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2025 Merchant Marine

8–⁠2 (5–⁠2 NEWMAC).

Schedule and results

Merchant Marine in 2025, game by game: won vs. Montclair State 29–15; won at Nichols 56–24; won at Norwich 49–0; won vs. MIT 6–3; lost vs. SUNY Maritime 14–34; won at Salve Regina 38–34; lost at Springfield 7–35; won vs. WPI 34–14; won vs. Coast Guard 39–38; won at Curry 27–24+49−28Won 29–15 vs. Montclair State+14Montclair StateWon 56–24 at Nichols+32NicholsWon 49–0 at Norwich+49NorwichWon 6–3 vs. MIT+3MITLost 14–34 vs. SUNY Maritime-20SUNY MaritimeWon 38–34 at Salve Regina+4Salve ReginaLost 7–35 at Springfield-28SpringfieldWon 34–14 vs. WPI+20WPIWon 39–38 vs. Coast Guard+1Coast GuardWon 27–24 at Curry+3Curry
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsMontclair StateW 29–⁠1568%
Sep 13atNicholsW 56–⁠2466%
Sep 27atNorwichW 49–⁠072%
Oct 4vsMITW 6–⁠366%
Oct 11vsSUNY MaritimeL 14–⁠3469%
Oct 18atSalve ReginaW 38–⁠3433%
Oct 25atSpringfieldL 7–⁠3521%
Nov 8vsWPIW 34–⁠1477%
Nov 15vsCoast GuardW 39–⁠3848%
Nov 21atCurryW 27–⁠2439%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Curry 27–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the NEWMAC.

In program history: The 13th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 14 on file).

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 2nd in NEWMAC
AP final
Unranked
Points
299–⁠221
Coach
—
Elo
1130 +72 this season
SP+ rating
—
Recruiting class
—

2025 NEWMAC standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Springfield7–⁠09–⁠3
Merchant Marine5–⁠28–⁠2
Coast Guard5–⁠27–⁠3
MIT4–⁠36–⁠3
Salve Regina3–⁠46–⁠4
SUNY Maritime3–⁠45–⁠6
WPI1–⁠62–⁠8
Norwich0–⁠71–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.