Akron

2026 season

Mid-American

2026 preseason report

Historical preseason snapshot from 2026-07-29, including roster context and illustrative season projections. This is not a live injury feed.

What every system says

Akron's rank in each system (1 = best). Middle rank 135 across 8 systems; best 132, worst 138, so they disagree by 6 places.

Lab EPA: #132; Through week 82026 · 138 rated FBS teams · Through week 8. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings take separate places, ordered by team name.
Lab SRS: #133; no change2026 · 138 FBS roster teams, including prior-only teams · Through week 8 · built 2026-10-30T11:17:06.745613+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings take separate places, ordered by team name.
SP+: #135; down 22026 · 138 published SP+ teams · Provider week 9 · captured 2026-10-25T21:28:39.844929+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Published provider ranks; tie handling is not documented in this snapshot.
Elo: #138; no change2026 · 138 rated FBS teams · Through week 8 · captured 2026-10-30T11:02:01.130624+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings share the best tied rank; the next rank skips places.
FPI: #135; down 12026 · 138 rated FBS teams · Event cutoff not supplied · captured 2026-10-30T11:02:01.130624+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings share the best tied rank; the next rank skips places.
CORE: #135; down 1 · Through week 8 · captured 2026-10-30T11:02:01.130624+00:002026 · 138 rated FBS teams · Through week 8 · captured 2026-10-30T11:02:01.130624+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings share the best tied rank; the next rank skips places.
CFBD SRS: #135; no change2026 · 138 rated FBS teams · Event cutoff not supplied · captured 2026-10-30T11:02:01.130624+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings share the best tied rank; the next rank skips places.
WEPA: #132; up 22026 · 138 rated FBS teams · Event cutoff not supplied · captured 2026-10-30T11:02:01.130624+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings share the best tied rank; the next rank skips places.

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FPI context

ESPN FPI via CFBD · 2026

Résumé and schedule

Results earned and schedule difficulty

Strength of record: #136 of 138
Schedule strength: #96 of 138
Remaining schedule strength: #122 of 138
Game control: #134 of 138

Unit efficiency

Performance by unit

Overall: #134 of 138
Offense: #115 of 138
Defense: #135 of 138
Special teams: #127 of 138

Ranks calculated among rated FBS teams; ties share rank. #1 means strongest résumé, hardest schedule, best game control or highest efficiency. These are separate measures, not a combined forecast. Captured Oct 30, 2026, 06:02:01 CDT. FPI supplies no results-through week; capture time records when we received it.

Why the ratings disagree

Akron · 2026. Each system answers a different question. The cards show each source's rank (published or computed here) and coverage, so a rank gap can also reflect which teams have data.

Record

1-7 wins–losses

No rank assigned

Results earned. Wins and losses do not account for opponent strength or victory margin.

2026, provider Week 9; captured 2026-10-25T21:28:39.844929+00:00

SP+ workbook record

Descriptive EPA

-0.187 net EPA/play

#132

2026 · 138 rated FBS teams · Through week 8. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings take separate places, ordered by team name.

Observed per-play efficiency after opponent adjustment. FBS-vs-FBS plays; no preseason strength prior. Sparse schedules can produce sharp early movement.

2026, through CFBD Week 8; opponent adjusted ridge

Lab EPA from CFBD plays

Local predictive SRS

-16.43 points

#133 · Rank unchanged since the previous CFBD cutoff

2026 · 138 FBS roster teams, including prior-only teams · Through week 8 · built 2026-10-30T11:17:06.745613+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings take separate places, ordered by team name.

This season's 8 games, with recent games counting a bit more: average margin -13.38 (with blowouts capped at 35 points and overtime games counted as a 1-point result, then 2.5 points of home field removed) against opponents averaging -6.27, schedule #108 of 138 (#1 = toughest); 1 FCS opponent counts at −25; FBS opponents alone average -3.88. That is worth -19.65 on its own; the preseason prior of -5.13 still carries 22% of the weight, giving -16.43.

How each game enters this SRS rating

Akron · 2026, through CFBD Week 8. Margins are team minus opponent. The fit caps margins and treats overtime as a one-point result before adjusting for venue. Recent games carry more weight; the fit share includes the preseason prior in its denominator.

Game	Raw margin → transformed	Venue adjustment	Recency weight	Fit share	Opponent rating	Margin term	Opponent term	Total term
Week 1 · Wake Forest away · 2026-09-03 · ID 401858204	-22.00 → -22.00	+2.50	0.7637	8.47%	+12.07	-1.651	1.022	-0.629
Week 2 · Robert Morris home · 2026-09-12 · ID 401866412	+35.00 → +35.00	-2.50	0.7937	8.80%	-25.00 (fixed lower division)	2.860	-2.200	0.660
Week 3 · Minnesota away · 2026-09-19 · ID 401858451	-34.00 → -34.00	+2.50	0.8249	9.15%	-0.24	-2.881	-0.022	-2.903
Week 4 · UNLV home · 2026-09-26 · ID 401864512	-28.00 → -28.00	-2.50	0.8572	9.51%	-0.87	-2.899	-0.082	-2.982
Week 5 · Central Michigan away · 2026-10-03 · ID 401866430	-24.00 → -24.00	+2.50	0.8909	9.88%	-8.47	-2.124	-0.836	-2.960
Week 6 · Eastern Michigan home · 2026-10-10 · ID 401866435	-2.00 → -2.00	-2.50	0.9259	10.27%	-9.30	-0.462	-0.955	-1.417
Week 7 · Miami (OH) away · 2026-10-17 · ID 401866478	-20.00 → -20.00	+2.50	0.9622	10.67%	-4.52	-1.867	-0.482	-2.349
Week 8 · Kent State away · 2026-10-24 · ID 401866446	-15.00 → -15.00	+2.50	1.0000	11.09%	-11.95	-1.386	-1.325	-2.711

