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Mean Green · American Athletic

Head coach Eric Morris Year 3 with North Texas

Year-3 HCs (2015-2024) averaged -0.10 W vs SP+ expected · n=21

Season Projection · 2026 W0

10,000 sims
8.5
Expected wins
8-4
Proj record
6 to 11
Win range (90%)
#26 (13–44)
Final rank (90%)
11%
Make playoff
25%
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

11%

Baseline projection.

  • at Tulane
    Away · Nov 21
  • at Navy
    Away · Oct 24
  • at UTSA
    Away · Nov 14
  • at Texas State
    Away · Sep 20
  • vs UNLV
    Home · Sep 12

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

39 PCI
  • Quarterback 40% (2/5 players)
  • Offensive line 47% (9/19 players)
  • Skill (RB/WR/TE) 34% (11/32 players)
  • Front 7 (DL/LB) 27% (9/33 players)
  • Secondary 38% (9/24 players)
  • Special teams 57% (4/7 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 44.2% 90th — elite
  • Red-zone TD rate 23.3% 97th — elite
  • 4th-down aggression 49.4% 94th — elite
  • Late & close 5.8 yds/play 69th — 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.

Schedule

Full 2026 slate. Tap a row for the matchup breakdown.

Latest Stories

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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.