WPI Engineers

NEWMACWorcester, MAAlumni Stadium (Worcester, MA)

2026: 4–⁠2 (2–⁠1 NEWMAC). Last: lost at Springfield 19–⁠13. Next: at SUNY Maritime, Saturday, Oct 24, 2 p.m. ET.

  1. L 7–⁠35at Rensselaer
  2. W 22–⁠21New England
  3. W 13–⁠7Husson
  4. W 24–⁠17at Coast Guard
  5. W 45–⁠19Norwich
  6. L 13–⁠19at Springfield
  7. Oct 24at SUNY Maritime
  8. Oct 31Merchant Marine
  9. Nov 7MIT
  10. Nov 14at Salve Regina

WPI has played football since at least 1888 and is 28–⁠72–⁠1 in the 101 games on record. This season, they’re 4–⁠2.

Résumé

Record on file
28–⁠72–⁠1 .282; 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
997
Best season by Elo
1888 rated 1188
Seasons
24 since 1888, 101 games

2026 season 4–⁠2

RosterFull 2026 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

WPI’s Elo through 2026: 937 going into the opener, 997 after the latest game.9259509751000Elo 937 going in; lost to Rensselaer 35–7Elo 925 going in; beat New England 22–21Elo 934 going in; beat Husson 13–7Elo 952 going in; beat Coast Guard 24–17Elo 986 going in; beat Norwich 45–19Elo 1002 going in; lost to Springfield 19–13Now: Elo 997 after the latest game997
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Program strength since 1888

Best seasons ever
WPI end-of-season Elo from 1888 to 2026, best in 1888 at 1188.130015001700190019001920194019601980200020201888 peak: Elo 1188
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesWPI record
Massachusetts104–⁠6
Holy Cross80–⁠8
Brown81–⁠7
Tufts72–⁠5
Trinity (CT)72–⁠4–⁠1
Coast Guard63–⁠3
Amherst60–⁠6
Norwich55–⁠0
Every opponent (25)

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

Conferences

  1. Liberty League 2014–⁠2016
  2. NEWMAC since 2017

WPI’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20264–⁠22–⁠1997
20252–⁠81–⁠6905
20246–⁠44–⁠31082
20233–⁠71–⁠5985
20224–⁠62–⁠41087
19440–⁠11141
19300–⁠11166
19280–⁠11162
1906few games on file0–⁠11154
1905few games on file0–⁠41140
1904few games on file1–⁠21155
1903few games on file0–⁠21163
1902few games on file1–⁠31165
1901few games on file0–⁠41125
1900few games on file0–⁠31132
1899few games on file0–⁠21160
1898few games on file1–⁠11172
1896few games on file0–⁠41113
1895few games on file1–⁠11167
1894few games on file1–⁠21155
18932–⁠3–⁠11117
1892few games on file1–⁠31091
1891few games on file0–⁠31102
18881–⁠41188

No season on file for 1889–⁠90, 1897, 1907–⁠27, 1929, 1931–⁠43, 1945–⁠2021: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

All 24 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.