2014–2026 performance history

Marshall over time

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

Sun BeltHead coach: Tony GibsonView Marshall games →
Offense · 2026 estimate29.0/100

0.5 average through 1 game

38.4 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate40.8/100

16.4 average through 1 game

44.5 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.

Marshall 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.Holliday · ’14–’20Doc Holliday, 2014–2020Huff · ’21–’24Charles Huff, 2021–2024Gibson · ’25–’26Tony Gibson, 2025–2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Marshall at Miami (OH) · W 42–27; offense 56.6 percentile2014 Week 2: Marshall vs. Rhode Island · W 48–7; offense 71.2 percentile2014 Week 3: Marshall vs. Ohio · W 44–14; offense 99.2 percentile2014 Week 4: Marshall at Akron · W 48–17; offense 99.3 percentile2014 Week 6: Marshall at Old Dominion · W 56–14; offense 93.6 percentile2014 Week 7: Marshall vs. Middle Tennessee · W 49–24; offense 82.2 percentile2014 Week 8: Marshall at Florida International · W 45–13; offense 97.3 percentile2014 Week 9: Marshall vs. Florida Atlantic · W 35–16; offense 62.4 percentile2014 Week 12: Marshall vs. Rice · W 41–14; offense 97.5 percentile2014 Week 13: Marshall at UAB · W 23–18; offense 64.8 percentile2014 Week 14: Marshall vs. Western Kentucky · L 66–67; offense 98.2 percentile2014 Week 15: Marshall vs. Louisiana Tech · W 26–23; offense 28.1 percentile2014 Week 1: Marshall vs. Northern Illinois · W 52–23; offense 93.7 percentile2015 Week 1: Marshall vs. Purdue · W 41–31; offense 24.7 percentile2015 Week 2: Marshall at Ohio · L 10–21; offense 19.5 percentile2015 Week 3: Marshall vs. Norfolk State · W 45–7; offense 54.0 percentile2015 Week 4: Marshall at Kent State · W 36–29; offense 11.0 percentile2015 Week 5: Marshall vs. Old Dominion · W 27–7; offense 12.1 percentile2015 Week 6: Marshall vs. Southern Miss · W 31–10; offense 28.8 percentile2015 Week 7: Marshall at Florida Atlantic · W 33–17; offense 93.5 percentile2015 Week 8: Marshall vs. North Texas · W 30–13; offense 22.0 percentile2015 Week 9: Marshall at Charlotte · W 34–10; offense 87.1 percentile2015 Week 11: Marshall vs. Florida International · W 52–0; offense 96.5 percentile2015 Week 13: Marshall at Western Kentucky · L 28–49; offense 6.0 percentile2015 Week 1: Marshall vs. UConn · W 16–10; offense 60.8 percentile2016 Week 3: Marshall vs. Akron · L 38–65; offense 38.8 percentile2016 Week 4: Marshall vs. Louisville · L 28–59; offense 17.9 percentile2016 Week 5: Marshall at Pittsburgh · L 27–43; offense 76.1 percentile2016 Week 6: Marshall at North Texas · L 21–38; offense 4.2 percentile2016 Week 8: Marshall vs. Charlotte · L 24–27; offense 15.0 percentile2016 Week 9: Marshall at Southern Miss · L 14–24; offense 8.6 percentile2016 Week 10: Marshall at Old Dominion · L 14–38; offense 6.7 percentile2016 Week 11: Marshall vs. Middle Tennessee · W 42–17; offense 74.3 percentile2016 Week 12: Marshall at Florida International · L 14–31; offense 18.9 percentile2016 Week 13: Marshall vs. Western Kentucky · L 6–60; offense 6.2 percentile2017 Week 1: Marshall vs. Miami (OH) · W 31–26; offense 19.8 percentile2017 