2014–2026 performance history

Maryland over time

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

Big TenHead coach: Mike LocksleyView Maryland games →
Offense · 2026 estimate31.6/100

69.9 average through 2 games

23.3 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate53.4/100

96.4 average through 2 games

36.5 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.

Maryland 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.Edsall · ’14–’15Randy Edsall, 2014–2015Durkin · ’16–’17D.J. Durkin, 2016–2017CanadaMatt Canada, 2018Locksley · ’19–’26Mike Locksley, 2019–2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Maryland vs. James Madison · W 52–7; offense 44.2 percentile2014 Week 2: Maryland at South Florida · W 24–17; offense 31.7 percentile2014 Week 3: Maryland vs. West Virginia · L 37–40; offense 42.3 percentile2014 Week 4: Maryland at Syracuse · W 34–20; offense 70.9 percentile2014 Week 6: Maryland vs. Ohio State · L 24–52; offense 47.2 percentile2014 Week 8: Maryland vs. Iowa · W 38–31; offense 42.7 percentile2014 Week 9: Maryland at Wisconsin · L 7–52; offense 2.2 percentile2014 Week 10: Maryland at Penn State · W 20–19; offense 11.2 percentile2014 Week 12: Maryland vs. Michigan State · L 15–37; offense 7.2 percentile2014 Week 13: Maryland at Michigan · W 23–16; offense 76.7 percentile2014 Week 14: Maryland vs. Rutgers · L 38–41; offense 86.1 percentile2014 Week 1: Maryland vs. Stanford · L 21–45; offense 27.0 percentile2015 Week 1: Maryland vs. Richmond · W 50–21; offense 63.1 percentile2015 Week 2: Maryland vs. Bowling Green · L 27–48; offense 42.8 percentile2015 Week 3: Maryland vs. South Florida · W 35–17; offense 85.0 percentile2015 Week 4: Maryland at West Virginia · L 6–45; offense 36.4 percentile2015 Week 5: Maryland vs. Michigan · L 0–28; offense 0.2 percentile2015 Week 6: Maryland at Ohio State · L 28–49; offense 88.8 percentile2015 Week 8: Maryland vs. Penn State · L 30–31; offense 73.2 percentile2015 Week 9: Maryland at Iowa · L 15–31; offense 36.8 percentile2015 Week 10: Maryland vs. Wisconsin · L 24–31; offense 51.6 percentile2015 Week 11: Maryland at Michigan State · L 7–24; offense 8.6 percentile2015 Week 12: Maryland vs. Indiana · L 28–47; offense 17.4 percentile2015 Week 13: Maryland at Rutgers · W 46–41; offense 71.8 percentile2016 Week 1: Maryland vs. Howard · W 52–13; offense 67.2 percentile2016 Week 2: Maryland at Florida International · W 41–14; offense 75.1 percentile2016 Week 3: Maryland at UCF · W 30–24; offense 49.9 percentile2016 Week 5: Maryland vs. Purdue · W 50–7; offense 81.9 percentile2016 Week 6: Maryland at Penn State · L 14–38; offense 36.9 percentile2016 Week 7: Maryland vs. Minnesota · L 10–31; offense 26.9 percentile2016 Week 8: Maryland vs. Michigan State · W 28–17; offense 47.4 percentile2016 Week 9: Maryland at Indiana · L 36–42; offense 94.6 percentile2016 Week 10: Maryland at Michigan · L 3–59; offense 39.5 percentile2016 Week 11: Maryland vs. Ohio State · L 3–62; offense 2.0 percentile2016 Week 12: Maryland at Nebraska · L 7–28; offense 3.1 percentile2016 Week 13: Maryland vs. Rutgers · W 31–13; offense 39.1 percentile2016 