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Old Dominion

Monarchs · Sun Belt

Head coach Ricky Rahne Year 7 with Old Dominion

Season Projection · 2026 W0

10,000 sims
8.2
Expected wins
8-4
Proj record
5 to 11
Win range (90%)
#46 (25–74)
Final rank (90%)
1%
Make playoff
24%
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

1%

Baseline projection.

  • vs James Madison
    Home · Sep 26
  • at UConn
    Away · Nov 21
  • at Louisiana Tech
    Away · Oct 24
  • vs Norfolk State
    Home · Sep 5
  • vs East Carolina
    Home · Sep 19

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

54 score
  • Quarterback 10% (4/5 )
  • Offensive line 89% (17/19 players)
  • Skill (RB/WR/TE) 33% (18/25 )
  • Front 7 (DL/LB) 91% (30/31 )
  • Secondary 79% (24/25 )
  • Special teams 100% (8/8 )

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.

If QB1 is out (Colton Joseph)

GIE projects a 0.6 rating drop and a 2.3pp shift in playoff probability if Old Dominion loses its QB1 for an extended stretch. (n=1 historical samples; pooled across recent seasons.)

Situational efficiency · 2025

FBS percentile rank
  • 3rd-down conversion 42.0% 81th — strong
  • Red-zone TD rate 14.1% 43th — below avg
  • 4th-down aggression 29.9% 21th — bottom tier
  • Late & close 5.3 yds/play 56th — 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.

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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.