Nichols Bison

Commonwealth CoastDudley, MAVendetti Field

2026: 2–⁠4 (1–⁠1 Commonwealth Coast). Last: lost to Curry 34–⁠31 at home. Next: at Endicott, Saturday, Oct 24, noon ET.

  1. L 7–⁠35MIT
  2. L 14–⁠63at Merchant Marine
  3. L 42–⁠49Coast Guard
  4. W 31–⁠7at New England College
  5. W 38–⁠20Maine Maritime
  6. L 31–⁠34Curry
  7. Oct 24at Endicott
  8. Oct 31New England
  9. Nov 7at Husson
  10. Nov 14Western New England

Nichols has played football since at least 2022 and is 14–⁠32 in the 46 games on record. This season, they’re 2–⁠4.

Résumé

Record on file
14–⁠32 .304; 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
910
Best season by Elo
2022 rated 959
Seasons
5 since 2022, 46 games

2026 season 2–⁠4

RosterFull 2026 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Nichols’s Elo through 2026: 902 going into the opener, 910 after the latest game.850875900925Elo 902 going in; lost to MIT 35–7Elo 879 going in; lost to Merchant Marine 63–14Elo 868 going in; lost to Coast Guard 49–42Elo 857 going in; beat New England College 31–7Elo 906 going in; beat Maine Maritime 38–20Elo 919 going in; lost to Curry 34–31Now: Elo 910 after the latest game910
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Program strength since 2022

Best seasons ever
Nichols end-of-season Elo from 2022 to 2026, best in 2022 at 959.130015001700190020252022 peak: Elo 959
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesNICC record
Coast Guard52–⁠3
Curry51–⁠4
Every opponent (16)

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

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20262–⁠41–⁠1910
20252–⁠81–⁠5852
20243–⁠70–⁠5895
20233–⁠70–⁠5944
20224–⁠61–⁠5959

All 5 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.