Mount St. Joseph
2-0Heartland · Schueler Field · 2,400
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5 | #514 | #572 | — | Muskingum | W 34–0 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #518 | #467 | — | @Aurora | W 49–21 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #501 | #471 | Adrian | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | @Hanover | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @Franklin | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | Bluffton | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | Manchester | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @Anderson (IN) | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | Rose Hulman | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | Marietta |
Game Week
4d 17h
until kickoff · vs Adrian · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET
Mount St. Joseph is the three-time HCAC champion dethroned in 2025 — the Lions went 20-0 in conference play over three years before Hanover broke the streak, and Coach Tyler Hopperton is hungry to reclaim the crown.
Fans here believe hanover just proved Mount St. Joseph was beatable. The Lions are hungry to reclaim their throne and show the loss was an anomaly, not a trend.
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 6-5 · last season
✓ measured from 11 games · ranks are among Heartland teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Mount St. Joseph has won four of its last five.
Warming. 7-3 over the last 10, and won the last two.
Next Sep 19
vs Adrian · at home
Outcome band · Mount St. Joseph · 2026
Outcome band · Mount St. Joseph · 2026Mount St. Joseph'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
Mount St. Joseph is the three-time HCAC champion dethroned in 2025 — the Lions went 20-0 in conference play over three years before Hanover broke the streak, and Coach Tyler Hopperton is hungry to reclaim the crown.
Playoff path
Mount St. Joseph sits 2nd in the Heartland Conference and 55th 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.