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Hurricanes · ACC

Head coach Mario Cristobal Year 5 with Miami

Season Projection · 2026 W0

10,000 sims
9.4
Expected wins
9-3
Proj record
7 to 12
Win range (90%)
#11 (5–22)
Final rank (90%)
62%
Make playoff
42%
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

62%

Baseline projection.

  • at Wake Forest
    Away · Sep 18
  • at Clemson
    Away · Oct 3
  • at Notre Dame
    Away · Nov 8

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

42 score
  • Quarterback 0% (5/7 )
  • Offensive line 56% (10/18 players)
  • Skill (RB/WR/TE) 70% (20/32 )
  • Front 7 (DL/LB) 45% (18/34 )
  • Secondary 60% (14/22 )
  • Special teams 80% (4/8 )

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

+1.1 rating

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

  • Damon Wilson II DL ← Missouri 227 impact
  • Cooper Barkate WR ← Duke 202 impact
  • Omar Thornton DB ← Boston College 177 impact
  • Darian Mensah QB ← Duke 163 impact
  • Cam Vaughn WR ← West Virginia 104 impact
  • Vandrevius Jacobs WR ← South Carolina 100 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 40.0% 69th — average
  • Red-zone TD rate 17.2% 73th — strong
  • 4th-down aggression 40.3% 67th — average
  • Late & close 4.5 yds/play 33th — below avg

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.