Hanover College
2-0Heartland · Alumni Stadium (IN) · 4,000
LastW 43–26 at Maryville (TN) · Sat Sep 12
Nextvs Hope · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET · Alumni Stadium (IN)
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5 | #450 | #492 | — | Centre | W 17–0 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #451 | #458 | — | @Maryville (TN) | W 43–26 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #449 | #459 | Hope | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | Mount St Joseph | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @Wilmington (OH) | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | @Anderson (IN) | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | Rose Hulman | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | Bluffton | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Manchester | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | @Franklin |
Game Week
4d 17h
until kickoff · vs Hope · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET
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.
Hanover is a historic small college on the Ohio River bluffs, and outside the Heartland Conference almost nobody knows the Panthers exist.
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 9-3 · last season
✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among Heartland teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Hanover College has won four of its last five.
Warming. 9-1 over the last 10, and won the last two.
Next Sep 19
vs Hope · at home
Outcome band · Hanover College · 2026
Outcome band · Hanover College · 2026Hanover College's most likely season is 2-10 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 5-7.
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
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 53rd of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — on the at-large bubble — the conference title is the surer route.
| 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.