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Black Knights · American Athletic

Head coach Jeff Monken

Season Projection · 2026 W5

10,000 sims
6.5
Expected wins
6-5
Proj record
3 to 9
Win range (90%)
#67 (30–109)
Final rank (90%)
0%
Make playoff
3%
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.

  • at Tulsa
    Away · Oct 24
  • at Tulsa
    Away · Oct 24
  • at Tulsa
    Away · Oct 24
  • at Tulsa
    Away · Oct 24
  • at Tulsa
    Away · Oct 24

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

81 score
  • Quarterback 100% (6/8 )
  • Offensive line 92% (33/36 players)
  • Skill (RB/WR/TE) 48% (38/43 )
  • Front 7 (DL/LB) 69% (43/46 )
  • Secondary 72% (23/29 )
  • Special teams 100% (15/15 )

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.

If QB1 is out (Cale Hellums)

GIE projects a -0.2 rating drop and a -0.7pp shift in playoff probability if Army loses its QB1 for an extended stretch. (n=1 historical samples; pooled across recent seasons.)

Situational efficiency · 2025

FBS percentile rank
  • 3rd-down conversion 42.0% 81th — strong
  • Red-zone TD rate 14.5% 48th — average
  • 4th-down aggression 64.0% 98th — elite
  • Late & close 5.2 yds/play 54th — 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.

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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.