Week 2: Marshall at NC State · L 20–37; offense 52.9 percentile2017 Week 3: Marshall vs. Kent State · W 21–0; offense 17.5 percentile2017 Week 5: Marshall at Cincinnati · W 38–21; offense 22.0 percentile2017 Week 6: Marshall at Charlotte · W 14–3; offense 27.4 percentile2017 Week 7: Marshall vs. Old Dominion · W 35–3; offense 53.5 percentile2017 Week 8: Marshall at Middle Tennessee · W 38–10; offense 77.3 percentile2017 Week 9: Marshall vs. Florida International · L 30–41; offense 36.1 percentile2017 Week 10: Marshall at Florida Atlantic · L 25–30; offense 51.1 percentile2017 Week 11: Marshall vs. Western Kentucky · W 30–23; offense 28.6 percentile2017 Week 12: Marshall at UTSA · L 7–9; offense 25.4 percentile2017 Week 13: Marshall vs. Southern Miss · L 27–28; offense 28.3 percentile2017 Week 1: Marshall vs. Colorado State · W 31–28; offense 64.1 percentile2018 Week 1: Marshall at Miami (OH) · W 35–28; offense 84.9 percentile2018 Week 2: Marshall vs. Eastern Kentucky · W 32–16; offense 13.0 percentile2018 Week 4: Marshall vs. NC State · L 20–37; offense 27.9 percentile2018 Week 5: Marshall at Western Kentucky · W 20–17; offense 27.7 percentile2018 Week 6: Marshall vs. Middle Tennessee · L 24–34; offense 54.1 percentile2018 Week 7: Marshall at Old Dominion · W 42–20; offense 71.9 percentile2018 Week 8: Marshall vs. Florida Atlantic · W 31–7; offense 26.8 percentile2018 Week 10: Marshall at Southern Miss · L 24–26; offense 61.1 percentile2018 Week 11: Marshall vs. Charlotte · W 30–13; offense 57.6 percentile2018 Week 12: Marshall vs. UTSA · W 23–0; offense 33.2 percentile2018 Week 13: Marshall at Florida International · W 28–25; offense 38.5 percentile2018 Week 14: Marshall at Virginia Tech · L 20–41; offense 38.6 percentile2018 Week 1: Marshall at South Florida · W 38–20; offense 91.4 percentile2019 Week 1: Marshall vs. VMI · W 56–17; offense 58.5 percentile2019 Week 2: Marshall at Boise State · L 7–14; offense 30.0 percentile2019 Week 3: Marshall vs. Ohio · W 33–31; offense 84.8 percentile2019 Week 5: Marshall vs. Cincinnati · L 14–52; offense 16.2 percentile2019 Week 6: Marshall at Middle Tennessee · L 13–24; offense 43.7 percentile2019 Week 7: Marshall vs. Old Dominion · W 31–17; offense 74.3 percentile2019 Week 8: Marshall at Florida Atlantic · W 36–31; offense 83.4 percentile2019 Week 9: Marshall vs. Western Kentucky · W 26–23; offense 63.8 percentile2019 Week 10: Marshall at Rice · W 20–7; offense 47.8 percentile2019 Week 12: Marshall vs. Louisiana Tech · W 31–10; offense 78.9 percentile2019 Week 13: Marshall at Charlotte · L 13–24; offense 15.4 percentile2019 Week 14: Marshall vs. Florida International · W 30–27; offense 14.1 percentile2019 Week 1: Marshall vs. UCF · L 25–48; offense 70.9 percentile2020 Week 1: Marshall vs. Eastern Kentucky · W 59–0; offense 86.4 percentile2020 Week 3: Marshall vs. App State · W 17–7; offense 61.6 percentile2020 Week 6: Marshall at Western Kentucky · W 38–14; offense 71.9 percentile2020 Week 7: Marshall at Louisiana Tech · W 35–17; offense 68.3 percentile2020 Week 8: Marshall vs. Florida Atlantic · W 20–9; offense 65.2 percentile2020 Week 10: Marshall vs. Massachusetts · W 51–10; offense 91.0 