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Delaware

Blue Hens · Conference USA

Head coach Ryan Carty Year 2 with Delaware

Year-2 HCs (2015-2024) averaged +0.09 W vs. preseason expectation

Season Projection · 2026 W0

10,000 sims
5.0
Expected wins
5-7
Proj record
2 to 8
Win range (90%)
#108 (87–127)
Final rank (90%)
0%
Make playoff
4%
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 Merrimack
    Home · Sep 3
  • vs Coastal Carolina
    Home · Sep 19
  • vs Liberty
    Home · Oct 2
  • vs Missouri State
    Home · Oct 20

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

93 score
  • Quarterback 99% (5/6 )
  • Offensive line 94% (15/16 players)
  • Skill (RB/WR/TE) 83% (32/33 )
  • Front 7 (DL/LB) 100% (29/29 )
  • Secondary 84% (19/21 )
  • Special teams 100% (6/6 )

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.

Situational efficiency · 2025

FBS percentile rank
  • 3rd-down conversion 41.8% 79th — strong
  • Red-zone TD rate 16.5% 68th — average
  • 4th-down aggression 42.7% 77th — strong
  • Late & close 5.7 yds/play 68th — 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.

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.