2014–2026 performance history

Massachusetts over time

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

Mid-AmericanHead coach: Joe HarasymiakView Massachusetts games →
Offense · 2026 estimate10.8/100

51.5 average through 2 games

6.0 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate14.9/100

59.6 average through 2 games

8.7 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.

Massachusetts 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.Whipple · ’14–’18Mark Whipple, 2014–2018Bell · ’19–’21Walt Bell, 2019–2021Brown · ’22–’24Don Brown, 2022–2024Harasymiak · ’25–’26Joe Harasymiak, 2025–2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Massachusetts vs. Boston College · L 7–30; offense 43.0 percentile2014 Week 2: Massachusetts vs. Colorado · L 38–41; offense 21.5 percentile2014 Week 3: Massachusetts at Vanderbilt · L 31–34; offense 39.2 percentile2014 Week 4: Massachusetts at Penn State · L 7–48; offense 9.3 percentile2014 Week 5: Massachusetts vs. Bowling Green · L 42–47; offense 29.8 percentile2014 Week 6: Massachusetts at Miami (OH) · L 41–42; offense 67.7 percentile2014 Week 7: Massachusetts at Kent State · W 40–17; offense 68.7 percentile2014 Week 8: Massachusetts vs. Eastern Michigan · W 36–14; offense 71.5 percentile2014 Week 9: Massachusetts at Toledo · L 35–42; offense 60.5 percentile2014 Week 12: Massachusetts vs. Ball State · W 24–10; offense 33.2 percentile2014 Week 13: Massachusetts at Akron · L 6–30; offense 14.1 percentile2014 Week 14: Massachusetts vs. Buffalo · L 21–41; offense 32.7 percentile2015 Week 2: Massachusetts at Colorado · L 14–48; offense 18.7 percentile2015 Week 3: Massachusetts vs. Temple · L 23–25; offense 33.0 percentile2015 Week 4: Massachusetts at Notre Dame · L 27–62; offense 44.1 percentile2015 Week 5: Massachusetts vs. Florida International · W 24–14; offense 38.8 percentile2015 Week 6: Massachusetts at Bowling Green · L 38–62; offense 90.7 percentile2015 Week 7: Massachusetts vs. Kent State · L 10–15; offense 6.3 percentile2015 Week 8: Massachusetts vs. Toledo · L 35–51; offense 56.5 percentile2015 Week 9: Massachusetts at Ball State · L 10–20; offense 35.4 percentile2015 Week 10: Massachusetts vs. Akron · L 13–17; offense 13.2 percentile2015 Week 11: Massachusetts at Eastern Michigan · W 28–17; offense 34.1 percentile2015 Week 12: Massachusetts vs. Miami (OH) · L 13–20; offense 18.1 percentile2015 Week 13: Massachusetts at Buffalo · W 31–26; offense 63.5 percentile2016 Week 1: Massachusetts at Florida · L 7–24; offense 20.4 percentile2016 Week 2: Massachusetts vs. Boston College · L 7–26; offense 0.6 percentile2016 Week 3: Massachusetts vs. Florida International · W 21–13; offense 17.3 percentile2016 Week 4: Massachusetts vs. Mississippi State · L 35–47; offense 43.9 percentile2016 Week 5: Massachusetts vs. Tulane · L 24–31; offense 63.0 percentile2016 Week 6: Massachusetts at Old Dominion · L 16–36; offense 36.3 percentile2016 Week 7: Massachusetts vs. Louisiana Tech · L 28–56; offense 37.2 percentile2016 Week 8: Massachusetts at South Carolina · L 28–34; offense 32.2 percentile2016 Week 9: Massachusetts vs. Wagner · W 34–10; offense 49.3 percentile2016 Week 10: Massachusetts at Troy · L 31–52; offense 69.8 percentile2016 Week 12: Massachusetts at BYU · L 9–51; offense 24.1 percentile2016 Week 13: Massachusetts at Hawai'i · L 40–46; offense 40.6 percentile2017 Week 1: Massachusetts vs. Hawai'i · L 35–38; offense 21.2 percentile2017 Week 1: Massachusetts at Coastal Carolina · L 28–38; offense 25.0 percentile2017 Week 2: Massachusetts vs. Old Dominion · L 7–17; offense 8.4 percentile2017 Week 3: Massachusetts at Temple · L 21–29; offense 58.2 percentile2017 Week 4: Massachusetts at Tennessee · L 13–17; offense 6.8 percentile2017 Week 5: Massachusetts vs. Ohio · L 50–58; offense 83.1 percentile2017 Week 8: Massachusetts vs. Georgia Southern · W 55–20; offense 91.5 percentile2017 Week 9: Massachusetts vs. App State · W 30–27; offense 42.3 percentile2017 Week 10: Massachusetts at Mississippi State · L 23–34; offense 33.6 percentile2017 Week 11: Massachusetts vs. Maine · W 44–31; offense 12.0 percentile2017 Week 12: Massachusetts at BYU · W 16–10; offense 8.2 percentile2017 Week 14: Massachusetts at Florida International · L 45–63; offense 91.9 percentile2018 Week 1: Massachusetts vs. Duquesne · W 63–15; offense 67.1 percentile2018 Week 1: Massachusetts at Boston College · L 21–55; offense 20.4 percentile2018 Week 2: Massachusetts at Georgia Southern · L 13–34; offense 54.4 percentile2018 Week 3: Massachusetts at Florida International · L 24–63; offense 77.3 percentile2018 Week 4: Massachusetts vs. Charlotte · W 49–31; offense 69.7 percentile2018 Week 5: Massachusetts at Ohio · L 42–58; offense 74.0 percentile2018 Week 6: Massachusetts vs. South Florida · L 42–58; offense 32.8 percentile2018 Week 8: Massachusetts vs. Coastal Carolina · L 13–24; offense 2.8 percentile2018 Week 9: Massachusetts at UConn · W 22–17; offense 5.2 percentile2018 Week 11: Massachusetts vs. BYU · L 16–35; offense 13.8 percentile2018 Week 12: Massachusetts at Georgia · L 27–66; offense 78.5 percentile2019 Week 1: Massachusetts at Rutgers · L 21–48; offense 25.0 percentile2019 Week 2: Massachusetts vs. Southern Illinois · L 20–45; offense 1.3 percentile2019 Week 3: Massachusetts at Charlotte · L 17–52; offense 19.4 percentile2019 Week 5: Massachusetts vs. Akron · W 37–29; offense 61.4 percentile2019 Week 6: Massachusetts at Florida International · L 0–44; offense 0.3 percentile2019 Week 7: Massachusetts at Louisiana Tech · L 21–69; offense 17.3 percentile2019 Week 9: Massachusetts vs. UConn · L 35–56; offense 16.1 percentile2019 Week 10: Massachusetts vs. Liberty · L 21–63; offense 5.0 percentile2019 Week 11: Massachusetts at Army · L 7–63; offense 0.4 percentile2019 Week 12: Massachusetts at Northwestern · L 6–45; offense 9.8 percentile2019 Week 13: Massachusetts vs. BYU · L 24–56; offense 2.6 percentile2020 Week 7: Massachusetts at Georgia Southern · L 0–41; offense 11.7 percentile2020 Week 10: Massachusetts at Marshall · L 10–51; offense 19.1 percentile2020 Week 12: Massachusetts at Florida Atlantic · L 2–24; offense 4.5 percentile2020 Week 13: Massachusetts at Liberty · L 0–45; offense 6.2 percentile2021 Week 2: Massachusetts vs. Boston College · L 28–45; offense 37.7 percentile2021 Week 3: Massachusetts vs. Eastern Michigan · L 28–42; offense 44.1 percentile2021 Week 4: Massachusetts at Coastal Carolina · L 3–53; offense 6.6 percentile2021 Week 5: Massachusetts