2014–2026 performance history

Miami over time

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

ACCHead coach: Mario CristobalView Miami games →
Offense · 2026 estimate79.3/100

88.9 average through 2 games

76.3 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate84.3/100

68.2 average through 2 games

87.3 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.

Miami 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.Golden · ’14–’15Al Golden, 2014–2015Richt · ’16–’18Mark Richt, 2016–2018Diaz · ’19–’21Manny Diaz, 2019–2021Cristobal · ’22–’26Mario Cristobal, 2022–2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Miami at Louisville · L 13–31; offense 25.9 percentile2014 Week 2: Miami vs. Florida A&M · W 41–7; offense 56.2 percentile2014 Week 3: Miami vs. Arkansas State · W 41–20; offense 84.1 percentile2014 Week 4: Miami at Nebraska · L 31–41; offense 81.5 percentile2014 Week 5: Miami vs. Duke · W 22–10; offense 34.8 percentile2014 Week 6: Miami at Georgia Tech · L 17–28; offense 84.7 percentile2014 Week 7: Miami vs. Cincinnati · W 55–34; offense 88.6 percentile2014 Week 9: Miami at Virginia Tech · W 30–6; offense 96.8 percentile2014 Week 10: Miami vs. North Carolina · W 47–20; offense 83.3 percentile2014 Week 12: Miami vs. Florida State · L 26–30; offense 82.7 percentile2014 Week 13: Miami at Virginia · L 13–30; offense 41.5 percentile2014 Week 14: Miami vs. Pittsburgh · L 23–35; offense 42.6 percentile2014 Week 1: Miami vs. South Carolina · L 21–24; offense 15.8 percentile2015 Week 1: Miami vs. Bethune-Cookman · W 45–0; offense 38.3 percentile2015 Week 3: Miami vs. Nebraska · W 36–33; offense 74.7 percentile2015 Week 5: Miami at Cincinnati · L 23–34; offense 44.4 percentile2015 Week 6: Miami at Florida State · L 24–29; offense 61.3 percentile2015 Week 7: Miami vs. Virginia Tech · W 30–20; offense 48.8 percentile2015 Week 8: Miami vs. Clemson · L 0–58; offense 7.5 percentile2015 Week 9: Miami at Duke · W 30–27; offense 62.2 percentile2015 Week 10: Miami vs. Virginia · W 27–21; offense 72.5 percentile2015 Week 11: Miami at North Carolina · L 21–59; offense 20.2 percentile2015 Week 12: Miami vs. Georgia Tech · W 38–21; offense 46.7 percentile2015 Week 13: Miami at Pittsburgh · W 29–24; offense 26.2 percentile2015 Week 1: Miami vs. Washington State · L 14–20; offense 34.4 percentile2016 Week 1: Miami vs. Florida A&M · W 70–3; offense 89.2 percentile2016 Week 2: Miami vs. Florida Atlantic · W 38–10; offense 46.2 percentile2016 Week 3: Miami at App State · W 45–10; offense 88.8 percentile2016 Week 5: Miami at Georgia Tech · W 35–21; offense 54.3 percentile2016 Week 6: Miami vs. Florida State · L 19–20; offense 39.8 percentile2016 Week 7: Miami vs. North Carolina · L 13–20; offense 29.3 percentile2016 Week 8: Miami at Virginia Tech · L 16–37; offense 30.4 percentile2016 Week 9: Miami at Notre Dame · L 27–30; offense 15.7 percentile2016 Week 10: Miami vs. Pittsburgh · W 51–28; offense 58.5 percentile2016 Week 11: Miami at Virginia · W 34–14; offense 74.5 percentile2016 Week 12: Miami at NC State · W 27–13; offense 64.4 percentile2016 Week 13: Miami vs. Duke · W 40–21; offense 71.5 percentile2016 Week 1: Miami vs. West Virginia · W 31–14; offense 35.2 percentile2017 Week 1: Miami vs. Bethune-Cookman · W 41–13; offense 91.3 percentile2017 Week 5: Miami at