2014–2026 performance history

Rutgers over time

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

Big TenHead coach: Greg SchianoView Rutgers games →
Offense · 2026 estimate42.2/100

12.5 average through 2 games

51.6 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate12.7/100

8.6 average through 2 games

13.9 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.

Rutgers 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.Flood · ’14–’15Kyle Flood, 2014–2015Ash · ’16–’18Chris Ash, 2016–2018CampanileNunzio Campanile, 2019Schiano · ’20–’26Greg Schiano, 2020–2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Rutgers at Washington State · W 41–38; offense 90.8 percentile2014 Week 2: Rutgers vs. Howard · W 38–25; offense 21.3 percentile2014 Week 3: Rutgers vs. Penn State · L 10–13; offense 49.5 percentile2014 Week 4: Rutgers at Navy · W 31–24; offense 76.3 percentile2014 Week 5: Rutgers vs. Tulane · W 31–6; offense 83.4 percentile2014 Week 6: Rutgers vs. Michigan · W 26–24; offense 68.4 percentile2014 Week 8: Rutgers at Ohio State · L 17–56; offense 35.3 percentile2014 Week 9: Rutgers at Nebraska · L 24–42; offense 45.0 percentile2014 Week 10: Rutgers vs. Wisconsin · L 0–37; offense 6.5 percentile2014 Week 12: Rutgers vs. Indiana · W 45–23; offense 51.1 percentile2014 Week 13: Rutgers at Michigan State · L 3–45; offense 18.5 percentile2014 Week 14: Rutgers at Maryland · W 41–38; offense 77.4 percentile2014 Week 1: Rutgers vs. North Carolina · W 40–21; offense 81.9 percentile2015 Week 1: Rutgers vs. Norfolk State · W 63–13; offense 91.9 percentile2015 Week 2: Rutgers vs. Washington State · L 34–37; offense 60.4 percentile2015 Week 3: Rutgers at Penn State · L 3–28; offense 14.2 percentile2015 Week 4: Rutgers vs. Kansas · W 27–14; offense 44.7 percentile2015 Week 6: Rutgers vs. Michigan State · L 24–31; offense 47.1 percentile2015 Week 7: Rutgers at Indiana · W 55–52; offense 81.4 percentile2015 Week 8: Rutgers vs. Ohio State · L 7–49; offense 29.6 percentile2015 Week 9: Rutgers at Wisconsin · L 10–48; offense 9.3 percentile2015 Week 10: Rutgers at Michigan · L 16–49; offense 36.9 percentile2015 Week 11: Rutgers vs. Nebraska · L 14–31; offense 15.0 percentile2015 Week 12: Rutgers at Army · W 31–21; offense 86.5 percentile2015 Week 13: Rutgers vs. Maryland · L 41–46; offense 57.9 percentile2016 Week 1: Rutgers at Washington · L 13–48; offense 13.7 percentile2016 Week 3: Rutgers vs. New Mexico · W 37–28; offense 19.0 percentile2016 Week 4: Rutgers vs. Iowa · L 7–14; offense 17.6 percentile2016 Week 5: Rutgers at Ohio State · L 0–58; offense 9.4 percentile2016 Week 6: Rutgers vs. Michigan · L 0–78; offense 1.1 percentile2016 Week 7: Rutgers vs. Illinois · L 7–24; offense 28.8 percentile2016 Week 8: Rutgers at Minnesota · L 32–34; offense 80.4 percentile2016 Week 10: Rutgers vs. Indiana · L 27–33; offense 15.6 percentile2016 Week 11: Rutgers at Michigan State · L 0–49; offense 2.5 percentile2016 Week 12: Rutgers vs. Penn State · L 0–39; offense 0.1 percentile2016 Week 13: Rutgers at Maryland · L 13–31; offense 15.1 percentile2017 Week 1: Rutgers vs. Washington · L 14–30; offense 58.0 