Game terms -15.29 points; prior term -1.14 points. Their unrounded sum is the fitted rating -16.43 points. The preseason prior is -5.13 with 22.18% of the fit weight. Displayed values are rounded; the producer checks the unrounded identity within 0.00000001 points.

These are additive terms of the current fit, not the effect of removing a game. Opponent ratings already reflect the connected schedule. Lower-division opponents use the fixed anchor, not an individually fitted rating. The rating's model-based 95% band is ±8.7 points; this decomposition does not reduce uncertainty or assign causal effects.

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Estimated strength from schedule-adjusted scoring margins, margin caps, home-field adjustment and recency weighting. Half of prior-season strength, including postseason, carries forward with two games of weight. SRS includes FCS opponents under a fixed strength assumption. 8 current games; prior available.

2026, through CFBD Week 8; generated 2026-10-30T11:17:06.745613+00:00

Lab SRS from CFBD scores

External SP+

-25.1 SP+ points

#135 · Down 2 places

2026 · 138 published SP+ teams · Provider week 9 · captured 2026-10-25T21:28:39.844929+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Published provider ranks; tie handling is not documented in this snapshot.

Bill Connelly's published predictive strength estimate. Its method and scale differ from local SRS.

2026, provider Week 9; captured 2026-10-25T21:28:39.844929+00:00

Bill Connelly SP+ workbook

External CORE

-21.23 net points per 100 offensive + 100 defensive plays

#135 of 138 by overall (ranked here; CORE publishes no rank)

2026 · 138 rated FBS teams in this CORE board · 2026, through regular Week 8; model core-v1; captured 2026-10-30T11:02:06.855798+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings share the best tied rank; the next rank skips places.

CFBD's context- and opponent-relative efficiency. Offense is higher-better; defense is points allowed above average, so lower is better; overall is offense minus defense. It counts only pass and rush plays from FBS-vs-FBS games, with no special teams, overtime or garbage time; early-week values are pulled toward average but are still uncertain, and it is not a résumé ranking. Its scale is not comparable to EPA, SRS or SP+. Offense -7.76 on 389 plays; defense 13.47 on 396 plays.

2026, through regular Week 8; model core-v1; captured 2026-10-30T11:02:06.855798+00:00

CFBD CORE rating CORE board: offense vs defense

EPA ranks Akron 1 places higher than local SRS at the matched cutoff. This identifies a disagreement; it does not isolate its cause. SP+ movement compares provider weeks 8 and 9. Provider weeks may differ from CFBD weeks, so no cross-provider rank gap is calculated. CORE reports its own inclusive cutoff and is shown beside these systems for comparison only; it is an external research rating and is never blended into the lab's opponent-adjusted EPA, local SRS or any pick.

Team ratings and rank gaps are not matchup spreads or win probabilities. Matchup context and a calibrated forecast mapping are required. Do not average EPA, SRS, SP+ and CORE values across their different scales.

Read local SRS assumptions and forecast evidence

Program context

2026 · CFBD records, polls, recruiting, coaches

Record: 1-7 · conf 0-4 · home 1-2 · away 0-5 · expected wins 1.9
Polls (Week 9): unranked
CFP latest: not published
CFP final: not published
Against the spread: 2026: 3-5 ATS (-6.0 avg) · 2025: 6-6 ATS (+1.2 avg)
Head coach: Joe Moorhead · hired 2021-12-04 · 11-25 over 4 captured seasons
Recruiting classes: 2024 #101 (147 pts) · 2025 #128 (87 pts) · 2026 #133 (147 pts)
Returning: 92% of production · 94% of usage
Passing, receiving and rushing detail
Category Production Usage
Passing 87% 100%
Receiving 92% 83%
Rushing 102% 100%
Shares of prior-season PPA and usage returning in each category. Missing values are unavailable.

Category	Production	Usage
Passing	87%	100%
Receiving	92%	83%
Rushing	102%	100%

Provider values from CFBD captures dated 2026-09-22, 2026-10-30. head coach for the season; tenure counts cover only the captured seasons, hire date is the provider's. Returning usage carries no signal beyond returning production in this repo's research; neither is a model input.

Recruiting by position group

2023–2026 classes · High school · CFBD · captured 2026-10-30 UTC

Position group	Commits	Avg. stars	Avg. rating	Total rating
Defensive Back	9	2.89	0.8244	7.42
Defensive Line	8	3.00	0.8223	6.58
Linebacker	7	3.00	0.8249	5.77
Offensive Line	9	3.00	0.8339	7.51
Quarterback	4	3.00	0.8313	3.33
Receiver	5	2.60	0.8116	4.06
Running Back	1	3.00	0.8550	0.85
Special Teams	2	3.00	0.8364	1.67

Recruiting class aggregates, not current roster strength. Commits count recruits across the window; total rating also reflects class size. JUCO, prep-school and transfer ratings are excluded. These values do not enter the prediction model.

Player efficiency and usage

2026 · observed 2026-10-30 UTC

Passing and rushing WEPA adjust efficiency for opponents. Kicker PAAR measures points added above replacement. Higher is better within each metric. Metric rows are ordered by sample size, followed by usage-only players. Usage is the share of team plays involving the player within each category; categories overlap and should not be added. CFBD definitions

Player / history	Metric	Value	Plays / attempts	Overall usage	Usage detail	Recruiting
Brayden Roggow · QB CFBD athlete 5146903. Akron (2024–2026)	Passing WEPA	0.226	196	41.4%	Pass 72.4% · Rush 8.6% 1st 36.0% · 2nd 43.4% · 3rd 49.5% Standard downs 34.3% · Passing downs 56.5%	2024: 3★ · 0.8230
Jordan Gant · RB CFBD athlete 5084582. Akron (2025–2026); Tennessee State (2022–2024)	Rushing WEPA	0.186	117	28.4%	Pass 9.9% · Rush 51.0% 1st 30.5% · 2nd 27.5% · 3rd 25.2% Standard downs 33.2% · Passing downs 17.9%	2022: stars unavailable
Sean Patrick · RB CFBD athlete 5146708. Akron (2024–2026)	Rushing WEPA	0.124	33	11.0%	Pass 4.7% · Rush 18.8% 1st 13.6% · 2nd 11.0% · 3rd 4.5% Standard downs 12.3% · Passing downs 8.3%	2024: 3★ · 0.8550
Matthew Schramm · PK CFBD athlete 5225257. Akron (2024–2026)	Kicker PAAR	-4.530	8	—	Pass — · Rush — 1st — · 2nd — · 3rd — Standard downs — · Passing downs —	Not linked
Aidan Stire · PK CFBD athlete 5296250. West Virginia (2025–2025); Akron (2026–2026)	Kicker PAAR	0.920	4	—	Pass — · Rush — 1st — · 2nd — · 3rd — Standard downs — · Passing downs —	2025: stars unavailable
Brandon Hills · WR CFBD athlete 5076653. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.	Not available	—	—	3.4%	Pass 5.9% · Rush 0.7% 1st 3.3% · 2nd 1.8% · 3rd 6.5% Standard downs 2.2% · Passing downs 5.8%	Not linked
Cibastian Broughton · QB CFBD athlete 5198324. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.	Not available	—	—	35.9%	Pass 50.4% · Rush 20.9% 1st 32.8% · 2nd 36.4% · 3rd 44.0% Standard downs 32.6% · Passing downs 43.6%	Not linked
Connor Cravaack · TE CFBD athlete 5157315. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.	Not available	—	—	2.8%	Pass 5.3% · Rush 0.0% 1st 2.8% · 2nd 2.5% · 3rd 2.2% Standard downs 3.1% · Passing downs 2.0%	Not linked
Elijah Alexander · TE CFBD athlete 5397589. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.	Not available	—	—	3.9%	Pass 7.4% · Rush 0.4% 1st 2.5% · 2nd 4.9% · 3rd 5.8% Standard downs 3.8% · Passing downs 4.2%	Not linked
Gentz Hilburn · WR CFBD athlete 5397590. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.	Not available	—	—	4.5%	Pass 8.4% · Rush 0.0% 1st 6.6% · 2nd 0.0% · 3rd 7.7% Standard downs 5.1% · Passing downs 3.3%	Not linked
Jean Louis III · WR CFBD athlete 5157324. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.	Not available	—	—	2.2%	Pass 4.3% · Rush 0.0% 1st 2.4% · 2nd 2.0% · 3rd 1.9% Standard downs 1.5% · Passing downs 3.7%	Not linked
Kyan Mason · WR CFBD athlete 5110019. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.	Not available	—	—	9.4%	Pass 18.0% · Rush 0.4% 1st 10.0% · 2nd 9.3% · 3rd 7.8% Standard downs 8.2% · Passing downs 11.9%	Not linked
Luke Sivon · WR CFBD athlete 5295187. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.	Not available	—	—	7.1%	Pass 14.3% · Rush 0.0% 1st 6.5% · 2nd 8.0% · 3rd 7.7% Standard downs 5.6% · Passing downs 12.5%	Not linked
Marquese Williams · RB CFBD athlete 4871050. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.	Not available	—	—	4.0%	Pass 0.4% · Rush 8.4% 1st 3.8% · 2nd 5.6% · 3rd 2.2% Standard downs 4.7% · Passing downs 2.7%	Not linked
Miles Burris · WR CFBD athlete 5193102. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.	Not available	—	—	5.8%	Pass 11.4% · Rush 0.0% 1st 5.0% · 2nd 6.6% · 3rd 6.8% Standard downs 4.4% · Passing downs 8.9%	Not linked
Paul Davis · WR CFBD athlete 5157316. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.	Not available	—	—	1.4%	Pass 2.9% · Rush 0.0% 1st 0.0% · 2nd 0.0% · 3rd 9.1% Standard downs 0.0% · Passing downs 5.0%	Not linked
Semaj Beals · QB CFBD athlete 5209397. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.	Not available	—	—	1.7%	Pass 2.5% · Rush 0.0% 1st 0.0% · 2nd 0.0% · 3rd 7.7% Standard downs 0.0% · Passing downs 4.2%	Not linked
Taven Curry · RB CFBD athlete 4912281. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.	Not available	—	—	2.2%	Pass 0.0% · Rush 4.6% 1st 0.8% · 2nd 2.0% · 3rd 5.8% Standard downs 3.0% · Passing downs 0.0%	Not linked
Titus Myers · WR CFBD athlete 5295925. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.	Not available	—	—	2.0%	Pass 3.6% · Rush 0.0% 1st 0.0% · 2nd 5.9% · 3rd 0.0% Standard downs 2.1% · Passing downs 1.7%	Not linked
Wyatt Hook · TE CFBD athlete 5119873. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.	Not available	—	—	2.1%	Pass 4.2% · Rush 0.0% 1st 4.6% · 2nd 0.0% · 3rd 0.0% Standard downs 2.9% · Passing downs 0.0%	Not linked

Transfers

Incoming · 15 reported

Player	From	Date	Stars / rating	Eligibility
Aidan Stire · P	West Virginia	2026-01-14	3★ / 0.8000	Immediate
Brandon Smith · IOL	South Dakota	2026-01-10	— / —	Immediate
Caiden Newsome · CB	Holy Cross	2026-01-11	— / —	Immediate
Carlos Slayden · IOL	Southern Miss	2026-01-16	3★ / 0.8300	Immediate
Dawayne Galloway Jr. · CB	West Virginia	2026-01-14	3★ / 0.8600	Immediate
Dwight Nunoo · LB	Florida International	2026-01-19	3★ / 0.8200	Immediate
Khory Moss · CB	Miami (OH)	2026-01-20	3★ / 0.8300	Immediate
Kurtis Waye · EDGE	Clark Atlanta	2026-01-12	— / —	Immediate
Miles Burris · WR	Charlotte	2026-01-12	3★ / 0.8400	Immediate
Nate Hampton · IOL	Not reported	2026-01-16	3★ / 0.8300	Immediate
Reese Poffenbarger · QB	North Texas	2026-01-16	3★ / 0.8500	Immediate
Shamar McNeil · CB	Missouri	2026-01-19	3★ / 0.8500	Immediate
Vaughn Highland · DL	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	2026-01-12	3★ / 0.8400	Immediate
Wyatt Hook · TE	Michigan State	2026-01-19	3★ / 0.8400	Immediate
Zach Hobson · CB	Old Dominion	2026-01-19	3★ / 0.8200	Immediate

Outgoing · 18 reported

Player	To	Date	Stars / rating	Eligibility
Adam Samaha · K	Eastern Michigan	2026-01-21	2★ / —	Immediate
Ben Kamara · CB	Not reported	2026-01-10	— / —	Immediate
Bruno Dall · EDGE	UCF	2026-01-10	3★ / 0.8500	Immediate
Cyrus Durham · EDGE	Not reported	2026-02-07	3★ / 0.8400	Withdrawn
Delvin Morris · IOL	Kansas State	2026-01-09	3★ / 0.8600	Immediate
Elijah Reed · CB	Utah	2026-01-10	3★ / 0.8500	Immediate
Israel Polk · WR	Oklahoma State	2026-01-07	3★ / 0.8600	Immediate
Jake Newell · TE	Toledo	2026-01-20	3★ / 0.8500	Immediate
Julien Laventure · DL	Texas Tech	2026-01-05	3★ / 0.8300	Immediate
Kenneth McManus IV · IOL	Auburn	2026-01-19	3★ / 0.8600	Immediate
Keylen Davis · IOL	Pittsburgh	2026-01-08	3★ / 0.8500	Immediate
Khalil Witherspoon · TE	Not reported	2026-01-06	3★ / —	Immediate
Kiawan Murphy · DL	Western Kentucky	2026-01-12	3★ / 0.8200	Immediate
Maasai King · OT	Iowa State	2026-01-04	3★ / 0.8600	Immediate
Markus Boswell · LB	Texas	2026-01-16	3★ / 0.8500	Immediate
Max Whisner · TE	Sam Houston	2026-01-17	3★ / 0.8300	Immediate
Melvin Spriggs · LB	Southern Miss	2026-01-17	3★ / 0.8300	Immediate
Rich Benenge · LB	Not reported	2026-01-02	3★ / —	Immediate

Transfer observations can include unresolved destinations. CFBD supplies no timezone for transfer dates and no athlete ID linking these records to the efficiency table. These observations do not establish current roster membership or game availability.

Descriptive context only; no player or transfer value enters the prediction model. Adjusted metrics require unambiguous season/team history. Usage-only rows use the captured athlete ID and team; conflicting usage identities are omitted. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Provider coverage is incomplete.

Coaching eras

Continuous appointments at Akron. Records are CFBD-attributed results; active tenures and the current season may be incomplete.

Joe Moorhead · career 27–47 across 7 seasons and 2 schools

Tenure timeline · 9 appointments

2022–present · Joe Moorhead · active at capture
13–35 · 48 attributed games · 5 seasons
Hired 2021-12-04. Exact effective dates unavailable.
2021–2021 · Oscar Rodriguez
0–3 · 3 attributed games · 1 seasons · incomplete attribution
Hired 2021-11-04. Exact effective dates unavailable.
2019–2021 · Tom Arth
3–24 · 27 attributed games · 3 seasons · incomplete attribution
Hired 2018-12-14. Exact effective dates unavailable.
2012–2018 · Terry Bowden
35–52 · 87 attributed games · 7 seasons
Hired 2011-12-28. Exact effective dates unavailable.
2010–2011 · Rob Ianello
2–22 · 24 attributed games · 2 seasons
Hired 2009-12-10. Exact effective dates unavailable.
2004–2009 · J.D. Brookhart
30–42 · 72 attributed games · 6 seasons
Hired 2003-12-15. Exact effective dates unavailable.
1995–2003 · Lee Owens
40–61 · 101 attributed games · 9 seasons
Exact effective dates unavailable.
1987–1994 · Gerry Faust
36–49–3 · 88 attributed games · 8 seasons
Exact effective dates unavailable.
1975–1975 · Jim Dennison
7–4 · 11 attributed games · 1 seasons
Exact effective dates unavailable.

Season résumé · 2015–2026

Coach-attributed records appear beside team-season ratings, recruiting and poll context. Shared seasons appear once per coach; rows are not assigned to individual stints. Ratings describe team performance, not a causal coaching effect.

Season / coach	Record	Conference	Postseason	SP+	SRS	Recruiting rank	Final poll
2026 · Joe Moorhead · incomplete attribution	0–0	—	—	-22.9	-22	133	—
2025 · Joe Moorhead	5–7	4–4	0–0	-13.9	-14.6	128	—
2024 · Joe Moorhead	4–8	3–5	0–0	-17.9	-12.9	101	—
2023 · Joe Moorhead	2–10	1–7	0–0	-21.6	-21.8	109	—
2022 · Joe Moorhead	2–10	1–7	0–0	-23.4	-13.8	127	—
2021 · Tom Arth · incomplete attribution	2–7	—	—	-23.1	-22.6	119	—
2021 · Oscar Rodriguez · incomplete attribution	0–3	—	—	-23.1	-22.6	119	—
2020 · Tom Arth	1–5	1–5	0–0	-23.7	—	125	—
2019 · Tom Arth	0–12	0–8	0–0	-29.8	-34.7	114	—
2018 · Terry Bowden	4–8	2–6	0–0	-19.3	-14.5	127	—
2017 · Terry Bowden	7–7	6–3	0–1	-17.6	-8.9	131	—
2016 · Terry Bowden	5–7	3–5	0–0	-5.6	-11.6	132	—
2015 · Terry Bowden	8–5	5–3	1–0	-0.8	-5.4	127	—

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Source: CFBD · captured 2026-10-26T02:02:59.394463+00:00 UTC. Season résumé covers 2015–2026; timeline spans all returned tenures. — means unavailable. Career summaries cover active coaches at capture. This snapshot is descriptive and is not a pregame cutoff.

CFBD season overview

2026 stored season snapshot, including postseason and garbage time. Raw CFBD PPA is not opponent-adjusted EPA or player WEPA. No week cutoff; these values do not enter our forecasts.

Captured 2026-10-26 04:10:14.047809 UTC · Source data

Stat rankings

CFBD FBS ranks · source updated 2026-10-25 13:27:56 UTC · calculated 2026-10-26 04:10:14 UTC · provider cache expiry 2026-10-26 04:20:14 UTC. Rank 1 is best; percentiles use CFBD’s 0–100 scale.

Statistic	Offense rank / population	Percentile	Defense rank / population	Percentile
PPA / play	93 / 138	32.8	125 / 138	9.5
Success rate	79 / 138	43.1	112 / 138	19.0
Explosiveness	120 / 138	13.1	125 / 138	9.5
Standard-down success	81 / 138	41.6	104 / 138	24.8
Passing-down success	68 / 138	51.1	103 / 138	25.5
Pass PPA	107 / 138	22.6	130 / 138	5.8
Rush PPA	63 / 138	54.7	125 / 138	9.5
Pass explosiveness	103 / 138	25.5	136 / 138	1.5
Rush explosiveness	115 / 138	16.8	117 / 138	15.3
Line yards	16 / 138	89.1	117 / 138	15.3
Second-level yards	9 / 138	94.2	111 / 138	19.7
Open-field yards	122 / 138	11.7	132 / 138	4.4
Stuff rate	27 / 138	81.0	94 / 138	32.1
Power success	T83 / 138	39.4	T80 / 138	41.6
Havoc	133 / 138	3.6	T118 / 138	14.2
Front-seven havoc	T100 / 138	26.6	T129 / 138	5.8
DB havoc	138 / 138	0.0	T60 / 138	56.6
Points / opportunity	88 / 138	36.5	105 / 138	24.1
Average field position	T133 / 138	3.3	127 / 138	8.0
Field-position expected points	134 / 138	2.9	126 / 138	8.8

Player PPA and usage

Ordered by overall usage. Open a player for pass, rush, down and situation splits. Usage is the provider’s share of team plays in each situation; PPA is the provider’s average or total for that player. Missing values stay blank (—); play counts are not supplied here. Standard downs are 1st down, 2nd-and-7 or shorter, and 3rd/4th-and-4 or shorter; other situations are passing downs.

Brayden Roggow · QBUsage 41.4% · Avg PPA 0.110 · Total 24.223

Split	Average PPA	Total PPA	Usage
Overall	0.110	24.223	41.4%
Pass	0.162	31.824	72.4%
Rush	0.057	1.189	8.6%
1st down	0.093	7.966	36.0%
2nd down	0.031	2.481	43.4%
3rd down	0.404	20.600	49.5%
Standard downs	-0.024	-2.943	34.3%
Passing downs	0.286	27.166	56.5%

Cibastian Broughton · QBUsage 35.9% · Avg PPA 0.118 · Total 11.109

Split	Average PPA	Total PPA	Usage
Overall	0.118	11.109	35.9%
Pass	0.046	3.218	50.4%
Rush	0.329	7.891	20.9%
1st down	-0.066	-2.592	32.8%
2nd down	0.327	10.480	36.4%
3rd down	0.329	7.235	44.0%
Standard downs	-0.043	-2.581	32.6%
Passing downs	0.403	13.690	43.6%

Jordan Gant · RBUsage 28.4% · Avg PPA 0.079 · Total 11.979

Split	Average PPA	Total PPA	Usage
Overall	0.079	11.979	28.4%
Pass	-0.080	-2.158	9.9%
Rush	0.114	14.137	51.0%
1st down	0.014	0.995	30.5%
2nd down	0.050	2.499	27.5%
3rd down	0.664	17.261	25.2%
Standard downs	0.038	4.599	33.2%
Passing downs	0.246	7.381	17.9%

Sean Patrick · RBUsage 11.0% · Avg PPA 0.221 · Total 11.276

Split	Average PPA	Total PPA	Usage
Overall	0.221	11.276	11.0%
Pass	0.556	6.121	4.7%
Rush	0.129	5.155	18.8%
1st down	0.233	6.746	13.6%
2nd down	0.159	2.711	11.0%
3rd down	-0.383	-1.533	4.5%
Standard downs	0.135	5.252	12.3%
Passing downs	0.502	6.024	8.3%

Kyan Mason · WRUsage 9.4% · Avg PPA 0.160 · Total 8.004

Split	Average PPA	Total PPA	Usage
Overall	0.160	8.004	9.4%
Pass	0.159	7.810	18.0%
Rush	0.194	0.194	0.4%
1st down	0.155	3.723	10.0%
2nd down	0.066	1.129	9.3%
3rd down	0.628	5.026	7.8%
Standard downs	0.057	1.702	8.2%
Passing downs	0.315	6.302	11.9%

Luke Sivon · WRUsage 7.1% · Avg PPA 0.298 · Total 1.489

Split	Average PPA	Total PPA	Usage
Overall	0.298	1.489	7.1%
Pass	0.298	1.489	14.3%
Rush	—	0.000	0.0%
1st down	0.129	0.258	6.5%
2nd down	0.457	0.915	8.0%
3rd down	0.317	0.317	7.7%
Standard downs	0.192	0.575	5.6%
Passing downs	0.457	0.915	12.5%

Miles Burris · WRUsage 5.8% · Avg PPA 0.443 · Total 13.742

Split	Average PPA	Total PPA	Usage
Overall	0.443	13.742	5.8%
Pass	0.443	13.742	11.4%
Rush	—	0.000	0.0%
1st down	0.185	2.223	5.0%
2nd down	0.401	4.807	6.6%
3rd down	0.959	6.712	6.8%
Standard downs	0.096	1.535	4.4%
Passing downs	0.814	12.207	8.9%

Gentz Hilburn · WRUsage 4.5% · Avg PPA 0.189 · Total 1.703

Split	Average PPA	Total PPA	Usage
Overall	0.189	1.703	4.5%
Pass	0.189	1.703	8.4%
Rush	—	0.000	0.0%
1st down	-0.128	-0.770	6.6%
2nd down	—	0.000	0.0%
3rd down	0.824	2.473	7.7%
Standard downs	-0.233	-1.633	5.1%
Passing downs	1.668	3.336	3.3%

Marquese Williams · RBUsage 4.0% · Avg PPA 0.358 · Total 6.800

Split	Average PPA	Total PPA	Usage
Overall	0.358	6.800	4.0%
Pass	3.155	3.155	0.4%
Rush	0.203	3.645	8.4%
1st down	0.223	1.787	3.8%
2nd down	0.174	1.570	5.6%
3rd down	1.722	3.443	2.2%
Standard downs	0.049	0.736	4.7%
Passing downs	1.516	6.064	2.7%

Elijah Alexander · TEUsage 3.9% · Avg PPA 0.516 · Total 10.834

Split	Average PPA	Total PPA	Usage
Overall	0.516	10.834	3.9%
Pass	0.485	9.701	7.4%
Rush	1.132	1.132	0.4%
1st down	0.772	4.629	2.5%
2nd down	0.382	3.437	4.9%
3rd down	0.461	2.767	5.8%
Standard downs	0.778	10.889	3.8%
Passing downs	-0.008	-0.055	4.2%