Duke · W 31–6; offense 78.5 percentile2017 Week 6: Miami at Florida State · W 24–20; offense 42.8 percentile2017 Week 7: Miami vs. Georgia Tech · W 25–24; offense 56.1 percentile2017 Week 8: Miami vs. Syracuse · W 27–19; offense 45.6 percentile2017 Week 9: Miami at North Carolina · W 24–19; offense 10.8 percentile2017 Week 10: Miami vs. Virginia Tech · W 28–10; offense 94.8 percentile2017 Week 11: Miami vs. Notre Dame · W 41–8; offense 75.3 percentile2017 Week 12: Miami vs. Virginia · W 44–28; offense 47.6 percentile2017 Week 13: Miami at Pittsburgh · L 14–24; offense 4.4 percentile2017 Week 14: Miami vs. Clemson · L 3–38; offense 33.4 percentile2017 Week 1: Miami vs. Wisconsin · L 24–34; offense 81.3 percentile2018 Week 1: Miami vs. LSU · L 17–33; offense 61.3 percentile2018 Week 2: Miami vs. Savannah State · W 77–0; offense 52.9 percentile2018 Week 3: Miami at Toledo · W 49–24; offense 84.7 percentile2018 Week 4: Miami vs. Florida International · W 31–17; offense 71.3 percentile2018 Week 5: Miami vs. North Carolina · W 47–10; offense 61.7 percentile2018 Week 6: Miami vs. Florida State · W 28–27; offense 16.7 percentile2018 Week 7: Miami at Virginia · L 13–16; offense 46.6 percentile2018 Week 9: Miami at Boston College · L 14–27; offense 38.9 percentile2018 Week 10: Miami vs. Duke · L 12–20; offense 33.4 percentile2018 Week 11: Miami at Georgia Tech · L 21–27; offense 25.0 percentile2018 Week 12: Miami at Virginia Tech · W 38–14; offense 39.7 percentile2018 Week 13: Miami vs. Pittsburgh · W 24–3; offense 32.5 percentile2018 Week 1: Miami vs. Wisconsin · L 3–35; offense 5.8 percentile2019 Week 1: Miami vs. Florida · L 20–24; offense 19.7 percentile2019 Week 2: Miami at North Carolina · L 25–28; offense 62.7 percentile2019 Week 3: Miami vs. Bethune-Cookman · W 63–0; offense 61.0 percentile2019 Week 4: Miami vs. Central Michigan · W 17–12; offense 11.8 percentile2019 Week 6: Miami vs. Virginia Tech · L 35–42; offense 82.3 percentile2019 Week 7: Miami vs. Virginia · W 17–9; offense 20.2 percentile2019 Week 8: Miami vs. Georgia Tech · L 21–28; offense 44.7 percentile2019 Week 9: Miami at Pittsburgh · W 16–12; offense 14.3 percentile2019 Week 10: Miami at Florida State · W 27–10; offense 28.8 percentile2019 Week 11: Miami vs. Louisville · W 52–27; offense 90.0 percentile2019 Week 13: Miami at Florida International · L 24–30; offense 62.7 percentile2019 Week 14: Miami at Duke · L 17–27; offense 29.3 percentile2019 Week 1: Miami vs. Louisiana Tech · L 0–14; offense 20.0 percentile2020 Week 2: Miami vs. UAB · W 31–14; offense 80.6 percentile2020 Week 3: Miami at Louisville · W 47–34; offense 75.2 percentile2020 Week 4: Miami vs. Florida State · W 52–10; offense 89.3 percentile2020 Week 6: Miami at Clemson · L 17–42; offense 9.7 percentile2020 Week 7: Miami vs. Pittsburgh · W 31–19; offense 42.5 percentile2020 Week 8: Miami vs. Virginia · W 19–14; offense 25.8 percentile2020 Week 10: Miami at NC State · W 44–41; offense 90.5 percentile2020 Week 11: Miami at Virginia Tech · W 25–24; offense 21.7 percentile2020 Week 14: Miami at Duke · W 48–0; offense 78.1 percentile2020 Week 15: Miami vs. North Carolina · L 26–62; offense 14.7 percentile2020 Week 1: Miami vs. Oklahoma State · L 34–37; offense 79.8 percentile2021 Week 1: Miami vs. Alabama · L 13–44; offense 38.5 percentile2021 