Week 1: Maryland vs. Boston College · L 30–36; offense 39.4 percentile2017 Week 1: Maryland at Texas · W 51–41; offense 96.3 percentile2017 Week 2: Maryland vs. Towson · W 63–17; offense 80.9 percentile2017 Week 4: Maryland vs. UCF · L 10–38; offense 1.9 percentile2017 Week 5: Maryland at Minnesota · W 31–24; offense 73.6 percentile2017 Week 6: Maryland at Ohio State · L 14–62; offense 1.7 percentile2017 Week 7: Maryland vs. Northwestern · L 21–37; offense 30.3 percentile2017 Week 8: Maryland at Wisconsin · L 13–38; offense 81.9 percentile2017 Week 9: Maryland vs. Indiana · W 42–39; offense 69.1 percentile2017 Week 10: Maryland at Rutgers · L 24–31; offense 60.7 percentile2017 Week 11: Maryland vs. Michigan · L 10–35; offense 49.4 percentile2017 Week 12: Maryland at Michigan State · L 7–17; offense 11.5 percentile2017 Week 13: Maryland vs. Penn State · L 3–66; offense 7.7 percentile2018 Week 1: Maryland vs. Texas · W 34–29; offense 31.2 percentile2018 Week 2: Maryland at Bowling Green · W 45–14; offense 89.4 percentile2018 Week 3: Maryland vs. Temple · L 14–35; offense 24.1 percentile2018 Week 4: Maryland vs. Minnesota · W 42–13; offense 93.0 percentile2018 Week 6: Maryland at Michigan · L 21–42; offense 42.9 percentile2018 Week 7: Maryland vs. Rutgers · W 34–7; offense 82.2 percentile2018 Week 8: Maryland at Iowa · L 0–23; offense 7.3 percentile2018 Week 9: Maryland vs. Illinois · W 63–33; offense 88.1 percentile2018 Week 10: Maryland vs. Michigan State · L 3–24; offense 11.9 percentile2018 Week 11: Maryland at Indiana · L 32–34; offense 74.6 percentile2018 Week 12: Maryland vs. Ohio State · L 51–52; offense 68.3 percentile2018 Week 13: Maryland at Penn State · L 3–38; offense 12.1 percentile2019 Week 1: Maryland vs. Howard · W 79–0; offense 54.5 percentile2019 Week 2: Maryland vs. Syracuse · W 63–20; offense 97.6 percentile2019 Week 3: Maryland at Temple · L 17–20; offense 4.5 percentile2019 Week 5: Maryland vs. Penn State · L 0–59; offense 2.6 percentile2019 Week 6: Maryland at Rutgers · W 48–7; offense 55.2 percentile2019 Week 7: Maryland at Purdue · L 14–40; offense 36.4 percentile2019 Week 8: Maryland vs. Indiana · L 28–34; offense 67.3 percentile2019 Week 9: Maryland at Minnesota · L 10–52; offense 39.0 percentile2019 Week 10: Maryland vs. Michigan · L 7–38; offense 14.9 percentile2019 Week 11: Maryland at Ohio State · L 14–73; offense 14.8 percentile2019 Week 13: Maryland vs. Nebraska · L 7–54; offense 5.0 percentile2019 Week 14: Maryland at Michigan State · L 16–19; offense 40.9 percentile2020 Week 8: Maryland at Northwestern · L 3–43; offense 24.7 percentile2020 Week 9: Maryland vs. Minnesota · W 45–44; offense 93.1 percentile2020 Week 10: Maryland at Penn State · W 35–19; offense 89.0 percentile2020 Week 13: Maryland at Indiana · L 11–27; offense 16.5 percentile2020 Week 15: Maryland vs. Rutgers · L 24–27; offense 37.0 percentile2021 Week 1: Maryland vs. West Virginia · W 30–24; offense 49.8 percentile2021 Week 2: Maryland vs. Howard · W 62–0; offense 63.3 percentile2021 Week 4: Maryland vs. Kent State · W 37–16; offense 50.4 percentile2021 Week 5: Maryland vs. Iowa · L 14–51; offense 