2014–2026 performance history

Bowling Green over time

Season-by-season offense and defense game grades, with head-coaching changes placed on the timeline.

Mid-AmericanHead coach: Eddie GeorgeView Bowling Green games →
Offense · 2026 estimate21.7/100

5.0 average through 1 game

25.0 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate39.5/100

9.6 average through 1 game

44.6 prior · 8 equivalent games

The trajectory

Game and Season Unit Ratings

Each small dot is one offensive or defensive game rating, arranged in the order played. For completed seasons, the short bar is that season’s average game rating. Both dot and bar values are labeled on a percentile scale. For 2026, the bar is the Bayesian estimate, while the outlined circle is the empirical games-only mean. Labeled background bands show each head coach’s era.

Bowling Green individual offense and defense game grades by seasonEach small point is one game. Horizontal bars show completed-season means and the Bayesian estimate for 2026. The outlined 2026 circle is the empirical games-only mean. Alternating labeled bands identify head-coaching eras.Babers · ’14–’15Dino Babers, 2014–2015Jinks · ’16–’18Mike Jinks, 2016–2018Loeffler · ’19–’24Scot Loeffler, 2019–2024George · ’25–’26Eddie George, 2025–2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Bowling Green at Western Kentucky · L 31–59; offense 42.4 percentile2014 Week 2: Bowling Green vs. VMI · W 48–7; offense 55.7 percentile2014 Week 3: Bowling Green vs. Indiana · W 45–42; offense 66.1 percentile2014 Week 4: Bowling Green at Wisconsin · L 17–68; offense 13.3 percentile2014 Week 5: Bowling Green at Massachusetts · W 47–42; offense 51.5 percentile2014 Week 6: Bowling Green vs. Buffalo · W 36–35; offense 64.5 percentile2014 Week 7: Bowling Green at Ohio · W 31–13; offense 36.4 percentile2014 Week 8: Bowling Green vs. Western Michigan · L 14–26; offense 18.1 percentile2014 Week 11: Bowling Green at Akron · W 27–10; offense 25.0 percentile2014 Week 12: Bowling Green vs. Kent State · W 30–20; offense 42.2 percentile2014 Week 13: Bowling Green at Toledo · L 20–27; offense 9.0 percentile2014 Week 14: Bowling Green vs. Ball State · L 24–41; offense 40.1 percentile2014 Week 15: Bowling Green vs. Northern Illinois · L 17–51; offense 17.8 percentile2014 Week 1: Bowling Green vs. South Alabama · W 33–28; offense 33.4 percentile2015 Week 1: Bowling Green vs. Tennessee · L 30–59; offense 68.6 percentile2015 Week 2: Bowling Green at Maryland · W 48–27; offense 88.6 percentile2015 Week 3: Bowling Green vs. Memphis · L 41–44; offense 90.5 percentile2015 Week 4: Bowling Green at Purdue · W 35–28; offense 72.4 percentile2015 Week 5: Bowling Green at Buffalo · W 28–22; offense 93.6 percentile2015 Week 6: Bowling Green vs. Massachusetts · W 62–38; offense 98.8 percentile2015 Week 7: Bowling Green vs. Akron · W 59–10; offense 89.4 percentile2015 Week 8: Bowling Green at Kent State · W 48–0; offense 92.9 percentile2015 Week 10: Bowling Green vs. Ohio · W 62–24; offense 99.4 percentile2015 Week 11: Bowling Green at Western Michigan · W 41–27; offense 88.1 percentile2015 Week 12: Bowling Green vs. Toledo · L 28–44; offense 86.4 percentile2015 Week 13: Bowling Green at Ball State · W 48–10; offense 83.0 percentile2015 Week 14: Bowling Green vs. Northern Illinois · W 34–14; offense 75.5 percentile2015 Week 1: Bowling Green vs. Georgia Southern · L 27–58; offense 56.2 percentile2016 Week 1: Bowling Green at Ohio State · L 10–77; offense 28.4 percentile2016 Week 2: Bowling Green vs. North Dakota · W 27–26; offense 7.8 percentile2016 Week 3: Bowling Green vs. Middle Tennessee · L 21–41; offense 34.3 percentile2016 Week 4: Bowling Green at Memphis · L 3–77; offense 3.4 percentile2016 Week 5: Bowling Green vs. Eastern Michigan · L 25–28; offense 29.0 percentile2016 Week 6: Bowling Green at Ohio · L 24–30; offense 56.3 percentile2016 