Grove City Wolverines

Presidents’Grove City, PARobert E. Thorn Field

2026: 3–⁠2 (3–⁠0 Presidents’). Last: won at Westminster (PA) 34–⁠19. Next: at Waynesburg, Saturday, Oct 24, noon ET.

  1. L 18–⁠28SUNY Cortland
  2. L 17–⁠21at Mount Union
  3. W 36–⁠6at Saint Francis
  4. W 40–⁠20Bethany (WV)
  5. W 34–⁠19at Westminster (PA)
  6. Oct 17Hiram
  7. Oct 24at Waynesburg
  8. Oct 31at Washington & Jefferson
  9. Nov 7Case Western Reserve
  10. Nov 14Thiel

Grove City has played football since at least 1928 and is 41–⁠14 in the 55 games on record. This season, they’re 3–⁠2.

Résumé

Record on file
41–⁠14 .745; how we count
Postseason
1–⁠2 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 0 ranked
Elo now
1196
Best season by Elo
2024 rated 1291
Seasons
7 since 1928, 55 games

2026 season 3–⁠2

RosterFull 2026 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Grove City’s Elo through 2026: 1147 going into the opener, 1196 after the latest game.11001125115011751200Elo 1147 going in; lost to SUNY Cortland 28–18Elo 1122 going in; lost to Mount Union 21–17Elo 1114 going in; beat Saint Francis 36–6Elo 1158 going in; beat Bethany (WV) 40–20Elo 1163 going in; beat Westminster (PA) 34–19Now: Elo 1196 after the latest game1196
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Program strength since 1928

Best seasons ever
Grove City end-of-season Elo from 1928 to 2026, best in 2024 at 1291.1300150017001900194019601980200020202024 peak: Elo 1291
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesGRO record
Geneva65–⁠1
Westminster (PA)64–⁠2
Saint Vincent55–⁠0

The trophy it holds: Mercer County Cup (Thiel). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.

Every opponent (19)

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

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20263–⁠23–⁠01196
20258–⁠37–⁠11220
20249–⁠29–⁠11291
202311–⁠110–⁠01282
20227–⁠36–⁠31201
20202–⁠21194
19281–⁠11222

No season on file for 1929–⁠2019, 2021: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

All 7 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.