Franklin
1-1Heartland · Stewart ""Red"" Faught Stadium · 4,000
LastL 0–52 at Butler · Sat Sep 12 · Drew Servies 0.5 TFL, 14 tackles
Nextvs Calvin · Sat Sep 19 · 1:30 pm ET · Stewart ""Red"" Faught Stadium
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5 | #594 | #584 | — | North Park | W 34–31 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #597 | #187 | — | @Butler | L 0–52 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #529 | #543 | Calvin | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | @Rose Hulman | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | Mount St Joseph | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | @Manchester | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | @Bluffton | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | Muskingum | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | Anderson (IN) | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | Hanover |
Game Week
4d 17h
until kickoff · vs Calvin · Sat Sep 19 · 1:30 pm ET
Franklin College is the HCAC program that brought back its all-time winningest coach Mike Leonard — the Grizzlies are betting the 129-win legend can restore the program to championship contention.
Fans here believe no chip. Franklin is honoring its past by bringing back the greatest coach in program history.
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 5-5 · last season
✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among Heartland teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Franklin has won three of its last five.
Mixed. 5-5 over the last 10, and lost the last one.
Next Sep 19
vs Calvin · at home
Outcome band · Franklin · 2026
Outcome band · Franklin · 2026Franklin's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.
No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.
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Game day
Franklin College is the HCAC program that brought back its all-time winningest coach Mike Leonard — the Grizzlies are betting the 129-win legend can restore the program to championship contention.
Playoff path
Franklin sits 3rd in the Heartland Conference and 73rd of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hanover | 0-0 | 2-0 | 62.5 |
| 2 | Mount St Joseph | 0-0 | 2-0 | 62.0 |
| 3 | Franklin | 0-0 | 1-1 | 57.4 |
| 4 | Manchester | 0-0 | 1-1 | 52.8 |
| 5 | Rose Hulman | 0-0 | 1-1 | 46.9 |
| 6 | Anderson (IN) | 0-0 | 1-1 | 46.6 |
| 7 | Bluffton | 0-0 | 0-2 | 29.4 |
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.
Recruiting buzz
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.