percentile2017 Week 2: Rutgers vs. Eastern Michigan · L 13–16; offense 27.3 percentile2017 Week 3: Rutgers vs. Morgan State · W 65–0; offense 56.6 percentile2017 Week 4: Rutgers at Nebraska · L 17–27; offense 1.0 percentile2017 Week 5: Rutgers vs. Ohio State · L 0–56; offense 7.6 percentile2017 Week 7: Rutgers at Illinois · W 35–24; offense 62.9 percentile2017 Week 8: Rutgers vs. Purdue · W 14–12; offense 5.6 percentile2017 Week 9: Rutgers at Michigan · L 14–35; offense 39.6 percentile2017 Week 10: Rutgers vs. Maryland · W 31–24; offense 67.4 percentile2017 Week 11: Rutgers at Penn State · L 6–35; offense 22.4 percentile2017 Week 12: Rutgers at Indiana · L 0–41; offense 6.2 percentile2017 Week 13: Rutgers vs. Michigan State · L 7–40; offense 18.3 percentile2018 Week 1: Rutgers vs. Texas State · W 35–7; offense 88.7 percentile2018 Week 2: Rutgers at Ohio State · L 3–52; offense 7.9 percentile2018 Week 3: Rutgers at Kansas · L 14–55; offense 14.0 percentile2018 Week 4: Rutgers vs. Buffalo · L 13–42; offense 4.0 percentile2018 Week 5: Rutgers vs. Indiana · L 17–24; offense 30.4 percentile2018 Week 6: Rutgers vs. Illinois · L 17–38; offense 1.7 percentile2018 Week 7: Rutgers at Maryland · L 7–34; offense 14.0 percentile2018 Week 8: Rutgers vs. Northwestern · L 15–18; offense 21.2 percentile2018 Week 10: Rutgers at Wisconsin · L 17–31; offense 22.2 percentile2018 Week 11: Rutgers vs. Michigan · L 7–42; offense 23.5 percentile2018 Week 12: Rutgers vs. Penn State · L 7–20; offense 19.2 percentile2018 Week 13: Rutgers at Michigan State · L 10–14; offense 46.1 percentile2019 Week 1: Rutgers vs. Massachusetts · W 48–21; offense 40.8 percentile2019 Week 2: Rutgers at Iowa · L 0–30; offense 20.5 percentile2019 Week 4: Rutgers vs. Boston College · L 16–30; offense 11.5 percentile2019 Week 5: Rutgers at Michigan · L 0–52; offense 8.8 percentile2019 Week 6: Rutgers vs. Maryland · L 7–48; offense 1.2 percentile2019 Week 7: Rutgers at Indiana · L 0–35; offense 0.6 percentile2019 Week 8: Rutgers vs. Minnesota · L 7–42; offense 12.9 percentile2019 Week 9: Rutgers vs. Liberty · W 44–34; offense 92.0 percentile2019 Week 10: Rutgers at Illinois · L 10–38; offense 35.3 percentile2019 Week 12: Rutgers vs. Ohio State · L 21–56; offense 16.6 percentile2019 Week 13: Rutgers vs. Michigan State · L 0–27; offense 18.2 percentile2019 Week 14: Rutgers at Penn State · L 6–27; offense 57.8 percentile2020 Week 8: Rutgers at Michigan State · W 38–27; offense 33.7 percentile2020 Week 9: Rutgers vs. Indiana · L 21–37; offense 20.4 percentile2020 Week 10: Rutgers at Ohio State · L 27–49; offense 22.6 percentile2020 Week 11: Rutgers vs. Illinois · L 20–23; offense 29.0 percentile2020 Week 12: Rutgers vs. Michigan · L 42–48; offense 49.3 percentile2020 Week 13: Rutgers at Purdue · W 37–30; offense 65.4 percentile2020 Week 14: Rutgers vs. Penn State · L 7–23; offense 3.5 percentile2020 Week 15: Rutgers at Maryland · W 27–24; offense 21.0 percentile2020 Week 16: Rutgers vs. Nebraska · L 21–28; offense 17.7 percentile2021 Week 1: Rutgers vs. Temple · W 61–14; offense 44.9 percentile2021 Week 2: Rutgers at Syracuse · W 17–7; offense 13.8 percentile2021 