vs. Toledo · L 7–45; offense 0.8 percentile2021 Week 6: Massachusetts vs. UConn · W 27–13; offense 10.7 percentile2021 Week 8: Massachusetts at Florida State · L 3–59; offense 21.5 percentile2021 Week 9: Massachusetts at Liberty · L 17–62; offense 43.2 percentile2021 Week 10: Massachusetts vs. Rhode Island · L 22–35; offense 6.0 percentile2021 Week 11: Massachusetts vs. Maine · L 10–35; offense 7.1 percentile2021 Week 12: Massachusetts at Army · L 17–33; offense 31.4 percentile2021 Week 13: Massachusetts at New Mexico State · L 27–44; offense 69.7 percentile2022 Week 2: Massachusetts at Toledo · L 10–55; offense 12.7 percentile2022 Week 3: Massachusetts vs. Stony Brook · W 20–3; offense 4.2 percentile2022 Week 4: Massachusetts at Temple · L 0–28; offense 9.8 percentile2022 Week 5: Massachusetts at Eastern Michigan · L 13–20; offense 15.5 percentile2022 Week 6: Massachusetts vs. Liberty · L 24–42; offense 12.9 percentile2022 Week 7: Massachusetts vs. Buffalo · L 7–34; offense 2.4 percentile2022 Week 9: Massachusetts vs. New Mexico State · L 13–23; offense 6.6 percentile2022 Week 10: Massachusetts at UConn · L 10–27; offense 14.1 percentile2022 Week 11: Massachusetts at Arkansas State · L 33–35; offense 36.0 percentile2022 Week 12: Massachusetts at Texas A&M · L 3–20; offense 7.4 percentile2022 Week 13: Massachusetts vs. Army · L 7–44; offense 0.7 percentile2023 Week 1: Massachusetts at New Mexico State · W 41–30; offense 72.1 percentile2023 Week 1: Massachusetts at Auburn · L 14–59; offense 34.8 percentile2023 Week 2: Massachusetts vs. Miami (OH) · L 28–41; offense 35.7 percentile2023 Week 3: Massachusetts at Eastern Michigan · L 17–19; offense 46.1 percentile2023 Week 4: Massachusetts vs. New Mexico · L 31–34; offense 44.3 percentile2023 Week 5: Massachusetts vs. Arkansas State · L 28–52; offense 54.1 percentile2023 Week 6: Massachusetts vs. Toledo · L 24–41; offense 85.3 percentile2023 Week 7: Massachusetts at Penn State · L 0–63; offense 12.0 percentile2023 Week 9: Massachusetts at Army · W 21–14; offense 73.5 percentile2023 Week 10: Massachusetts vs. Merrimack · W 31–21; offense 28.9 percentile2023 Week 12: Massachusetts at Liberty · L 25–49; offense 40.7 percentile2023 Week 13: Massachusetts vs. UConn · L 18–31; offense 15.9 percentile2024 Week 1: Massachusetts vs. Eastern Michigan · L 14–28; offense 21.3 percentile2024 Week 2: Massachusetts at Toledo · L 23–38; offense 27.3 percentile2024 Week 3: Massachusetts at Buffalo · L 3–34; offense 3.7 percentile2024 Week 4: Massachusetts vs. Central Connecticut · W 35–31; offense 17.5 percentile2024 Week 5: Massachusetts at Miami (OH) · L 20–23; offense 76.1 percentile2024 Week 6: Massachusetts at Northern Illinois · L 20–34; offense 80.0 percentile2024 Week 7: Massachusetts vs. Missouri · L 3–45; offense 12.8 percentile2024 Week 9: Massachusetts vs. Wagner · W 35–7; offense 60.7 percentile2024 Week 10: Massachusetts at Mississippi State · L 20–45; offense 13.7 percentile2024 Week 12: Massachusetts vs. Liberty · L 34–35; offense 62.9 percentile2024 Week 13: Massachusetts at Georgia · L 21–59; offense 91.1 percentile2024 Week 14: Massachusetts vs. UConn · L 42–47; offense 73.1 percentile2025 Week 1: Massachusetts vs. Temple · L 10–42; offense 1.7 