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Bobcats · Mid-American

Head coach Brian Smith Year 1 with Ohio

Year-1 HCs (2015-2024) averaged -0.19 W vs SP+ expected · n=83

Season Projection · 2026 W0

10,000 sims
6.7
Expected wins
7-5
Proj record
3 to 10
Win range (90%)
#85 (59–110)
Final rank (90%)
0%
Make playoff
7%
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 Jacksonville State
    Home · Sep 12
  • at South Alabama
    Away · Sep 19
  • at Kent State
    Away · Oct 3
  • vs Central Michigan
    Home · 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 · 2025

61 PCI
  • Quarterback 80% (4/5 players)
  • Offensive line 52% (11/21 players)
  • Skill (RB/WR/TE) 65% (20/31 players)
  • Front 7 (DL/LB) 38% (12/32 players)
  • Secondary 64% (14/22 players)
  • Special teams 33% (2/6 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 38.8% 64th — average
  • Red-zone TD rate 23.7% 97th — elite
  • 4th-down aggression 44.8% 85th — strong
  • Late & close 4.4 yds/play 28th — 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.