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Tulane

Green Wave · American Athletic

Head coach Jon Sumrall Year 2 with Tulane

Year-2 HCs (2015-2024) averaged +0.09 W vs SP+ expected · n=47

Season Projection · 2026 W0

10,000 sims
7.5
Expected wins
7-5
Proj record
4 to 10
Win range (90%)
#47 (26–73)
Final rank (90%)
1%
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

1%

Baseline projection.

  • at South Florida
    Away · Nov 27
  • at Kansas State
    Away · Sep 19
  • at Duke
    Away · Sep 5
  • vs North Texas
    Home · Nov 21
  • at Army
    Away · 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

50 PCI
  • Quarterback 50% (2/4 players)
  • Offensive line 67% (12/18 players)
  • Skill (RB/WR/TE) 40% (14/35 players)
  • Front 7 (DL/LB) 45% (13/29 players)
  • Secondary 55% (12/22 players)
  • Special teams 25% (3/12 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 38.5% 62th — average
  • Red-zone TD rate 15.4% 57th — average
  • 4th-down aggression 31.9% 28th — below avg
  • Late & close 5.0 yds/play 46th — 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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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.