Week 2: Miami vs. App State · W 25–23; offense 24.6 percentile2021 Week 3: Miami vs. Michigan State · L 17–38; offense 26.2 percentile2021 Week 5: Miami vs. Virginia · L 28–30; offense 7.0 percentile2021 Week 7: Miami at North Carolina · L 42–45; offense 58.6 percentile2021 Week 8: Miami vs. NC State · W 31–30; offense 61.5 percentile2021 Week 9: Miami at Pittsburgh · W 38–34; offense 71.1 percentile2021 Week 10: Miami vs. Georgia Tech · W 33–30; offense 36.7 percentile2021 Week 11: Miami at Florida State · L 28–31; offense 35.0 percentile2021 Week 12: Miami vs. Virginia Tech · W 38–26; offense 67.0 percentile2022 Week 1: Miami vs. Bethune-Cookman · W 70–13; offense 95.5 percentile2022 Week 2: Miami vs. Southern Miss · W 30–7; offense 78.5 percentile2022 Week 3: Miami at Texas A&M · L 9–17; offense 32.7 percentile2022 Week 4: Miami vs. Middle Tennessee · L 31–45; offense 10.9 percentile2022 Week 6: Miami vs. North Carolina · L 24–27; offense 29.8 percentile2022 Week 8: Miami vs. Duke · L 21–45; offense 29.3 percentile2022 Week 9: Miami at Virginia · W 14–12; offense 28.9 percentile2022 Week 10: Miami vs. Florida State · L 3–45; offense 5.9 percentile2022 Week 11: Miami at Georgia Tech · W 35–14; offense 78.8 percentile2022 Week 12: Miami at Clemson · L 10–40; offense 13.2 percentile2022 Week 13: Miami vs. Pittsburgh · L 16–42; offense 32.6 percentile2023 Week 1: Miami vs. Miami (OH) · W 38–3; offense 96.6 percentile2023 Week 2: Miami vs. Texas A&M · W 48–33; offense 78.5 percentile2023 Week 3: Miami vs. Bethune-Cookman · W 48–7; offense 90.5 percentile2023 Week 4: Miami at Temple · W 41–7; offense 94.7 percentile2023 Week 6: Miami vs. Georgia Tech · L 20–23; offense 18.0 percentile2023 Week 7: Miami at North Carolina · L 31–41; offense 46.3 percentile2023 Week 8: Miami vs. Clemson · W 28–20; offense 38.3 percentile2023 Week 9: Miami vs. Virginia · W 29–26; offense 4.7 percentile2023 Week 10: Miami at NC State · L 6–20; offense 23.8 percentile2023 Week 11: Miami at Florida State · L 20–27; offense 24.9 percentile2023 Week 12: Miami vs. Louisville · L 31–38; offense 76.5 percentile2023 Week 13: Miami at Boston College · W 45–20; offense 91.3 percentile2023 Week 1: Miami vs. Rutgers · L 24–31; offense 50.9 percentile2024 Week 1: Miami at Florida · W 41–17; offense 93.7 percentile2024 Week 2: Miami vs. Florida A&M · W 56–9; offense 80.8 percentile2024 Week 3: Miami vs. Ball State · W 62–0; offense 96.4 percentile2024 Week 4: Miami at South Florida · W 50–15; offense 94.5 percentile2024 Week 5: Miami vs. Virginia Tech · W 38–34; offense 98.2 percentile2024 Week 6: Miami at California · W 39–38; offense 92.9 percentile2024 Week 8: Miami at Louisville · W 52–45; offense 99.9 percentile2024 Week 9: Miami vs. Florida State · W 36–14; offense 89.1 percentile2024 Week 10: Miami vs. Duke · W 53–31; offense 87.2 percentile2024 Week 11: Miami at Georgia Tech · L 23–28; offense 76.0 percentile2024 Week 13: Miami vs. Wake Forest · W 42–14; offense 81.5 percentile2024 Week 14: Miami at Syracuse · L 38–42; offense 96.1 percentile2024 Week 1: Miami vs. Iowa State · L 41–42; offense 97.7 percentile2025 Week 1: Miami vs. Notre Dame · W 27–24; offense 45.8 percentile2025 Week 2: Miami vs. Bethune-Cookman · W 45–3; offense 87.9 percentile2025 Week 3: Miami vs. South Florida · W 49–12; offense 