Manchester Spartans

HeartlandNorth Manchester, INCarl W. Burt Memorial Stadium

2026: 1–⁠5 (0–⁠2 Heartland). Last: lost to Franklin 19–⁠7 at home. Next: at Mount St Joseph, Saturday, Oct 24, 1:30 p.m. ET.

  1. W 17–⁠10Westminster (MO)
  2. L 11–⁠20at Hiram
  3. L 33–⁠56Olivet
  4. L 35–⁠36at Otterbein
  5. L 13–⁠37Bluffton
  6. L 7–⁠19Franklin
  7. Oct 24at Mount St Joseph
  8. Oct 31at Rose Hulman
  9. Nov 7Hanover
  10. Nov 14at Anderson (IN)

Manchester has played football since at least 2020 and is 3–⁠48 in the 51 games on record. This season, they’re 1–⁠5.

Résumé

Record on file
3–⁠48 .059; how we count
Postseason
0–⁠0 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 0 ranked
Elo now
718
Best season by Elo
2020 rated 881
Seasons
6 since 2020, 51 games

2026 season 1–⁠5

RosterFull 2026 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Manchester’s Elo through 2026: 769 going into the opener, 718 after the latest game.700725750775800Elo 769 going in; beat Westminster (MO) 17–10Elo 796 going in; lost to Hiram 20–11Elo 783 going in; lost to Olivet 56–33Elo 760 going in; lost to Otterbein 36–35Elo 756 going in; lost to Bluffton 37–13Elo 733 going in; lost to Franklin 19–7Now: Elo 718 after the latest game718
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Program strength since 2020

Best seasons ever
Manchester end-of-season Elo from 2020 to 2026, best in 2020 at 881.1300150017001900202020252020 peak: Elo 881
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesMNCH record
Bluffton60–⁠6
Franklin60–⁠6
Anderson (IN)51–⁠4
Mount St Joseph50–⁠5
Every opponent (18)

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

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20261–⁠50–⁠2718
20250–⁠100–⁠6653
20240–⁠100–⁠6687
20231–⁠91–⁠6759
20221–⁠90–⁠7800
20200–⁠5881

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

All 6 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.