠21133
20140–⁠11158
20100–⁠11170
20070–⁠11178

No season on file for 2008–⁠09, 2011–⁠13, 2015, 2017–⁠18, 2020: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

All 11 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.