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Marshall

2026 Season Performance

#118
Rank
3-3
Record
-21.5
Points
0.460
SOS

Current Form

L2 streak
COLD
Last 3 1-2
Last 5 3-2

Key Games

Best W vs #72 Middle Tennessee 28-26
Worst L vs #132 Coastal Carolina 21-27

Record Splits

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

Remaining Schedule

Opponent ranks are today’s and will move
6
games left
#94.0
avg opponent rank
#49
toughest left
23.0
pts if they win out
Week
Opponent
Win worth
8
10-20
vs
#57 South Alabama
4-2
+3.8
9
10-31
@
#119 Old Dominion
2-4
+4.1
10
11-07
@
#112 Georgia Southern
2-4
+4.28
11
11-14
vs
#92 App State
3-2
+3.2
12
11-21
vs
#49 Georgia State
4-1
+3.94
13
11-28
@
#135 UL Monroe
0-5
+3.68

“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

#47
#67
#87
#107
#128
Pre
#87
W3
#52
W6
#118
W9
#116
W12
#116
W15
#115

Season Breakdown

Hover Wk 15 pts for details
Week
Game
Score
Wk 6
Wk 15
Diff
1
09/05
L
NR @ #15 Penn State
0-45
-9.8
-11.4
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
+2.0 -6.0
Loss Opp Modifier
+1.8 -4.2
Loss Record Modifier
+0.2 -4.0
Margin Scaling
-3.1 -7.1
Recency Weighting
-1.3 -8.4
Against the Spread (+23.25, -21.75)
-3.0 -11.4
Total -11.4 pts
-1.6
2
09/12
W
#118 vs #72 Middle Tennessee
28-26
+4.4
+4.4
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
-1.0 9.0
Win Opp Modifier
-2.8 6.2
Margin Scaling
+0.8 7.0
Against the Spread (-12.25, -10.25)
-2.6 4.4
Total 4.4 pts
-0.0
3
09/19
W
#65 @ #104 Missouri State
30-24
+9.9
+8.6
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
+3.5 13.5
Win Opp Modifier
-6.6 6.9
Margin Scaling
+1.1 8.1
Against the Spread (-4, +2)
+0.5 8.6
Total 8.6 pts
-1.3
4
09/26
W
#52 vs FCS Gardner-Webb
36-35
+0.0
+0.0
Point Breakdown
FCS Opponent - 0 pts
+0.0
5
10/03
L
#64 @ #27 James Madison
17-45
-9.8
-9.9
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
+2.0 -6.0
Loss Opp Modifier
+0.3 -5.7
Loss Record Modifier
+1.0 -4.8
Margin Scaling
-2.2 -6.9
Against the Spread (+16.25, -11.75)
-2.9 -9.9
Total -9.9 pts
-0.1
6
10/10
L
#88 vs #132 Coastal Carolina
21-27
-17.7
-16.6
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
-2.4 -10.4
Loss Opp Modifier
-1.2 -11.6
Loss Record Modifier
-1.8 -13.4
Margin Scaling
-0.6 -14.0
Against the Spread (-4.5, -10.5)
-2.6 -16.6
Total -16.6 pts
+1.1
Total
3-3 Record
-23.0
-24.9
-1.9

All-Time Summary (2016-2026)

11
Seasons
72-52
Record
58%
Win Rate
#72
Avg Rank
#7
Best Rank
0.446
Avg SOS
1
Conf Titles

Final Rank by Season

#1
#34
#67
#100
#134
2016
#121
2017
#66
2018
#58
2019
#52
2020
#36
2021
#66
2022
#58
2023
#82
2024
#38
2025
#101
2026
#115

Season-by-Season Breakdown

Year Conference Record Final Rank Best Rank Points SOS Champion
2026 Sun Belt 3-3 (50%) #115 #52 -21.9 0.449 -
2025 Sun Belt 5-7 (42%) #101 #84 -20.0 0.472 -
2024 Sun Belt 10-3 (77%) #38 #38 87.2 0.466 Sun Belt
2023 Sun Belt 6-6 (50%) #82 #38 3.5 0.460 -
2022 Sun Belt 8-4 (67%) #58 #36 48.0 0.431 -
2021 Conference USA 7-5 (58%) #66 #13 25.9 0.428 -
2020 Conference USA 7-2 (78%) #36 #7 46.8 0.447 -
2019 Conference USA 8-4 (67%) #52 #51 45.1 0.432 -
2018 Conference USA 8-4 (67%) #58 #16 44.6 0.442 -
2017 Conference USA 7-5 (58%) #66 #31 28.5 0.426 -
2016 Conference USA 3-9 (25%) #121 #67 -67.1 0.450 -