percentile2020 Week 11: Marshall vs. Middle Tennessee · W 42–14; offense 51.6 percentile2020 Week 14: Marshall vs. Rice · L 0–20; offense 11.5 percentile2020 Week 16: Marshall vs. UAB · L 13–22; offense 46.9 percentile2020 Week 1: Marshall vs. Buffalo · L 10–17; offense 34.4 percentile2021 Week 1: Marshall at Navy · W 49–7; offense 88.1 percentile2021 Week 3: Marshall vs. East Carolina · L 38–42; offense 92.0 percentile2021 Week 4: Marshall at App State · L 30–31; offense 85.6 percentile2021 Week 5: Marshall at Middle Tennessee · L 28–34; offense 66.3 percentile2021 Week 7: Marshall at North Texas · W 49–21; offense 83.0 percentile2021 Week 9: Marshall vs. Florida International · W 38–0; offense 43.3 percentile2021 Week 11: Marshall vs. UAB · L 14–21; offense 14.4 percentile2021 Week 12: Marshall at Charlotte · W 49–28; offense 97.6 percentile2021 Week 1: Marshall vs. Louisiana · L 21–36; offense 32.8 percentile2022 Week 2: Marshall at Notre Dame · W 26–21; offense 52.1 percentile2022 Week 4: Marshall at Troy · L 7–16; offense 15.8 percentile2022 Week 5: Marshall vs. Gardner-Webb · W 28–7; offense 11.6 percentile2022 Week 7: Marshall vs. Louisiana · L 13–23; offense 19.0 percentile2022 Week 10: Marshall at Old Dominion · W 12–0; offense 10.8 percentile2022 Week 11: Marshall vs. App State · W 28–21; offense 27.1 percentile2022 Week 12: Marshall at Georgia Southern · W 23–10; offense 34.5 percentile2022 Week 13: Marshall vs. Georgia State · W 28–23; offense 81.8 percentile2022 Week 1: Marshall vs. UConn · W 28–14; offense 30.4 percentile2023 Week 1: Marshall vs. UAlbany · W 21–17; offense 10.6 percentile2023 Week 2: Marshall at East Carolina · W 31–13; offense 46.7 percentile2023 Week 4: Marshall vs. Virginia Tech · W 24–17; offense 32.0 percentile2023 Week 5: Marshall vs. Old Dominion · W 41–35; offense 37.5 percentile2023 Week 6: Marshall at NC State · L 41–48; offense 56.4 percentile2023 Week 7: Marshall at Georgia State · L 24–41; offense 52.9 percentile2023 Week 9: Marshall at Coastal Carolina · L 6–34; offense 20.8 percentile2023 Week 10: Marshall at App State · L 9–31; offense 77.2 percentile2023 Week 11: Marshall vs. Georgia Southern · W 38–33; offense 64.4 percentile2023 Week 12: Marshall at South Alabama · L 0–28; offense 8.7 percentile2023 Week 13: Marshall vs. Arkansas State · W 35–21; offense 56.8 percentile2023 Week 1: Marshall vs. UTSA · L 17–35; offense 30.8 percentile2024 Week 1: Marshall vs. Stony Brook · W 45–3; offense 48.7 percentile2024 Week 2: Marshall at Virginia Tech · L 14–31; offense 14.9 percentile2024 Week 5: Marshall vs. Western Michigan · W 27–20; offense 56.3 percentile2024 Week 6: Marshall vs. App State · W 52–37; offense 81.7 percentile2024 Week 7: Marshall at Georgia Southern · L 23–24; offense 37.2 percentile2024 Week 8: Marshall vs. Georgia State · W 35–20; offense 76.6 percentile2024 Week 10: Marshall vs. UL Monroe · W 28–23; offense 58.3 percentile2024 Week 11: Marshall at Southern Miss · W 37–3; offense 57.4 percentile2024 Week 12: Marshall vs. Coastal Carolina · W 31–19; offense 11.5 percentile2024 Week 13: Marshall at Old Dominion · W 42–35; offense 85.0 percentile2024 Week 15: Marshall at Louisiana · W 31–3; offense 75.3 percentile2025 Week 1: Marshall at Georgia · L 7–45; offense 2.5 percentile2025 Week 2: Marshall vs. Missouri State · L 20–21; offense 7.4 percentile2025 Week 3: Marshall vs. Eastern Kentucky · W 38–7; offense 10.0 percentile2025 Week 4: Marshall at Middle Tennessee · W 42–28; offense 75.3 percentile2025 Week 5: Marshall at Louisiana · L 51–54; offense 80.9 percentile2025 Week 7: Marshall vs. Old Dominion · W 48–24; offense 51.5 percentile2025 Week 8: Marshall vs. Texas State · W 40–37; offense 23.8 percentile2025 Week 10: Marshall at Coastal Carolina · L 27–44; offense 37.7 percentile2025 Week 11: Marshall vs. James Madison · L 23–35; offense 66.4 percentile2025 Week 12: Marshall at Georgia State · W 30–18; offense 66.6 percentile2025 Week 13: Marshall at App State · L 24–26; offense 55.2 percentile2025 Week 14: Marshall vs. Georgia Southern · L 19–24; offense 33.8 percentile2026 Week 1: Marshall at Penn State · L 0–45; offense 0.5 percentile2014 offense season mean: 88.6 percentile2015 offense season mean: 43.4 percentile2016 offense season mean: 21.5 percentile2017 offense season mean: 37.9 percentile2018 offense season mean: 48.8 percentile2019 offense season mean: 52.3 percentile2020 offense season mean: 60.0 percentile2021 offense season mean: 72.2 percentile2022 offense season mean: 29.4 percentile2023 offense season mean: 39.3 percentile2024 offense season mean: 54.7 percentile2025 offense season mean: 38.4 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 29.0 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 0.5 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Marshall at Miami (OH) · W 42–27; defense 78.1 percentile2014 Week 2: Marshall vs. Rhode Island · W 48–7; defense 85.3 percentile2014 Week 3: Marshall vs. Ohio · W 44–14; defense 64.9 percentile2014 Week 4: Marshall at Akron · W 48–17; defense 83.7 percentile2014 Week 6: Marshall at Old Dominion · W 56–14; defense 91.3 percentile2014 Week 7: Marshall vs. Middle Tennessee · W 49–24; defense 73.4 percentile2014 Week 8: Marshall at Florida International · W 45–13; defense 45.9 percentile2014 Week 9: Marshall vs. Florida Atlantic · W 35–16; defense 62.1 percentile2014 Week 12: Marshall vs. Rice · W 41–14; defense 86.6 percentile2014 Week 13: Marshall at UAB · W 23–18; defense 80.0 percentile2014 Week 14: Marshall vs. Western Kentucky · L 66–67; defense 9.7 percentile2014 Week 15: Marshall vs. Louisiana Tech · W 26–23; defense 81.5 percentile2014 Week 1: Marshall vs. Northern Illinois · W 52–23; defense 82.9 percentile2015 Week 1: Marshall vs. Purdue · W 41–31; defense 20.0 percentile2015 Week 2: Marshall at Ohio · L 10–21; defense 59.9 percentile2015 Week 3: Marshall vs. Norfolk State · W 45–7; defense 62.4 percentile2015 Week 4: Marshall at Kent State · W 36–29; defense 22.8 percentile2015 Week 5: Marshall vs. Old Dominion · W 27–7; defense 72.0 percentile2015 Week 6: Marshall vs. Southern Miss · W 31–10; defense 86.3 percentile2015 Week 7: Marshall at Florida Atlantic · W 33–17; defense 55.6 percentile2015 Week 8: Marshall vs. North Texas · W 30–13; defense 47.5 percentile2015 Week 9: Marshall at Charlotte · W 34–10; defense 70.2 percentile2015 