Montana
13-2 2025 finalMontana is the Big Sky blue-blood that won two FCS national championships and went 25 years without losing more than one conference game in a row — and now watches Montana State hoist the 2025 trophy, a humiliation that defines this moment.
Quiet weeks in Grizzlies country.
Montana is the Big Sky blue-blood that won two FCS national championships and went 25 years without losing more than one conference game in a row — and now watches Montana State hoist the 2025 trophy, a humiliation that defines this moment.
Montana went 13–2 in 2025, the best regular season record in program history, led by Walter Payton finalist QB Keali'i Ah Yat. But the Grizzlies lost the Big Sky championship game to Montana State 48–23, then fell in the FCS playo…
Offseason
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The 2026 Outlook
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What moved it — offseason · last 30 days
Aspiration Ladder
Brief Part III §33.4 · Montana
The baseline expectation.
The annual recruiting proof point.
Conference qualifier or at-large.
Championship weekend. Top-4 in the country.
Montana · Next-Season Outcome Band
Floor / Base / Ceiling
Variance assumed at ±2 wins from last-season record. Replace with the season-path projection once preview data is built.
Who We Are
Fanbase Health Index · Montana · medium confidence
Growing (58)
Home-Field Advantage · Montana · 2018-present
Strong
87% home win rate vs 62% on the road. margin runs +11.5 better at home.
Act IIILast Season Reviewed
2025 season · tap to expand
Recent Form · last 10 games
Mixed
Three of five. Trending up, not yet hot.
Big Sky Standing · 2025
2nd in the Big Sky
Montana is 2nd in the Big Sky at 13-2. 1 team above — that's the direct path to the title game.
| # | Program | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montana State | 14-2 |
| 2 | Montana | 13-2 |
| 3 | UC Davis | 9-4 |
| 4 | Northern Arizona | 7-5 |
| 5 | Idaho State | 6-6 |
| 6 | Eastern Washington | 5-7 |
| 7 | Cal Poly | 4-8 |
| 8 | Idaho | 4-8 |
| 9 | Northern Colorado | 4-8 |
| 10 | Weber State | 4-8 |
| 11 | Portland State | 1-11 |
Schedule Strength · Montana · 2025
Balanced
Average opponent win rate 50% across 14 finalized games. No top-25 opponents, but mid-tier slate kept the schedule honest.
FCS → NFL Pipeline
2025–2025Developing
1 picks last 5 cycles. The pipeline is real but still building volume.
Moment of the Year · Montana · 2025
Postseason · Lost 23-48 at Montana State
Week 17 of 2025. The single game that defined the season's arc.
Playoff History
Recent postseason (2023-2025): 3-2
Most recent: 2025 — loss 48-23 (away). Last 5 postseason: 3-2.
From the Archive — Montana
2023: Won 34-7 vs Sacramento State
In 2023, the program won 34-7 vs Sacramento State — a comfortable home result that left the 27-point margin on the books.
Go Grizzlies.