97.8 percentile2025 Week 4: Miami vs. Florida · W 26–7; offense 33.2 percentile2025 Week 6: Miami at Florida State · W 28–22; offense 56.3 percentile2025 Week 8: Miami vs. Louisville · L 21–24; offense 51.6 percentile2025 Week 9: Miami vs. Stanford · W 42–7; offense 74.8 percentile2025 Week 10: Miami at SMU · L 20–26; offense 79.5 percentile2025 Week 11: Miami vs. Syracuse · W 38–10; offense 48.4 percentile2025 Week 12: Miami vs. NC State · W 41–7; offense 93.2 percentile2025 Week 13: Miami at Virginia Tech · W 34–17; offense 84.8 percentile2025 Week 14: Miami at Pittsburgh · W 38–7; offense 97.1 percentile2025 Week 1: Miami at Texas A&M · W 10–3; offense 40.8 percentile2025 Week 1: Miami vs. Ohio State · W 24–14; offense 90.6 percentile2025 Week 1: Miami vs. Ole Miss · W 31–27; offense 83.3 percentile2025 Week 1: Miami vs. Indiana · L 21–27; offense 75.8 percentile2026 Week 1: Miami at Stanford · W 45–6; offense 90.0 percentile2026 Week 2: Miami vs. Florida A&M · W 77–7; offense 87.7 percentile2014 offense season mean: 66.7 percentile2015 offense season mean: 43.4 percentile2016 offense season mean: 54.8 percentile2017 offense season mean: 55.9 percentile2018 offense season mean: 42.4 percentile2019 offense season mean: 41.2 percentile2020 offense season mean: 56.3 percentile2021 offense season mean: 40.8 percentile2022 offense season mean: 38.7 percentile2023 offense season mean: 59.9 percentile2024 offense season mean: 94.1 percentile2025 offense season mean: 76.3 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 79.3 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 88.9 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Miami at Louisville · L 13–31; defense 60.8 percentile2014 Week 2: Miami vs. Florida A&M · W 41–7; defense 89.2 percentile2014 Week 3: Miami vs. Arkansas State · W 41–20; defense 76.8 percentile2014 Week 4: Miami at Nebraska · L 31–41; defense 11.1 percentile2014 Week 5: Miami vs. Duke · W 22–10; defense 89.1 percentile2014 Week 6: Miami at Georgia Tech · L 17–28; defense 28.8 percentile2014 Week 7: Miami vs. Cincinnati · W 55–34; defense 76.6 percentile2014 Week 9: Miami at Virginia Tech · W 30–6; defense 78.4 percentile2014 Week 10: Miami vs. North Carolina · W 47–20; defense 84.2 percentile2014 Week 12: Miami vs. Florida State · L 26–30; defense 28.9 percentile2014 Week 13: Miami at Virginia · L 13–30; defense 36.1 percentile2014 Week 14: Miami vs. Pittsburgh · L 23–35; defense 19.4 percentile2014 Week 1: Miami vs. South Carolina · L 21–24; defense 80.5 percentile2015 Week 1: Miami vs. Bethune-Cookman · W 45–0; defense 87.1 percentile2015 Week 3: Miami vs. Nebraska · W 36–33; defense 41.0 percentile2015 Week 5: Miami at Cincinnati · L 23–34; defense 62.2 percentile2015 Week 6: Miami at Florida State · L 24–29; defense 24.5 percentile2015 Week 7: Miami vs. Virginia Tech · W 30–20; defense 51.7 percentile2015 Week 8: Miami vs. Clemson · L 0–58; defense 9.3 percentile2015 Week 9: Miami at Duke · W 30–27; defense 52.9 percentile2015 Week 10: Miami vs. Virginia · W 27–21; defense 56.5 percentile2015 Week 11: Miami at North Carolina · L 21–59; defense 22.9 percentile2015 Week 12: Miami vs. Georgia Tech · W 38–21; defense 40.6 percentile2015 Week 13: Miami at Pittsburgh · W 29–24; defense 35.7 percentile2015 Week 1: Miami vs. Washington State · L 14–20; defense 95.2 percentile2016 Week 1: Miami vs. Florida A&M · W 70–3; defense 77.3 percentile2016 Week 2: Miami vs. Florida Atlantic · W 38–10; defense 98.7 percentile2016 Week 3: Miami at App State · W 45–10; defense 99.3 percentile2016 Week 5: Miami at Georgia Tech · W 35–21; defense 64.9 percentile2016 Week 6: Miami vs. Florida State · L 19–20; defense 62.4 percentile2016 Week 7: Miami vs. North Carolina · L 13–20; defense 73.0 percentile2016 Week 8: Miami at Virginia Tech · L 16–37; defense 38.6 percentile2016 Week 9: Miami at Notre Dame · L 27–30; defense 41.5 percentile2016 Week 10: Miami vs. Pittsburgh · W 51–28; defense 86.3 percentile2016 Week 11: Miami at Virginia · W 34–14; defense 80.6 percentile2016 Week 12: Miami at NC State · W 27–13; defense 81.3 percentile2016 Week 13: Miami vs. Duke · W 40–21; defense 51.4 percentile2016 Week 1: Miami vs. West Virginia · W 31–14; defense 98.0 percentile2017 Week 1: Miami vs. Bethune-Cookman · W 41–13; defense 20.8 percentile2017 Week 5: Miami at Duke · W 31–6; defense 83.3 percentile2017 Week 6: Miami at Florida State · W 24–20; defense 60.6 percentile2017 Week 7: Miami vs. Georgia Tech · W 25–24; defense 79.2 percentile2017 Week 8: Miami vs. Syracuse · W 27–19; defense 66.1 percentile2017 Week 9: Miami at North Carolina · W 24–19; defense 68.0 percentile2017 Week 10: Miami vs. Virginia Tech · W 28–10; defense 90.7 percentile2017 Week 11: Miami vs. Notre Dame · W 41–8; defense 90.0 percentile2017 Week 12: Miami vs. Virginia · W 44–28; defense 40.6 percentile2017 Week 13: Miami at Pittsburgh · L 14–24; defense 64.0 percentile2017 Week 14: Miami vs. Clemson · L 3–38; defense 56.4 percentile2017 Week 1: Miami vs. Wisconsin · L 24–34; defense 63.7 percentile2018 Week 1: Miami vs. LSU · L 17–33; defense 76.5 percentile2018 Week 2: Miami vs. Savannah State · W 77–0; defense 96.3 percentile2018 Week 3: Miami at Toledo · W 49–24; defense 87.9 percentile2018 Week 4: Miami vs. Florida International · W 31–17; defense 99.6 percentile2018 Week 5: Miami vs. North Carolina · W 47–10; defense 67.5 percentile2018 Week 6: Miami vs. Florida State · W 28–27; defense 62.5 percentile2018 Week 7: Miami at Virginia · L 13–16; defense 92.8 percentile2018 Week 9: Miami at Boston College · L 14–27; defense 45.1 percentile2018 Week 10: Miami vs. Duke · L 12–20; defense 91.5 percentile2018 Week 11: Miami at Georgia Tech · L 21–27; defense 48.7 percentile2018 Week 12: Miami at Virginia Tech · W 38–14; defense 79.0 percentile2018 Week 13: Miami vs. Pittsburgh · W 24–3; defense 99.1 percentile2018 Week 1: Miami vs. Wisconsin · L 3–35; defense 56.5 percentile2019 Week 1: Miami vs. Florida · L 20–24; defense 75.3 percentile2019 Week 2: Miami at North Carolina · L 25–28; defense 75.4 percentile2019 Week 3: Miami vs. Bethune-Cookman · W 63–0; defense 81.7 percentile2019 Week 4: Miami vs. Central Michigan · W 17–12; defense 95.3 percentile2019 Week 6: Miami vs. Virginia Tech · L 35–42; defense 22.6 percentile2019 Week 7: Miami vs. Virginia · W 17–9; defense 82.3 percentile2019 Week 8: Miami vs. Georgia Tech · L 21–28; defense 29.3 percentile2019 Week 9: Miami at Pittsburgh · W 16–12; defense 58.6 percentile2019 Week 10: Miami at Florida State · W 27–10; defense 98.5 percentile2019 Week 11: Miami vs. Louisville · W 52–27; defense 54.3 