| 2014 | Kent State2–9 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #119 (of 128 teams · 315.4 yds/g · 3,470 yards) | #123 (of 128 teams · 16.4 pts/g · 180 points) | #90 (of 128 teams · 430.3 yds/g allowed · 4,733 yards) | #83 (of 128 teams · 29.0 pts/g allowed · 319 points) | #116 (of 128 teams · -12.6 /g · -139 on the season) | #97 (of 128 teams · -4 on the season · 17 taken, 21 given · -0.36 /g) | #57 (of 128 teams · 30:19 /g · 5h 34m on the season) | #47 (of 128 teams · 87% of last season's passing production returning) | #68 (of 128 teams · 61% of last season's receiving production returning) | #40 (of 128 teams · 79% of last season's rushing production returning) | — (— composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #115 (of 128 teams · 0.019 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #81 (of 128 teams · 0.165 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #116 (of 128 teams · 37% of plays successful) | #101 (of 128 teams · 45% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #63 (of 128 teams · 1.189 average PPA on successful plays) | #11 (of 128 teams · 1.061 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |
| Median | of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014 | 0 (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range 0–0.) | 0 (Regular-season wins over teams ranked 1–10 in the final Playoff Committee Rankings: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Regular season only, with each opponent's rank frozen at the final regular-season poll — so a team you pin is measured against games it could also have played.) | 0 (Regular-season wins over teams ranked 1–25 in the final Playoff Committee Rankings: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Regular season only, with each opponent's rank frozen at the final regular-season poll — so a team you pin is measured against games it could also have played.) | #70 (Total offense: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range #15–#127. 0 of 13 in the top 10.) | #78 (Scoring offense: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range #20–#126. 0 of 13 in the top 10.) | #78 (Total defense: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range #30–#119. 0 of 13 in the top 10.) | #83 (Scoring defense: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range #28–#125. 0 of 13 in the top 10.) | #76 (Point margin: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range #33–#127. 0 of 13 in the top 10.) | #84 (Turnover margin: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range #8–#127. 1 of 13 in the top 10.) | #68 (Possession: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range #6–#125. 2 of 13 in the top 10.) | #66 (Returning passing: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range #1–#119. 2 of 13 in the top 10.) | #48 (Returning receiving: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range #7–#125. 2 of 13 in the top 10.) | #46 (Returning rushing: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range #5–#118. 1 of 13 in the top 10.) | — (No team has a rank for this) | #71 (Offensive EPA: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range #12–#124. 0 of 13 in the top 10.) | #82 (Defensive EPA: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range #30–#125. 0 of 13 in the top 10.) | #76 (Offensive success rate: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range #9–#122. 1 of 13 in the top 10.) | #84 (Defensive success rate: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range #31–#112. 0 of 13 in the top 10.) | #78 (Offensive explosiveness: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range #4–#126. 2 of 13 in the top 10.) | #61 (Defensive explosiveness: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range #11–#127. 0 of 13 in the top 10.) |
| 2014 | Akron5–7 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #91 (of 128 teams · 373.3 yds/g · 4,479 yards) | #104 (of 128 teams · 22.6 pts/g · 271 points) | #45 (of 128 teams · 371.1 yds/g allowed · 4,453 yards) | #28 (of 128 teams · 23.1 pts/g allowed · 277 points) | #76 (of 128 teams · -0.5 /g · -6 on the season) | #78 (of 128 teams · -2 on the season · 24 taken, 26 given · -0.17 /g) | #94 (of 128 teams · 29:09 /g · 5h 50m on the season) | #1 — top 10 (of 128 teams · 100% of last season's passing production returning) | #15 (of 128 teams · 83% of last season's receiving production returning) | #5 — top 10 (of 128 teams · 99% of last season's rushing production returning) | — (— composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #112 (of 128 teams · 0.031 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #48 (of 128 teams · 0.107 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #88 (of 128 teams · 41% of plays successful) | #53 (of 128 teams · 41% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #113 (of 128 teams · 1.078 average PPA on successful plays) | #52 (of 128 teams · 1.177 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |
| 2014 | Ball State5–7 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #95 (of 128 teams · 369.3 yds/g · 4,431 yards) | #74 (of 128 teams · 27.7 pts/g · 332 points) | #88 (of 128 teams · 428.8 yds/g allowed · 5,146 yards) | #68 (of 128 teams · 27.2 pts/g allowed · 326 points) | #73 (of 128 teams · +0.5 /g · +6 on the season) | #15 (of 128 teams · +9 on the season · 24 taken, 15 given · +0.75 /g) | #75 (of 128 teams · 29:50 /g · 5h 58m on the season) | #119 (of 128 teams · 2% of last season's passing production returning) | #125 (of 128 teams · 10% of last season's receiving production returning) | #21 (of 128 teams · 90% of last season's rushing production returning) | — (— composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #77 (of 128 teams · 0.124 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #91 (of 128 teams · 0.175 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #65 (of 128 teams · 43% of plays successful) | #108 (of 128 teams · 47% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #121 (of 128 teams · 1.064 average PPA on successful plays) | #23 (of 128 teams · 1.097 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |
| 2014 | Bowling Green8–6 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #44 (of 128 teams · 432.9 yds/g · 6,061 yards) | #59 (of 128 teams · 30.0 pts/g · 420 points) | #119 (of 128 teams · 493.6 yds/g allowed · 6,910 yards) | #108 (of 128 teams · 33.5 pts/g allowed · 469 points) | #87 (of 128 teams · -3.5 /g · -49 on the season) | #16 (of 128 teams · +10 on the season · 33 taken, 23 given · +0.71 /g) | #125 (of 128 teams · 26:15 /g · 6h 07m on the season) | #81 (of 128 teams · 32% of last season's passing production returning) | #90 (of 128 teams · 51% of last season's receiving production returning) | #14 (of 128 teams · 92% of last season's rushing production returning) | — (— composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #76 (of 128 teams · 0.125 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #82 (of 128 teams · 0.165 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #101 (of 128 teams · 40% of plays successful) | #102 (of 128 teams · 46% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #62 (of 128 teams · 1.190 average PPA on successful plays) | #69 (of 128 teams · 1.198 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |
| 2014 | Buffalo5–6 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #41 (of 128 teams · 438.2 yds/g · 4,820 yards) | #44 (of 128 teams · 32.3 pts/g · 355 points) | #64 (of 128 teams · 397.7 yds/g allowed · 4,375 yards) | #97 (of 128 teams · 31.6 pts/g allowed · 347 points) | #72 (of 128 teams · +0.7 /g · +8 on the season) | #91 (of 128 teams · -3 on the season · 15 taken, 18 given · -0.27 /g) | #6 — top 10 (of 128 teams · 33:40 /g · 6h 10m on the season) | #31 (of 128 teams · 97% of last season's passing production returning) | #114 (of 128 teams · 34% of last season's receiving production returning) | #118 (of 128 teams · 22% of last season's rushing production returning) | — (— composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #29 (of 128 teams · 0.229 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #104 (of 128 teams · 0.205 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #53 (of 128 teams · 44% of plays successful) | #31 (of 128 teams · 39% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #18 (of 128 teams · 1.281 average PPA on successful plays) | #127 (of 128 teams · 1.440 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |
| 2014 | Central Michigan7–6 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #70 (of 128 teams · 398.1 yds/g · 5,175 yards) | #82 (of 128 teams · 26.9 pts/g · 350 points) | #30 (of 128 teams · 355.5 yds/g allowed · 4,621 yards) | #46 (of 128 teams · 25.1 pts/g allowed · 327 points) | #70 (of 128 teams · +1.8 /g · +23 on the season) | #98 (of 128 teams · -5 on the season · 22 taken, 27 given · -0.38 /g) | #9 — top 10 (of 128 teams · 33:16 /g · 7h 12m on the season) | #41 (of 128 teams · 92% of last season's passing production returning) | #8 — top 10 (of 128 teams · 88% of last season's receiving production returning) | #41 (of 128 teams · 78% of last season's rushing production returning) | — (— composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #54 (of 128 teams · 0.174 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #59 (of 128 teams · 0.124 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #24 (of 128 teams · 47% of plays successful) | #37 (of 128 teams · 40% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #83 (of 128 teams · 1.146 average PPA on successful plays) | #113 (of 128 teams · 1.291 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |
| 2014 | Eastern Michigan2–10 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #127 (of 128 teams · 257.0 yds/g · 3,084 yards) | #126 (of 128 teams · 15.2 pts/g · 182 points) | #113 (of 128 teams · 458.8 yds/g allowed · 5,506 yards) | #125 (of 128 teams · 40.9 pts/g allowed · 491 points) | #127 (of 128 teams · -25.8 /g · -309 on the season) | #127 (of 128 teams · -19 on the season · 11 taken, 30 given · -1.58 /g) | #124 (of 128 teams · 26:26 /g · 5h 17m on the season) | #80 (of 128 teams · 34% of last season's passing production returning) | #18 (of 128 teams · 81% of last season's receiving production returning) | #24 (of 128 teams · 85% of last season's rushing production returning) | — (— composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #124 (of 128 teams · -0.030 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #125 (of 128 teams · 0.294 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #122 (of 128 teams · 36% of plays successful) | #112 (of 128 teams · 47% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #78 (of 128 teams · 1.154 average PPA on successful plays) | #87 (of 128 teams · 1.233 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |
| 2014 | Massachusetts3–9 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #51 (of 128 teams · 421.1 yds/g · 5,053 yards) | #78 (of 128 teams · 27.3 pts/g · 328 points) | #103 (of 128 teams · 447.5 yds/g allowed · 5,370 yards) | #105 (of 128 teams · 33.0 pts/g allowed · 396 points) | #92 (of 128 teams · -5.7 /g · -68 on the season) | #106 (of 128 teams · -6 on the season · 17 taken, 23 given · -0.50 /g) | #121 (of 128 teams · 27:16 /g · 5h 27m on the season) | #56 (of 128 teams · 70% of last season's passing production returning) | #48 (of 128 teams · 69% of last season's receiving production returning) | #56 (of 128 teams · 69% of last season's rushing production returning) | — (— composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #66 (of 128 teams · 0.150 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #96 (of 128 teams · 0.182 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #89 (of 128 teams · 41% of plays successful) | #97 (of 128 teams · 45% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #4 — top 10 (of 128 teams · 1.384 average PPA on successful plays) | #61 (of 128 teams · 1.190 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |
| 2014 | Miami (OH)2–10 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #88 (of 128 teams · 375.3 yds/g · 4,504 yards) | #106 (of 128 teams · 22.3 pts/g · 268 points) | #96 (of 128 teams · 434.3 yds/g allowed · 5,211 yards) | #100 (of 128 teams · 31.8 pts/g allowed · 382 points) | #106 (of 128 teams · -9.5 /g · -114 on the season) | #52 (of 128 teams · +2 on the season · 22 taken, 20 given · +0.17 /g) | #68 (of 128 teams · 30:01 /g · 6h 00m on the season) | #78 (of 128 teams · 36% of last season's passing production returning) | #17 (of 128 teams · 83% of last season's receiving production returning) | #46 (of 128 teams · 76% of last season's rushing production returning) | — (— composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #71 (of 128 teams · 0.134 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #90 (of 128 teams · 0.173 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #93 (of 128 teams · 40% of plays successful) | #107 (of 128 teams · 47% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #5 — top 10 (of 128 teams · 1.355 average PPA on successful plays) | #24 (of 128 teams · 1.104 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |
| 2014 | Northern Illinois11–3 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #39 (of 128 teams · 441.2 yds/g · 6,177 yards) | #50 (of 128 teams · 31.5 pts/g · 441 points) | #59 (of 128 teams · 391.6 yds/g allowed · 5,483 yards) | #52 (of 128 teams · 25.6 pts/g allowed · 359 points) | #48 (of 128 teams · +5.9 /g · +82 on the season) | #8 — top 10 (of 128 teams · +12 on the season · 24 taken, 12 given · +0.86 /g) | #104 (of 128 teams · 28:38 /g · 6h 41m on the season) | #114 (of 128 teams · 3% of last season's passing production returning) | #7 — top 10 (of 128 teams · 89% of last season's receiving production returning) | #82 (of 128 teams · 50% of last season's rushing production returning) | — (— composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #34 (of 128 teams · 0.214 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #71 (of 128 teams · 0.147 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #23 (of 128 teams · 47% of plays successful) | #75 (of 128 teams · 43% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #97 (of 128 teams · 1.121 average PPA on successful plays) | #53 (of 128 teams · 1.177 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |
| 2014 | Ohio6–6 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #94 (of 128 teams · 370.3 yds/g · 4,443 yards) | #114 (of 128 teams · 20.5 pts/g · 246 points) | #61 (of 128 teams · 394.3 yds/g allowed · 4,732 yards) | #41 (of 128 teams · 24.8 pts/g allowed · 298 points) | #90 (of 128 teams · -4.3 /g · -52 on the season) | #95 (of 128 teams · -4 on the season · 19 taken, 23 given · -0.33 /g) | #54 (of 128 teams · 30:32 /g · 6h 06m on the season) | #98 (of 128 teams · 12% of last season's passing production returning) | #116 (of 128 teams · 33% of last season's receiving production returning) | #117 (of 128 teams · 23% of last season's rushing production returning) | — (— composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #102 (of 128 teams · 0.070 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #79 (of 128 teams · 0.158 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #76 (of 128 teams · 42% of plays successful) | #84 (of 128 teams · 44% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #126 (of 128 teams · 1.046 average PPA on successful plays) | #54 (of 128 teams · 1.179 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |
| 2014 | Toledo9–4 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #15 (of 128 teams · 491.2 yds/g · 6,386 yards) | #20 (of 128 teams · 36.6 pts/g · 476 points) | #78 (of 128 teams · 407.9 yds/g allowed · 5,303 yards) | #92 (of 128 teams · 30.5 pts/g allowed · 396 points) | #47 (of 128 teams · +6.2 /g · +80 on the season) | #84 (of 128 teams · -3 on the season · 14 taken, 17 given · -0.23 /g) | #23 (of 128 teams · 32:22 /g · 7h 01m on the season) | #1 — top 10 (of 128 teams · 100% of last season's passing production returning) | #70 (of 128 teams · 60% of last season's receiving production returning) | #75 (of 128 teams · 55% of last season's rushing production returning) | — (— composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #12 (of 128 teams · 0.272 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #88 (of 128 teams · 0.172 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #9 — top 10 (of 128 teams · 50% of plays successful) | #72 (of 128 teams · 43% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #104 (of 128 teams · 1.107 average PPA on successful plays) | #96 (of 128 teams · 1.246 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |
| 2014 | Western Michigan8–5 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 13 Mid-American teams in 2014. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #42 (of 128 teams · 438.1 yds/g · 5,696 yards) | #34 (of 128 teams · 33.8 pts/g · 439 points) | #46 (of 128 teams · 371.9 yds/g allowed · 4,834 yards) | #43 (of 128 teams · 24.9 pts/g allowed · 324 points) | #33 (of 128 teams · +8.8 /g · +115 on the season) | #49 (of 128 teams · +3 on the season · 23 taken, 20 given · +0.23 /g) | #12 (of 128 teams · 32:58 /g · 7h 09m on the season) | #66 (of 128 teams · 57% of last season's passing production returning) | #44 (of 128 teams · 70% of last season's receiving production returning) | #82 (of 128 teams · 50% of last season's rushing production returning) | — (— composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #18 (of 128 teams · 0.253 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #30 (of 128 teams · 0.080 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #37 (of 128 teams · 46% of plays successful) | #33 (of 128 teams · 40% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #36 (of 128 teams · 1.249 average PPA on successful plays) | #102 (of 128 teams · 1.260 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |