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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

Clemson's rank in each system (1 = best). Middle rank 62 across 8 systems; best 51, worst 86, so they disagree by 35 places.

Lab EPA
#86
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
#62
down 42026 · 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+
#55
up 12026 · 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
#62
up 12026 · 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
#51
down 32026 · 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
#67
down 12 · 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
#58
down 72026 · 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
#86
down 52026 · 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.
Compare every team

FPI context

ESPN FPI via CFBD · 2026

Résumé and schedule

Results earned and schedule difficulty

Strength of record
#42 of 138
Schedule strength
#24 of 138
Remaining schedule strength
#52 of 138
Game control
#69 of 138

Unit efficiency

Performance by unit

Overall
#60 of 138
Offense
#117 of 138
Defense
#23 of 138
Special teams
#4 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

Clemson · 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

4-3 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

-0.047 net EPA/play

#86

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

1.52 points

#62 · Down 4 places 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 7 games, with recent games counting a bit more: average margin +0.23 (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 +0.74, schedule #36 of 138 (#1 = toughest); 1 FCS opponent counts at −25; FBS opponents alone average +5.57. That is worth +0.97 on its own; the preseason prior of +3.22 still carries 25% of the weight, giving +1.52.

How each game enters this SRS rating

Clemson · 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.

GameRaw margin → transformedVenue adjustmentRecency weightFit shareOpponent ratingMargin termOpponent termTotal term
Week 1 · LSU
away · 2026-09-05 · ID 401856660
-41.00 → -35.00+2.500.76379.44%+18.36-3.0671.732-1.335
Week 2 · Georgia Southern
home · 2026-09-12 · ID 401858219
+15.00 → +15.00-2.500.79379.81%-1.811.226-0.1771.049
Week 3 · North Carolina
home · 2026-09-19 · ID 401858229
+8.00 → +8.00-2.500.824910.19%+2.840.5610.2890.850
Week 4 · California
away · 2026-09-26 · ID 401858234
+14.00 → +14.00+2.500.857210.59%-7.101.748-0.7520.996
Week 5 · Miami
home · 2026-10-03 · ID 401858249
-28.00 → -28.00-2.500.890911.01%+19.25-3.3582.120-1.238
Week 7 · Charleston Southern
home · 2026-10-17 · ID 401858261
+37.00 → +35.00-2.500.962211.89%-25.00 (fixed lower division)3.864-2.9730.892
Week 8 · Virginia Tech
home · 2026-10-24 · ID 401858276
-4.00 → -4.00-2.501.000012.36%+2.56-0.8030.316-0.487

Game terms +0.73 points; prior term +0.80 points. Their unrounded sum is the fitted rating +1.52 points. The preseason prior is +3.22 with 24.71% 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 ±9.2 points; this decomposition does not reduce uncertainty or assign causal effects.

Download fitted terms and source hashes

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. 7 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+

4.7 SP+ points

#55 · Up 1 place

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

0.75 net points per 100 offensive + 100 defensive plays

#67 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 -10.08 on 362 plays; defense -10.83 on 383 plays.

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

CFBD CORE ratingCORE board: offense vs defense

EPA ranks Clemson 24 places lower 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
4-3 · conf 2-2 · home 3-2 · away 1-1 · expected wins 4.2
Polls (Week 9)
unranked
CFP latest
not published
CFP final
not published
Against the spread
2026: 2-5 ATS (-6.3 avg) · 2025: 5-8 ATS (-3.8 avg)
Head coach
Dabo Swinney · hired 2008-10-15 · 26-14 over 4 captured seasons
Recruiting classes
2024 #11 (272 pts) · 2025 #26 (227 pts) · 2026 #20 (243 pts)
Returning
41% of production · 37% of usage
Passing, receiving and rushing detail
CategoryProductionUsage
Passing14%18%
Receiving71%66%
Rushing-38%30%

Shares of prior-season PPA and usage returning in each category. Missing values are unavailable.

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 groupCommitsAvg. starsAvg. ratingTotal rating
Defensive Back143.570.898712.58
Defensive Line163.750.918514.70
Linebacker73.710.90306.32
Offensive Line183.610.895216.11
Quarterback43.250.89643.59
Receiver153.600.909113.64
Running Back53.600.90474.52
Special Teams63.500.86705.20

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 / historyMetricValuePlays / attemptsOverall usageUsage detailRecruiting
Tait Reynolds · QB

CFBD athlete 5159078. Clemson (2026–2026)

Passing WEPA0.05617352.8%
Pass 84.3% · Rush 24.3%

1st 49.8% · 2nd 50.3% · 3rd 65.7%

Standard downs 47.2% · Passing downs 64.0%

2026: 3★ · 0.8867
Gideon Davidson · RB

CFBD athlete 5141422. Clemson (2025–2026)

Rushing WEPA0.2028320.4%
Pass 3.0% · Rush 39.1%

1st 22.2% · 2nd 22.0% · 3rd 14.3%

Standard downs 23.1% · Passing downs 14.9%

2025: 4★ · 0.9657
Tait Reynolds · QB

CFBD athlete 5159078. Clemson (2026–2026)

Rushing WEPA0.1425152.8%
Pass 84.3% · Rush 24.3%

1st 49.8% · 2nd 50.3% · 3rd 65.7%

Standard downs 47.2% · Passing downs 64.0%

2026: 3★ · 0.8867
Nolan Hauser · PK

CFBD athlete 5119662. Clemson (2024–2026)

Kicker PAAR15.00019—
Pass — · Rush —

1st — · 2nd — · 3rd —

Standard downs — · Passing downs —

2024: 3★ · 0.8244
Brock Bradley · QB

CFBD athlete 5200187. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——1.1%
Pass 2.6% · Rush 0.0%

1st 0.0% · 2nd 3.2% · 3rd 0.0%

Standard downs 0.0% · Passing downs 4.8%

Not linked
Bryant Wesco Jr. · WR

CFBD athlete 5112674. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——10.7%
Pass 21.7% · Rush 0.4%

1st 12.3% · 2nd 8.8% · 3rd 12.4%

Standard downs 9.6% · Passing downs 13.0%

Not linked
Cam Blivens · WR

CFBD athlete 5371968. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——1.1%
Pass 2.6% · Rush 0.0%

1st 0.0% · 2nd 3.2% · 3rd 0.0%

Standard downs 0.0% · Passing downs 4.8%

Not linked
Chris Denson · QB

CFBD athlete 5210003. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——1.3%
Pass 0.0% · Rush 4.2%

1st 0.0% · 2nd 0.0% · 3rd 5.6%

Standard downs 2.0% · Passing downs 0.0%

Not linked
Chris Johnson Jr. · RB

CFBD athlete 5159948. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——6.8%
Pass 2.1% · Rush 11.9%

1st 8.9% · 2nd 7.5% · 3rd 2.9%

Standard downs 8.3% · Passing downs 3.7%

Not linked
Christian Bentancur · TE

CFBD athlete 5079324. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——3.1%
Pass 6.4% · Rush 0.0%

1st 3.0% · 2nd 3.8% · 3rd 1.9%

Standard downs 3.4% · Passing downs 2.5%

Not linked
Christopher Vizzina · QB

CFBD athlete 4899369. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——22.0%
Pass 37.1% · Rush 6.8%

1st 18.5% · 2nd 26.2% · 3rd 24.1%

Standard downs 20.5% · Passing downs 24.1%

Not linked
Clark Sanderson · WR

CFBD athlete 5218756. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——1.1%
Pass 2.6% · Rush 0.0%

1st 0.0% · 2nd 3.2% · 3rd 0.0%

Standard downs 0.0% · Passing downs 4.8%

Not linked
David Eziomume · RB

CFBD athlete 5079438. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——2.0%
Pass 0.0% · Rush 4.5%

1st 5.3% · 2nd 0.0% · 3rd 0.0%

Standard downs 3.6% · Passing downs 0.0%

Not linked
Gordon Sellars III · WR

CFBD athlete 5371961. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——1.9%
Pass 3.5% · Rush 0.0%

1st 2.3% · 2nd 1.4% · 3rd 2.2%

Standard downs 1.4% · Passing downs 2.9%

Not linked
Jarvis Green · RB

CFBD athlete 5093141. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——5.8%
Pass 0.5% · Rush 11.6%

1st 7.3% · 2nd 6.3% · 3rd 3.3%

Standard downs 8.1% · Passing downs 1.4%

Not linked
Jay Haynes · RB

CFBD athlete 5150556. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——13.8%
Pass 7.7% · Rush 19.6%

1st 13.2% · 2nd 12.9% · 3rd 7.1%

Standard downs 15.2% · Passing downs 9.5%

Not linked
Juju Preston · WR

CFBD athlete 5156116. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——2.6%
Pass 4.7% · Rush 0.5%

1st 2.3% · 2nd 2.9% · 3rd 3.4%

Standard downs 2.2% · Passing downs 3.5%

Not linked
Logan Brooking · TE

CFBD athlete 5148628. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——2.3%
Pass 5.1% · Rush 0.0%

1st 2.6% · 2nd 3.2% · 3rd 0.0%

Standard downs 3.0% · Passing downs 0.0%

Not linked
Max Wilson · RB

CFBD athlete 5294145. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——9.2%
Pass 2.6% · Rush 15.2%

1st 10.5% · 2nd 3.2% · 3rd 14.3%

Standard downs 10.6% · Passing downs 4.8%

Not linked
Naeem Burroughs · WR

CFBD athlete 5158940. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——3.6%
Pass 6.2% · Rush 1.5%

1st 3.5% · 2nd 4.3% · 3rd 3.7%

Standard downs 3.2% · Passing downs 4.7%

Not linked
Olsen Patt-Henry · TE

CFBD athlete 5150561. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——2.5%
Pass 5.1% · Rush 0.0%