percentile2025 Week 2: Massachusetts vs. Bryant · L 26–27; offense 3.1 percentile2025 Week 3: Massachusetts at Iowa · L 7–47; offense 2.6 percentile2025 Week 5: Massachusetts at Missouri · L 6–42; offense 3.4 percentile2025 Week 6: Massachusetts vs. Western Michigan · L 3–21; offense 5.2 percentile2025 Week 7: Massachusetts at Kent State · L 6–42; offense 0.4 percentile2025 Week 8: Massachusetts vs. Buffalo · L 21–28; offense 15.7 percentile2025 Week 9: Massachusetts at Central Michigan · L 13–38; offense 16.7 percentile2025 Week 11: Massachusetts at Akron · L 10–44; offense 12.0 percentile2025 Week 12: Massachusetts vs. Northern Illinois · L 3–45; offense 0.9 percentile2025 Week 13: Massachusetts at Ohio · L 14–42; offense 34.0 percentile2025 Week 14: Massachusetts vs. Bowling Green · L 14–45; offense 23.7 percentile2026 Week 1: Massachusetts at Rutgers · W 37–21; offense 36.8 percentile2026 Week 2: Massachusetts vs. Sacred Heart · W 37–10; offense 65.9 percentile2014 offense season mean: 39.3 percentile2015 offense season mean: 36.1 percentile2016 offense season mean: 31.7 percentile2017 offense season mean: 38.2 percentile2018 offense season mean: 40.5 percentile2019 offense season mean: 7.7 percentile2020 offense season mean: 9.3 percentile2021 offense season mean: 19.2 percentile2022 offense season mean: 8.4 percentile2023 offense season mean: 44.7 percentile2024 offense season mean: 42.6 percentile2025 offense season mean: 6.0 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 10.8 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 51.5 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Massachusetts vs. Boston College · L 7–30; defense 6.8 percentile2014 Week 2: Massachusetts vs. Colorado · L 38–41; defense 32.4 percentile2014 Week 3: Massachusetts at Vanderbilt · L 31–34; defense 32.6 percentile2014 Week 4: Massachusetts at Penn State · L 7–48; defense 5.8 percentile2014 Week 5: Massachusetts vs. Bowling Green · L 42–47; defense 31.2 percentile2014 Week 6: Massachusetts at Miami (OH) · L 41–42; defense 27.8 percentile2014 Week 7: Massachusetts at Kent State · W 40–17; defense 49.9 percentile2014 Week 8: Massachusetts vs. Eastern Michigan · W 36–14; defense 37.2 percentile2014 Week 9: Massachusetts at Toledo · L 35–42; defense 18.7 percentile2014 Week 12: Massachusetts vs. Ball State · W 24–10; defense 86.7 percentile2014 Week 13: Massachusetts at Akron · L 6–30; defense 47.7 percentile2014 Week 14: Massachusetts vs. Buffalo · L 21–41; defense 4.8 percentile2015 Week 2: Massachusetts at Colorado · L 14–48; defense 1.2 percentile2015 Week 3: Massachusetts vs. Temple · L 23–25; defense 78.4 percentile2015 Week 4: Massachusetts at Notre Dame · L 27–62; defense 2.3 percentile2015 Week 5: Massachusetts vs. Florida International · W 24–14; defense 85.1 percentile2015 Week 6: Massachusetts at Bowling Green · L 38–62; defense 6.9 percentile2015 Week 7: Massachusetts vs. Kent State · L 10–15; defense 39.0 percentile2015 Week 8: Massachusetts vs. Toledo · L 35–51; defense 15.7 percentile2015 Week 9: Massachusetts at Ball State · L 10–20; defense 21.5 percentile2015 Week 10: Massachusetts vs. Akron · L 13–17; defense 61.0 percentile2015 Week 11: Massachusetts at Eastern Michigan · W 28–17; defense 90.6 