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Razorbacks · SEC

Head coach Ryan Silverfield Year 1 with Arkansas

Year-1 HCs (2015-2024) averaged -0.19 W vs. preseason expectation

Season Projection · 2026 W5

10,000 sims
3.7
Expected wins
4-6
Proj record
1 to 6
Win range (90%)
#112 (81–133)
Final rank (90%)
0%
Make playoff
0%
Win conference

Path to Glory

Tap a win or a loss on each pivotal game to see how the playoff probability shifts. Leave any game unset to average across both outcomes.

Make the playoff

0%

Baseline projection.

  • vs Georgia
    Home · Sep 19
  • vs Georgia
    Home · Sep 19
  • vs Georgia
    Home · Sep 19
  • vs Georgia
    Home · Sep 19
  • vs Georgia
    Home · Sep 19

Pivotal games are the 5 with the largest playoff-probability swing, ranked by the model. Math: chained Bayesian log-odds update from the conditional simulation set; gets the directionally right answer but won't perfectly capture cross-game correlations until the full Monte Carlo pipeline lands.

Returning production · 2026

23 score
  • Quarterback 12% (1/5 )
  • Offensive line 43% (9/21 players)
  • Skill (RB/WR/TE) 22% (12/31 )
  • Front 7 (DL/LB) 35% (12/31 )
  • Secondary 11% (2/19 )
  • Special teams 0% (3/8 )

Share of last season's production each unit returns. Higher means more continuity: 70%+ is healthy, 45–70% a normal rebuild, under 45% a major turnover.

Portal additions · 2026

+1.8 rating

48 proven transfers in, carrying the production below from their prior school.

  • Joker Johnson DB ← Tulane 145 impact
  • Donovan Faupel WR ← New Mexico State 131 impact
  • Jamari Hawkins WR ← Memphis 116 impact
  • Christian Harrison DB ← Cincinnati 110 impact
  • Sutton Smith RB ← Memphis 109 impact
  • Chris Marshall WR ← Boise State 105 impact

Impact scores offensive skill additions (QB/RB/WR/TE) — prior-season production normalized within position (100 ≈ a 90th-percentile producer at that spot) and discounted for non-FBS competition, so a top back counts alongside a top quarterback. Defensive and O-line additions count as transfers but aren't box-score measurable, so they carry no impact score. The rating figure is this class's portal contribution vs. the FBS average, capped at ±2.5.

Situational efficiency · 2025

FBS percentile rank
  • 3rd-down conversion 43.4% 87th — strong
  • Red-zone TD rate 19.7% 87th — strong
  • 4th-down aggression 37.7% 59th — average
  • Late & close 4.9 yds/play 45th — average

Percentile is across all FBS teams with play-by-play data for the season. "Late & close" is yards per play in Q4+ with a one-score margin — a proxy for clutch offensive performance.

Schedule

Full 2026 slate. Tap a row for the matchup breakdown.

Latest Stories

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More coming

Per-team pages get the full treatment in Phase 3: current rating, season projection histogram, schedule with win probabilities, and live overlays on Pylon stream days. For now, this page exists so stories and news have a permanent home as content rolls in.