1st 3.0% · 2nd 1.9% · 3rd 2.9%

Standard downs 2.8% · Passing downs 1.9%

Not linked
T.J. Moore · WR

CFBD athlete 5218753. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——9.9%
Pass 20.4% · Rush 0.0%

1st 10.3% · 2nd 10.1% · 3rd 9.5%

Standard downs 9.0% · Passing downs 11.8%

Not linked
Trent Pearman · QB

CFBD athlete 5081434. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——8.0%
Pass 13.5% · Rush 1.4%

1st 9.0% · 2nd 5.5% · 3rd 12.5%

Standard downs 7.8% · Passing downs 8.7%

Not linked
Tristan Smith · WR

CFBD athlete 5225740. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——1.5%
Pass 3.1% · Rush 0.0%

1st 0.0% · 2nd 2.1% · 3rd 3.7%

Standard downs 0.0% · Passing downs 4.7%

Not linked
Tyler Brown · WR

CFBD athlete 4379471. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——8.0%
Pass 14.9% · Rush 1.7%

1st 8.4% · 2nd 7.5% · 3rd 9.5%

Standard downs 7.4% · Passing downs 9.3%

Not linked

Transfers

Incoming · 11 reported
PlayerFromDateStars / ratingEligibility
CJ Wesley · EDGEHoward2026-01-113★ / 0.8500Immediate
Chris Johnson Jr. · RBSMU2026-01-113★ / 0.8700Immediate
Corey Myrick · SSouthern Miss2026-01-073★ / 0.8500Immediate
Devarrick Woods · DLTexas State2026-01-173★ / 0.8600Immediate
Donovan Starr · CBAuburn2026-01-073★ / 0.8700Immediate
Elliot Washington II · CBPenn State2026-01-053★ / 0.8700Immediate
Jaylen Brown-Wallace · WRWingate2026-01-223★ / 0.8500Immediate
Jerome Carter III · SOld Dominion2026-01-063★ / 0.8500Immediate
Kourtney Kelly · DLWest Georgia2026-01-073★ / 0.8300Immediate
London Merritt · EDGEColorado2026-01-083★ / 0.8700Immediate
Markus Strong · DLOklahoma2026-01-083★ / 0.8700Immediate
Outgoing · 15 reported
PlayerToDateStars / ratingEligibility
Cade Trotter · QBNot reported2026-01-16— / —Immediate
Caden Story · DLNot reported2026-01-104★ / —Withdrawn
Dee Crayton · LBUNLV2026-01-143★ / 0.8300Immediate
Jamal Anderson · LBSMU2026-01-133★ / 0.8500Immediate
Josh Sapp · TEWest Virginia2026-01-113★ / 0.8500Immediate
Keith Adams Jr. · RBGeorgia State2026-01-183★ / 0.8400Immediate
Khalil Barnes · SGeorgia2026-01-043★ / 0.8700Immediate
Markus Dixon · EDGEOregon2026-01-173★ / 0.8500Immediate
Marquise Henderson · RBSamford2026-01-064★ / —Immediate
Parker Fulghum · WRUL Monroe2026-01-133★ / 0.8200Immediate
Ricardo Jones · SVanderbilt2026-01-123★ / 0.8700Immediate
Rob Billings IV · SJacksonville State2026-01-123★ / 0.8600Immediate
Rowan Byrne · IOLNorth Carolina2026-01-103★ / 0.8600Immediate
Shelton Lewis · CBArkansas2026-01-073★ / 0.8600Immediate
Stephiylan Green · DLLSU2026-01-064★ / 0.9100Immediate

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 Clemson. Records are CFBD-attributed results; active tenures and the current season may be incomplete.

Dabo Swinney · career 187–53 across 19 seasons and 1 schools

Tenure timeline · 25 appointments
  1. 2008–present · Dabo Swinney · active at capture

    187–53 · 240 attributed games · 19 seasons · incomplete attribution

    Hired 2008-10-15. Exact effective dates unavailable.

  2. 1999–2008 · Tommy Bowden

    72–45 · 117 attributed games · 10 seasons · incomplete attribution

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  3. 1993–1998 · Tommy West

    31–28 · 59 attributed games · 6 seasons · incomplete attribution

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  4. 1990–1993 · Ken Hatfield

    32–13–1 · 46 attributed games · 4 seasons · incomplete attribution

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  5. 1978–1989 · Danny Ford

    96–29–4 · 129 attributed games · 12 seasons · incomplete attribution

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  6. 1977–1978 · Charley Pell

    18–4–1 · 23 attributed games · 2 seasons · incomplete attribution

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  7. 1973–1976 · Red Parker

    17–25–2 · 44 attributed games · 4 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  8. 1970–1972 · Cecil Ingram

    12–21 · 33 attributed games · 3 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  9. 1940–1969 · Frank Howard

    165–118–12 · 295 attributed games · 30 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  10. 1931–1939 · Jess Neely

    43–35–7 · 85 attributed games · 9 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  11. 1927–1930 · Josh Cody