Week 8: Bowling Green vs. Miami (OH) · L 26–40; offense 47.1 percentile2016 Week 10: Bowling Green at Northern Illinois · L 20–45; offense 21.9 percentile2016 Week 11: Bowling Green at Akron · W 38–28; offense 19.4 percentile2016 Week 12: Bowling Green vs. Kent State · W 42–7; offense 87.8 percentile2016 Week 13: Bowling Green vs. Buffalo · W 27–19; offense 41.4 percentile2017 Week 1: Bowling Green at Michigan State · L 10–35; offense 14.9 percentile2017 Week 2: Bowling Green vs. South Dakota · L 27–35; offense 12.8 percentile2017 Week 3: Bowling Green at Northwestern · L 7–49; offense 24.5 percentile2017 Week 4: Bowling Green at Middle Tennessee · L 13–24; offense 20.0 percentile2017 Week 5: Bowling Green vs. Akron · L 23–34; offense 13.6 percentile2017 Week 6: Bowling Green at Miami (OH) · W 37–29; offense 93.6 percentile2017 Week 7: Bowling Green vs. Ohio · L 30–48; offense 46.8 percentile2017 Week 8: Bowling Green vs. Northern Illinois · L 17–48; offense 54.9 percentile2017 Week 10: Bowling Green at Kent State · W 44–16; offense 77.8 percentile2017 Week 11: Bowling Green at Buffalo · L 28–38; offense 58.6 percentile2017 Week 12: Bowling Green vs. Toledo · L 37–66; offense 68.8 percentile2017 Week 13: Bowling Green at Eastern Michigan · L 31–34; offense 77.9 percentile2018 Week 1: Bowling Green at Oregon · L 24–58; offense 20.9 percentile2018 Week 2: Bowling Green vs. Maryland · L 14–45; offense 3.1 percentile2018 Week 3: Bowling Green vs. Eastern Kentucky · W 42–35; offense 24.2 percentile2018 Week 4: Bowling Green vs. Miami (OH) · L 23–38; offense 10.6 percentile2018 Week 5: Bowling Green at Georgia Tech · L 17–63; offense 14.4 percentile2018 Week 6: Bowling Green at Toledo · L 36–52; offense 70.9 percentile2018 Week 7: Bowling Green vs. Western Michigan · L 35–42; offense 37.2 percentile2018 Week 8: Bowling Green at Ohio · L 14–49; offense 45.0 percentile2018 Week 10: Bowling Green vs. Kent State · L 28–35; offense 5.9 percentile2018 Week 11: Bowling Green at Central Michigan · W 24–13; offense 22.4 percentile2018 Week 12: Bowling Green at Akron · W 21–6; offense 81.0 percentile2018 Week 13: Bowling Green vs. Buffalo · L 14–44; offense 41.7 percentile2019 Week 1: Bowling Green vs. Morgan State · W 46–3; offense 35.1 percentile2019 Week 2: Bowling Green at Kansas State · L 0–52; offense 1.0 percentile2019 Week 3: Bowling Green vs. Louisiana Tech · L 7–35; offense 3.8 percentile2019 Week 4: Bowling Green at Kent State · L 20–62; offense 10.8 percentile2019 Week 6: Bowling Green at Notre Dame · L 0–52; offense 13.8 percentile2019 Week 7: Bowling Green vs. Toledo · W 20–7; offense 40.7 percentile2019 Week 8: Bowling Green vs. Central Michigan · L 20–38; offense 27.9 percentile2019 Week 9: Bowling Green at Western Michigan · L 10–49; offense 40.0 percentile2019 Week 10: Bowling Green vs. Akron · W 35–6; offense 6.6 percentile2019 Week 12: Bowling Green at Miami (OH) · L 3–44; offense 6.4 percentile2019 Week 13: Bowling Green vs. Ohio · L 24–66; offense 38.9 percentile2019 Week 14: Bowling Green at Buffalo · L 7–49; offense 17.4 percentile2020 Week 10: Bowling Green at Toledo · L 3–38; offense 13.4 percentile2020 Week 11: Bowling Green vs. Kent State · L 24–62; offense 12.3 percentile2020 Week 12: Bowling Green vs. Buffalo · L 17–42; offense 46.5 percentile2020 Week 13: Bowling Green at Ohio · L 10–52; offense 51.1 percentile2020 Week 14: Bowling Green at Akron · L 3–31; offense 5.6 percentile2021 Week 1: Bowling Green at Tennessee · L 6–38; offense 1.6 percentile2021 Week 4: Bowling Green at Minnesota · W 14–10; offense 14.0 percentile2021 Week 5: Bowling Green at Kent State · L 20–27; offense 11.7 percentile2021 Week 9: Bowling Green at Buffalo · W 56–44; offense 64.0 percentile2021 Week 11: Bowling Green vs. Toledo · L 17–49; offense 37.7 percentile2021 Week 12: Bowling Green at Miami (OH) · L 7–34; offense 