percentile2015 Week 12: Massachusetts vs. Miami (OH) · L 13–20; defense 46.9 percentile2015 Week 13: Massachusetts at Buffalo · W 31–26; defense 45.4 percentile2016 Week 1: Massachusetts at Florida · L 7–24; defense 28.9 percentile2016 Week 2: Massachusetts vs. Boston College · L 7–26; defense 49.5 percentile2016 Week 3: Massachusetts vs. Florida International · W 21–13; defense 79.8 percentile2016 Week 4: Massachusetts vs. Mississippi State · L 35–47; defense 16.3 percentile2016 Week 5: Massachusetts vs. Tulane · L 24–31; defense 21.0 percentile2016 Week 6: Massachusetts at Old Dominion · L 16–36; defense 24.2 percentile2016 Week 7: Massachusetts vs. Louisiana Tech · L 28–56; defense 11.8 percentile2016 Week 8: Massachusetts at South Carolina · L 28–34; defense 15.8 percentile2016 Week 9: Massachusetts vs. Wagner · W 34–10; defense 32.7 percentile2016 Week 10: Massachusetts at Troy · L 31–52; defense 17.9 percentile2016 Week 12: Massachusetts at BYU · L 9–51; defense 23.5 percentile2016 Week 13: Massachusetts at Hawai'i · L 40–46; defense 12.4 percentile2017 Week 1: Massachusetts vs. Hawai'i · L 35–38; defense 25.4 percentile2017 Week 1: Massachusetts at Coastal Carolina · L 28–38; defense 31.3 percentile2017 Week 2: Massachusetts vs. Old Dominion · L 7–17; defense 40.0 percentile2017 Week 3: Massachusetts at Temple · L 21–29; defense 68.0 percentile2017 Week 4: Massachusetts at Tennessee · L 13–17; defense 68.8 percentile2017 Week 5: Massachusetts vs. Ohio · L 50–58; defense 8.4 percentile2017 Week 8: Massachusetts vs. Georgia Southern · W 55–20; defense 61.1 percentile2017 Week 9: Massachusetts vs. App State · W 30–27; defense 92.7 percentile2017 Week 10: Massachusetts at Mississippi State · L 23–34; defense 44.7 percentile2017 Week 11: Massachusetts vs. Maine · W 44–31; defense 34.4 percentile2017 Week 12: Massachusetts at BYU · W 16–10; defense 75.6 percentile2017 Week 14: Massachusetts at Florida International · L 45–63; defense 3.5 percentile2018 Week 1: Massachusetts vs. Duquesne · W 63–15; defense 41.6 percentile2018 Week 1: Massachusetts at Boston College · L 21–55; defense 3.4 percentile2018 Week 2: Massachusetts at Georgia Southern · L 13–34; defense 18.1 percentile2018 Week 3: Massachusetts at Florida International · L 24–63; defense 7.2 percentile2018 Week 4: Massachusetts vs. Charlotte · W 49–31; defense 74.7 percentile2018 Week 5: Massachusetts at Ohio · L 42–58; defense 25.8 percentile2018 Week 6: Massachusetts vs. South Florida · L 42–58; defense 26.6 percentile2018 Week 8: Massachusetts vs. Coastal Carolina · L 13–24; defense 19.8 percentile2018 Week 9: Massachusetts at UConn · W 22–17; defense 48.4 percentile2018 Week 11: Massachusetts vs. BYU · L 16–35; defense 34.8 percentile2018 Week 12: Massachusetts at Georgia · L 27–66; defense 0.5 percentile2019 Week 1: Massachusetts at Rutgers · L 21–48; defense 7.1 percentile2019 Week 2: Massachusetts vs. Southern Illinois · L 20–45; defense 7.5 percentile2019 Week 3: Massachusetts at Charlotte · L 17–52; defense 3.6 percentile2019 Week 5: Massachusetts vs. Akron · W 37–29; defense 6.8 percentile2019 Week 6: Massachusetts at Florida International · L 0–44; defense 7.5 percentile2019 Week 7: Massachusetts at Louisiana Tech · L 21–69; defense 