June 22, 2026 · Dead Period · Heritage Window · 2026 Outlook

Maine Maritime Academy

0-10 2025 final

Maine Maritime is the federal maritime academy whose football returned in 2025 after a 5-year pandemic suspension — Mariners honoring the service mission with every game.

The Mariners keep the faith.

Record

0-10

win% .000

Conference

1st of 2

Independent DIII · 0-0

Index Rating

28.6

D3 #238 of 240

Playoff Path

Win the league

Dead PeriodOffseasonPatientPost-loss — diagnostic

The Long Wait·Offseason

Maine Maritime is the federal maritime academy whose football returned in 2025 after a 5-year pandemic suspension — Mariners honoring the service mission with every game.

Standard GapA 74-year program suspended in 2020, brought back in 2025 with a new coa…

Maine Maritime Academy brought football back in 2025 after a 5-year pandemic suspension, starting from near-zero roster and coaching staff under first-year coach Nick Sheehan. The 2025 inaugural season was 0-10 in the Conference o…

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Offseason

69 days

until kickoff · Sun Aug 30 · 17:00 UTC

Act I

The 2026 Outlook

DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

Maine Maritime Academy sits 1st in the Independent DIII Conference and 238th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

Independent DIII · 2025

	Team	Conf	Overall	Index
1	Maine Maritime	0-0	0-10	28.6
2	Apprentice School	0-0	0-3	25.9

28.6 CFB Zeitgeist#238 of 240 D347.6 strength of schedule

Win the Independent DIII Conference for the automatic berth into the 40-team NCAA Division III bracket. Miss it and the path is an at-large bid, selected by NPI — the metric the CFB Index mirrors. Six wins survive the bracket to the Stagg Bowl.

Source: CFB Zeitgeist — conference records + NPI-style rating from 2025 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected

THE 2025 SEASON · 0-10

Signature win 10-14 over New England College; toughest day 0-63 against Norwich.

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The Mariners keep the faith.

What moved it — offseason · last 30 days

June Dead-period quiet — official-visit + heritage window —

Camp Fall camp ~40 days out

"Go Maine Maritime" — Maine Maritime Academy fanbase · recurring line

0 mentions · awaiting signal

Winning record—

The baseline for a successful season.

Conference title—

The primary goal and national bracket path.

32-team bracket qualifierLocked—

One of 32 national tournament entries.

Stagg BowlLocked—

The Division III national championship game.

Floor 0-12

Base 0-12

Ceiling 3-9

floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.

base0-12Mid-table finish.

ceiling3-9Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.

Variance assumed at ±2 wins from last-season record. Replace with the season-path projection once preview data is built.

Act II

Who We Are

Home-Field Advantage · Maine Maritime Academy · 2018-present

Strong

0% home win rate vs 0% on the road. margin runs +8.1 better at home.

Home0-4Away0-7

Act III

Last Season Reviewed

2025 season · tap to expand

Recent Form · last 10 games

Hibernating

Zero of five. Reset territory.

Streak L10Last 5 · 0-5Last 10 · 0-10

Schedule Strength · Maine Maritime Academy · 2025

Balanced

Average opponent win rate 46% across 10 finalized games. Balanced slate across the conference slate.

Opp Win %0.465

From the Archive — Maine Maritime Academy

2025: Lost 14-77 vs Biddeford

In 2025, the program lost 14-77 vs Biddeford — a stinging home result, 63 points either way.

Go Mariners.