THE RFC MYC: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC)-(NCAA Division III)

2016 Final Standings-Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC)

NOTE: If the link to the team's schedule is unlisted, it means that the team has not submitted its schedule for the 2017 season. When the team's schedule is submitted, the link (s) will appear in each blog post.

Anderson

Bluffton

Defiance

Earlham

Franklin

Hanover

Manchester

Mount St. Joseph

Rose-Hulman

Overview: For the first time since 2009, a team other than the Franklin College Grizzlies represented the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) in the NCAA Division III playoffs and the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Engineers were that team in 2016. However, the Engineers postseason run was brought to a screeching halt by North Central in a 41-7 first round blowout. 

The biggest question in the HCAC for 2017 is this: Can Franklin return to the form of the last seven years, or can Rose-Hulman make it back-to-back conference titles? Of course, only time will tell.

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