Week 11: Marshall vs. Florida International · W 52–0; defense 91.7 percentile2015 Week 13: Marshall at Western Kentucky · L 28–49; defense 40.3 percentile2015 Week 1: Marshall vs. UConn · W 16–10; defense 57.0 percentile2016 Week 3: Marshall vs. Akron · L 38–65; defense 14.2 percentile2016 Week 4: Marshall vs. Louisville · L 28–59; defense 3.4 percentile2016 Week 5: Marshall at Pittsburgh · L 27–43; defense 10.3 percentile2016 Week 6: Marshall at North Texas · L 21–38; defense 21.1 percentile2016 Week 8: Marshall vs. Charlotte · L 24–27; defense 47.4 percentile2016 Week 9: Marshall at Southern Miss · L 14–24; defense 80.3 percentile2016 Week 10: Marshall at Old Dominion · L 14–38; defense 34.4 percentile2016 Week 11: Marshall vs. Middle Tennessee · W 42–17; defense 94.1 percentile2016 Week 12: Marshall at Florida International · L 14–31; defense 7.2 percentile2016 Week 13: Marshall vs. Western Kentucky · L 6–60; defense 17.0 percentile2017 Week 1: Marshall vs. Miami (OH) · W 31–26; defense 47.4 percentile2017 Week 2: Marshall at NC State · L 20–37; defense 46.5 percentile2017 Week 3: Marshall vs. Kent State · W 21–0; defense 73.3 percentile2017 Week 5: Marshall at Cincinnati · W 38–21; defense 64.8 percentile2017 Week 6: Marshall at Charlotte · W 14–3; defense 79.4 percentile2017 Week 7: Marshall vs. Old Dominion · W 35–3; defense 95.5 percentile2017 Week 8: Marshall at Middle Tennessee · W 38–10; defense 82.6 percentile2017 Week 9: Marshall vs. Florida International · L 30–41; defense 48.1 percentile2017 Week 10: Marshall at Florida Atlantic · L 25–30; defense 84.3 percentile2017 Week 11: Marshall vs. Western Kentucky · W 30–23; defense 52.9 percentile2017 Week 12: Marshall at UTSA · L 7–9; defense 88.7 percentile2017 Week 13: Marshall vs. Southern Miss · L 27–28; defense 60.1 percentile2017 Week 1: Marshall vs. Colorado State · W 31–28; defense 86.0 percentile2018 Week 1: Marshall at Miami (OH) · W 35–28; defense 44.6 percentile2018 Week 2: Marshall vs. Eastern Kentucky · W 32–16; defense 56.0 percentile2018 Week 4: Marshall vs. NC State · L 20–37; defense 27.4 percentile2018 Week 5: Marshall at Western Kentucky · W 20–17; defense 90.5 percentile2018 Week 6: Marshall vs. Middle Tennessee · L 24–34; defense 19.7 percentile2018 Week 7: Marshall at Old Dominion · W 42–20; defense 60.7 percentile2018 Week 8: Marshall vs. Florida Atlantic · W 31–7; defense 95.8 percentile2018 Week 10: Marshall at Southern Miss · L 24–26; defense 90.9 percentile2018 Week 11: Marshall vs. Charlotte · W 30–13; defense 69.1 percentile2018 Week 12: Marshall vs. UTSA · W 23–0; defense 96.8 percentile2018 Week 13: Marshall at Florida International · W 28–25; defense 60.5 percentile2018 Week 14: Marshall at Virginia Tech · L 20–41; defense 21.5 percentile2018 Week 1: Marshall at South Florida · W 38–20; defense 65.8 percentile2019 Week 1: Marshall vs. VMI · W 56–17; defense 35.3 percentile2019 Week 2: Marshall at Boise State · L 7–14; defense 85.7 percentile2019 Week 3: Marshall vs. Ohio · W 33–31; defense 26.4 percentile2019 Week 5: Marshall vs. Cincinnati · L 14–52; defense 9.6 percentile2019 Week 6: Marshall at Middle Tennessee · L 13–24; defense 39.8 