The Sean Goldrich Era is just days away from officially getting started. UNH alum and the newest head coach takes over for Ricky Santos, but expectations remain high for the program. That’s what happens when the standard has been set for decades in Durham. The Wildcats don’t have to wait long to see how things go in game action, traveling to Albany for a CAA rivalry game right out of……
It’s hard to believe it, but football season officially kicks off this week. The two-time defending CAA champions and eighth-ranked team in the country heading into the season resides in Kingston, Rhode Island. The Rams will make the trip up to Merrimack to face the Warriors in a non-conference game on Friday night. With national eyes now on them, the Rams are no longer flying under the radar. Instead, URI…
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By Charlie Adams NEFJ Correspondent KINGSTON – Familiar faces land No. 7/8 Rhode Island as the clear favorite in the Coastal Athletic Association to take a third-straight conference title for the first time in program history. URI’s mock game will be the closest thing to game action that Meade Stadium sees this fall, with ongoing construction forcing the Rams to Pawtucket’s Centreville Bank Stadium. It also put an end to…
Image courtesy of AFCA Two New England teams will begin the season in the Top 25 of the FCS AFCA coaches poll. Rhode Island is ranked No. 8 in the country, while Yale came in at No. 19 when the initial vote was unveiled on Monday morning. Coming off a an 11-3 overall record in the regular season and a perfect 8-0 mark in the CAA – clinching the league…
Image courtesy of UMass Athletics AMHERST – If UMass is going to have any chance of turning things around in 2026, the defense is going to have to get off the field. Every football team at any level can say that, but if the Minutemen have to win shootouts – even with Pop Watson now slinging it to Joe Griffin and T.Y. Harding – it’ll be an uphill climb for…
By Rob Gullo NEFJ Correspondent NEW HAVEN — Entering Year 2 as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC), the University of New Haven Chargers are ready to make noise and defy preseason expectations. Under head coach Mark Powell, who took over as head coach and defensive coordinator prior to New Haven’s transitional season last summer, the Chargers finished last season with a 5-5 record which included three losses to…
Expectations around New Haven are high as the Bulldogs are the preseason pick to win the Ivy League. Coming off a historic campaign that delivered the program’s 19th Ivy League championship, its first automatic bid to the NCAA FCS Playoffs, and the conference’s first-ever FCS postseason victory, the Bulldogs enter the 2026 season with a massive target on their back. In the 2026 Ivy League Football Preseason Media Poll, the Elis were designated as the overwhelming favorite to repeat, securing 15 of the 16 first-place votes and 127 total points.
As the Harvard Crimson prepare for the upcoming football season, expectation around the program remains high. Coming off back-to-back Ivy League title contention and an FCS playoff appearance, head coach Andrew Aurich enters his campaign intent on maintaining the standard of excellence that has defined Harvard Football for decades while pushing his roster to reach an even higher ceiling.
