2026: 2–⁠5 (2–⁠3 Great Midwest Athletic). Last: won at Thomas More 48–⁠10. Next: Kentucky Wesleyan, Saturday, Oct 24, noon ET.

  1. L 24–⁠34IU Pennsylvania
  2. L 10–⁠20Grand Valley State
  3. W 24–⁠3Ohio Dominican
  4. L 10–⁠17at Walsh
  5. L 9–⁠14Tiffin
  6. L 6–⁠7at Findlay
  7. W 48–⁠10at Thomas More
  8. Oct 24Kentucky Wesleyan
  9. Oct 31Northwood
  10. Nov 7at Hillsdale
  11. Nov 14at Lake Erie

Ashland has played football since at least 1928 and is 44–⁠25 in the 69 games on record. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 player and 1 coach from Ashland. This season, they’re 2–⁠5.

Résumé

Record on file
44–⁠25 .638; how we count
Postseason
1–⁠0 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 0 ranked
Elo now
1225
Best season by Elo
2025 rated 1350
Seasons
9 since 1928, 69 games

2026 season 2–⁠5

RosterFull 2026 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Ashland’s Elo through 2026: 1283 going into the opener, 1225 after the latest game.12001225125012751300Elo 1283 going in; lost to IU Pennsylvania 34–24Elo 1251 going in; lost to Grand Valley State 20–10Elo 1230 going in; beat Ohio Dominican 24–3Elo 1247 going in; lost to Walsh 17–10Elo 1226 going in; lost to Tiffin 14–9Elo 1208 going in; lost to Findlay 7–6Elo 1204 going in; beat Thomas More 48–10Now: Elo 1225 after the latest game1225
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Ashland.

Program strength since 1928

Best seasons ever
Ashland end-of-season Elo from 1928 to 2026, best in 2025 at 1350.1300150017001900194019601980200020202025 peak: Elo 1350
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesASH record
Walsh64–⁠2
Findlay63–⁠3
Ohio Dominican65–⁠1
Tiffin63–⁠3
Kentucky Wesleyan55–⁠0
Hillsdale54–⁠1
IU Pennsylvania51–⁠4
Lake Erie55–⁠0

The trophy it holds: Traveling Trophy (Hillsdale). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.

Every opponent (21)

Every program Ashland has played, A to Z, with Ashland’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Conferences

  1. GLIAC 2014–⁠2019
  2. Great Midwest Athletic Conference since 2020

Ashland’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
1
Coaches
1
2016Bill Royce DE
2002Fred Martinelli coach, career 1959–⁠1993

In the NFL Draft

By college
Drafted, rounds 1–⁠7
2 since 2012
First-round picks
0

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20262–⁠52–⁠31225
202510–⁠38–⁠11350
20249–⁠48–⁠11304
20238–⁠37–⁠11316
202210–⁠27–⁠11312
20215–⁠54–⁠31203
19340–⁠11183
19290–⁠11185
19280–⁠11191

No season on file for 1930–⁠33, 1935–⁠2020: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

All 9 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.