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Texas State

Bobcats · Pac-12

Head coach G.J. Kinne Year 4 with Texas State

Year-4 HCs (2015-2024) averaged -0.65 W vs. preseason expectation

Season Projection · 2026 W0

10,000 sims
5.9
Expected wins
6-5
Proj record
3 to 9
Win range (90%)
#64 (38–89)
Final rank (90%)
0%
Make playoff
13%
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.

  • at Boise State
    Away · Nov 1
  • vs UTSA
    Home · Sep 12
  • vs Washington State
    Home · Nov 21

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

61 score
  • Quarterback 99% (2/5 )
  • Offensive line 58% (11/19 players)
  • Skill (RB/WR/TE) 55% (18/29 )
  • Front 7 (DL/LB) 33% (15/33 )
  • Secondary 42% (12/19 )
  • Special teams 0% (3/7 )

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

-0.8 rating

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

  • Dexter Ricks Jr. DB ← Liberty 52 impact
  • Javante Mackey LB ← Arkansas State 38 impact
  • Tae Woody DL ← UL Monroe 34 impact
  • Phillip Bradford DL ← McNeese 23 impact
  • Chancellor Owens DL ← Arizona 11 impact
  • Jordan Sample LB ← Arkansas State 11 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 41.8% 79th — strong
  • Red-zone TD rate 13.6% 37th — below avg
  • 4th-down aggression 46.7% 90th — elite
  • Late & close 6.3 yds/play 80th — strong

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.

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.