Roosevelt Lakers

GLIACChicago, ILMorris Field

2026: 5–⁠1 (1–⁠1 GLIAC). Last: won at Wayne State (MI) 33–⁠18. Next: at Northern Michigan, Saturday, Oct 24, 1 p.m. ET.

  1. W 44–⁠28at Chicago State
  2. W 41–⁠28at Quincy
  3. W 59–⁠56at Southwest Baptist
  4. W 31–⁠10Wisconsin Stout
  5. L 28–⁠57Michigan Tech
  6. W 33–⁠18at Wayne State (MI)
  7. Oct 17Davenport
  8. Oct 24at Northern Michigan
  9. Oct 31Grand Valley State
  10. Nov 7Saginaw Valley State
  11. Nov 14at Ferris State

Roosevelt has played football since at least 2023 and is 8–⁠19 in the 27 games on record. This season, they’re 5–⁠1.

Résumé

Record on file
8–⁠19 .296; 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
1121
Best season by Elo
2023 rated 1176
Seasons
4 since 2023, 27 games

2026 season 5–⁠1

RosterFull 2026 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Roosevelt’s Elo through 2026: 1037 going into the opener, 1121 after the latest game.105011001150Elo 1037 going in; beat Chicago State 44–28Elo 1094 going in; beat Quincy 41–28Elo 1126 going in; beat Southwest Baptist 59–56Elo 1141 going in; beat Wisconsin Stout 31–10Elo 1165 going in; lost to Michigan Tech 57–28Elo 1132 going in; beat Wayne State (MI) 33–18Now: Elo 1121 after the latest game1121
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

On the 2026 team

Program strength since 2023

Best seasons ever
Roosevelt end-of-season Elo from 2023 to 2026, best in 2023 at 1176.130015001700190020252023 peak: Elo 1176
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
Every opponent (16)

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

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20265–⁠11–⁠11121
20252–⁠81–⁠6981
20241–⁠91–⁠61043
20230–⁠11176

All 4 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.