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West Virginia

2023 Season Performance

#45
Rank
8-4
Record
59.5
Points
0.638
SOS

Current Form

W2 streak
COLD
Last 3 2-1
Last 5 4-1

Key Games

Best W vs #112 Texas Tech 20-13
Worst L @ #93 Houston 39-41

Record Splits

Home 5-1
Away 3-3
Conference 6-3
Non-Conf 2-1
Close (7 pts or less) 3-1
FCS Opponents 1

Rank Progression

#29
#47
#65
#83
#100
Pre
#63
W3
#56
W6
#41
W9
#51
W12
#45
W15
#45

Season Breakdown

Hover Wk 15 pts for details
Week
Game
Score
Wk 15
1
09/02
L
NR @ #8 Penn State
15-38
-6.2
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
+2.0 -6.0
Loss Opp Modifier
+3.0 -3.0
Loss Record Modifier
+1.0 -2.0
Margin Scaling
-3.2 -5.3
Recency Weighting
-1.0 -6.2
Total -6.2 pts
2
09/09
W
#90 vs FCS Duquesne
56-17
+0.0
Point Breakdown
FCS Opponent - 0 pts
3
09/16
W
#88 vs #110 Pittsburgh
17-6
+8.6
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
-1.0 9.0
Win Opp Modifier
-2.7 6.3
Margin Scaling
+2.2 8.6
Total 8.6 pts
4
09/23
W
#56 vs #112 Texas Tech
20-13
+12.1
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
-1.0 9.0
Win Opp Modifier
+1.5 10.5
Margin Scaling
+1.6 12.1
Total 12.1 pts
5
10/01
W
#57 @ #40 TCU
24-21
+14.8
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
+3.5 13.5
Win Opp Modifier
+0.3 13.8
Margin Scaling
+1.0 14.8
Total 14.8 pts
7
10/12
L
#41 @ #93 Houston
39-41
-6.6
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
+2.0 -6.0
Loss Opp Modifier
+0.4 -5.6
Loss Record Modifier
-0.5 -6.1
Margin Scaling
-0.5 -6.6
Total -6.6 pts
8
10/21
L
#50 vs #49 Oklahoma State
34-48
-9.7
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
-2.4 -10.4
Loss Opp Modifier
+2.7 -7.7
Loss Record Modifier
+1.0 -6.7
Margin Scaling
-1.5 -8.2
Recency Weighting
-1.5 -9.7
Total -9.7 pts
9
10/28
W
#59 @ #93 UCF
41-28
+18.1
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
+3.5 13.5
Win Opp Modifier
+1.9 15.4
Margin Scaling
+2.6 18.1
Total 18.1 pts
10
11/04
W
#51 vs #64 BYU
37-7
+14.2
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
-1.0 9.0
Win Opp Modifier
+0.2 9.2
Margin Scaling
+5.0 14.2
Total 14.2 pts
11
11/12
L
#44 @ #15 Oklahoma
20-59
-7.5
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
+2.0 -6.0
Loss Opp Modifier
+1.7 -4.3
Loss Record Modifier
+1.0 -3.3
Margin Scaling
-3.0 -6.3
Recency Weighting
-1.1 -7.5
Total -7.5 pts
12
11/18
W
#56 vs #106 Cincinnati
42-21
+9.8
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
-1.0 9.0
Win Opp Modifier
-2.4 6.6
Margin Scaling
+3.2 9.8
Total 9.8 pts
13
11/26
W
#45 @ #117 Baylor
34-31
+10.4
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
+3.5 13.5
Win Opp Modifier
-4.0 9.5
Margin Scaling
+0.9 10.4
Total 10.4 pts
Total
8-4 Record
58.0

All-Time Summary (2016-2026)

11
Seasons
67-55
Record
55%
Win Rate
#63
Avg Rank
#5
Best Rank
0.658
Avg SOS

Final Rank by Season

#1
#34
#67
#100
#134
2016
#19
2017
#52
2018
#23
2019
#83
2020
#52
2021
#69
2022
#85
2023
#45
2024
#77
2025
#93
2026
#96

Season-by-Season Breakdown

Year Conference Record Final Rank Best Rank Points SOS Champion
2026 Big 12 3-3 (50%) #96 #20 -7.1 0.579 -
2025 Big 12 4-8 (33%) #93 #45 -8.8 0.674 -
2024 Big 12 6-6 (50%) #77 #56 19.7 0.684 -
2023 Big 12 8-4 (67%) #45 #34 59.5 0.638 -
2022 Big 12 5-7 (42%) #85 #68 8.4 0.673 -
2021 Big 12 6-6 (50%) #69 #37 23.4 0.674 -
2020 Big 12 5-4 (56%) #52 #23 27.3 0.661 -
2019 Big 12 5-7 (42%) #83 #30 1.0 0.683 -
2018 Big 12 8-3 (73%) #23 #5 108.0 0.673 -
2017 Big 12 7-5 (58%) #52 #36 44.7 0.644 -
2016 Big 12 10-2 (83%) #19 #14 122.8 0.656 -