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Head coach Billy Napier Year 4 with Florida

Year-4 HCs (2015-2024) averaged -0.65 W vs SP+ expected · n=59

Season Projection · 2026 W0

10,000 sims
4.5
Expected wins
4-8
Proj record
2 to 8
Win range (90%)
#65 (38–90)
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 Vanderbilt
    Home · Nov 21
  • vs Oklahoma
    Home · Nov 7
  • at Auburn
    Away · Sep 19
  • at Florida State
    Away · Nov 27
  • at Kentucky
    Away · Nov 14

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 · 2025

56 PCI
  • Quarterback 50% (3/6 players)
  • Offensive line 65% (15/23 players)
  • Skill (RB/WR/TE) 59% (20/34 players)
  • Front 7 (DL/LB) 51% (20/39 players)
  • Secondary 67% (14/21 players)
  • Special teams 44% (4/9 players)

PCI weights returning production by position group (QB/OL heaviest). 70%+ is healthy continuity; 45-70% is a normal rebuild; below 45% is a meaningful turnover.

Situational efficiency · 2025

FBS percentile rank
  • 3rd-down conversion 34.0% 32th — below avg
  • Red-zone TD rate 17.8% 78th — strong
  • 4th-down aggression 31.6% 27th — below avg
  • Late & close 3.5 yds/play 18th — bottom tier

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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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.