Brandon Hills · WRUsage 3.4% · Avg PPA 0.658 · Total 7.236

Split	Average PPA	Total PPA	Usage
Overall	0.658	7.236	3.4%
Pass	0.756	7.563	5.9%
Rush	-0.328	-0.328	0.7%
1st down	0.423	2.114	3.3%
2nd down	0.112	0.225	1.8%
3rd down	1.224	4.897	6.5%
Standard downs	0.423	2.114	2.2%
Passing downs	0.854	5.122	5.8%

Connor Cravaack · TEUsage 2.8% · Avg PPA -0.018 · Total -0.235

Split	Average PPA	Total PPA	Usage
Overall	-0.018	-0.235	2.8%
Pass	-0.018	-0.235	5.3%
Rush	—	0.000	0.0%
1st down	0.525	3.149	2.8%
2nd down	0.191	0.763	2.5%
3rd down	-0.067	-0.133	2.2%
Standard downs	0.009	0.093	3.1%
Passing downs	-0.109	-0.328	2.0%

Jean Louis III · WRUsage 2.2% · Avg PPA 0.969 · Total 5.813

Split	Average PPA	Total PPA	Usage
Overall	0.969	5.813	2.2%
Pass	0.969	5.813	4.3%
Rush	—	0.000	0.0%
1st down	-0.077	-0.232	2.4%
2nd down	1.058	2.115	2.0%
3rd down	3.930	3.930	1.9%
Standard downs	-0.077	-0.232	1.5%
Passing downs	2.015	6.045	3.7%

Taven Curry · RBUsage 2.2% · Avg PPA 0.416 · Total 2.494

Split	Average PPA	Total PPA	Usage
Overall	0.416	2.494	2.2%
Pass	—	0.000	0.0%
Rush	0.416	2.494	4.6%
1st down	0.936	0.936	0.8%
2nd down	-0.005	-0.010	2.0%
3rd down	0.523	1.569	5.8%
Standard downs	0.416	2.494	3.0%
Passing downs	—	0.000	0.0%

Wyatt Hook · TEUsage 2.1% · Avg PPA 0.410 · Total 1.229

Split	Average PPA	Total PPA	Usage
Overall	0.410	1.229	2.1%
Pass	0.410	1.229	4.2%
Rush	—	0.000	0.0%
1st down	0.410	1.229	4.6%
2nd down	—	0.000	0.0%
3rd down	—	0.000	0.0%
Standard downs	0.410	1.229	2.9%
Passing downs	—	0.000	0.0%

Titus Myers · WRUsage 2.0% · Avg PPA 0.291 · Total 1.165

Split	Average PPA	Total PPA	Usage
Overall	0.291	1.165	2.0%
Pass	0.291	1.165	3.6%
Rush	—	0.000	0.0%
1st down	—	0.000	0.0%
2nd down	0.291	1.165	5.9%
3rd down	—	0.000	0.0%
Standard downs	0.180	0.540	2.1%
Passing downs	0.625	0.625	1.7%

Semaj Beals · QBUsage 1.7% · Avg PPA -0.155 · Total -0.155

Split	Average PPA	Total PPA	Usage
Overall	-0.155	-0.155	1.7%
Pass	-0.155	-0.155	2.5%
Rush	—	0.000	0.0%
1st down	—	0.000	0.0%
2nd down	—	0.000	0.0%
3rd down	-0.155	-0.155	7.7%
Standard downs	—	0.000	0.0%
Passing downs	-0.155	-0.155	4.2%

Paul Davis · WRUsage 1.4% · Avg PPA 1.419 · Total 1.419

Split	Average PPA	Total PPA	Usage
Overall	1.419	1.419	1.4%
Pass	1.419	1.419	2.9%
Rush	—	0.000	0.0%
1st down	—	0.000	0.0%
2nd down	—	0.000	0.0%
3rd down	1.419	1.419	9.1%
Standard downs	—	0.000	0.0%
Passing downs	1.419	1.419	5.0%

Where Akron sits · 2026 FBS distributions138 teams · raw PPA

2026 · Through provider Week 8. Each metric uses only published FBS teams with a numeric value. Higher percentile is better; tied values receive the midpoint of their positions, rounded to a whole percentile. Missing values are unranked.

Values and percentiles

Akron metric values with FBS percentiles, 2026
Metric	Value	Percentile	Better
Offense PPA/play	0.081	33rd138 teams	higher
Offense success rate	0.423	43rd138 teams	higher
Offense explosiveness	1.131	13th138 teams	higher
Offense pass PPA/play	0.100	22nd138 teams	higher
Offense rush PPA/play	0.119	55th138 teams	higher
Defense PPA/play	0.238	9th138 teams	lower
Defense success rate	0.438	19th138 teams	lower
Defense explosiveness	1.374	9th138 teams	lower
Defense havoc created	0.131	14th138 teams	higher

Passing profile

2026 · CFBD passing family · raw PPA

Captured 2026-10-30. Offense: 99% of 258 attempts charted. Average depth of target 8.2 yards (31st percentile of FBS). Yards after catch 4.5 per completion. Completion 64.0%, 6.7 yards per attempt, pass PPA 0.17.

