CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) announced the standings for the Commissioner’s Cup and the Men’s and Women’s All-Sport race on Wednesday following the fall 2025 season, with Hanover currently holding the overall lead.
After a solid fall in all sports and an HCAC title in Football, Hanover College has amassed enough consistent points to sit atop the early 2025-26 Commissioner’s Cup standings and lead Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology by a 3.5 point margin.
The Transylvania Pioneers showed the most consistent success across the fall women’s sports, and they hold an edge over Hanover in the women’s all sports points. Like the Commissioner’s Cup standings, the men’s all-sport points show the Panthers up top, followed by Rose-Hulman.
The complete standings to date are listed below.
About the HCAC Commissioner’s Cup:
The 2025-26 academic year is the 21st year for the HCAC Commissioner's Cup. The Commissioner’s Cup annually recognizes the strongest athletic program in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference as determined by a scoring system which rewards a school for success in the regular season in all the league’s 20 primary sports and all affiliate sports.
HCAC Commissioner's Cup Standings Following Fall 2025 Sports Season
| Place |
Team |
Women |
Men |
TOTAL |
| 1 |
HANOVER |
22.50 |
26.00 |
48.5 |
| 2 |
ROSE-HULMAN |
20.50 |
24.50 |
45 |
| 3 |
TRANSYLVANIA |
26.00 |
13.00 |
39 |
| 4 |
MANCHESTER |
17.00 |
16.50 |
33.5 |
| 5 |
MOUNT ST. JOSEPH |
17.50 |
15.00 |
32.5 |
| 6 |
ANDERSON |
13.00 |
16.00 |
29 |
| 7 |
FRANKLIN |
11.50 |
16.50 |
28 |
| 8 |
EARLHAM |
14.50 |
8.50 |
23 |
| 9 |
BLUFFTON |
5.50 |
14.50 |
20 |
| 10 |
BEREA |
11.00 |
5.50 |
16.5 |
HCAC Women’s All-Sports Standings Following Fall 2025 Sport Season
| Place |
Team |
WXC |
WSOC |
WVB |
TOTAL |
| 1 |
TRANSYLVANIA |
8.5 |
8 |
9.5 |
26 |
| 2 |
HANOVER |
8.5 |
6.5 |
7.5 |
22.5 |
| 3 |
ROSE-HULMAN |
7 |
9 |
4.5 |
20.5 |
| 4 |
MOUNT ST. JOSEPH |
- |
10 |
7.5 |
17.5 |
| 5 |
MANCHESTER |
10 |
1 |
6 |
17 |
| 6 |
EARLHAM |
- |
5 |
9.5 |
14.5 |
| 7 |
ANDERSON |
4 |
6.5 |
2.5 |
13 |
| 8 |
FRANKLIN |
5 |
2 |
4.5 |
11.5 |
| 9 |
BEREA |
6 |
4 |
1 |
11 |
| 10 |
BLUFFTON |
- |
3 |
2.5 |
5.5 |
HCAC Men’s All-Sports Standings Following Fall 2025 Sport Season
| Place |
Team |
MXC |
MSOC |
FB |
TOTAL |
| 1 |
HANOVER |
7 |
9 |
10 |
26 |
| 2 |
ROSE-HULMAN |
10 |
7.5 |
7 |
24.5 |
| 3 |
FRANKLIN |
8 |
1.5 |
7 |
16.5 |
| 4 |
MANCHESTER |
9 |
3.5 |
4 |
16.5 |
| 5 |
ANDERSON |
6 |
5 |
5 |
16 |
| 6 |
MOUNT ST. JOSEPH |
- |
6 |
9 |
15 |
| 7 |
BLUFFTON |
- |
7.5 |
7 |
14.5 |
| 8 |
TRANSYLVANIA |
3 |
10 |
- |
13 |
| 9 |
EARLHAM |
5 |
3.5 |
- |
8.5 |
| 10 |
BEREA |
4 |
1.5 |
- |
5.5 |
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