    29–11–1 · 41 attributed games · 4 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  12. 1926–1926 · Bob Williams

    0–5 · 5 attributed games · 1 seasons · incomplete attribution

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  13. 1923–1926 · Bud Saunders

    9–17–1 · 27 attributed games · 4 seasons · incomplete attribution

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  14. 1921–1922 · Edward Stewart

    6–10–2 · 18 attributed games · 2 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  15. 1917–1920 · Edward Donahue

    21–12–3 · 36 attributed games · 4 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  16. 1916–1916 · Wayne Hart

    3–6 · 9 attributed games · 1 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  17. 1913–1915 · Bob Williams

    11–11–3 · 25 attributed games · 3 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  18. 1910–1912 · Frank Dobson

    11–12–1 · 24 attributed games · 3 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  19. 1909–1909 · Bob Williams

    6–3 · 9 attributed games · 1 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  20. 1908–1908 · John Stone

    1–6 · 7 attributed games · 1 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  21. 1907–1907 · Frank Shaughnessy

    4–4 · 8 attributed games · 1 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  22. 1906–1906 · Bob Williams

    4–0–3 · 7 attributed games · 1 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  23. 1905–1905 · Eddie Cochems

    3–2–1 · 6 attributed games · 1 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  24. 1904–1904 · Shack Shealy

    3–3–1 · 7 attributed games · 1 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  25. 1902–1903 · John Heisman

    10–2–1 · 13 attributed games · 2 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 / coachRecordConferencePostseasonSP+SRSRecruiting rankFinal poll
2026 · Dabo Swinney · incomplete attribution0–0——43.120—
2025 · Dabo Swinney7–64–40–19.56.226—
2024 · Dabo Swinney10–48–10–113.311.91114
2023 · Dabo Swinney9–44–41–010.510.81120
2022 · Dabo Swinney11–39–00–117.613.91013
2021 · Dabo Swinney10–36–21–018.711.1514
2020 · Dabo Swinney10–29–10–126.1—33
2019 · Dabo Swinney14–19–01–128.128.6102
2018 · Dabo Swinney15–09–02–029.732.77—
2017 · Dabo Swinney12–28–10–126.425.9164
2016 · Dabo Swinney14–18–12–028.725.3111
2015 · Dabo Swinney14–19–01–12422.392
Download coaching history JSON

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 13:13:46 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.

StatisticOffense rank / populationPercentileDefense rank / populationPercentile
PPA / play129 / 1386.644 / 13868.6
Success rate126 / 1388.857 / 13859.1
Explosiveness115 / 13816.836 / 13874.5
Standard-down success125 / 1389.535 / 13875.2
Passing-down success108 / 13821.9108 / 13821.9
Pass PPA133 / 1383.618 / 13887.6
Rush PPA86 / 13838.095 / 13831.4
Pass explosiveness134 / 1382.953 / 13862.0
Rush explosiveness40 / 13871.539 / 13872.3
Line yards93 / 13832.899 / 13828.5
Second-level yards73 / 13847.4113 / 13818.2
Open-field yards70 / 13849.625 / 13882.5
Stuff rateT94 / 13831.878 / 13843.8
Power successT75 / 13844.261 / 13856.2
Havoc126 / 1388.8T22 / 13884.3
Front-seven havoc136 / 1381.5T42 / 13869.0
DB havocT19 / 13885.8T17 / 13887.6
Points / opportunity128 / 1387.319 / 13886.9
Average field positionT32 / 13877.0T17 / 13886.9
Field-position expected points32 / 13877.424 / 13883.2

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.

