| 2023 | Western Kentucky8–5 | 0 (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 9 Conference USA teams in 2023. 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) | — (284.0 yds/g · 284 yds · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (10.0 pts/g · 10 points · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (562.0 yds/g allowed · 562 yds · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (63.0 pts/g allowed · 63 points · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (-53.0 /g · -53 in these games · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (-2 in these games · 2 taken, 4 given · -2.00 /g · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (32:34 /g · 0h 33m in these games · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | #32 (of 133 teams · 99% of last season's passing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #63 (of 133 teams · 53% of last season's receiving plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #48 (of 133 teams · 70% of last season's rushing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #89 (of 133 teams · 491.3 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | — (-0.106 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (0.611 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defense · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (39% of plays successful · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (56% of opponent plays successful · lower is better · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.074 average PPA on successful plays · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.515 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) |
| Median | of 9 Conference USA teams in 2023 | 0 (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 9 Conference USA teams in 2023. Range 0–0.) | 0 (Regular-season wins over teams ranked 1–10 in the final Playoff Committee Rankings: median of 9 Conference USA teams in 2023. 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 9 Conference USA teams in 2023. 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.) | — (No team has a rank for this) | — (No team has a rank for this) | — (No team has a rank for this) | — (No team has a rank for this) | — (No team has a rank for this) | — (No team has a rank for this) | — (No team has a rank for this) | #43 (Returning passing: median of 9 Conference USA teams in 2023. Range #19–#104. 0 of 9 in the top 10.) | #47 (Returning receiving: median of 9 Conference USA teams in 2023. Range #11–#125. 0 of 9 in the top 10.) | #48 (Returning rushing: median of 9 Conference USA teams in 2023. Range #7–#117. 1 of 9 in the top 10.) | #114 (Team talent: median of 9 Conference USA teams in 2023. Range #89–#129. 0 of 9 in the top 10.) | — (No team has a rank for this) | — (No team has a rank for this) | — (No team has a rank for this) | — (No team has a rank for this) | — (No team has a rank for this) | — (No team has a rank for this) |
| 2023 | New Mexico State10–5 | 0 (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 9 Conference USA teams in 2023. 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) | — (414.0 yds/g · 414 yds · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (31.0 pts/g · 31 points · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (213.0 yds/g allowed · 213 yds · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (10.0 pts/g allowed · 10 points · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (+21.0 /g · +21 in these games · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (+0 in these games · 0 taken, 0 given · +0.00 /g · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (38:50 /g · 0h 39m in these games · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | #19 (of 133 teams · 99% of last season's passing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #11 (of 133 teams · 80% of last season's receiving plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #7 — top 10 (of 133 teams · 97% of last season's rushing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #115 (of 133 teams · 379.0 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | — (0.367 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (0.100 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defense · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (50% of plays successful · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (39% of opponent plays successful · lower is better · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.241 average PPA on successful plays · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.069 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) |
| 2023 | Florida International4–8 | 0 (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 9 Conference USA teams in 2023. 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) | — (341.0 yds/g · 341 yds · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (20.0 pts/g · 20 points · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (510.0 yds/g allowed · 510 yds · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (44.0 pts/g allowed · 44 points · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (-24.0 /g · -24 in these games · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (-2 in these games · 0 taken, 2 given · -2.00 /g · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (26:08 /g · 0h 26m in these games · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | #43 (of 133 teams · 95% of last season's passing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #31 (of 133 teams · 63% of last season's receiving plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #42 (of 133 teams · 72% of last season's rushing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #91 (of 133 teams · 487.5 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | — (0.130 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (0.338 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defense · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (31% of plays successful · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (48% of opponent plays successful · lower is better · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.730 average PPA on successful plays · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.187 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) |
| 2023 | Louisiana Tech3–9 | 0 (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 9 Conference USA teams in 2023. 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) | — (338.0 yds/g · 338 yds · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (14.0 pts/g · 14 points · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (419.0 yds/g allowed · 419 yds · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (28.0 pts/g allowed · 28 points · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (-14.0 /g · -14 in these games · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (-1 in these games · 0 taken, 1 given · -1.00 /g · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (28:02 /g · 0h 28m in these games · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | #104 (of 133 teams · 7% of last season's passing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #47 (of 133 teams · 58% of last season's receiving plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #29 (of 133 teams · 80% of last season's rushing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #105 (of 133 teams · 433.7 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | — (0.211 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (0.272 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defense · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (45% of plays successful · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (44% of opponent plays successful · lower is better · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.188 average PPA on successful plays · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.451 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) |