57.4 percentile2021 Week 6: Maryland at Ohio State · L 17–66; offense 25.0 percentile2021 Week 8: Maryland at Minnesota · L 16–34; offense 56.4 percentile2021 Week 9: Maryland vs. Indiana · W 38–35; offense 32.3 percentile2021 Week 10: Maryland vs. Penn State · L 14–31; offense 33.1 percentile2021 Week 11: Maryland at Michigan State · L 21–40; offense 50.3 percentile2021 Week 12: Maryland vs. Michigan · L 18–59; offense 48.9 percentile2021 Week 13: Maryland at Rutgers · W 40–16; offense 97.7 percentile2021 Week 1: Maryland vs. Virginia Tech · W 54–10; offense 98.3 percentile2022 Week 1: Maryland vs. Buffalo · W 31–10; offense 47.8 percentile2022 Week 3: Maryland vs. SMU · W 34–27; offense 75.1 percentile2022 Week 4: Maryland at Michigan · L 27–34; offense 90.4 percentile2022 Week 5: Maryland vs. Michigan State · W 27–13; offense 62.1 percentile2022 Week 6: Maryland vs. Purdue · L 29–31; offense 50.3 percentile2022 Week 7: Maryland at Indiana · W 38–33; offense 79.2 percentile2022 Week 8: Maryland vs. Northwestern · W 31–24; offense 69.3 percentile2022 Week 10: Maryland at Wisconsin · L 10–23; offense 12.2 percentile2022 Week 11: Maryland at Penn State · L 0–30; offense 8.3 percentile2022 Week 12: Maryland vs. Ohio State · L 30–43; offense 72.5 percentile2022 Week 13: Maryland vs. Rutgers · W 37–0; offense 68.8 percentile2022 Week 1: Maryland vs. NC State · W 16–12; offense 25.8 percentile2023 Week 1: Maryland vs. Towson · W 38–6; offense 49.7 percentile2023 Week 2: Maryland vs. Charlotte · W 38–20; offense 92.3 percentile2023 Week 3: Maryland vs. Virginia · W 42–14; offense 70.7 percentile2023 Week 4: Maryland at Michigan State · W 31–9; offense 45.6 percentile2023 Week 5: Maryland vs. Indiana · W 44–17; offense 73.3 percentile2023 Week 6: Maryland at Ohio State · L 17–37; offense 63.2 percentile2023 Week 7: Maryland vs. Illinois · L 24–27; offense 37.4 percentile2023 Week 9: Maryland at Northwestern · L 27–33; offense 71.7 percentile2023 Week 10: Maryland vs. Penn State · L 15–51; offense 26.5 percentile2023 Week 11: Maryland at Nebraska · W 13–10; offense 82.2 percentile2023 Week 12: Maryland vs. Michigan · L 24–31; offense 62.2 percentile2023 Week 13: Maryland at Rutgers · W 42–24; offense 86.2 percentile2023 Week 1: Maryland vs. Auburn · W 31–13; offense 59.4 percentile2024 Week 1: Maryland vs. UConn · W 50–7; offense 83.6 percentile2024 Week 2: Maryland vs. Michigan State · L 24–27; offense 36.0 percentile2024 Week 3: Maryland at Virginia · W 27–13; offense 41.6 percentile2024 Week 4: Maryland vs. Villanova · W 38–20; offense 68.9 percentile2024 Week 5: Maryland at Indiana · L 28–42; offense 63.4 percentile2024 Week 7: Maryland vs. Northwestern · L 10–37; offense 3.7 percentile2024 Week 8: Maryland vs. USC · W 29–28; offense 26.1 percentile2024 Week 9: Maryland at Minnesota · L 23–48; offense 56.5 percentile2024 Week 11: Maryland at Oregon · L 18–39; offense 33.6 percentile2024 Week 12: Maryland vs. Rutgers · L 17–31; offense 40.9 percentile2024 Week 13: Maryland vs. Iowa · L 13–29; offense 22.8 percentile2024 Week 14: Maryland at Penn State · L 7–44; offense 33.1 percentile2025 Week 1: Maryland vs. Florida Atlantic · W 39–7; offense 8.1 percentile2025 Week 2: Maryland vs. Northern Illinois · W 20–9; offense 22.8 percentile2025 Week 3: Maryland vs. Towson · W 44–17; offense 29.5 percentile2025 Week 4: Maryland at Wisconsin · W 27–10; offense 31.3 percentile2025 Week 6: Maryland vs. Washington · L 20–24; offense 25.6 percentile2025 Week 7: Maryland vs. Nebraska · L 31–34; offense 24.1 percentile2025 Week 8: Maryland at UCLA · L 17–20; offense 2.7 percentile2025 Week 10: Maryland vs. Indiana · L 10–55; offense 44.0 percentile2025 Week 11: Maryland at Rutgers · L 20–35; offense 26.8 percentile2025 Week 12: Maryland at Illinois · L 6–24; offense 3.5 percentile2025 Week 13: Maryland vs. Michigan · L 20–45; offense 40.3 percentile2025 Week 14: Maryland vs. Michigan State · L 28–38; offense 70.7 percentile2026 Week 1: Maryland vs. Hampton · W 62–0; offense 74.5 percentile2026 Week 2: Maryland at UConn · W 38–14; offense 65.0 percentile2014 offense season mean: 36.9 percentile2015 offense season mean: 42.6 percentile2016 offense season mean: 43.5 percentile2017 offense season mean: 42.1 percentile2018 offense season mean: 52.6 percentile2019 offense season mean: 32.1 percentile2020 offense season mean: 55.8 percentile2021 offense season mean: 60.6 percentile2022 offense season mean: 54.8 percentile2023 offense season mean: 65.0 percentile2024 offense season mean: 40.6 percentile2025 offense season mean: 23.3 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 31.6 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 69.9 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Maryland vs. James Madison · W 52–7; defense 53.1 percentile2014 Week 2: Maryland at South Florida · W 24–17; defense 92.3 percentile2014 Week 3: Maryland vs. West Virginia · L 37–40; defense 44.1 percentile2014 Week 4: Maryland at Syracuse · W 34–20; defense 23.9 percentile2014 Week 6: Maryland vs. Ohio State · L 24–52; defense 34.3 percentile2014 Week 8: Maryland vs. Iowa · W 38–31; defense 59.1 percentile2014 Week 9: Maryland at Wisconsin · L 7–52; defense 14.2 percentile2014 Week 10: Maryland at Penn State · W 20–19; defense 89.5 percentile2014 Week 12: Maryland vs. Michigan State · L 15–37; defense 57.3 percentile2014 Week 13: Maryland at Michigan · W 23–16; defense 34.7 percentile2014 Week 14: Maryland vs. Rutgers · L 38–41; defense 21.4 percentile2014 Week 1: Maryland vs. Stanford · L 21–45; defense 27.6 percentile2015 Week 1: Maryland vs. Richmond · W 50–21; defense 32.6 percentile2015 Week 2: Maryland vs. Bowling Green · L 27–48; defense 47.8 percentile2015 Week 3: Maryland vs. South Florida · W 35–17; defense 63.5 percentile2015 Week 4: Maryland at West Virginia · L 6–45; defense 10.9 percentile2015 Week 5: Maryland vs. Michigan · L 0–28; defense 86.2 percentile2015 Week 6: Maryland at Ohio State · L 28–49; defense 43.7 percentile2015 Week 8: Maryland vs. Penn State · L 30–31; defense 50.3 percentile2015 Week 9: Maryland at Iowa · L 15–31; defense 74.1 percentile2015 Week 10: Maryland vs. Wisconsin · L 24–31; defense 72.5 percentile2015 Week 11: Maryland at Michigan State · L 7–24; defense 89.8 percentile2015 