Hope College
2-0Michigan · Ray and Sue Smith Stadium · 5,300
LastW 38–10 vs Wisconsin Stevens Point · Sat Sep 12
Nextat Hanover · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET · Alumni Stadium (IN)
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
Game Week
4d 17h
until kickoff · at Hanover · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET
The Flying Dutchmen of Hope College in Holland, Michigan — a multi-time MIAA champion steeped in Dutch heritage, locked in one of Division III's fiercest rivalries with neighboring Calvin.
Hope is a proud MIAA champion with deep Dutch roots in Holland — and everything outside the conference forgets the Flying Dutchmen exist until they play Calvin.
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 9-2 · last season
✓ measured from 11 games · ranks are among Michigan teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Hope College has won four of its last five.
Warming. 8-2 over the last 10, and won the last two.
They’ve got a great quarterback, and their kicker might be one of the best kickers, maybe the best kicker in the country
Next Sep 19
vs Hanover · away
Outcome band · Hope College · 2026
Outcome band · Hope College · 2026Hope 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 Flying Dutchmen of Hope College in Holland, Michigan — a multi-time MIAA champion steeped in Dutch heritage, locked in one of Division III's fiercest rivalries with neighboring Calvin.
Playoff path
Hope College sits 1st in the Michigan Conference and 14th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — in the projected field with a seedable rating.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hope | 0-0 | 2-0 | 68.9 |
| 2 | Adrian | 0-0 | 2-0 | 68.8 |
| 3 | Olivet | 0-0 | 2-0 | 61.6 |
| 4 | Calvin | 0-0 | 2-0 | 61.1 |
| 5 | Trine | 0-0 | 1-1 | 46.5 |
| 6 | Albion | 0-0 | 0-2 | 39.8 |
| 7 | Alma | 0-0 | 0-2 | 36.3 |
| 8 | Kalamazoo | 0-0 | 0-2 | 27.7 |
Win the Michigan 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.