percentile2019 Week 7: Marshall vs. Old Dominion · W 31–17; defense 45.5 percentile2019 Week 8: Marshall at Florida Atlantic · W 36–31; defense 70.6 percentile2019 Week 9: Marshall vs. Western Kentucky · W 26–23; defense 29.0 percentile2019 Week 10: Marshall at Rice · W 20–7; defense 73.8 percentile2019 Week 12: Marshall vs. Louisiana Tech · W 31–10; defense 93.3 percentile2019 Week 13: Marshall at Charlotte · L 13–24; defense 57.1 percentile2019 Week 14: Marshall vs. Florida International · W 30–27; defense 71.6 percentile2019 Week 1: Marshall vs. UCF · L 25–48; defense 33.9 percentile2020 Week 1: Marshall vs. Eastern Kentucky · W 59–0; defense 87.6 percentile2020 Week 3: Marshall vs. App State · W 17–7; defense 89.3 percentile2020 Week 6: Marshall at Western Kentucky · W 38–14; defense 71.6 percentile2020 Week 7: Marshall at Louisiana Tech · W 35–17; defense 81.7 percentile2020 Week 8: Marshall vs. Florida Atlantic · W 20–9; defense 81.0 percentile2020 Week 10: Marshall vs. Massachusetts · W 51–10; defense 69.1 percentile2020 Week 11: Marshall vs. Middle Tennessee · W 42–14; defense 75.7 percentile2020 Week 14: Marshall vs. Rice · L 0–20; defense 66.3 percentile2020 Week 16: Marshall vs. UAB · L 13–22; defense 32.2 percentile2020 Week 1: Marshall vs. Buffalo · L 10–17; defense 91.8 percentile2021 Week 1: Marshall at Navy · W 49–7; defense 59.2 percentile2021 Week 3: Marshall vs. East Carolina · L 38–42; defense 11.7 percentile2021 Week 4: Marshall at App State · L 30–31; defense 44.2 percentile2021 Week 5: Marshall at Middle Tennessee · L 28–34; defense 64.9 percentile2021 Week 7: Marshall at North Texas · W 49–21; defense 80.8 percentile2021 Week 9: Marshall vs. Florida International · W 38–0; defense 78.8 percentile2021 Week 11: Marshall vs. UAB · L 14–21; defense 46.9 percentile2021 Week 12: Marshall at Charlotte · W 49–28; defense 67.9 percentile2021 Week 1: Marshall vs. Louisiana · L 21–36; defense 63.2 percentile2022 Week 2: Marshall at Notre Dame · W 26–21; defense 92.4 percentile2022 Week 4: Marshall at Troy · L 7–16; defense 66.9 percentile2022 Week 5: Marshall vs. Gardner-Webb · W 28–7; defense 96.7 percentile2022 Week 7: Marshall vs. Louisiana · L 13–23; defense 47.1 percentile2022 Week 10: Marshall at Old Dominion · W 12–0; defense 97.3 percentile2022 Week 11: Marshall vs. App State · W 28–21; defense 92.9 percentile2022 Week 12: Marshall at Georgia Southern · W 23–10; defense 68.2 percentile2022 Week 13: Marshall vs. Georgia State · W 28–23; defense 78.4 percentile2022 Week 1: Marshall vs. UConn · W 28–14; defense 80.1 percentile2023 Week 1: Marshall vs. UAlbany · W 21–17; defense 42.7 percentile2023 Week 2: Marshall at East Carolina · W 31–13; defense 80.2 percentile2023 Week 4: Marshall vs. Virginia Tech · W 24–17; defense 77.7 percentile2023 Week 5: Marshall vs. Old Dominion · W 41–35; defense 50.3 percentile2023 Week 6: Marshall at NC State · L 41–48; defense 29.9 percentile2023 Week 7: Marshall at Georgia State · L 24–41; defense 19.4 percentile2023 Week 9: Marshall at Coastal Carolina · L 6–34; defense 18.9 percentile2023 Week 10: Marshall at App State · L 9–31; defense 55.7 percentile2023 Week 11: Marshall vs. Georgia