Week 12: Maryland vs. Indiana · L 28–47; defense 39.8 percentile2015 Week 13: Maryland at Rutgers · W 46–41; defense 33.7 percentile2016 Week 1: Maryland vs. Howard · W 52–13; defense 62.3 percentile2016 Week 2: Maryland at Florida International · W 41–14; defense 71.6 percentile2016 Week 3: Maryland at UCF · W 30–24; defense 40.5 percentile2016 Week 5: Maryland vs. Purdue · W 50–7; defense 97.7 percentile2016 Week 6: Maryland at Penn State · L 14–38; defense 31.5 percentile2016 Week 7: Maryland vs. Minnesota · L 10–31; defense 56.9 percentile2016 Week 8: Maryland vs. Michigan State · W 28–17; defense 35.8 percentile2016 Week 9: Maryland at Indiana · L 36–42; defense 1.0 percentile2016 Week 10: Maryland at Michigan · L 3–59; defense 1.6 percentile2016 Week 11: Maryland vs. Ohio State · L 3–62; defense 7.4 percentile2016 Week 12: Maryland at Nebraska · L 7–28; defense 41.3 percentile2016 Week 13: Maryland vs. Rutgers · W 31–13; defense 27.7 percentile2016 Week 1: Maryland vs. Boston College · L 30–36; defense 30.7 percentile2017 Week 1: Maryland at Texas · W 51–41; defense 31.8 percentile2017 Week 2: Maryland vs. Towson · W 63–17; defense 20.8 percentile2017 Week 4: Maryland vs. UCF · L 10–38; defense 70.2 percentile2017 Week 5: Maryland at Minnesota · W 31–24; defense 41.1 percentile2017 Week 6: Maryland at Ohio State · L 14–62; defense 37.1 percentile2017 Week 7: Maryland vs. Northwestern · L 21–37; defense 15.8 percentile2017 Week 8: Maryland at Wisconsin · L 13–38; defense 14.3 percentile2017 Week 9: Maryland vs. Indiana · W 42–39; defense 27.0 percentile2017 Week 10: Maryland at Rutgers · L 24–31; defense 5.8 percentile2017 Week 11: Maryland vs. Michigan · L 10–35; defense 36.8 percentile2017 Week 12: Maryland at Michigan State · L 7–17; defense 59.1 percentile2017 Week 13: Maryland vs. Penn State · L 3–66; defense 9.5 percentile2018 Week 1: Maryland vs. Texas · W 34–29; defense 78.3 percentile2018 Week 2: Maryland at Bowling Green · W 45–14; defense 92.4 percentile2018 Week 3: Maryland vs. Temple · L 14–35; defense 63.4 percentile2018 Week 4: Maryland vs. Minnesota · W 42–13; defense 83.5 percentile2018 Week 6: Maryland at Michigan · L 21–42; defense 18.3 percentile2018 Week 7: Maryland vs. Rutgers · W 34–7; defense 66.5 percentile2018 Week 8: Maryland at Iowa · L 0–23; defense 42.0 percentile2018 Week 9: Maryland vs. Illinois · W 63–33; defense 36.2 percentile2018 Week 10: Maryland vs. Michigan State · L 3–24; defense 23.9 percentile2018 Week 11: Maryland at Indiana · L 32–34; defense 24.8 percentile2018 Week 12: Maryland vs. Ohio State · L 51–52; defense 14.7 percentile2018 Week 13: Maryland at Penn State · L 3–38; defense 7.5 percentile2019 Week 1: Maryland vs. Howard · W 79–0; defense 91.8 percentile2019 Week 2: Maryland vs. Syracuse · W 63–20; defense 31.0 percentile2019 Week 3: Maryland at Temple · L 17–20; defense 72.1 percentile2019 Week 5: Maryland vs. Penn State · L 0–59; defense 2.9 percentile2019 Week 6: Maryland at Rutgers · W 48–7; defense 80.8 percentile2019 Week 7: Maryland at Purdue · L 14–40; defense 8.0 percentile2019 Week 8: Maryland vs. Indiana · L 28–34; defense 17.9 