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Cincinnati

2026 Season Performance

#50
Rank
4-1
Record
27.1
Points
0.537
SOS

Current Form

L1 streak
COLD
Last 3 2-1
Last 5 4-1

Key Games

Best W vs #38 Kansas State 31-26
Worst L @ #62 Arizona 7-34

Record Splits

Home 4-0
Away 0-1
Conference 1-1
Non-Conf 3-0
Close (7 pts or less) 2-0
FCS Opponents 1

Remaining Schedule

Opponent ranks are today’s and will move
7
games left
#51.4
avg opponent rank
#16
toughest left
70.08
pts if they win out
Week
Opponent
Win worth
7
10-17
@
#94 West Virginia
3-3
+9.49
8
10-24
vs
#27 Texas Tech
5-0
+8.64
9
10-31
vs
#16 Utah
5-0
+9.02
10
11-07
@
#25 Houston
5-1
+13.07
11
11-14
@
#69 Iowa State
3-3
+10.78
12
11-21
vs
#106 Colorado
2-3
+5.91
13
11-28
@
#23 BYU
5-0
+13.17

“Win worth” is base points scaled by location and the opponent’s current strength. It excludes margin and quality-win bonuses, which depend on a result that hasn’t happened.

Rank Progression

#15
#28
#41
#54
#66
Pre
#56
W3
#34
W6
#50
W9
#52
W12
#52
W15
#53

Season Breakdown

Hover Wk 15 pts for details
Week
Game
Score
Wk 6
Wk 15
Diff
1
09/05
W
NR vs #98 Boston College
34-15
+14.5
+14.1
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
-1.0 9.0
Win Opp Modifier
-1.2 7.8
Margin Scaling
+3.2 11.1
Against the Spread (-7, +12)
+3.0 14.1
Total 14.1 pts
-0.4
2
09/12
W
#20 vs #131 Western Carolina
62-10
+0.0
+0.0
Point Breakdown
FCS Opponent - 0 pts
+0.0
3
09/19
W
#44 vs #108 Miami (OH)
35-31
+5.3
+6.6
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
-1.0 9.0
Win Opp Modifier
-1.1 7.9
Margin Scaling
+1.3 9.2
Against the Spread (-14.5, -10.5)
-2.6 6.6
Total 6.6 pts
+1.3
4
09/26
W
#34 vs #38 Kansas State
31-26
+16.9
+14.7
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
-1.0 9.0
Win Opp Modifier
+1.4 10.4
Margin Scaling
+1.5 11.9
Against the Spread (+6, +11)
+2.8 14.7
Total 14.7 pts
-2.3
5
10/04
L
#24 @ #62 Arizona
7-34
-9.6
-10.6
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
+2.0 -6.0
Loss Opp Modifier
+1.5 -4.5
Loss Record Modifier
+0.7 -3.8
Margin Scaling
-2.6 -6.4
Recency Weighting
-1.2 -7.6
Against the Spread (+6.75, -20.25)
-3.0 -10.6
Total -10.6 pts
-1.0
Total
4-1 Record
27.2
24.8
-2.4

All-Time Summary (2016-2026)

11
Seasons
78-46
Record
63%
Win Rate
#57
Avg Rank
#6
Best Rank
0.557
Avg SOS
1
Conf Titles

Final Rank by Season

#1
#34
#67
#100
#134
2016
#98
2017
#106
2018
#31
2019
#22
2020
#17
2021
#10
2022
#34
2023
#116
2024
#78
2025
#60
2026
#53

Season-by-Season Breakdown

Year Conference Record Final Rank Best Rank Points SOS Champion
2026 Big 12 4-1 (80%) #53 #20 24.7 0.539 -
2025 Big 12 7-5 (58%) #60 #19 41.2 0.660 -
2024 Big 12 5-7 (42%) #78 #34 17.5 0.665 -
2023 Big 12 3-9 (25%) #116 #16 -55.1 0.648 -
2022 American Athletic 9-3 (75%) #34 #18 77.4 0.540 -
2021 American Athletic 13-0 (100%) #10 #6 184.3 0.509 American
2020 American Athletic 9-0 (100%) #17 #8 121.4 0.532 -
2019 American Athletic 10-3 (77%) #22 #16 100.6 0.542 -
2018 American Athletic 10-2 (83%) #31 #12 88.9 0.447 -
2017 American Athletic 4-8 (33%) #106 #54 -41.0 0.517 -
2016 American Athletic 4-8 (33%) #98 #12 -35.5 0.533 -