Heartland Manchester

Record1-7through 8 games
Nextvs HanoverSat Nov 7 · 1:30 pm ET
The model#242 among Division III teams

Updated Wed Nov 4 · through week 9

Schedule and results

Manchester · 2026 schedule and results1-7Balanced slateAverage opponent win rate 51%.
WkDateOpponentResultRecordConfTop performers
1Sep 5Westminster (MO)W 17-101-00-0
2Sep 12@HiramL 11-201-10-0
3Sep 19OlivetL 33-561-20-0
4Bye week
5Oct 3@OtterbeinL 35-361-30-0
6Oct 10BlufftonL 13-371-40-1
7Oct 17FranklinL 7-191-50-2
8Oct 24@Mount St JosephL 16-491-60-3
9Oct 31@Rose HulmanL 14-521-70-4
10Nov 7Hanover1:30 pm ET3% to win
11Nov 14@Anderson (IN)1:30 pm ET54% to win
How to read this table

Win chances are our model for Manchester, through 8 games. This week's game comes from the playoff simulation, later games from the rating model. They are estimates and move every week.

Ahead

The forecast

The games that decide the season

The games that decide the season

Sat Nov 7Next: Hanovervs Hanover · at home

Recent form · last 10 games

Manchester has lost seven straight.

1-9 over the last 10, and lost the last seven.

Streak L7Last 5 · 0-5Last 10 · 1-9

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Worth watchingGames average 53 combined points, rock fights

What it is like to watch them2026 · 1-7

Game feel53rock fightscombined pts / game6th highest-scoring of 7 in the Heartland
Heart rate1-1some dramain one-score games (2 of 8)5th most one-score games of 7 in the Heartland
Margin−16.6competitiveavg scoring margin5th best margin of 7 in the Heartland

Measured from 8 games · ranks are among Heartland teams the same season

Team storyThe story of this team right now, in one line.
The weekly grind

The Spartans of North Manchester, a Church of the Brethren college in northern Indiana — Manchester College until a 2012 renaming — playing Division III football at Burt Field in the Heartland Conference.

Standard GapA small faith-rooted college where football is part of a tight…
Read the full program story ↓
Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

The Spartans of North Manchester, a Church of the Brethren college in northern Indiana, Manchester College until a 2012 renaming, playing Division III football at Burt Field in the Heartland Conference.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.

Manchester sits 7th in the Heartland Conference and 225th of 245 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

Heartland · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Rose Hulman4-06-259.7
2Mount St Joseph4-17-164.0
3Hanover3-16-261.4
4Franklin2-24-453.0
5Bluffton2-32-642.7
6Anderson (IN)0-41-736.1
7Manchester0-41-734.7
34.7 CFB Zeitgeist#225 of 245 D350.5 strength of schedule

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 · 1-7
W 17-10 vs Westminster (MO) · Wk 1+7WestminsL 11-20 at Hiram · Wk 2−9HiramL 33-56 vs Olivet · Wk 3−23OlivetL 35-36 at Otterbein · Wk 5−1OtterbeiL 13-37 vs Bluffton · Wk 6−24BlufftonL 7-19 vs Franklin · Wk 7−12FranklinL 16-49 at Mount St Joseph · Wk 8−33Mount StL 14-52 at Rose Hulman · Wk 9−38Rose Hul

Signature win 17-10 over Westminster (MO); toughest day 14-52 against Rose Hulman.

CFB Zeitgeist “Go Spartans.”
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