Bethany (West Virginia)
1-1Presidents' · Bison Stadium · 1,000
LastL 26–84 at Baldwin Wallace · Sat Sep 12
Nextvs Thiel · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET · Bison Stadium · series 1-3
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5 | #651 | #628 | — | @Sewanee | W 40–37 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #647 | #505 | — | @Baldwin Wallace | L 26–84 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #648 | #641 | Thiel | ||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #648 | #562 | Geneva | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | @Grove City | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @Washington & Jefferson | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | Allegheny | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @Saint Francis | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | Saint Vincent | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | @Waynesburg |
Game Week
4d 18h
until kickoff · vs Thiel · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET
Bethany is West Virginia's oldest institution of higher learning, a 1840-founded college playing football with the pride of deep Appalachian heritage and the humility of a small school punching above its academic weight.
Fans here believe no chip. Bethany plays because it's tradition, because it builds community. The motivation is institutional pride and the love of the game, not vindication.
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 1-9 · last season
✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among Presidents' teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Bethany (West Virginia) has won two of its last five.
Cooling. 2-8 over the last 10, and lost the last one.
Next Sep 19
vs Thiel · at home
Outcome band · Bethany (West Virginia) · 2026
Outcome band · Bethany (West Virginia) · 2026Bethany (West Virginia)'s most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.
No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.
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Bethany is West Virginia's oldest institution of higher learning, a 1840-founded college playing football with the pride of deep Appalachian heritage and the humility of a small school punching above its academic weight.
Playoff path
Bethany (West Virginia) sits 6th in the Presidents' Conference and 99th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Case Western Reserve | 0-0 | 1-0 | 79.5 |
| 2 | Hiram | 0-0 | 2-0 | 66.4 |
| 3 | Allegheny | 0-0 | 2-0 | 64.3 |
| 4 | Saint Vincent | 0-0 | 1-0 | 56.6 |
| 5 | Carnegie Mellon | 0-0 | 1-1 | 52.9 |
| 6 | Bethany (WV) | 0-0 | 1-1 | 52.5 |
| 7 | Washington & Jefferson | 0-0 | 1-1 | 52.3 |
| 8 | Geneva | 0-0 | 1-1 | 50.6 |
Win the Presidents' Conference for the automatic berth into the 40-team NCAA Division III bracket. Miss it and the path is an at-large bid, selected by NPI — the metric the CFB Index mirrors. Six wins survive the bracket to the Stagg Bowl.
Recruiting buzz
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.