Week 3: Rutgers vs. Delaware · W 45–13; offense 79.5 percentile2021 Week 4: Rutgers at Michigan · L 13–20; offense 60.5 percentile2021 Week 5: Rutgers vs. Ohio State · L 13–52; offense 19.0 percentile2021 Week 6: Rutgers vs. Michigan State · L 13–31; offense 16.6 percentile2021 Week 7: Rutgers at Northwestern · L 7–21; offense 0.4 percentile2021 Week 9: Rutgers at Illinois · W 20–14; offense 55.0 percentile2021 Week 10: Rutgers vs. Wisconsin · L 3–52; offense 33.9 percentile2021 Week 11: Rutgers at Indiana · W 38–3; offense 39.9 percentile2021 Week 12: Rutgers at Penn State · L 0–28; offense 5.4 percentile2021 Week 13: Rutgers vs. Maryland · L 16–40; offense 13.4 percentile2021 Week 1: Rutgers vs. Wake Forest · L 10–38; offense 11.8 percentile2022 Week 1: Rutgers at Boston College · W 22–21; offense 26.5 percentile2022 Week 2: Rutgers vs. Wagner · W 66–7; offense 58.0 percentile2022 Week 3: Rutgers at Temple · W 16–14; offense 8.3 percentile2022 Week 4: Rutgers vs. Iowa · L 10–27; offense 54.9 percentile2022 Week 5: Rutgers at Ohio State · L 10–49; offense 15.0 percentile2022 Week 6: Rutgers vs. Nebraska · L 13–14; offense 9.2 percentile2022 Week 8: Rutgers vs. Indiana · W 24–17; offense 21.2 percentile2022 Week 9: Rutgers at Minnesota · L 0–31; offense 4.7 percentile2022 Week 10: Rutgers vs. Michigan · L 17–52; offense 27.2 percentile2022 Week 11: Rutgers at Michigan State · L 21–27; offense 65.6 percentile2022 Week 13: Rutgers at Maryland · L 0–37; offense 2.0 percentile2023 Week 1: Rutgers vs. Northwestern · W 24–7; offense 37.8 percentile2023 Week 2: Rutgers vs. Temple · W 36–7; offense 30.4 percentile2023 Week 3: Rutgers vs. Virginia Tech · W 35–16; offense 85.6 percentile2023 Week 4: Rutgers at Michigan · L 7–31; offense 50.6 percentile2023 Week 5: Rutgers vs. Wagner · W 52–3; offense 54.4 percentile2023 Week 6: Rutgers at Wisconsin · L 13–24; offense 39.1 percentile2023 Week 7: Rutgers vs. Michigan State · W 27–24; offense 51.1 percentile2023 Week 8: Rutgers at Indiana · W 31–14; offense 59.3 percentile2023 Week 10: Rutgers vs. Ohio State · L 16–35; offense 75.9 percentile2023 Week 11: Rutgers at Iowa · L 0–22; offense 4.4 percentile2023 Week 12: Rutgers at Penn State · L 6–27; offense 33.6 percentile2023 Week 13: Rutgers vs. Maryland · L 24–42; offense 38.6 percentile2023 Week 1: Rutgers vs. Miami · W 31–24; offense 63.9 percentile2024 Week 1: Rutgers vs. Howard · W 44–7; offense 36.9 percentile2024 Week 2: Rutgers vs. Akron · W 49–17; offense 93.6 percentile2024 Week 4: Rutgers at Virginia Tech · W 26–23; offense 62.0 percentile2024 Week 5: Rutgers vs. Washington · W 21–18; offense 30.1 percentile2024 Week 7: Rutgers vs. Wisconsin · L 7–42; offense 9.9 percentile2024 Week 8: Rutgers vs. UCLA · L 32–35; offense 79.9 percentile2024 Week 9: Rutgers at USC · L 20–42; offense 45.6 percentile2024 Week 11: Rutgers vs. Minnesota · W 26–19; offense 41.8 percentile2024 Week 12: Rutgers at Maryland · W 31–17; offense 55.0 percentile2024 Week 13: Rutgers vs. Illinois · L 31–38; offense 58.2 percentile2024 Week 14: Rutgers at Michigan State · W 41–14; offense 72.8 percentile2024 Week 1: Rutgers