9.9 percentile2021 Week 13: Bowling Green vs. Ohio · W 21–10; offense 8.1 percentile2022 Week 1: Bowling Green at UCLA · L 17–45; offense 1.6 percentile2022 Week 4: Bowling Green at Mississippi State · L 14–45; offense 24.6 percentile2022 Week 5: Bowling Green at Akron · W 31–28; offense 71.8 percentile2022 Week 6: Bowling Green vs. Buffalo · L 7–38; offense 41.9 percentile2022 Week 7: Bowling Green vs. Miami (OH) · W 17–13; offense 53.4 percentile2022 Week 8: Bowling Green at Central Michigan · W 34–18; offense 68.2 percentile2022 Week 10: Bowling Green vs. Western Michigan · W 13–9; offense 16.7 percentile2022 Week 11: Bowling Green vs. Kent State · L 6–40; offense 5.7 percentile2022 Week 12: Bowling Green at Toledo · W 42–35; offense 68.3 percentile2022 Week 13: Bowling Green at Ohio · L 14–38; offense 17.2 percentile2022 Week 1: Bowling Green vs. New Mexico State · L 19–24; offense 24.8 percentile2023 Week 1: Bowling Green at Liberty · L 24–34; offense 33.2 percentile2023 Week 2: Bowling Green vs. Eastern Illinois · W 38–15; offense 62.0 percentile2023 Week 3: Bowling Green at Michigan · L 6–31; offense 14.7 percentile2023 Week 4: Bowling Green vs. Ohio · L 7–38; offense 42.8 percentile2023 Week 5: Bowling Green at Georgia Tech · W 38–27; offense 63.7 percentile2023 Week 6: Bowling Green at Miami (OH) · L 0–27; offense 31.5 percentile2023 Week 7: Bowling Green at Buffalo · W 24–14; offense 21.5 percentile2023 Week 8: Bowling Green vs. Akron · W 41–14; offense 83.0 percentile2023 Week 10: Bowling Green vs. Ball State · W 24–21; offense 63.0 percentile2023 Week 11: Bowling Green at Kent State · W 49–19; offense 83.9 percentile2023 Week 12: Bowling Green vs. Toledo · L 31–32; offense 77.2 percentile2023 Week 13: Bowling Green at Western Michigan · W 34–10; offense 85.3 percentile2023 Week 1: Bowling Green vs. Minnesota · L 24–30; offense 23.9 percentile2024 Week 1: Bowling Green vs. Fordham · W 41–17; offense 83.7 percentile2024 Week 2: Bowling Green at Penn State · L 27–34; offense 74.7 percentile2024 Week 4: Bowling Green at Texas A&M · L 20–26; offense 46.5 percentile2024 Week 5: Bowling Green vs. Old Dominion · L 27–30; offense 57.1 percentile2024 Week 6: Bowling Green at Akron · W 27–20; offense 45.4 percentile2024 Week 7: Bowling Green vs. Northern Illinois · L 7–17; offense 15.7 percentile2024 Week 8: Bowling Green vs. Kent State · W 27–6; offense 27.1 percentile2024 Week 9: Bowling Green at Toledo · W 41–26; offense 84.2 percentile2024 Week 11: Bowling Green at Central Michigan · W 23–13; offense 57.0 percentile2024 Week 12: Bowling Green vs. Western Michigan · W 31–13; offense 87.3 percentile2024 Week 13: Bowling Green at Ball State · W 38–13; offense 19.8 percentile2024 Week 14: Bowling Green vs. Miami (OH) · L 12–28; offense 4.5 percentile2024 Week 1: Bowling Green vs. Arkansas State · L 31–38; offense 20.0 percentile2025 Week 1: Bowling Green vs. Lafayette · W 26–7; offense 1.4 percentile2025 Week 2: Bowling Green at Cincinnati · L 20–34; offense 11.6 percentile2025 Week 3: Bowling Green vs. Liberty · W 23–13; offense 37.0 percentile2025 Week 4: Bowling Green at Louisville · L 17–40; offense 39.0 percentile2025 Week 5: Bowling Green at Ohio · L 20–35; offense 67.8 percentile2025 Week 7: Bowling Green vs. Toledo · W 28–23; offense 24.2 percentile2025 Week 8: Bowling Green vs. Central Michigan · L 6–27; offense 13.4 percentile2025 Week 9: Bowling Green at Kent State · L 21–24; offense 50.6 percentile2025 Week 10: Bowling Green vs. Buffalo · L 3–28; offense 5.8 percentile2025 Week 11: Bowling Green at Eastern Michigan · L 21–27; offense 14.3 percentile2025 Week 13: Bowling Green vs. Akron · L 16–19; offense 13.6 percentile2025 Week 14: Bowling Green at Massachusetts · W 45–14; offense 83.6 percentile2026 Week 1: Bowling Green vs. Tarleton State · L 13–20; offense 5.0 percentile2014 offense season mean: 