Completion percentage over expected (CPOE)
Side	Actual	Expected	CPOE (pp)	Qualifying / all attempts
Offense	60.7%	62.2%	-1.5	224 / 258
Defense allowed	56.0%	59.9%	-3.8	207 / 237

Actual and expected use the same qualifying attempts, which can be fewer than all passes. CPOE is their difference in percentage points (pp); higher is better on offense, lower allowed is better on defense. CFBD models FBS-vs-FBS passes, excluding spikes, throwaways, intentional grounding and attempts without air yards. — means unavailable; small samples have fewer than 40 qualifying attempts.

Depth of target vs yards after catch, FBS offenses

138 teams with at least 40 charted attempts. The highlighted point is Akron.

Target mix by zone, Akron offense

Highlighted bars are deep zones. Shares are of located attempts only.

Defense and rushing detail

Akron passing defense and rushing profile, 2026
Side	Attempts	Charted	ADOT	YAC	Comp %	PPA	CPOE	CPOE att
Passing offense	258	99%	8.2	4.5	64.0%	0.17	-1.5 pp	224
Passing defense	237	100%	8.8	7.0	57.4%	0.36	-3.8 pp	207

Rushing production

Side	Attempts	Yards / carry	Success	PPA	Line yards / rush	Second-level yards / rush	Open-field yards / rush	Stuff rate	Power success
Offense	266	4.1	49.0%	0.16	3.50	1.30	0.70	13.7%	70.6%
Defense allowed	257	5.8	48.6%	0.22	3.40	1.20	1.90	13.4%	73.5%

Second-level yards are gained 5–10 yards past the line; open-field yards are beyond 10. These are provider per-rush averages, not totals. Power success measures success with two or fewer yards needed. Exact line-metric and power-success denominators are not supplied in this feed.

Rushing sample and attribution

Side	Yards recorded	Individual	Unattributed	Sacks	Kneels	Team rushes	Multiple carriers	Direction located / eligible
Offense	259 / 266	256	10	22	2	3	0	240 / 241 · 99.6%
Defense allowed	252 / 257	235	22	3	6	7	0	247 / 247 · 100.0%

Counts are attempts. Team totals include sacks, kneels, team-only rushes and unresolved attribution; these categories can overlap and must not be summed. Direction coverage uses ordinary direction-eligible rushes, not all attempts. Missing fields in older captures remain unavailable.

Raw provider values, no opponent adjustment; not model inputs. CFBD metric definitions.

Game-by-game passing and rushing

MetricSide

2026 · Passing CPOE · percentage points. Dashed line: season -1.5 pp. 7 of 8 captured games have this metric. Missing observations break the line.

CPOE is completion percentage over expected on qualifying FBS-vs-FBS attempts; positive means more completions than expected. PPA is raw provider PPA. These are game observations, not opponent-adjusted forecasts. P labels postseason weeks.

Game log and attempt coverage

Week	Opponent	Pass att	CPOE att	Comp %*	Expected %*	CPOE	ADOT	Pass PPA	Rush att	Rush yds/carry	Rush PPA
W1	Wake Forest	33	33	84.8%	74.0%	+10.8 pp	1.0	0.16	35	4.1	0.01
W2	Robert Morris	33	0	—	—	—	6.1	0.42	39	6.4	0.43
W3	Minnesota	39	39	53.8%	64.8%	-11.0 pp	7.5	-0.04	21	2.3	-0.07
W4	UNLV	26	26	53.8%	60.7%	-6.8 pp	9.5	-0.30	33	3.2	0.11
W5	Central Michigan	31	30	46.7%	58.2%	-11.6 pp	10.5	-0.00	36	4.3	0.43
W6	Eastern Michigan	24	24	70.8%	58.2%	+12.7 pp	11.0	0.83	33	4.8	0.07
W7	Miami (OH)	38	38	57.9%	62.0%	-4.1 pp	8.5	0.12	32	2.5	-0.02
W8	Kent State	34	34	58.8%	55.2%	+3.6 pp	12.5	0.28	37	4.4	0.13

*Completion and expected rates use the same CPOE-eligible attempts. ADOT uses available air-yard attempts; a game needs at least one. No missing family is filled with the other family’s data.

Punting and returns

2026 season to date · CFBD · captured 2026-10-30T11:16:37.416814+00:00. Descriptive totals, including postseason when present.

Our punts

35 punts · 40.5 gross yards/punt · 32.8 net yards/punt

6 inside the 20 · 2 touchbacks · 1 blocked

Known gross yards: 35/35 punts. Known net yards: 27/35 punts.

Our punt returns

8 returns · 6.3 yards/return · 0 touchdowns

1 muffs · 0 opponent punts blocked

Known return yards: 8/8 returns. Return totals include team-only and unattributed plays.

Recent games

Game	Punts	Gross yd/punt	Net yd/punt	Known net yards
Week 8 · Kent State	2	43.0	36.0	1/2
Week 7 · Miami (OH)	5	35.6	30.8	4/5
Week 6 · Eastern Michigan	5	31.0	27.8	5/5
Week 5 · Central Michigan	5	44.0	35.3	3/5
Week 4 · UNLV	3	49.7	50.0	2/3

Team style

Rating history