vs. Kansas State · L 41–44; offense 64.6 percentile2025 Week 2: Rutgers vs. Miami (OH) · W 45–17; offense 79.5 percentile2025 Week 3: Rutgers vs. Norfolk State · W 60–10; offense 61.0 percentile2025 Week 4: Rutgers vs. Iowa · L 28–38; offense 65.0 percentile2025 Week 5: Rutgers at Minnesota · L 28–31; offense 46.3 percentile2025 Week 7: Rutgers at Washington · L 19–38; offense 55.6 percentile2025 Week 8: Rutgers vs. Oregon · L 10–56; offense 5.2 percentile2025 Week 9: Rutgers at Purdue · W 27–24; offense 54.8 percentile2025 Week 10: Rutgers at Illinois · L 13–35; offense 8.7 percentile2025 Week 11: Rutgers vs. Maryland · W 35–20; offense 91.2 percentile2025 Week 13: Rutgers at Ohio State · L 9–42; offense 14.5 percentile2025 Week 14: Rutgers vs. Penn State · L 36–40; offense 93.2 percentile2026 Week 1: Rutgers vs. Massachusetts · L 21–37; offense 6.8 percentile2026 Week 2: Rutgers at Boston College · L 21–28; offense 20.9 percentile2014 offense season mean: 54.5 percentile2015 offense season mean: 47.8 percentile2016 offense season mean: 11.1 percentile2017 offense season mean: 24.5 percentile2018 offense season mean: 20.2 percentile2019 offense season mean: 19.9 percentile2020 offense season mean: 26.3 percentile2021 offense season mean: 24.3 percentile2022 offense season mean: 21.2 percentile2023 offense season mean: 46.9 percentile2024 offense season mean: 55.0 percentile2025 offense season mean: 51.6 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 42.2 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 12.5 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Rutgers at Washington State · W 41–38; defense 29.1 percentile2014 Week 2: Rutgers vs. Howard · W 38–25; defense 4.0 percentile2014 Week 3: Rutgers vs. Penn State · L 10–13; defense 40.5 percentile2014 Week 4: Rutgers at Navy · W 31–24; defense 54.9 percentile2014 Week 5: Rutgers vs. Tulane · W 31–6; defense 60.2 percentile2014 Week 6: Rutgers vs. Michigan · W 26–24; defense 24.1 percentile2014 Week 8: Rutgers at Ohio State · L 17–56; defense 2.4 percentile2014 Week 9: Rutgers at Nebraska · L 24–42; defense 27.1 percentile2014 Week 10: Rutgers vs. Wisconsin · L 0–37; defense 69.8 percentile2014 Week 12: Rutgers vs. Indiana · W 45–23; defense 62.6 percentile2014 Week 13: Rutgers at Michigan State · L 3–45; defense 12.2 percentile2014 Week 14: Rutgers at Maryland · W 41–38; defense 1.0 percentile2014 Week 1: Rutgers vs. North Carolina · W 40–21; defense 56.9 percentile2015 Week 1: Rutgers vs. Norfolk State · W 63–13; defense 55.9 percentile2015 Week 2: Rutgers vs. Washington State · L 34–37; defense 18.0 percentile2015 Week 3: Rutgers at Penn State · L 3–28; defense 21.7 percentile2015 Week 4: Rutgers vs. Kansas · W 27–14; defense 43.5 percentile2015 Week 6: Rutgers vs. Michigan State · L 24–31; defense 30.6 percentile2015 Week 7: Rutgers at Indiana · W 55–52; defense 33.8 percentile2015 Week 8: Rutgers vs. Ohio State · L 7–49; defense 9.7 percentile2015 Week 9: Rutgers at Wisconsin · L 10–48; defense 18.8 percentile2015 Week 10: Rutgers at Michigan · L 16–49; defense 21.1 percentile2015 Week 11: Rutgers vs. Nebraska · L 14–31; defense 