percentile2019 Week 9: Maryland at Minnesota · L 10–52; defense 9.0 percentile2019 Week 10: Maryland vs. Michigan · L 7–38; defense 35.0 percentile2019 Week 11: Maryland at Ohio State · L 14–73; defense 7.4 percentile2019 Week 13: Maryland vs. Nebraska · L 7–54; defense 14.0 percentile2019 Week 14: Maryland at Michigan State · L 16–19; defense 62.6 percentile2020 Week 8: Maryland at Northwestern · L 3–43; defense 2.1 percentile2020 Week 9: Maryland vs. Minnesota · W 45–44; defense 12.9 percentile2020 Week 10: Maryland at Penn State · W 35–19; defense 66.2 percentile2020 Week 13: Maryland at Indiana · L 11–27; defense 49.1 percentile2020 Week 15: Maryland vs. Rutgers · L 24–27; defense 51.1 percentile2021 Week 1: Maryland vs. West Virginia · W 30–24; defense 51.8 percentile2021 Week 2: Maryland vs. Howard · W 62–0; defense 71.4 percentile2021 Week 4: Maryland vs. Kent State · W 37–16; defense 91.9 percentile2021 Week 5: Maryland vs. Iowa · L 14–51; defense 18.3 percentile2021 Week 6: Maryland at Ohio State · L 17–66; defense 10.2 percentile2021 Week 8: Maryland at Minnesota · L 16–34; defense 4.9 percentile2021 Week 9: Maryland vs. Indiana · W 38–35; defense 12.3 percentile2021 Week 10: Maryland vs. Penn State · L 14–31; defense 29.6 percentile2021 Week 11: Maryland at Michigan State · L 21–40; defense 14.9 percentile2021 Week 12: Maryland vs. Michigan · L 18–59; defense 20.6 percentile2021 Week 13: Maryland at Rutgers · W 40–16; defense 49.3 percentile2021 Week 1: Maryland vs. Virginia Tech · W 54–10; defense 86.6 percentile2022 Week 1: Maryland vs. Buffalo · W 31–10; defense 93.4 percentile2022 Week 3: Maryland vs. SMU · W 34–27; defense 79.7 percentile2022 Week 4: Maryland at Michigan · L 27–34; defense 43.6 percentile2022 Week 5: Maryland vs. Michigan State · W 27–13; defense 42.9 percentile2022 Week 6: Maryland vs. Purdue · L 29–31; defense 50.2 percentile2022 Week 7: Maryland at Indiana · W 38–33; defense 23.8 percentile2022 Week 8: Maryland vs. Northwestern · W 31–24; defense 5.0 percentile2022 Week 10: Maryland at Wisconsin · L 10–23; defense 58.6 percentile2022 Week 11: Maryland at Penn State · L 0–30; defense 43.1 percentile2022 Week 12: Maryland vs. Ohio State · L 30–43; defense 71.8 percentile2022 Week 13: Maryland vs. Rutgers · W 37–0; defense 96.9 percentile2022 Week 1: Maryland vs. NC State · W 16–12; defense 92.6 percentile2023 Week 1: Maryland vs. Towson · W 38–6; defense 34.1 percentile2023 Week 2: Maryland vs. Charlotte · W 38–20; defense 68.9 percentile2023 Week 3: Maryland vs. Virginia · W 42–14; defense 47.4 percentile2023 Week 4: Maryland at Michigan State · W 31–9; defense 39.1 percentile2023 Week 5: Maryland vs. Indiana · W 44–17; defense 77.4 percentile2023 Week 6: Maryland at Ohio State · L 17–37; defense 57.0 percentile2023 Week 7: Maryland vs. Illinois · L 24–27; defense 55.1 percentile2023 Week 9: Maryland at Northwestern · L 27–33; defense 39.8 percentile2023 Week 10: Maryland vs. Penn State · L 15–51; defense 16.1 percentile2023 Week 11: Maryland at Nebraska · W 13–10; defense 62.1 percentile2023 Week 12: Maryland vs. Michigan · L 24–31; defense 84.1 percentile2023 