UMass Football News--August 16th, 2026

College Football News has UMass among the top-10 best win total predictions for 2026. 

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Western Michigan gets a mention as one of the Top-10 Group of six teams.

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The MAC blog "By-the-belt" previews the 2026 Eastern Michigan Eagles.

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Rutger's QB battle is still ongoing after the first scrimmage. 

The Scarlet Knights are searching for a jersey sponsor.  

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UMass Football News--Ides of August

 UMass football has some Fall Camp images here. Jax Markovich is the TE catching the ball.

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The MAC Blog "By-the-Belt" previews the 2026 Toledo Rockets.

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Pro Football Network names two Rutgers players as pre-season All-Americans. UMass is likely to see a heavy dose of both.

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How Akron's promotional drive to have one fan call the offensive plays of the first drive of a game came to be.

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UMass Football News--August 14th, 2026

 

Episode #4 of the WMUA summer football show.

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The Minuteman Command reports leadership comes naturally to Pop Watson.

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"Big doin's" before and after the UMass-Rutgers football game at SHI Stadium. 

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ESPN has a detailed look at preseason rankings. With all the transfers and turnover in recent years, these things are a lot more fuzzy.

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The MAC Blog "By-the-Belt" previews the 2026 Sacramento State Hornets.

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Changes to college football rules for the 2026 season.

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UMass Football News--August 13, 2026

 

UMass special teams coach Joe Castellio talks about the Minutemen's special teams for 2026.

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 UMass kicker Derek Morris talks about his role in special teams.

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The Minuteman Command reports on OC Max Warner saying he's confident we have resources in the passing game.

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FIU recaps their top-25 games in the last 25 seasons and one of them is laying 63 points on UMass.

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UMass has some images from Wednesday's practice.

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Remember a couple of blog posts ago I mentioned former UMass WR Anthony Simpson then at Michigan? Well, he's now at Toledo.

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The MAC blog "By-the-Belt" previews the Bowling Green Falcons. UMass closes the 2026 season on November 28th at Bowling Green.

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UMass Football News--August 12th, 2026

 The Greenfield Recorder reports UMass OC Warner "cautiously optimistic" and Pop Watson eager to lead the Minutemen.

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UMass OL Riley Bloch has been named to the Wuerffel Trophy Watch List.

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Sidelines Sport Network has ESPN's FPI projections for the 2026 MAC. 

A 5-7 record would  be the best in our FBS history and Sacramento State goes 6-2 in their first season with the MAC (?!)

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The MAC Blog "By-the-Belt" previews the Miami (Ohio) Redhawks. UMass misses Miami and Western Michigan in this year's MAC rotation.

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247Sports reports NIL and revenue sharing are draining the Northeast of its top recruits. 

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After a 0-12 season, UMass did not sign any of the top-14 recruits from Massachusetts. Coastal Carolina, Delaware and Temple did, however. 

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UMass Football News--August 11th, 2026

 

 The Minuteman Command has video of UMass OC Max Warner talking about the state of the Minuteman offense.

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 Pop Watson also met with the sports media and answered questions about how fall camp is going.

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The MAC blog "By-the-Belt" the Pro Football Network's preseason All-MAC teams.

UMass has four players on the teams: OL Greg Knox, LB Joshua Iseah, WR Devin Matthews and Edge Justin Krueger. 

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Yahoo Sports has what's new in college football in 2026.

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UMass Football News--August 10th, 2026

 

The WMUA sports team does their third preview of the 2026 Minutemen.

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Rutgers is having an old-fashioned starting QB battle between Boston College transfer Dylan Lonergan and returning AJ Surace. 

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247Sports has why Rutgers looks like a sure bet in their opener against UMass.

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Sacramento State adds Oregon to their future schedule and Bowling Green adds Tennessee. 

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Akron's season ticket stunt is attracting celebrity ticket buyers. 

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Sporting News has jersey patch suggestions for 14 major programs.

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