35.5 percentile2015 Week 12: Rutgers at Army · W 31–21; defense 8.6 percentile2015 Week 13: Rutgers vs. Maryland · L 41–46; defense 7.0 percentile2016 Week 1: Rutgers at Washington · L 13–48; defense 79.8 percentile2016 Week 3: Rutgers vs. New Mexico · W 37–28; defense 86.9 percentile2016 Week 4: Rutgers vs. Iowa · L 7–14; defense 70.8 percentile2016 Week 5: Rutgers at Ohio State · L 0–58; defense 2.4 percentile2016 Week 6: Rutgers vs. Michigan · L 0–78; defense 0.8 percentile2016 Week 7: Rutgers vs. Illinois · L 7–24; defense 37.6 percentile2016 Week 8: Rutgers at Minnesota · L 32–34; defense 22.9 percentile2016 Week 10: Rutgers vs. Indiana · L 27–33; defense 43.3 percentile2016 Week 11: Rutgers at Michigan State · L 0–49; defense 6.6 percentile2016 Week 12: Rutgers vs. Penn State · L 0–39; defense 18.6 percentile2016 Week 13: Rutgers at Maryland · L 13–31; defense 23.7 percentile2017 Week 1: Rutgers vs. Washington · L 14–30; defense 53.3 percentile2017 Week 2: Rutgers vs. Eastern Michigan · L 13–16; defense 78.2 percentile2017 Week 3: Rutgers vs. Morgan State · W 65–0; defense 69.2 percentile2017 Week 4: Rutgers at Nebraska · L 17–27; defense 45.9 percentile2017 Week 5: Rutgers vs. Ohio State · L 0–56; defense 18.8 percentile2017 Week 7: Rutgers at Illinois · W 35–24; defense 46.7 percentile2017 Week 8: Rutgers vs. Purdue · W 14–12; defense 54.7 percentile2017 Week 9: Rutgers at Michigan · L 14–35; defense 10.0 percentile2017 Week 10: Rutgers vs. Maryland · W 31–24; defense 8.8 percentile2017 Week 11: Rutgers at Penn State · L 6–35; defense 53.8 percentile2017 Week 12: Rutgers at Indiana · L 0–41; defense 8.1 percentile2017 Week 13: Rutgers vs. Michigan State · L 7–40; defense 21.0 percentile2018 Week 1: Rutgers vs. Texas State · W 35–7; defense 97.8 percentile2018 Week 2: Rutgers at Ohio State · L 3–52; defense 5.6 percentile2018 Week 3: Rutgers at Kansas · L 14–55; defense 13.7 percentile2018 Week 4: Rutgers vs. Buffalo · L 13–42; defense 73.4 percentile2018 Week 5: Rutgers vs. Indiana · L 17–24; defense 39.3 percentile2018 Week 6: Rutgers vs. Illinois · L 17–38; defense 29.6 percentile2018 Week 7: Rutgers at Maryland · L 7–34; defense 16.8 percentile2018 Week 8: Rutgers vs. Northwestern · L 15–18; defense 70.1 percentile2018 Week 10: Rutgers at Wisconsin · L 17–31; defense 21.2 percentile2018 Week 11: Rutgers vs. Michigan · L 7–42; defense 17.9 percentile2018 Week 12: Rutgers vs. Penn State · L 7–20; defense 69.7 percentile2018 Week 13: Rutgers at Michigan State · L 10–14; defense 60.1 percentile2019 Week 1: Rutgers vs. Massachusetts · W 48–21; defense 18.2 percentile2019 Week 2: Rutgers at Iowa · L 0–30; defense 41.7 percentile2019 Week 4: Rutgers vs. Boston College · L 16–30; defense 37.5 percentile2019 Week 5: Rutgers at Michigan · L 0–52; defense 15.7 percentile2019 Week 6: Rutgers vs. Maryland · L 7–48; defense 13.7 percentile2019 Week 7: Rutgers at Indiana · L 0–35; defense 25.3 percentile2019 Week 8: Rutgers vs. Minnesota · L 7–42; defense 26.5 percentile2019 Week 9: Rutgers vs. Liberty · W 44–34; defense 5.1 percentile2019 Week 10: Rutgers at Illinois · L 10–38; defense 11.8 