35.0 percentile2015 offense season mean: 88.3 percentile2016 offense season mean: 31.3 percentile2017 offense season mean: 46.7 percentile2018 offense season mean: 27.3 percentile2019 offense season mean: 15.6 percentile2020 offense season mean: 21.6 percentile2021 offense season mean: 15.6 percentile2022 offense season mean: 30.5 percentile2023 offense season mean: 53.3 percentile2024 offense season mean: 46.8 percentile2025 offense season mean: 25.0 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 21.7 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 5.0 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Bowling Green at Western Kentucky · L 31–59; defense 30.2 percentile2014 Week 2: Bowling Green vs. VMI · W 48–7; defense 38.6 percentile2014 Week 3: Bowling Green vs. Indiana · W 45–42; defense 18.5 percentile2014 Week 4: Bowling Green at Wisconsin · L 17–68; defense 0.8 percentile2014 Week 5: Bowling Green at Massachusetts · W 47–42; defense 56.3 percentile2014 Week 6: Bowling Green vs. Buffalo · W 36–35; defense 37.7 percentile2014 Week 7: Bowling Green at Ohio · W 31–13; defense 80.1 percentile2014 Week 8: Bowling Green vs. Western Michigan · L 14–26; defense 64.6 percentile2014 Week 11: Bowling Green at Akron · W 27–10; defense 88.9 percentile2014 Week 12: Bowling Green vs. Kent State · W 30–20; defense 56.2 percentile2014 Week 13: Bowling Green at Toledo · L 20–27; defense 82.0 percentile2014 Week 14: Bowling Green vs. Ball State · L 24–41; defense 10.3 percentile2014 Week 15: Bowling Green vs. Northern Illinois · L 17–51; defense 17.8 percentile2014 Week 1: Bowling Green vs. South Alabama · W 33–28; defense 68.5 percentile2015 Week 1: Bowling Green vs. Tennessee · L 30–59; defense 5.0 percentile2015 Week 2: Bowling Green at Maryland · W 48–27; defense 42.0 percentile2015 Week 3: Bowling Green vs. Memphis · L 41–44; defense 38.8 percentile2015 Week 4: Bowling Green at Purdue · W 35–28; defense 33.3 percentile2015 Week 5: Bowling Green at Buffalo · W 28–22; defense 40.2 percentile2015 Week 6: Bowling Green vs. Massachusetts · W 62–38; defense 4.6 percentile2015 Week 7: Bowling Green vs. Akron · W 59–10; defense 77.5 percentile2015 Week 8: Bowling Green at Kent State · W 48–0; defense 87.2 percentile2015 Week 10: Bowling Green vs. Ohio · W 62–24; defense 22.1 percentile2015 Week 11: Bowling Green at Western Michigan · W 41–27; defense 73.3 percentile2015 Week 12: Bowling Green vs. Toledo · L 28–44; defense 56.1 percentile2015 Week 13: Bowling Green at Ball State · W 48–10; defense 83.3 percentile2015 Week 14: Bowling Green vs. Northern Illinois · W 34–14; defense 94.3 percentile2015 Week 1: Bowling Green vs. Georgia Southern · L 27–58; defense 14.7 percentile2016 Week 1: Bowling Green at Ohio State · L 10–77; defense 0.2 percentile2016 Week 2: Bowling Green vs. North Dakota · W 27–26; defense 23.1 percentile2016 Week 3: Bowling Green vs. Middle Tennessee · L 21–41; defense 47.1 percentile2016 Week 4: Bowling Green at Memphis · L 3–77; defense 12.3 percentile2016 Week 5: Bowling Green vs. Eastern Michigan · L 25–28; defense 24.1 percentile2016 Week 6: Bowling Green at Ohio · L 24–30; defense 23.3 percentile2016 Week 8: Bowling Green vs. Miami (OH) · L 26–40; defense 49.4 percentile2016 Week 10: Bowling Green at Northern Illinois · L 20–45; defense 16.8 percentile2016 Week 11: Bowling Green at Akron · W 38–28; defense 65.5 percentile2016 Week 12: Bowling Green vs. Kent State · W 42–7; defense 78.1 percentile2016 Week 13: Bowling Green vs. Buffalo · W 27–19; defense 34.3 percentile2017 Week 1: Bowling Green at Michigan State · L 10–35; defense 32.9 percentile2017 Week 2: Bowling Green vs. South Dakota · L 27–35; defense 6.9 percentile2017 Week 3: Bowling Green at Northwestern · L 7–49; defense 2.1 percentile2017 Week 4: Bowling Green at Middle Tennessee · L 13–24; defense 9.4 percentile2017 Week 5: Bowling