Tait Reynolds · QBUsage 52.8% · Avg PPA -0.001 · Total -0.227
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall-0.001-0.22752.8%
Pass-0.003-0.56684.3%
Rush0.0693.95124.3%
1st down-0.037-3.72349.8%
2nd down0.0201.56650.3%
3rd down0.1077.38365.7%
Standard downs-0.032-4.85147.2%
Passing downs0.0454.62464.0%
Christopher Vizzina · QBUsage 22.0% · Avg PPA -0.301 · Total -8.428
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall-0.301-8.42822.0%
Pass-0.167-3.84937.1%
Rush-0.554-2.2146.8%
1st down-0.419-4.19118.5%
2nd down0.1581.73926.2%
3rd down-0.854-5.97624.1%
Standard downs-0.222-3.33620.5%
Passing downs-0.392-5.09224.1%
Gideon Davidson · RBUsage 20.4% · Avg PPA 0.075 · Total 7.426
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.0757.42620.4%
Pass-0.650-4.5503.0%
Rush0.13011.97639.1%
1st down-0.135-6.05822.2%
2nd down0.35712.49622.0%
3rd down0.4656.97814.3%
Standard downs-0.094-7.08023.1%
Passing downs0.60414.50614.9%
Jay Haynes · RBUsage 13.8% · Avg PPA -0.536 · Total -6.427
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall-0.536-6.42713.8%
Pass-0.755-2.2647.7%
Rush-0.463-4.16419.6%
1st down-0.338-1.68813.2%
2nd down-0.427-1.71012.9%
3rd down-0.227-0.2277.1%
Standard downs-0.597-5.97515.2%
Passing downs-0.226-0.4539.5%
Bryant Wesco Jr. · WRUsage 10.7% · Avg PPA 0.291 · Total 15.120
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.29115.12010.7%
Pass0.33417.04521.7%
Rush-1.924-1.9240.4%
1st down0.1954.87512.3%
2nd down0.3444.8148.8%
3rd down0.4185.43112.4%
Standard downs0.2006.2129.6%
Passing downs0.4248.90913.0%
T.J. Moore · WRUsage 9.9% · Avg PPA 0.224 · Total 10.747
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.22410.7479.9%
Pass0.22410.74720.4%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down0.2004.20910.3%
2nd down0.1913.06110.1%
3rd down0.1781.7779.5%
Standard downs0.2186.3319.0%
Passing downs0.2324.41611.8%
Max Wilson · RBUsage 9.2% · Avg PPA -0.283 · Total -2.267
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall-0.283-2.2679.2%
Pass1.2341.2342.6%
Rush-0.500-3.50115.2%
1st down0.2691.07610.5%
2nd down-0.789-0.7893.2%
3rd down0.6451.29014.3%
Standard downs-0.332-2.32310.6%
Passing downs0.0560.0564.8%
Trent Pearman · QBUsage 8.0% · Avg PPA -0.107 · Total -1.392
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall-0.107-1.3928.0%
Pass-0.248-2.98213.5%
Rush1.5901.5901.4%
1st down-0.296-1.7769.0%
2nd down-1.461-4.3835.5%
3rd down1.1924.76712.5%
Standard downs0.0500.4517.8%
Passing downs-0.461-1.8438.7%
Tyler Brown · WRUsage 8.0% · Avg PPA 0.626 · Total 24.429
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.62624.4298.0%
Pass0.46116.14714.9%
Rush2.0718.2831.7%
1st down0.0250.4278.4%
2nd down0.88910.6697.5%
3rd down1.33313.3349.5%
Standard downs0.1192.8487.4%
Passing downs1.43921.5819.3%
Chris Johnson Jr. · RBUsage 6.8% · Avg PPA -0.031 · Total -1.034
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall-0.031-1.0346.8%
Pass-0.218-1.0882.1%
Rush0.0020.05411.9%
1st down0.1753.1578.9%
2nd down-0.428-5.1367.5%
3rd down0.3150.9452.9%
Standard downs0.0641.7238.3%
Passing downs-0.460-2.7573.7%
Jarvis Green · RBUsage 5.8% · Avg PPA -0.040 · Total -0.927
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall-0.040-0.9275.8%
Pass-0.841-0.8410.5%
Rush-0.004-0.08611.6%
1st down-0.069-0.8337.3%
2nd down-0.121-0.9706.3%
3rd down0.2920.8773.3%
Standard downs-0.003-0.0738.1%
Passing downs-0.427-0.8541.4%
Naeem Burroughs · WRUsage 3.6% · Avg PPA 0.632 · Total 3.159
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.6323.1593.6%
Pass0.5172.0676.2%
Rush1.0921.0921.5%
1st down-0.227-0.4543.5%
2nd down0.4440.8894.3%
3rd down2.7252.7253.7%
Standard downs0.2120.6373.2%
Passing downs1.2612.5224.7%
Christian Bentancur · TEUsage 3.1% · Avg PPA 0.414 · Total 6.217
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.4146.2173.1%
Pass0.4146.2176.4%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down0.3061.8353.0%
2nd down0.5643.3863.8%
3rd down-0.058-0.1161.9%
Standard downs0.3283.6103.4%
Passing downs0.6522.6082.5%
Juju Preston · WRUsage 2.6% · Avg PPA 0.115 · Total 1.264
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.1151.2642.6%
Pass0.0750.7544.7%
Rush0.5100.5100.5%
1st down0.1080.4332.3%
2nd down-0.077-0.3082.9%
3rd down0.3791.1383.4%
Standard downs0.3732.2392.2%
Passing downs-0.195-0.9753.5%
Olsen Patt-Henry · TEUsage 2.5% · Avg PPA 0.527 · Total 6.325
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.5276.3252.5%
Pass0.5276.3255.1%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down0.4722.8343.0%
2nd down-0.004-0.0121.9%
3rd down1.1683.5032.9%
Standard downs0.7046.3372.8%
Passing downs-0.004-0.0121.9%
Logan Brooking · TEUsage 2.3% · Avg PPA 0.793 · Total 1.586
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.7931.5862.3%
Pass0.7931.5865.1%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down-0.189-0.1892.6%
2nd down1.7751.7753.2%
3rd down—0.0000.0%
Standard downs0.7931.5863.0%
Passing downs—0.0000.0%
David Eziomume · RBUsage 2.0% · Avg PPA 2.522 · Total 2.522
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall2.5222.5222.0%
Pass—0.0000.0%
Rush2.5222.5224.5%
1st down2.5222.5225.3%
2nd down—0.0000.0%
3rd down—0.0000.0%
Standard downs2.5222.5223.6%
Passing downs—0.0000.0%
Gordon Sellars III · WRUsage 1.9% · Avg PPA -0.408 · Total -1.633
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall-0.408-1.6331.9%
Pass-0.408-1.6333.5%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down-0.937-1.8752.3%
2nd down0.2480.2481.4%
3rd down-0.007-0.0072.2%
Standard downs-0.937-1.8751.4%
Passing downs0.1210.2422.9%
Tristan Smith · WRUsage 1.5% · Avg PPA -0.010 · Total -0.021
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall-0.010-0.0211.5%
Pass-0.010-0.0213.1%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down—0.0000.0%
2nd down0.3180.3182.1%
3rd down-0.339-0.3393.7%
Standard downs—0.0000.0%
Passing downs-0.010-0.0214.7%
Chris Denson · QBUsage 1.3% · Avg PPA -0.542 · Total -0.542
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall-0.542-0.5421.3%
Pass—0.0000.0%
Rush-0.542-0.5424.2%
1st down—0.0000.0%
2nd down—0.0000.0%
3rd down-0.542-0.5425.6%
Standard downs-0.542-0.5422.0%
Passing downs—0.0000.0%
Brock Bradley · QBUsage 1.1% · Avg PPA -0.838 · Total -0.838
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall-0.838-0.8381.1%
Pass-0.838-0.8382.6%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down—0.0000.0%
2nd down-0.838-0.8383.2%
3rd down—0.0000.0%
Standard downs—0.0000.0%
Passing downs-0.838-0.8384.8%
Cam Blivens · WRUsage 1.1% · Avg PPA 1.548 · Total 1.548
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall1.5481.5481.1%
Pass1.5481.5482.6%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down—0.0000.0%
2nd down1.5481.5483.2%
3rd down—0.0000.0%
Standard downs—0.0000.0%
Passing downs1.5481.5484.8%
Clark Sanderson · WRUsage 1.1% · Avg PPA -0.838 · Total -0.838
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall-0.838-0.8381.1%
Pass-0.838-0.8382.6%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down—0.0000.0%
2nd down-0.838-0.8383.2%
3rd down—0.0000.0%
Standard downs—0.0000.0%
Passing downs-0.838-0.8384.8%
Where Clemson 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.

