Wayne State (NE) Wildcats

Northern SunWayne, NEMemorial Stadium (Wayne, NE)

2026: 6–⁠1 (5–⁠1 Northern Sun). Last: won at Bemidji State 45–⁠13. Next: at Minnesota State, Saturday, Oct 24, 2 p.m. ET.

  1. W 21–⁠20at Nebraska Kearney
  2. W 35–⁠28at Minot State
  3. L 13–⁠20Minnesota Duluth
  4. W 44–⁠7Jamestown
  5. W 38–⁠24at Southwest Minnesota State
  6. W 17–⁠14Winona State
  7. W 45–⁠13at Bemidji State
  8. Oct 24at Minnesota State
  9. Oct 31Concordia St. Paul
  10. Nov 7Sioux Falls
  11. Nov 14at Augustana (SD)

Wayne State (NE) has played football since at least 2003 and is 44–⁠20 in the 64 games on record. This season, they’re 6–⁠1.

Résumé

Record on file
44–⁠20 .688; 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
1294
Best season by Elo
2026 rated 1294
Seasons
7 since 2003, 64 games

2026 season 6–⁠1

RosterFull 2026 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Wayne State (NE)‘s Elo through 2026: 1242 going into the opener, 1294 after the latest game.1225125012751300Elo 1242 going in; beat Nebraska Kearney 21–20Elo 1248 going in; beat Minot State 35–28Elo 1262 going in; lost to Minnesota Duluth 20–13Elo 1239 going in; beat Jamestown 44–7Elo 1250 going in; beat Southwest Minnesota State 38–24Elo 1259 going in; beat Winona State 17–14Elo 1266 going in; beat Bemidji State 45–13Now: Elo 1294 after the latest game1294
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Program strength since 2003

Best seasons ever
Wayne State (NE) end-of-season Elo from 2003 to 2026, best in 2026 at 1294.1300150017001900200520102015202020252026 peak: Elo 1294
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesWSNE record
Minnesota State63–⁠3
Southwest Minnesota State66–⁠0
Minot State55–⁠0
Bemidji State51–⁠4
Sioux Falls53–⁠2
Winona State53–⁠2
Minnesota St Moorhead55–⁠0
Every opponent (17)

Every program Wayne State (NE) has played, A to Z, with Wayne State (NE)‘s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

In the NFL Draft

By college
Drafted, rounds 1–⁠7
2 since 1994
First-round picks
0

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20266–⁠15–⁠11294
20257–⁠47–⁠31288
20247–⁠46–⁠41233
20238–⁠37–⁠31292
20229–⁠39–⁠21272
20217–⁠47–⁠41236
20030–⁠11182

No season on file for 2004–⁠20: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

All 7 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.