percentile2019 Week 13: Miami at Florida International · L 24–30; defense 56.5 percentile2019 Week 14: Miami at Duke · L 17–27; defense 84.4 percentile2019 Week 1: Miami vs. Louisiana Tech · L 0–14; defense 68.9 percentile2020 Week 2: Miami vs. UAB · W 31–14; defense 96.8 percentile2020 Week 3: Miami at Louisville · W 47–34; defense 47.3 percentile2020 Week 4: Miami vs. Florida State · W 52–10; defense 63.9 percentile2020 Week 6: Miami at Clemson · L 17–42; defense 50.7 percentile2020 Week 7: Miami vs. Pittsburgh · W 31–19; defense 91.4 percentile2020 Week 8: Miami vs. Virginia · W 19–14; defense 55.4 percentile2020 Week 10: Miami at NC State · W 44–41; defense 23.8 percentile2020 Week 11: Miami at Virginia Tech · W 25–24; defense 88.5 percentile2020 Week 14: Miami at Duke · W 48–0; defense 98.8 percentile2020 Week 15: Miami vs. North Carolina · L 26–62; defense 7.1 percentile2020 Week 1: Miami vs. Oklahoma State · L 34–37; defense 58.4 percentile2021 Week 1: Miami vs. Alabama · L 13–44; defense 35.7 percentile2021 Week 2: Miami vs. App State · W 25–23; defense 95.0 percentile2021 Week 3: Miami vs. Michigan State · L 17–38; defense 30.2 percentile2021 Week 5: Miami vs. Virginia · L 28–30; defense 79.1 percentile2021 Week 7: Miami at North Carolina · L 42–45; defense 45.6 percentile2021 Week 8: Miami vs. NC State · W 31–30; defense 60.9 percentile2021 Week 9: Miami at Pittsburgh · W 38–34; defense 30.7 percentile2021 Week 10: Miami vs. Georgia Tech · W 33–30; defense 74.6 percentile2021 Week 11: Miami at Florida State · L 28–31; defense 71.2 percentile2021 Week 12: Miami vs. Virginia Tech · W 38–26; defense 23.1 percentile2022 Week 1: Miami vs. Bethune-Cookman · W 70–13; defense 39.8 percentile2022 Week 2: Miami vs. Southern Miss · W 30–7; defense 85.7 percentile2022 Week 3: Miami at Texas A&M · L 9–17; defense 73.8 percentile2022 Week 4: Miami vs. Middle Tennessee · L 31–45; defense 21.9 percentile2022 Week 6: Miami vs. North Carolina · L 24–27; defense 37.3 percentile2022 Week 8: Miami vs. Duke · L 21–45; defense 41.7 percentile2022 Week 9: Miami at Virginia · W 14–12; defense 39.2 percentile2022 Week 10: Miami vs. Florida State · L 3–45; defense 36.5 percentile2022 Week 11: Miami at Georgia Tech · W 35–14; defense 46.6 percentile2022 Week 12: Miami at Clemson · L 10–40; defense 34.9 percentile2022 Week 13: Miami vs. Pittsburgh · L 16–42; defense 2.8 percentile2023 Week 1: Miami vs. Miami (OH) · W 38–3; defense 98.0 percentile2023 Week 2: Miami vs. Texas A&M · W 48–33; defense 64.8 percentile2023 Week 3: Miami vs. Bethune-Cookman · W 48–7; defense 72.7 percentile2023 Week 4: Miami at Temple · W 41–7; defense 88.2 percentile2023 Week 6: Miami vs. Georgia Tech · L 20–23; defense 84.8 percentile2023 Week 7: Miami at North Carolina · L 31–41; defense 47.9 percentile2023 Week 8: Miami vs. Clemson · W 28–20; defense 76.7 percentile2023 Week 9: Miami vs. Virginia · W 29–26; defense 54.3 percentile2023 Week 10: Miami at NC State · L 6–20; defense 48.4 percentile2023 Week 11: Miami at Florida State · L 20–27; defense 88.3 percentile2023 Week 12: Miami vs. Louisville · L 31–38; defense 30.8 percentile2023 Week 13: Miami at Boston College · W 45–20; defense 48.9 percentile2023 Week 1: Miami vs. Rutgers · L 24–31; defense 41.2 percentile2024 Week 1: Miami at Florida · W 41–17; defense 88.8 percentile2024 Week 2: Miami vs. Florida A&M · W 56–9; defense 60.8 percentile2024 Week 3: Miami vs. Ball State · W 62–0; defense 99.8 percentile2024 Week 4: Miami at South Florida · W 50–15; defense 74.5 percentile2024 Week 5: Miami vs. Virginia Tech · W 38–34; defense 14.2 percentile2024 Week 6: Miami at California · W 39–38; defense 47.4 percentile2024 Week 8: Miami at Louisville · W 52–45; defense 46.7 percentile2024 Week 9: Miami vs. Florida State · W 36–14; defense 64.3 percentile2024 Week 10: Miami vs. Duke · W 53–31; defense 30.4 percentile2024 Week 11: Miami at Georgia Tech · L 23–28; defense 41.3 percentile2024 Week 13: Miami vs. Wake Forest · W 42–14; defense 84.7 percentile2024 Week 14: Miami at Syracuse · L 38–42; defense 29.2 percentile2024 Week 1: Miami vs. Iowa State · L 41–42; defense 39.3 percentile2025 Week 1: Miami vs. Notre Dame · W 27–24; defense 93.3 percentile2025 Week 2: Miami vs. Bethune-Cookman · W 45–3; defense 81.5 percentile2025 Week 3: Miami vs. South Florida · W 49–12; defense 99.0 percentile2025 Week 4: Miami vs. Florida · W 26–7; defense 97.5 percentile2025 Week 6: Miami at Florida State · W 28–22; defense 87.6 percentile2025 Week 8: Miami vs. Louisville · L 21–24; defense 72.1 percentile2025 Week 9: Miami vs. Stanford · W 42–7; defense 81.2 percentile2025 Week 10: Miami at SMU · L 20–26; defense 93.8 percentile2025 Week 11: Miami vs. Syracuse · W 38–10; defense 47.0 percentile2025 Week 12: Miami vs. NC State · W 41–7; defense 99.0 percentile2025 Week 13: Miami at Virginia Tech · W 34–17; defense 30.2 percentile2025 Week 14: Miami at Pittsburgh · W 38–7; defense 92.7 percentile2025 Week 1: Miami at Texas A&M · W 10–3; defense 88.9 percentile2025 Week 1: Miami vs. Ohio State · W 24–14; defense 68.4 percentile2025 Week 1: Miami vs. Ole Miss · W 31–27; defense 83.3 percentile2025 Week 1: Miami vs. Indiana · L 21–27; defense 93.5 percentile2026 Week 1: Miami at Stanford · W 45–6; defense 66.4 percentile2026 Week 2: Miami vs. Florida A&M · W 77–7; defense 70.0 percentile2014 defense season mean: 60.0 percentile2015 defense season mean: 49.3 percentile2016 defense season mean: 80.5 percentile2017 defense season mean: 67.2 percentile2018 defense season mean: 84.3 percentile2019 defense season mean: 72.4 percentile2020 defense season mean: 68.0 percentile2021 defense season mean: 56.8 percentile2022 defense season mean: 39.7 percentile2023 defense season mean: 69.0 percentile2024 defense season mean: 61.1 percentile2025 defense season mean: 87.3 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 84.3 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 68.2 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2016Mark Richt
2019Manny Diaz
2021Manny Diaz / Jess Simpson
2022Mario Cristobal

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 estimateMario Cristobal2
79.3 estimate88.9 games-only average
84.3 estimate68.2 games-only average
2025Mario Cristobal1676.387.3
2024Mario Cristobal1394.161.1
2023Mario Cristobal1359.969.0
2022Mario CristobalCoaching change1138.739.7
2021Manny Diaz / Jess SimpsonCoaching change1040.856.8
2020Manny Diaz1156.368.0
2019Manny DiazCoaching change1341.272.4
2018Mark Richt1342.484.3
2017Mark Richt1255.967.2
2016Mark RichtCoaching change1354.880.5
2015Al Golden1243.449.3
2014Al Golden1366.760.0