Next game
vs Rose Hulman
Sat Oct 24 · 2 pm ET
Alumni Stadium (IN) · series 2-2, won the last 2
Hanover College 80% to win · our ratings after 6 games
Hanover College
5-1Heartland · Alumni Stadium (IN) · 4,000 seats
Last game · Sat Oct 17
W 44-7 at Anderson (IN)
Our model gave Hanover College 94% before kickoff
The rest of the season
Every game left is at least 75%
Win out 55% · expect 3.5 of 4 more wins
Hanover College's chance to win each game left, from our model: Rose Hulman 80%, Bluffton 90%, Manchester 96%, Franklin 80%Bar height is our model’s chance in each game left. Dashed line: 50%.
The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetBetting line vs Rose Hulman · our model 80% Hanover College
Updated Sat Oct 24 · through week 7
Schedule and results
Hanover College · 2026 schedule and results5-1Balanced slateAverage opponent win rate 53%.Our rank entering each game: #449 to #464
| Wk | Date | Our rank | Opp rank | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf | Top performers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5 | #449 | #491 | — | Centre | W 17-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #450 | #457 | — | @Maryville (TN) | W 43-26 | 2-0 | 0-0 | |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #446 | #456 | — | Hope | L 10-27 | 2-1 | 0-0 | |
| 4 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | #451 | #491 | — | Mount St Joseph | W 40-38 | 3-1 | 1-0 | |
| 6 | Oct 10 | #458 | #627 | — | @Wilmington (OH) | W 21-14 | 4-1 | 1-0 | |
| 7 | Oct 17 | #464 | #667 | — | @Anderson (IN) | W 44-7 | 5-1 | 2-0 | |
| 8 | Oct 24 | #465 | #554 | Rose Hulman | 2 pm ET80% to win | ||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | #465 | #622 | Bluffton | 1:30 pm ET90% to win | ||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Manchester | 1:30 pm ET96% to win | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | @Franklin | 1:30 pm ET | ||||||
How to read this table
Win chances are our model for Hanover College, through 6 games. This week's game comes from the playoff simulation, later games from the rating model. They are estimates and move every week.
Line is the closing point spread for Hanover College: a minus number means favored. A green check means the team covered it, by the number beside it. A red cross means it fell short by that much.
Ahead
The forecast
The games that decide the season
The games that decide the season
Recent form · last 10 games
Hanover College has won four of its last five.
8-2 over the last 10, and won the last three.
Streak W3Last 5 · 4-1Last 10 · 8-2
Range of outcomes · Hanover College · 2026
Range of outcomes · Hanover College · 2026Hanover College’s most likely regular season is 9-1. 91% of outcomes land from 8-2 to 9-1.
Regular-season wins: chance of each total, from the game chances above
7 wins 8%; 8 wins 36%; 9 wins 55%What a title game and a playoff run could add
Floor8-4Competitive but likely outside bracket contention.
Base10-2Conference title contender. Bracket bid realistic.
Ceiling11-1Deep playoff run. Program-defining year.
Bars are the chance of each regular-season win total, from our model's chance in each game left, through 6 games. Paler bars are the outer 10% at each end. The closed row comes from the season-path projection, which also plays out conference title games and the CFP.
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Worth watching
What it is like to watch them2026 · 5-1
Game feel48rock fightscombined pts / game7th highest-scoring of 7 in the Heartland
Heart rate2-0white-knucklein one-score games (2 of 6)2nd most one-score games of 7 in the Heartland
Margin+10.5comfortableavg scoring margin2nd best margin of 7 in the Heartland
Measured from 6 games · ranks are among Heartland teams the same season
Team story
The weekly grind
The Panthers of Hanover, a Presbyterian liberal-arts college perched above the Ohio River and an original Heartland Conference member, coming off an 8-3 season and a 2024 ForeverLawn Bowl win over Wabash.
Standard GapA small founding-member program where a strong year and a bowl win…
Hanover is a historic small college on the Ohio River bluffs, and outside the Heartland Conference almost nobody knows the Panthers exist.
Game day
The experience
The Panthers of Hanover, a Presbyterian liberal-arts college perched above the Ohio River and an original Heartland Conference member, coming off an 8-3 season and a 2024 ForeverLawn Bowl win over Wabash.
Playoff path
Hanover College sits 1st in the Heartland Conference and 27th of 245 in the CFB Zeitgeist — inside the projected 40-team field on the at-large math.
Heartland · 2026
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hanover | 2-0 | 5-1 | 65.5 |
| 2 | Rose Hulman | 2-0 | 4-2 | 54.3 |
| 3 | Mount St Joseph | 2-1 | 5-1 | 62.4 |
| 4 | Bluffton | 2-1 | 2-4 | 45.7 |
| 5 | Franklin | 1-2 | 2-4 | 47.5 |
| 6 | Anderson (IN) | 0-3 | 1-5 | 35.6 |
| 7 | Manchester | 0-2 | 1-5 | 35.1 |
65.5 CFB Zeitgeist#27 of 245 D352.4 strength of schedule2 quality wins
Win the Heartland 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 2026 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected
The 2026 season · 5-1
Signature win 44-7 over Anderson (IN); toughest day 10-27 against Hope.
Recruiting buzz
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.
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