Offense PPA/playOffense PPA/play: -0.031 (7th percentile; 138 teams)7thOffense success rateOffense success rate: 0.375 (9th percentile; 138 teams)9thOffense explosivenessOffense explosiveness: 1.149 (17th percentile; 138 teams)17thOffense pass PPA/playOffense pass PPA/play: -0.044 (4th percentile; 138 teams)4thOffense rush PPA/playOffense rush PPA/play: 0.071 (38th percentile; 138 teams)38thDefense PPA/playDefense PPA/play: 0.026 (69th percentile; 138 teams)69thDefense success rateDefense success rate: 0.398 (59th percentile; 138 teams)59thDefense explosivenessDefense explosiveness: 1.164 (74th percentile; 138 teams)74thDefense havoc createdDefense havoc created: 0.185 (84th percentile; 138 teams)84th
Values and percentiles
Clemson metric values with FBS percentiles, 2026
MetricValuePercentileBetter
Offense PPA/play-0.0317th138 teamshigher
Offense success rate0.3759th138 teamshigher
Offense explosiveness1.14917th138 teamshigher
Offense pass PPA/play-0.0444th138 teamshigher
Offense rush PPA/play0.07138th138 teamshigher
Defense PPA/play0.02669th138 teamslower
Defense success rate0.39859th138 teamslower
Defense explosiveness1.16474th138 teamslower
Defense havoc created0.18584th138 teamshigher

Passing profile

2026 · CFBD passing family · raw PPA

Captured 2026-10-30. Offense: 99% of 218 attempts charted. Average depth of target 6.7 yards (5th percentile of FBS). Yards after catch 5.7 per completion. Completion 65.1%, 5.9 yards per attempt, pass PPA 0.06.

Completion percentage over expected (CPOE)
SideActualExpectedCPOE (pp)Qualifying / all attempts
Offense65.7%65.3%+0.4175 / 218
Defense allowed57.6%64.6%-7.0205 / 218