Southern · W 38–33; defense 85.1 percentile2023 Week 12: Marshall at South Alabama · L 0–28; defense 58.4 percentile2023 Week 13: Marshall vs. Arkansas State · W 35–21; defense 95.1 percentile2023 Week 1: Marshall vs. UTSA · L 17–35; defense 69.8 percentile2024 Week 1: Marshall vs. Stony Brook · W 45–3; defense 72.4 percentile2024 Week 2: Marshall at Virginia Tech · L 14–31; defense 70.1 percentile2024 Week 5: Marshall vs. Western Michigan · W 27–20; defense 80.2 percentile2024 Week 6: Marshall vs. App State · W 52–37; defense 37.4 percentile2024 Week 7: Marshall at Georgia Southern · L 23–24; defense 65.6 percentile2024 Week 8: Marshall vs. Georgia State · W 35–20; defense 46.2 percentile2024 Week 10: Marshall vs. UL Monroe · W 28–23; defense 39.7 percentile2024 Week 11: Marshall at Southern Miss · W 37–3; defense 94.2 percentile2024 Week 12: Marshall vs. Coastal Carolina · W 31–19; defense 79.0 percentile2024 Week 13: Marshall at Old Dominion · W 42–35; defense 31.3 percentile2024 Week 15: Marshall at Louisiana · W 31–3; defense 99.9 percentile2025 Week 1: Marshall at Georgia · L 7–45; defense 22.4 percentile2025 Week 2: Marshall vs. Missouri State · L 20–21; defense 40.1 percentile2025 Week 3: Marshall vs. Eastern Kentucky · W 38–7; defense 82.8 percentile2025 Week 4: Marshall at Middle Tennessee · W 42–28; defense 47.6 percentile2025 Week 5: Marshall at Louisiana · L 51–54; defense 23.0 percentile2025 Week 7: Marshall vs. Old Dominion · W 48–24; defense 78.1 percentile2025 Week 8: Marshall vs. Texas State · W 40–37; defense 75.9 percentile2025 Week 10: Marshall at Coastal Carolina · L 27–44; defense 21.5 percentile2025 Week 11: Marshall vs. James Madison · L 23–35; defense 27.4 percentile2025 Week 12: Marshall at Georgia State · W 30–18; defense 45.4 percentile2025 Week 13: Marshall at App State · L 24–26; defense 46.2 percentile2025 Week 14: Marshall vs. Georgia Southern · L 19–24; defense 24.5 percentile2026 Week 1: Marshall at Penn State · L 0–45; defense 16.4 percentile2014 defense season mean: 72.8 percentile2015 defense season mean: 58.5 percentile2016 defense season mean: 29.4 percentile2017 defense season mean: 72.8 percentile2018 defense season mean: 66.2 percentile2019 defense season mean: 52.6 percentile2020 defense season mean: 76.7 percentile2021 defense season mean: 57.4 percentile2022 defense season mean: 84.5 percentile2023 defense season mean: 59.0 percentile2024 defense season mean: 72.6 percentile2025 defense season mean: 44.5 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 40.8 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 16.4 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2021Charles Huff
2025Tony Gibson

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 estimateTony Gibson1
29.0 estimate0.5 games-only average
40.8 estimate16.4 games-only average
2025Tony GibsonCoaching change1238.444.5
2024Charles Huff1154.772.6
2023Charles Huff1239.359.0
2022Charles Huff929.484.5
2021Charles HuffCoaching change972.257.4
2020Doc Holliday1060.076.7
2019Doc Holliday1352.352.6
2018Doc Holliday1348.866.2
2017Doc Holliday1337.972.8
2016Doc Holliday1021.529.4
2015Doc Holliday1243.458.5
2014Doc Holliday1388.672.8