Green vs. Akron · L 23–34; defense 11.1 percentile2017 Week 6: Bowling Green at Miami (OH) · W 37–29; defense 14.3 percentile2017 Week 7: Bowling Green vs. Ohio · L 30–48; defense 39.5 percentile2017 Week 8: Bowling Green vs. Northern Illinois · L 17–48; defense 2.5 percentile2017 Week 10: Bowling Green at Kent State · W 44–16; defense 31.8 percentile2017 Week 11: Bowling Green at Buffalo · L 28–38; defense 13.4 percentile2017 Week 12: Bowling Green vs. Toledo · L 37–66; defense 2.7 percentile2017 Week 13: Bowling Green at Eastern Michigan · L 31–34; defense 22.4 percentile2018 Week 1: Bowling Green at Oregon · L 24–58; defense 5.7 percentile2018 Week 2: Bowling Green vs. Maryland · L 14–45; defense 1.5 percentile2018 Week 3: Bowling Green vs. Eastern Kentucky · W 42–35; defense 1.8 percentile2018 Week 4: Bowling Green vs. Miami (OH) · L 23–38; defense 30.7 percentile2018 Week 5: Bowling Green at Georgia Tech · L 17–63; defense 8.5 percentile2018 Week 6: Bowling Green at Toledo · L 36–52; defense 11.6 percentile2018 Week 7: Bowling Green vs. Western Michigan · L 35–42; defense 25.2 percentile2018 Week 8: Bowling Green at Ohio · L 14–49; defense 1.0 percentile2018 Week 10: Bowling Green vs. Kent State · L 28–35; defense 26.5 percentile2018 Week 11: Bowling Green at Central Michigan · W 24–13; defense 65.0 percentile2018 Week 12: Bowling Green at Akron · W 21–6; defense 81.8 percentile2018 Week 13: Bowling Green vs. Buffalo · L 14–44; defense 7.8 percentile2019 Week 1: Bowling Green vs. Morgan State · W 46–3; defense 71.0 percentile2019 Week 2: Bowling Green at Kansas State · L 0–52; defense 1.3 percentile2019 Week 3: Bowling Green vs. Louisiana Tech · L 7–35; defense 66.3 percentile2019 Week 4: Bowling Green at Kent State · L 20–62; defense 10.7 percentile2019 Week 6: Bowling Green at Notre Dame · L 0–52; defense 1.5 percentile2019 Week 7: Bowling Green vs. Toledo · W 20–7; defense 77.9 percentile2019 Week 8: Bowling Green vs. Central Michigan · L 20–38; defense 4.3 percentile2019 Week 9: Bowling Green at Western Michigan · L 10–49; defense 6.4 percentile2019 Week 10: Bowling Green vs. Akron · W 35–6; defense 90.2 percentile2019 Week 12: Bowling Green at Miami (OH) · L 3–44; defense 6.0 percentile2019 Week 13: Bowling Green vs. Ohio · L 24–66; defense 1.6 percentile2019 Week 14: Bowling Green at Buffalo · L 7–49; defense 15.2 percentile2020 Week 10: Bowling Green at Toledo · L 3–38; defense 38.8 percentile2020 Week 11: Bowling Green vs. Kent State · L 24–62; defense 25.2 percentile2020 Week 12: Bowling Green vs. Buffalo · L 17–42; defense 5.1 percentile2020 Week 13: Bowling Green at Ohio · L 10–52; defense 9.5 percentile2020 Week 14: Bowling Green at Akron · L 3–31; defense 28.9 percentile2021 Week 1: Bowling Green at Tennessee · L 6–38; defense 38.5 percentile2021 Week 4: Bowling Green at Minnesota · W 14–10; defense 85.7 percentile2021 Week 5: Bowling Green at Kent State · L 20–27; defense 41.4 percentile2021 Week 9: Bowling Green at Buffalo · W 56–44; defense 33.5 percentile2021 Week 11: Bowling Green vs. Toledo · L 17–49; defense 3.4 percentile2021 Week 12: Bowling Green at Miami (OH) · L 7–34; defense 54.3 percentile2021 Week 13: Bowling Green vs. Ohio · W 21–10; defense 77.7 percentile2022 Week 1: Bowling Green at UCLA · L 17–45; defense 44.9 percentile2022 Week 4: Bowling Green at Mississippi State · L 14–45; defense 16.8 percentile2022 Week 5: Bowling Green at Akron · W 31–28; defense 8.3 percentile2022 Week 6: Bowling Green vs. Buffalo · L 7–38; defense 6.3 percentile2022 Week 7: Bowling Green vs. Miami (OH) · W 17–13; defense 64.8 percentile2022 Week 8: Bowling Green at Central Michigan · W 34–18; defense 34.8 percentile2022 Week 10: Bowling Green vs. Western Michigan · W 13–9; defense 55.0 percentile2022 Week 11: Bowling Green vs. Kent State · L 6–40; defense 15.6 percentile2022 Week 12: Bowling Green at