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
Air Force: ADOT 13.1, YAC 3.9Akron: ADOT 8.2, YAC 4.5Alabama: ADOT 9.9, YAC 5.3App State: ADOT 8.2, YAC 5.5Arizona: ADOT 8.3, YAC 5.6Arizona State: ADOT 8.1, YAC 6.4Arkansas: ADOT 7.4, YAC 5.7Arkansas State: ADOT 9.0, YAC 5.3Army: ADOT 12.7, YAC 3.7Auburn: ADOT 8.2, YAC 4.9BYU: ADOT 8.6, YAC 6.4Ball State: ADOT 7.5, YAC 5.0Baylor: ADOT 10.1, YAC 4.8Boise State: ADOT 7.4, YAC 5.3Boston College: ADOT 8.5, YAC 6.0Bowling Green: ADOT 6.5, YAC 5.9Buffalo: ADOT 9.5, YAC 2.0California: ADOT 6.1, YAC 5.9Central Michigan: ADOT 8.9, YAC 5.6Charlotte: ADOT 6.9, YAC 5.6Cincinnati: ADOT 7.1, YAC 6.5Coastal Carolina: ADOT 11.2, YAC 5.6Colorado: ADOT 8.3, YAC 7.1Colorado State: ADOT 5.1, YAC 8.8Delaware: ADOT 9.4, YAC 6.3Duke: ADOT 8.3, YAC 6.4East Carolina: ADOT 8.4, YAC 6.2Eastern Michigan: ADOT 7.4, YAC 5.4Florida: ADOT 7.2, YAC 6.9Florida Atlantic: ADOT 8.4, YAC 4.7Florida International: ADOT 8.5, YAC 5.3Florida State: ADOT 10.0, YAC 8.5Fresno State: ADOT 8.0, YAC 5.6Georgia: ADOT 8.3, YAC 7.6Georgia Southern: ADOT 7.1, YAC 5.1Georgia State: ADOT 8.2, YAC 6.5Georgia Tech: ADOT 7.3, YAC 5.0Hawai'i: ADOT 8.4, YAC 4.2Houston: ADOT 8.3, YAC 6.7Illinois: ADOT 9.7, YAC 4.0Indiana: ADOT 11.4, YAC 5.2Iowa: ADOT 7.7, YAC 6.2Iowa State: ADOT 8.7, YAC 5.4Jacksonville State: ADOT 8.4, YAC 5.8James Madison: ADOT 8.6, YAC 4.8Kansas: ADOT 12.6, YAC 5.3Kansas State: ADOT 7.8, YAC 5.3Kennesaw State: ADOT 6.8, YAC 4.9Kent State: ADOT 9.1, YAC 4.9Kentucky: ADOT 6.7, YAC 7.0LSU: ADOT 8.0, YAC 6.9Liberty: ADOT 11.3, YAC 6.2Louisiana: ADOT 8.5, YAC 5.1Louisiana Tech: ADOT 6.6, YAC 5.6Louisville: ADOT 9.0, YAC 7.7Marshall: ADOT 8.7, YAC 5.5Maryland: ADOT 7.0, YAC 6.2Massachusetts: ADOT 10.1, YAC 4.2Memphis: ADOT 10.4, YAC 5.7Miami: ADOT 7.3, YAC 7.2Miami (OH): ADOT 10.5, YAC 6.6Michigan: ADOT 10.3, YAC 4.6Michigan State: ADOT 7.6, YAC 4.1Middle Tennessee: ADOT 8.0, YAC 5.5Minnesota: ADOT 6.4, YAC 6.3Mississippi State: ADOT 9.2, YAC 5.8Missouri: ADOT 10.4, YAC 5.2Missouri State: ADOT 8.6, YAC 5.7NC State: ADOT 8.7, YAC 5.4Navy: ADOT 14.2, YAC 8.6Nebraska: ADOT 7.9, YAC 5.8Nevada: ADOT 7.9, YAC 6.3New Mexico: ADOT 10.4, YAC 6.0New Mexico State: ADOT 9.6, YAC 4.3North Carolina: ADOT 7.8, YAC 6.3North Dakota State: ADOT 10.6, YAC 4.6North Texas: ADOT 9.2, YAC 6.0Northern Illinois: ADOT 8.8, YAC 4.3Northwestern: ADOT 9.1, YAC 5.5Notre Dame: ADOT 9.6, YAC 5.0Ohio: ADOT 9.4, YAC 5.6Ohio State: ADOT 11.0, YAC 4.9Oklahoma: ADOT 8.4, YAC 5.5Oklahoma State: ADOT 8.6, YAC 6.2Old Dominion: ADOT 10.8, YAC 4.1Ole Miss: ADOT 8.8, YAC 4.3Oregon: ADOT 7.5, YAC 6.4Oregon State: ADOT 9.1, YAC 8.3Penn State: ADOT 9.7, YAC 5.0Pittsburgh: ADOT 9.1, YAC 5.6Purdue: ADOT 8.0, YAC 6.9Rice: ADOT 10.8, YAC 4.9Rutgers: ADOT 10.9, YAC 5.2SMU: ADOT 8.4, YAC 5.9Sacramento State: ADOT 8.4, YAC 4.3Sam Houston: ADOT 7.8, YAC 5.5San Diego State: ADOT 9.5, YAC 5.3San José State: ADOT 10.0, YAC 3.8South Alabama: ADOT 10.1, YAC 5.2South Carolina: ADOT 8.5, YAC 5.9South Florida: ADOT 8.2, YAC 6.1Southern Miss: ADOT 8.0, YAC 5.0Stanford: ADOT 8.9, YAC 4.6Syracuse: ADOT 9.3, YAC 5.7TCU: ADOT 9.0, YAC 4.7Temple: ADOT 8.7, YAC 7.1Tennessee: ADOT 6.9, YAC 6.8Texas: ADOT 8.5, YAC 6.2Texas A&M: ADOT 8.8, YAC 5.3Texas State: ADOT 8.6, YAC 6.5Texas Tech: ADOT 8.8, YAC 4.7Toledo: ADOT 8.8, YAC 6.2Troy: ADOT 8.9, YAC 6.5Tulane: ADOT 9.5, YAC 5.0Tulsa: ADOT 8.7, YAC 4.7UAB: ADOT 10.0, YAC 4.3UCF: ADOT 7.1, YAC 5.5UCLA: ADOT 9.0, YAC 6.0UConn: ADOT 10.8, YAC 6.5UL Monroe: ADOT 7.9, YAC 5.7UNLV: ADOT 10.3, YAC 4.0USC: ADOT 8.3, YAC 6.0UTEP: ADOT 8.5, YAC 5.2UTSA: ADOT 6.6, YAC 5.8Utah: ADOT 10.0, YAC 5.6Utah State: ADOT 9.8, YAC 4.7Vanderbilt: ADOT 9.2, YAC 5.1Virginia: ADOT 8.8, YAC 5.9Virginia Tech: ADOT 6.5, YAC 7.0Wake Forest: ADOT 8.3, YAC 6.0Washington: ADOT 8.1, YAC 6.4Washington State: ADOT 7.4, YAC 3.7West Virginia: ADOT 13.8, YAC 8.5Western Kentucky: ADOT 6.9, YAC 5.4Western Michigan: ADOT 8.1, YAC 5.3Wisconsin: ADOT 6.9, YAC 7.4Wyoming: ADOT 8.4, YAC 5.6Clemson: ADOT 6.7, YAC 5.7Average depth of target (yards) →Yards after catch per completion →

