Middlebury Panthers

NESCACMiddlebury, VTAlumni Stadium (VT)

2026: 2–⁠3 (2–⁠3 NESCAC). Last: lost to Williams 20–⁠10 at home. Next: at Bates, Saturday, Oct 24, 1 p.m. ET.

  1. L 13–⁠35Wesleyan (CT)
  2. W 16–⁠0at Bowdoin
  3. W 32–⁠2Colby
  4. L 22–⁠23at Amherst
  5. L 10–⁠20Williams
  6. Oct 24at Bates
  7. Oct 31Trinity (CT)
  8. Nov 7Hamilton
  9. Nov 14at Tufts

Middlebury has played football since at least 1901 and is 29–⁠37–⁠1 in the 67 games on record. This season, they’re 2–⁠3.

Résumé

Record on file
29–⁠37–⁠1 .440; how we count
Postseason
1–⁠0 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 0 ranked
Elo now
1056
Best season by Elo
2023 rated 1280
Seasons
21 since 1901, 67 games

2026 season 2–⁠3

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsWesleyan (CT)L 13–⁠3549%
Sep 26atBowdoinW 16–⁠056%
Oct 3vsColbyW 32–⁠264%
Oct 10atAmherstL 22–⁠2345%
Oct 17vsWilliamsL 10–⁠2058%
Oct 24atBatesPreview68%
Oct 31vsTrinity (CT)Preview33%
Nov 7vsHamiltonPreview75%
Nov 14atTuftsPreview46%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Middlebury’s Elo through 2026: 1073 going into the opener, 1056 after the latest game.1025105010751100Elo 1073 going in; lost to Wesleyan (CT) 35–13Elo 1042 going in; beat Bowdoin 16–0Elo 1067 going in; beat Colby 32–2Elo 1090 going in; lost to Amherst 23–22Elo 1084 going in; lost to Williams 20–10Now: Elo 1056 after the latest game1056
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Program strength since 1901

Best seasons ever
Middlebury end-of-season Elo from 1901 to 2026, best in 2023 at 1280.13001500170019001920194019601980200020202023 peak: Elo 1280
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesMIDB record
Williams63–⁠3
Columbia60–⁠6
Wesleyan (CT)51–⁠4
Colby55–⁠0
Harvard50–⁠4–⁠1
Amherst53–⁠2
Bowdoin55–⁠0

The trophy it holds: Mac-Jack Rocking Chair (Hamilton). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.

Every opponent (19)

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

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20262–⁠32–⁠31056
20255–⁠45–⁠41110
20246–⁠36–⁠31186
20238–⁠17–⁠11280
20227–⁠27–⁠21256
19320–⁠11174
19310–⁠11171
19300–⁠11174
19290–⁠11177
19250–⁠21176
19240–⁠11183
19230–⁠1–⁠11179
19220–⁠41165
19210–⁠21174
1919few games on file0–⁠21171
1918few games on file0–⁠11174
1917few games on file0–⁠11171
1910few games on file0–⁠11163
1906few games on file0–⁠11158
1905few games on file0–⁠31149
1901few games on file1–⁠11194

No season on file for 1902–⁠04, 1907–⁠09, 1911–⁠16, 1920, 1926–⁠28, 1933–⁠2021: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

All 21 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.