percentile2019 Week 12: Rutgers vs. Ohio State · L 21–56; defense 11.5 percentile2019 Week 13: Rutgers vs. Michigan State · L 0–27; defense 40.2 percentile2019 Week 14: Rutgers at Penn State · L 6–27; defense 45.5 percentile2020 Week 8: Rutgers at Michigan State · W 38–27; defense 67.0 percentile2020 Week 9: Rutgers vs. Indiana · L 21–37; defense 60.1 percentile2020 Week 10: Rutgers at Ohio State · L 27–49; defense 21.4 percentile2020 Week 11: Rutgers vs. Illinois · L 20–23; defense 32.2 percentile2020 Week 12: Rutgers vs. Michigan · L 42–48; defense 31.9 percentile2020 Week 13: Rutgers at Purdue · W 37–30; defense 20.5 percentile2020 Week 14: Rutgers vs. Penn State · L 7–23; defense 72.9 percentile2020 Week 15: Rutgers at Maryland · W 27–24; defense 64.8 percentile2020 Week 16: Rutgers vs. Nebraska · L 21–28; defense 13.0 percentile2021 Week 1: Rutgers vs. Temple · W 61–14; defense 41.5 percentile2021 Week 2: Rutgers at Syracuse · W 17–7; defense 92.8 percentile2021 Week 3: Rutgers vs. Delaware · W 45–13; defense 31.8 percentile2021 Week 4: Rutgers at Michigan · L 13–20; defense 93.0 percentile2021 Week 5: Rutgers vs. Ohio State · L 13–52; defense 15.8 percentile2021 Week 6: Rutgers vs. Michigan State · L 13–31; defense 55.4 percentile2021 Week 7: Rutgers at Northwestern · L 7–21; defense 63.9 percentile2021 Week 9: Rutgers at Illinois · W 20–14; defense 55.0 percentile2021 Week 10: Rutgers vs. Wisconsin · L 3–52; defense 2.6 percentile2021 Week 11: Rutgers at Indiana · W 38–3; defense 73.7 percentile2021 Week 12: Rutgers at Penn State · L 0–28; defense 61.9 percentile2021 Week 13: Rutgers vs. Maryland · L 16–40; defense 2.8 percentile2021 Week 1: Rutgers vs. Wake Forest · L 10–38; defense 59.0 percentile2022 Week 1: Rutgers at Boston College · W 22–21; defense 72.1 percentile2022 Week 2: Rutgers vs. Wagner · W 66–7; defense 80.5 percentile2022 Week 3: Rutgers at Temple · W 16–14; defense 63.3 percentile2022 Week 4: Rutgers vs. Iowa · L 10–27; defense 49.8 percentile2022 Week 5: Rutgers at Ohio State · L 10–49; defense 29.4 percentile2022 Week 6: Rutgers vs. Nebraska · L 13–14; defense 80.8 percentile2022 Week 8: Rutgers vs. Indiana · W 24–17; defense 57.1 percentile2022 Week 9: Rutgers at Minnesota · L 0–31; defense 50.4 percentile2022 Week 10: Rutgers vs. Michigan · L 17–52; defense 56.5 percentile2022 Week 11: Rutgers at Michigan State · L 21–27; defense 15.4 percentile2022 Week 13: Rutgers at Maryland · L 0–37; defense 30.1 percentile2023 Week 1: Rutgers vs. Northwestern · W 24–7; defense 97.2 percentile2023 Week 2: Rutgers vs. Temple · W 36–7; defense 74.4 percentile2023 Week 3: Rutgers vs. Virginia Tech · W 35–16; defense 77.7 percentile2023 Week 4: Rutgers at Michigan · L 7–31; defense 20.4 percentile2023 Week 5: Rutgers vs. Wagner · W 52–3; defense 80.1 percentile2023 Week 6: Rutgers at Wisconsin · L 13–24; defense 44.0 percentile2023 Week 7: Rutgers vs. Michigan State · W 27–24; defense 43.7 percentile2023 Week 8: Rutgers at Indiana · W 31–14; defense 44.7 percentile2023 Week 10: Rutgers vs. Ohio State · L 16–35; defense 58.2 percentile2023 Week 11: Rutgers at Iowa · L 0–22; defense 24.8 