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

Target mix by zone, Clemson offense
Short left32% · 67Short middle13% · 28Short right44% · 92Deep left4% · 8Deep middle1% · 2Deep right5% · 11

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

Defense and rushing detail
Clemson passing defense and rushing profile, 2026
SideAttemptsChartedADOTYACComp %PPACPOECPOE att
Passing offense21899%6.75.765.1%0.06+0.4 pp175
Passing defense218100%6.86.557.3%0.09-7.0 pp205

Rushing production

SideAttemptsYards / carrySuccessPPALine yards / rushSecond-level yards / rushOpen-field yards / rushStuff ratePower success
Offense2574.140.2%0.082.901.001.2018.4%71.4%
Defense allowed2463.745.3%0.133.101.100.7017.0%73.3%

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

SideYards recordedIndividualUnattributedSacksKneelsTeam rushesMultiple carriersDirection located / eligible
Offense251 / 257249820230233 / 234 · 99.6%
Defense allowed241 / 2462202619340221 / 223 · 99.1%

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

2026 · Passing CPOE · percentage points. Dashed line: season +0.4 pp. 6 of 7 captured games have this metric. Missing observations break the line.

-3.51.76.9W1W1 vs LSU: -3.5 ppW2W2 vs Georgia Southern: -1.8 ppW3W3 vs North Carolina: +1.0 ppW4W4 vs California: -0.3 ppW5W5 vs Miami: +0.4 ppW7W8W8 vs Virginia Tech: +6.9 pp

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
WeekOpponentPass attCPOE attComp %*Expected %*CPOEADOTPass PPARush attRush yds/carryRush PPA
W1LSU222263.6%67.2%-3.5 pp6.5-0.20261.5-0.21
W2Georgia Southern353458.8%60.6%-1.8 pp9.70.11393.7-0.10
W3North Carolina302867.9%66.8%+1.0 pp6.10.23365.20.41
W4California212161.9%62.3%-0.3 pp9.3-0.04445.80.23
W5Miami444465.9%65.5%+0.4 pp6.40.21302.0-0.12
W7Charleston Southern400———5.3-0.09465.00.12
W8Virginia Tech262676.9%70.1%+6.9 pp3.80.08363.80.05

*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 · 39.1 gross yards/punt · 35.4 net yards/punt

11 inside the 20 · 0 touchbacks · 0 blocked

Known gross yards: 35/35 punts. Known net yards: 26/35 punts.

Our punt returns

15 returns · 13.3 yards/return · 1 touchdowns

1 muffs · 0 opponent punts blocked

Known return yards: 15/15 returns. Return totals include team-only and unattributed plays.

Recent games
GamePuntsGross yd/puntNet yd/puntKnown net yards
Week 8 · Virginia Tech542.226.33/5
Week 7 · Charleston Southern137.037.01/1
Week 5 · Miami535.834.84/5
Week 4 · California333.733.73/3
Week 3 · North Carolina439.835.34/4
Team style
Rating history