0.9 percentile2019 Week 9: Massachusetts vs. UConn · L 35–56; defense 0.1 percentile2019 Week 10: Massachusetts vs. Liberty · L 21–63; defense 1.3 percentile2019 Week 11: Massachusetts at Army · L 7–63; defense 2.0 percentile2019 Week 12: Massachusetts at Northwestern · L 6–45; defense 6.9 percentile2019 Week 13: Massachusetts vs. BYU · L 24–56; defense 1.0 percentile2020 Week 7: Massachusetts at Georgia Southern · L 0–41; defense 6.3 percentile2020 Week 10: Massachusetts at Marshall · L 10–51; defense 3.1 percentile2020 Week 12: Massachusetts at Florida Atlantic · L 2–24; defense 65.5 percentile2020 Week 13: Massachusetts at Liberty · L 0–45; defense 6.5 percentile2021 Week 2: Massachusetts vs. Boston College · L 28–45; defense 12.8 percentile2021 Week 3: Massachusetts vs. Eastern Michigan · L 28–42; defense 9.4 percentile2021 Week 4: Massachusetts at Coastal Carolina · L 3–53; defense 5.3 percentile2021 Week 5: Massachusetts vs. Toledo · L 7–45; defense 43.3 percentile2021 Week 6: Massachusetts vs. UConn · W 27–13; defense 50.7 percentile2021 Week 8: Massachusetts at Florida State · L 3–59; defense 1.8 percentile2021 Week 9: Massachusetts at Liberty · L 17–62; defense 16.4 percentile2021 Week 10: Massachusetts vs. Rhode Island · L 22–35; defense 5.9 percentile2021 Week 11: Massachusetts vs. Maine · L 10–35; defense 10.6 percentile2021 Week 12: Massachusetts at Army · L 17–33; defense 56.8 percentile2021 Week 13: Massachusetts at New Mexico State · L 27–44; defense 0.4 percentile2022 Week 2: Massachusetts at Toledo · L 10–55; defense 9.4 percentile2022 Week 3: Massachusetts vs. Stony Brook · W 20–3; defense 33.2 percentile2022 Week 4: Massachusetts at Temple · L 0–28; defense 34.1 percentile2022 Week 5: Massachusetts at Eastern Michigan · L 13–20; defense 51.3 percentile2022 Week 6: Massachusetts vs. Liberty · L 24–42; defense 34.6 percentile2022 Week 7: Massachusetts vs. Buffalo · L 7–34; defense 18.7 percentile2022 Week 9: Massachusetts vs. New Mexico State · L 13–23; defense 52.3 percentile2022 Week 10: Massachusetts at UConn · L 10–27; defense 25.6 percentile2022 Week 11: Massachusetts at Arkansas State · L 33–35; defense 43.5 percentile2022 Week 12: Massachusetts at Texas A&M · L 3–20; defense 35.6 percentile2022 Week 13: Massachusetts vs. Army · L 7–44; defense 16.6 percentile2023 Week 1: Massachusetts at New Mexico State · W 41–30; defense 45.0 percentile2023 Week 1: Massachusetts at Auburn · L 14–59; defense 0.6 percentile2023 Week 2: Massachusetts vs. Miami (OH) · L 28–41; defense 10.5 percentile2023 Week 3: Massachusetts at Eastern Michigan · L 17–19; defense 36.8 percentile2023 Week 4: Massachusetts vs. New Mexico · L 31–34; defense 12.8 percentile2023 Week 5: Massachusetts vs. Arkansas State · L 28–52; defense 0.1 percentile2023 Week 6: Massachusetts vs. Toledo · L 24–41; defense 0.2 percentile2023 Week 7: Massachusetts at Penn State · L 0–63; defense 1.5 percentile2023 Week 9: Massachusetts at Army · W 21–14; defense 20.2 percentile2023 Week 10: Massachusetts vs. Merrimack · W 31–21; defense 31.4 percentile2023 Week 12: Massachusetts at Liberty · L 25–49; defense 29.5 percentile2023 Week 13: Massachusetts vs. UConn · L 18–31; defense 17.7 percentile2024 Week 1: Massachusetts vs. Eastern