Toledo · W 42–35; defense 75.5 percentile2022 Week 13: Bowling Green at Ohio · L 14–38; defense 53.4 percentile2022 Week 1: Bowling Green vs. New Mexico State · L 19–24; defense 5.1 percentile2023 Week 1: Bowling Green at Liberty · L 24–34; defense 92.7 percentile2023 Week 2: Bowling Green vs. Eastern Illinois · W 38–15; defense 12.1 percentile2023 Week 3: Bowling Green at Michigan · L 6–31; defense 31.9 percentile2023 Week 4: Bowling Green vs. Ohio · L 7–38; defense 22.7 percentile2023 Week 5: Bowling Green at Georgia Tech · W 38–27; defense 63.9 percentile2023 Week 6: Bowling Green at Miami (OH) · L 0–27; defense 9.7 percentile2023 Week 7: Bowling Green at Buffalo · W 24–14; defense 72.4 percentile2023 Week 8: Bowling Green vs. Akron · W 41–14; defense 65.7 percentile2023 Week 10: Bowling Green vs. Ball State · W 24–21; defense 29.0 percentile2023 Week 11: Bowling Green at Kent State · W 49–19; defense 32.9 percentile2023 Week 12: Bowling Green vs. Toledo · L 31–32; defense 39.3 percentile2023 Week 13: Bowling Green at Western Michigan · W 34–10; defense 71.7 percentile2023 Week 1: Bowling Green vs. Minnesota · L 24–30; defense 25.4 percentile2024 Week 1: Bowling Green vs. Fordham · W 41–17; defense 13.4 percentile2024 Week 2: Bowling Green at Penn State · L 27–34; defense 37.5 percentile2024 Week 4: Bowling Green at Texas A&M · L 20–26; defense 29.1 percentile2024 Week 5: Bowling Green vs. Old Dominion · L 27–30; defense 48.3 percentile2024 Week 6: Bowling Green at Akron · W 27–20; defense 43.3 percentile2024 Week 7: Bowling Green vs. Northern Illinois · L 7–17; defense 76.1 percentile2024 Week 8: Bowling Green vs. Kent State · W 27–6; defense 53.3 percentile2024 Week 9: Bowling Green at Toledo · W 41–26; defense 22.3 percentile2024 Week 11: Bowling Green at Central Michigan · W 23–13; defense 78.9 percentile2024 Week 12: Bowling Green vs. Western Michigan · W 31–13; defense 62.3 percentile2024 Week 13: Bowling Green at Ball State · W 38–13; defense 89.6 percentile2024 Week 14: Bowling Green vs. Miami (OH) · L 12–28; defense 26.4 percentile2024 Week 1: Bowling Green vs. Arkansas State · L 31–38; defense 10.0 percentile2025 Week 1: Bowling Green vs. Lafayette · W 26–7; defense 55.8 percentile2025 Week 2: Bowling Green at Cincinnati · L 20–34; defense 36.2 percentile2025 Week 3: Bowling Green vs. Liberty · W 23–13; defense 72.2 percentile2025 Week 4: Bowling Green at Louisville · L 17–40; defense 32.6 percentile2025 Week 5: Bowling Green at Ohio · L 20–35; defense 47.2 percentile2025 Week 7: Bowling Green vs. Toledo · W 28–23; defense 85.6 percentile2025 Week 8: Bowling Green vs. Central Michigan · L 6–27; defense 41.0 percentile2025 Week 9: Bowling Green at Kent State · L 21–24; defense 23.8 percentile2025 Week 10: Bowling Green vs. Buffalo · L 3–28; defense 46.1 percentile2025 Week 11: Bowling Green at Eastern Michigan · L 21–27; defense 40.7 percentile2025 Week 13: Bowling Green vs. Akron · L 16–19; defense 26.6 percentile2025 Week 14: Bowling Green at Massachusetts · W 45–14; defense 25.8 percentile2026 Week 1: Bowling Green vs. Tarleton State · L 13–20; defense 9.5 percentile2014 defense season mean: 43.0 percentile2015 defense season mean: 46.9 percentile2016 defense season mean: 27.7 percentile2017 defense season mean: 12.1 percentile2018 defense season mean: 14.6 percentile2019 defense season mean: 18.9 percentile2020 defense season mean: 18.6 percentile2021 defense season mean: 45.3 percentile2022 defense season mean: 30.1 percentile2023 defense season mean: 43.2 percentile2024 defense season mean: 44.8 percentile2025 defense season mean: 44.6 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 39.5 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 9.6 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2014Dino Babers
2016Mike Jinks
2018Mike Jinks / Carl Pelini
2019Scot Loeffler
2025Eddie George

