Heartland
Seven current members, three former. Our membership records under this name start in 1978.
2022 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP | Elo | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount St Joseph | 7–0 | 10–1 | 1206 | WWWWL | ||
| Rose Hulman | 6–1 | 6–4 | 1184 | WWWWL | ||
| Hanover | 5–2 | 5–5 | 1111 | WLWLW | ||
| Franklin | 4–3 | 4–6 | 977 | WLWLL | ||
| Defiance College | 3–4 | 3–7 | 905 | LWLWW | ||
| Bluffton | 2–5 | 2–8 | 889 | LWLWL | ||
| Anderson (IN) | 1–6 | 1–9 | 802 | LLLLW | ||
| Manchester | 0–7 | 1–9 | 800 | LLLLL |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied. AP: the AP poll, final (else the final AP rank). Elo is our own rating, a measure of strength, not a prediction.
Against other conferences, 2022
Heartland teams are 4–21 outside the conference.
- Michigan Conference1–13
- North Coast Conference0–3
- Ohio Conference1–1
- CCIW1–0
- ECFC0–1
- Empire 81–0
- NACC0–1
- Southern Athletic Conference0–1
- Upper Midwest Conference0–1
The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from lower divisions count together.
Members
Every school and its years (10)
Members now
- Anderson (IN) 2014 on
- Bluffton 2014 on
- Franklin 2014 on
- Hanover 2014 on
- Manchester 2014 on
- Mount St Joseph 2014 on
- Rose Hulman 2014 on
Former members
- Defiance College 2014–2023
- Earlham 2014–2018
- Valparaiso 1978
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 1978; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in all 107 team-seasons from 1978. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.