Week 13: Maryland at Rutgers · W 42–24; defense 59.9 percentile2023 Week 1: Maryland vs. Auburn · W 31–13; defense 86.9 percentile2024 Week 1: Maryland vs. UConn · W 50–7; defense 88.9 percentile2024 Week 2: Maryland vs. Michigan State · L 24–27; defense 23.4 percentile2024 Week 3: Maryland at Virginia · W 27–13; defense 48.8 percentile2024 Week 4: Maryland vs. Villanova · W 38–20; defense 49.0 percentile2024 Week 5: Maryland at Indiana · L 28–42; defense 22.6 percentile2024 Week 7: Maryland vs. Northwestern · L 10–37; defense 35.8 percentile2024 Week 8: Maryland vs. USC · W 29–28; defense 71.3 percentile2024 Week 9: Maryland at Minnesota · L 23–48; defense 24.4 percentile2024 Week 11: Maryland at Oregon · L 18–39; defense 55.5 percentile2024 Week 12: Maryland vs. Rutgers · L 17–31; defense 47.3 percentile2024 Week 13: Maryland vs. Iowa · L 13–29; defense 44.3 percentile2024 Week 14: Maryland at Penn State · L 7–44; defense 77.5 percentile2025 Week 1: Maryland vs. Florida Atlantic · W 39–7; defense 98.3 percentile2025 Week 2: Maryland vs. Northern Illinois · W 20–9; defense 82.5 percentile2025 Week 3: Maryland vs. Towson · W 44–17; defense 33.4 percentile2025 Week 4: Maryland at Wisconsin · W 27–10; defense 82.8 percentile2025 Week 6: Maryland vs. Washington · L 20–24; defense 74.9 percentile2025 Week 7: Maryland vs. Nebraska · L 31–34; defense 9.8 percentile2025 Week 8: Maryland at UCLA · L 17–20; defense 48.7 percentile2025 Week 10: Maryland vs. Indiana · L 10–55; defense 3.8 percentile2025 Week 11: Maryland at Rutgers · L 20–35; defense 3.4 percentile2025 Week 12: Maryland at Illinois · L 6–24; defense 31.8 percentile2025 Week 13: Maryland vs. Michigan · L 20–45; defense 13.6 percentile2025 Week 14: Maryland vs. Michigan State · L 28–38; defense 2.8 percentile2026 Week 1: Maryland vs. Hampton · W 62–0; defense 84.1 percentile2026 Week 2: Maryland at UConn · W 38–14; defense 99.5 percentile2014 defense season mean: 46.9 percentile2015 defense season mean: 54.6 percentile2016 defense season mean: 34.2 percentile2017 defense season mean: 28.1 percentile2018 defense season mean: 45.4 percentile2019 defense season mean: 31.4 percentile2020 defense season mean: 29.2 percentile2021 defense season mean: 36.0 percentile2022 defense season mean: 61.7 percentile2023 defense season mean: 56.8 percentile2024 defense season mean: 49.6 percentile2025 defense season mean: 36.5 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 53.4 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 96.4 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2016D.J. Durkin
2018Matt Canada
2019Mike Locksley

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 estimateMike Locksley2
31.6 estimate69.9 games-only average
53.4 estimate96.4 games-only average
2025Mike Locksley1223.336.5
2024Mike Locksley1240.649.6
2023Mike Locksley1365.056.8
2022Mike Locksley1254.861.7
2021Mike Locksley1260.636.0
2020Mike Locksley555.829.2
2019Mike LocksleyCoaching change1232.131.4
2018Matt CanadaCoaching change1252.645.4
2017D.J. Durkin1242.128.1
2016D.J. DurkinCoaching change1343.534.2
2015Randy Edsall1242.654.6
2014Randy Edsall1236.946.9