| 2023 | Middle Tennessee4–8 | 0 (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 9 Conference USA teams in 2023. 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) | — (248.0 yds/g · 496 yds · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (13.0 pts/g · 26 points · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (373.5 yds/g allowed · 747 yds · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (39.5 pts/g allowed · 79 points · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (-26.5 /g · -53 in these games · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (-2 in these games · 0 taken, 2 given · -1.00 /g · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (29:29 /g · 0h 59m in these games · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | #99 (of 133 teams · 10% of last season's passing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #108 (of 133 teams · 33% of last season's receiving plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #65 (of 133 teams · 59% of last season's rushing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #90 (of 133 teams · 488.0 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | — (0.118 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (0.335 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defense · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (35% of plays successful · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (52% of opponent plays successful · lower is better · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.292 average PPA on successful plays · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.146 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) |
| 2023 | UTEP3–9 | 0 (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 9 Conference USA teams in 2023. 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) | — (325.5 yds/g · 651 yds · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (8.5 pts/g · 17 points · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (467.5 yds/g allowed · 935 yds · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (34.5 pts/g allowed · 69 points · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (-26.0 /g · -52 in these games · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (-3 in these games · 1 taken, 4 given · -1.50 /g · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (30:32 /g · 1h 01m in these games · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | #50 (of 133 teams · 89% of last season's passing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #42 (of 133 teams · 59% of last season's receiving plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #86 (of 133 teams · 48% of last season's rushing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #114 (of 133 teams · 379.6 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | — (0.079 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (0.432 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defense · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (35% of plays successful · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (54% of opponent plays successful · lower is better · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.349 average PPA on successful plays · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.243 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) |
| 2023 | Jacksonville State9–4 | 0 (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 9 Conference USA teams in 2023. 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) | — (421.0 yds/g · 421 yds · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (28.0 pts/g · 28 points · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (488.0 yds/g allowed · 488 yds · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (38.0 pts/g allowed · 38 points · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (-10.0 /g · -10 in these games · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (-3 in these games · 1 taken, 4 given · -3.00 /g · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (27:07 /g · 0h 27m in these games · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (— of last season's passing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | — (— of last season's receiving plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | — (— of last season's rushing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #129 — bottom 10 (of 133 teams · 227.3 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | — (0.029 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (0.314 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defense · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (41% of plays successful · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (48% of opponent plays successful · lower is better · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.133 average PPA on successful plays · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.321 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) |
| 2023 | Sam Houston3–9 | 0 (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 9 Conference USA teams in 2023. 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) | — (181.5 yds/g · 363 yds · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (3.5 pts/g · 7 points · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (397.5 yds/g allowed · 795 yds · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (26.0 pts/g allowed · 52 points · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (-22.5 /g · -45 in these games · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (-5 in these games · 0 taken, 5 given · -2.50 /g · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (26:46 /g · 0h 54m in these games · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (— of last season's passing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | — (— of last season's receiving plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | — (— of last season's rushing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #128 — bottom 10 (of 133 teams · 240.4 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | — (-0.104 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (0.189 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defense · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (25% of plays successful · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (40% of opponent plays successful · lower is better · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (0.973 average PPA on successful plays · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.195 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) |
| 2023 | Liberty13–1 | 0 (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 9 Conference USA teams in 2023. 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) | — (— · — · 0 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (— · — · 0 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (— allowed · — · 0 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (— allowed · — · 0 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (— /g · — in these games · 0 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (— · 0 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (— /g · — in these games · 0 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | #41 (of 133 teams · 97% of last season's passing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #125 — bottom 10 (of 133 teams · 23% of last season's receiving plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #117 (of 133 teams · 31% of last season's rushing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #126 — bottom 10 (of 133 teams · 330.3 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | — (— predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted · 0 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (— allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defense · 0 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (— of plays successful · 0 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (— of opponent plays successful · lower is better · 0 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (— average PPA on successful plays · 0 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (— allowed on opponent successes · lower is better · 0 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) |