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Eastern Michigan

Eagles · Mid-American

Head coach Chris Creighton

Season Projection · 2026 W0

10,000 sims
4.6
Expected wins
5-7
Proj record
2 to 8
Win range (90%)
#119 (99–134)
Final rank (90%)
0%
Make playoff
1%
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 San José State
    Home · Sep 4
  • vs Sacramento State
    Home · Aug 29
  • vs Lindenwood
    Home · Sep 26
  • at Akron
    Away · Oct 10

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

59 score
  • Quarterback 100% (3/5 )
  • Offensive line 28% (5/18 players)
  • Skill (RB/WR/TE) 37% (12/28 )
  • Front 7 (DL/LB) 52% (19/33 )
  • Secondary 77% (15/23 )
  • Special teams 13% (4/6 )

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.

Portal additions · 2026

-1.3 rating

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

  • Peyton Christian DL ← Lamar 3 impact
  • Braydon Bennett RB ← Virginia Tech 1 impact
  • Tyler Brumfield OL ← Oklahoma State
  • Cole Dellinger OL ← Michigan State
  • Quinn Fracassi WR ← Valparaiso
  • Nathan Henry OL ← Drake

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 35.4% 39th — below avg
  • Red-zone TD rate 15.4% 57th — average
  • 4th-down aggression 35.5% 47th — average
  • Late & close 5.3 yds/play 56th — 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.