percentile2023 Week 12: Rutgers at Penn State · L 6–27; defense 46.3 percentile2023 Week 13: Rutgers vs. Maryland · L 24–42; defense 12.5 percentile2023 Week 1: Rutgers vs. Miami · W 31–24; defense 65.1 percentile2024 Week 1: Rutgers vs. Howard · W 44–7; defense 29.8 percentile2024 Week 2: Rutgers vs. Akron · W 49–17; defense 35.6 percentile2024 Week 4: Rutgers at Virginia Tech · W 26–23; defense 54.0 percentile2024 Week 5: Rutgers vs. Washington · W 21–18; defense 38.4 percentile2024 Week 7: Rutgers vs. Wisconsin · L 7–42; defense 8.0 percentile2024 Week 8: Rutgers vs. UCLA · L 32–35; defense 9.5 percentile2024 Week 9: Rutgers at USC · L 20–42; defense 7.5 percentile2024 Week 11: Rutgers vs. Minnesota · W 26–19; defense 83.8 percentile2024 Week 12: Rutgers at Maryland · W 31–17; defense 27.4 percentile2024 Week 13: Rutgers vs. Illinois · L 31–38; defense 5.7 percentile2024 Week 14: Rutgers at Michigan State · W 41–14; defense 89.8 percentile2024 Week 1: Rutgers vs. Kansas State · L 41–44; defense 7.9 percentile2025 Week 2: Rutgers vs. Miami (OH) · W 45–17; defense 24.2 percentile2025 Week 3: Rutgers vs. Norfolk State · W 60–10; defense 22.3 percentile2025 Week 4: Rutgers vs. Iowa · L 28–38; defense 13.8 percentile2025 Week 5: Rutgers at Minnesota · L 28–31; defense 40.1 percentile2025 Week 7: Rutgers at Washington · L 19–38; defense 28.4 percentile2025 Week 8: Rutgers vs. Oregon · L 10–56; defense 0.1 percentile2025 Week 9: Rutgers at Purdue · W 27–24; defense 25.7 percentile2025 Week 10: Rutgers at Illinois · L 13–35; defense 8.5 percentile2025 Week 11: Rutgers vs. Maryland · W 35–20; defense 14.0 percentile2025 Week 13: Rutgers at Ohio State · L 9–42; defense 15.9 percentile2025 Week 14: Rutgers vs. Penn State · L 36–40; defense 11.2 percentile2026 Week 1: Rutgers vs. Massachusetts · L 21–37; defense 1.4 percentile2026 Week 2: Rutgers at Boston College · L 21–28; defense 30.0 percentile2014 defense season mean: 27.1 percentile2015 defense season mean: 23.1 percentile2016 defense season mean: 28.5 percentile2017 defense season mean: 35.9 percentile2018 defense season mean: 42.6 percentile2019 defense season mean: 22.1 percentile2020 defense season mean: 41.2 percentile2021 defense season mean: 47.5 percentile2022 defense season mean: 53.3 percentile2023 defense season mean: 54.8 percentile2024 defense season mean: 29.2 percentile2025 defense season mean: 13.9 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 12.7 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 8.6 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2016Chris Ash
2019Nunzio Campanile / Chris Ash
2020Greg Schiano

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 estimateGreg Schiano2
42.2 estimate12.5 games-only average
12.7 estimate8.6 games-only average
2025Greg Schiano1151.613.9
2024Greg Schiano1255.029.2
2023Greg Schiano1346.954.8
2022Greg Schiano1121.253.3
2021Greg Schiano1324.347.5
2020Greg SchianoCoaching change926.341.2
2019Nunzio Campanile / Chris AshCoaching change1219.922.1
2018Chris Ash1220.242.6
2017Chris Ash1224.535.9
2016Chris AshCoaching change1111.128.5
2015Kyle Flood1247.823.1
2014Kyle Flood1354.527.1