Bethel (MN) Royals

MinnesotaArden Hills, MNRoyal Stadium

2026: 4–⁠2 (4–⁠1 Minnesota). Last: won at St. Olaf 82–⁠7. Next: at Macalester, Saturday, Oct 24, 8 p.m. ET.

  1. L 21–⁠44at North Central College
  2. W 49–⁠7Gustavus Adolphus
  3. W 77–⁠0Hamline
  4. L 16–⁠42at Saint John’s (MN)
  5. W 63–⁠0Augsburg
  6. W 82–⁠7at St. Olaf
  7. Oct 24at Macalester
  8. Oct 31Concordia (MN)
  9. Nov 7at Carleton
  10. Nov 14St. Scholastica

Bethel (MN) has played football since at least 2022 and is 45–⁠11 in the 56 games on record. This season, they’re 4–⁠2.

Résumé

Record on file
45–⁠11 .804; how we count
Postseason
1–⁠1 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 0 ranked
Elo now
1255
Best season by Elo
2025 rated 1385
Seasons
5 since 2022, 56 games

2026 season 4–⁠2

RosterFull 2026 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Bethel (MN)‘s Elo through 2026: 1257 going into the opener, 1255 after the latest game.122512501275Elo 1257 going in; lost to North Central College 44–21Elo 1235 going in; beat Gustavus Adolphus 49–7Elo 1253 going in; beat Hamline 77–0Elo 1259 going in; lost to Saint John’s (MN) 42–16Elo 1231 going in; beat Augsburg 63–0Elo 1241 going in; beat St. Olaf 82–7Now: Elo 1255 after the latest game1255
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Program strength since 2022

Best seasons ever
Bethel (MN) end-of-season Elo from 2022 to 2026, best in 2025 at 1385.130015001700190020252025 peak: Elo 1385
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesBUMN record
Saint John’s (MN)62–⁠4
Gustavus Adolphus66–⁠0
Augsburg55–⁠0
Hamline55–⁠0
Every opponent (22)

Every program Bethel (MN) has played, A to Z, with Bethel (MN)‘s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20264–⁠24–⁠11255
202512–⁠19–⁠01385
202411–⁠36–⁠21358
20238–⁠36–⁠11267
202210–⁠27–⁠01247

All 5 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.