Michigan · L 14–28; defense 18.8 percentile2024 Week 2: Massachusetts at Toledo · L 23–38; defense 41.4 percentile2024 Week 3: Massachusetts at Buffalo · L 3–34; defense 29.0 percentile2024 Week 4: Massachusetts vs. Central Connecticut · W 35–31; defense 18.8 percentile2024 Week 5: Massachusetts at Miami (OH) · L 20–23; defense 44.5 percentile2024 Week 6: Massachusetts at Northern Illinois · L 20–34; defense 2.0 percentile2024 Week 7: Massachusetts vs. Missouri · L 3–45; defense 0.6 percentile2024 Week 9: Massachusetts vs. Wagner · W 35–7; defense 15.5 percentile2024 Week 10: Massachusetts at Mississippi State · L 20–45; defense 9.4 percentile2024 Week 12: Massachusetts vs. Liberty · L 34–35; defense 12.2 percentile2024 Week 13: Massachusetts at Georgia · L 21–59; defense 2.6 percentile2024 Week 14: Massachusetts vs. UConn · L 42–47; defense 3.7 percentile2025 Week 1: Massachusetts vs. Temple · L 10–42; defense 3.3 percentile2025 Week 2: Massachusetts vs. Bryant · L 26–27; defense 4.0 percentile2025 Week 3: Massachusetts at Iowa · L 7–47; defense 7.0 percentile2025 Week 5: Massachusetts at Missouri · L 6–42; defense 18.7 percentile2025 Week 6: Massachusetts vs. Western Michigan · L 3–21; defense 25.0 percentile2025 Week 7: Massachusetts at Kent State · L 6–42; defense 40.6 percentile2025 Week 8: Massachusetts vs. Buffalo · L 21–28; defense 49.6 percentile2025 Week 9: Massachusetts at Central Michigan · L 13–38; defense 3.8 percentile2025 Week 11: Massachusetts at Akron · L 10–44; defense 0.9 percentile2025 Week 12: Massachusetts vs. Northern Illinois · L 3–45; defense 1.1 percentile2025 Week 13: Massachusetts at Ohio · L 14–42; defense 21.8 percentile2025 Week 14: Massachusetts vs. Bowling Green · L 14–45; defense 1.2 percentile2026 Week 1: Massachusetts at Rutgers · W 37–21; defense 80.5 percentile2026 Week 2: Massachusetts vs. Sacred Heart · W 37–10; defense 35.5 percentile2014 defense season mean: 28.3 percentile2015 defense season mean: 35.1 percentile2016 defense season mean: 26.2 percentile2017 defense season mean: 44.2 percentile2018 defense season mean: 21.0 percentile2019 defense season mean: 2.7 percentile2020 defense season mean: 13.0 percentile2021 defense season mean: 12.6 percentile2022 defense season mean: 30.8 percentile2023 defense season mean: 8.5 percentile2024 defense season mean: 11.4 percentile2025 defense season mean: 8.7 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 14.9 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 59.6 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2014Mark Whipple
2019Walt Bell
2021Walt Bell / Alex Miller
2022Don Brown
2024Don Brown / Shane Montgomery
2025Joe Harasymiak

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 estimateJoe Harasymiak2
10.8 estimate51.5 games-only average
14.9 estimate59.6 games-only average
2025Joe HarasymiakCoaching change126.08.7
2024Don Brown / Shane MontgomeryCoaching change1242.611.4
2023Don Brown1244.78.5
2022Don BrownCoaching change118.430.8
2021Walt Bell / Alex MillerCoaching change1119.212.6
2020Walt Bell49.313.0
2019Walt BellCoaching change117.72.7
2018Mark Whipple1140.521.0
2017Mark Whipple1238.244.2
2016Mark Whipple1231.726.2
2015Mark Whipple1236.135.1
2014Mark WhippleCoaching change1239.328.3