How to read 2026

The current-season estimate intelligently blends last season with new data.

The 2026 estimate is a Bayesian weighted average of normal-score Z-values. The 2025 season mean counts like 8 games of prior evidence; each completed 2026 game counts once. The result is then translated back to the 0–100 percentile scale.

2026 Z = (8 × 2025 mean Z + games played × 2026 mean Z) ÷ (8 + games played)

Season record

Every annual grade and coach

Retrospective rows average the available single-game grades in normal-score space. The result is shown as a percentile. Roughly speaking, a 95th-percentile season corresponds to about the eighth-best team in a 160-team field.

SeasonHead coachGamesOffenseDefense
2026Live estimateEddie George1
21.7 estimate5.0 games-only average
39.5 estimate9.6 games-only average
2025Eddie GeorgeCoaching change1225.044.6
2024Scot Loeffler1346.844.8
2023Scot Loeffler1353.343.2
2022Scot Loeffler1130.530.1
2021Scot Loeffler715.645.3
2020Scot Loeffler521.618.6
2019Scot LoefflerCoaching change1215.618.9
2018Mike Jinks / Carl PeliniCoaching change1227.314.6
2017Mike Jinks1246.712.1
2016Mike JinksCoaching change1131.327.7
2015Dino Babers1488.346.9
2014Dino BabersCoaching change1435.043.0