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Miami (OH)

RedHawks · Mid-American

Head coach Chuck Martin

Season Projection · 2026 W0

10,000 sims
6.7
Expected wins
7-5
Proj record
3 to 10
Win range (90%)
#82 (58–107)
Final rank (90%)
0%
Make playoff
6%
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 Holy Cross
    Home · Sep 12
  • vs Bowling Green
    Home · Oct 3
  • at Central Michigan
    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

39 score
  • Quarterback 22% (1/5 )
  • Offensive line 63% (10/16 players)
  • Skill (RB/WR/TE) 28% (16/31 )
  • Front 7 (DL/LB) 40% (26/37 )
  • Secondary 39% (10/17 )
  • Special teams 89% (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

+0.5 rating

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

  • CJ Young LB ← Kent State 191 impact
  • Rodney Nelson RB ← Monmouth 142 impact
  • Blayne Myrick LB ← South Alabama 90 impact
  • Maleek Huggins WR ← Bethune-Cookman 77 impact
  • Christian Ross TE ← Memphis 68 impact
  • Mikah Coleman DL ← Cincinnati 68 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.

If QB1 is out (Dequan Finn)

GIE projects a 3.2 rating drop and a 12.8pp shift in playoff probability if Miami (OH) loses its QB1 for an extended stretch. (n=6 historical samples; pooled across recent seasons.)

Situational efficiency · 2025

FBS percentile rank
  • 3rd-down conversion 30.8% 17th — bottom tier
  • Red-zone TD rate 15.1% 54th — average
  • 4th-down aggression 32.3% 30th — below avg
  • Late & close 8.8 yds/play 97th — elite

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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