2014–2026 performance history

South Alabama over time

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

Sun BeltHead coach: Major ApplewhiteView South Alabama games →
Offense · 2026 estimate44.8/100

28.6 average through 1 game

47.0 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate22.9/100

20.4 average through 1 game

23.2 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.

South Alabama 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.Jones · ’14–’17Joey Jones, 2014–2017Campbell · ’18–’20Steve Campbell, 2018–2020Wommack · ’21–’23Kane Wommack, 2021–2023Applewhite · ’24–’26Major Applewhite, 2024–2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 2: South Alabama at Kent State · W 23–13; offense 23.9 percentile2014 Week 3: South Alabama vs. Mississippi State · L 3–35; offense 23.6 percentile2014 Week 4: South Alabama vs. Georgia Southern · L 6–28; offense 16.2 percentile2014 Week 6: South Alabama at App State · W 47–21; offense 95.0 percentile2014 Week 8: South Alabama vs. Georgia State · W 30–27; offense 13.4 percentile2014 Week 9: South Alabama vs. Troy · W 27–13; offense 43.7 percentile2014 Week 10: South Alabama at Louisiana · L 9–19; offense 20.6 percentile2014 Week 11: South Alabama at Arkansas State · L 10–45; offense 1.6 percentile2014 Week 12: South Alabama vs. Texas State · W 24–20; offense 54.5 percentile2014 Week 13: South Alabama at South Carolina · L 12–37; offense 13.1 percentile2014 Week 14: South Alabama vs. Navy · L 40–42; offense 68.3 percentile2014 Week 1: South Alabama vs. Bowling Green · L 28–33; offense 14.0 percentile2015 Week 1: South Alabama vs. Gardner-Webb · W 33–23; offense 24.1 percentile2015 Week 2: South Alabama at Nebraska · L 9–48; offense 10.8 percentile2015 Week 3: South Alabama at San Diego State · W 34–27; offense 79.0 percentile2015 Week 4: South Alabama vs. NC State · L 13–63; offense 3.4 percentile2015 Week 5: South Alabama at Troy · W 24–18; offense 31.2 percentile2015 Week 7: South Alabama vs. Arkansas State · L 31–49; offense 43.5 percentile2015 Week 8: South Alabama at Texas State · L 18–36; offense 23.9 percentile2015 Week 10: South Alabama vs. Idaho · W 52–45; offense 39.6 percentile2015 Week 11: South Alabama vs. Louisiana · W 32–25; offense 55.8 percentile2015 Week 12: South Alabama at Georgia State · L 10–24; offense 31.7 percentile2015 Week 13: South Alabama at Georgia Southern · L 17–55; offense 12.9 percentile2015 Week 14: South Alabama vs. App State · L 27–34; offense 70.4 percentile2016 Week 1: South Alabama at Mississippi State · W 21–20; offense 31.9 percentile2016 Week 2: South Alabama vs. Georgia Southern · L 9–24; offense 3.9 percentile2016 Week 3: South Alabama at Louisiana · L 23–28; offense 21.5 percentile2016 Week 4: South Alabama vs. Nicholls · W 41–40; offense 11.5 percentile2016 Week 5: South Alabama vs. San Diego State · W 42–24; offense 80.7 percentile2016 Week 7: South Alabama at Arkansas State · L 7–17; offense 56.1 percentile2016 Week 8: South Alabama vs. Troy · L 21–28; offense 60.9 percentile2016 Week 9: South Alabama vs. Georgia State · W 13–10; offense 15.4 percentile2016 Week 10: South Alabama at UL Monroe · L 35–42; offense 71.1 percentile2016 Week 12: South Alabama vs. Presbyterian · W 31–7; offense 39.1 percentile2016 Week 14: South Alabama vs. New Mexico State · W 35–28; offense 75.4 percentile2016 Week 1: South Alabama vs. Air Force · L 21–45; offense 79.6 percentile2017 Week 1: South Alabama at Ole Miss · L 27–47; offense 16.3 percentile2017 Week 2: South Alabama vs. Oklahoma State · L 7–44; offense 0.8 percentile2017 Week 3: South Alabama vs. Alabama A&M · W 45–0; offense 51.3 percentile2017 Week 4: South Alabama vs. Idaho · L 23–29; offense 24.2 percentile2017 Week 5: South Alabama at Louisiana Tech · L 16–34; offense 14.8 percentile2017 Week 7: South Alabama at Troy · W 19–8; offense 11.2 percentile2017 Week 8: South Alabama vs. UL Monroe · W 33–23; offense 75.0 percentile2017 Week 9: South Alabama at Georgia State · L 13–21; offense 17.1 percentile2017 Week 10: South Alabama vs. Louisiana · L 14–19; offense 12.7 percentile2017 Week 11: South Alabama vs. Arkansas State · W 24–19; offense 14.8 percentile2017 Week 12: South Alabama at Georgia Southern · L 0–52; offense 0.4 percentile2017 Week 14: South Alabama at New Mexico State · L 17–22; offense 15.7 percentile2018 Week 1: South Alabama vs. Louisiana Tech · L 26–30; offense 36.7 percentile2018 Week 2: South Alabama at Oklahoma State · L 13–55; offense 2.0 percentile2018 Week 3: South Alabama vs. Texas State · W 41–31; offense 47.1 percentile2018 Week 4: South Alabama at Memphis · L 35–52; offense 58.6 percentile2018 Week 5: South Alabama at App State · L 7–52; offense 17.8 percentile2018 Week 6: South Alabama at Georgia Southern · L 13–48; offense 34.1 percentile2018 Week 9: South Alabama vs. Troy · L 17–38; offense 55.3 percentile2018 Week 10: South Alabama at Arkansas State · L 14–38; offense 12.4 percentile2018 Week 11: South Alabama vs. UL Monroe · L 10–38; offense 1.8 percentile2018 Week 12: South Alabama at Louisiana · L 38–48; offense 47.6 percentile2018 Week 13: South Alabama vs. Coastal Carolina · W 31–28; offense 61.4 percentile2019 Week 1: South Alabama at Nebraska · L 21–35; offense 21.7 percentile2019 Week 2: South Alabama vs. Jackson State · W 37–14; offense 37.0 percentile2019 Week 3: South Alabama vs. Memphis · L 6–42; offense 2.4 percentile2019 Week 4: South Alabama at UAB · L 3–35; offense 31.9 percentile2019 Week 5: South Alabama at UL Monroe · L 17–30; offense 22.3 percentile2019 Week 6: South Alabama vs. Georgia Southern · L 17–20; offense 18.7 percentile2019 Week 8: South Alabama at Troy · L 13–37; offense 4.1 percentile2019 Week 9: South Alabama vs. App State · L 3–30; offense 0.5 percentile2019 Week 11: South Alabama at Texas State · L 28–30; offense 32.8 percentile2019 Week 12: South Alabama vs. Louisiana · L 27–37; offense 84.5 percentile2019 Week 13: South Alabama at Georgia State · L 15–28; offense 3.2 percentile2019 Week 14: South Alabama vs. Arkansas State · W 34–30; offense 62.6 percentile2020 Week 1: South Alabama at Southern Miss · W 32–21; offense 83.4 percentile2020 Week 2: South Alabama vs. Tulane · L 24–27; offense 26.0 percentile2020 Week 4: South Alabama vs. UAB · L 10–42; offense 24.6 percentile2020 Week 7: South Alabama vs. Texas State · W 30–20; offense 23.9 percentile2020 Week 8: South Alabama vs. UL Monroe · W 38–14; offense 44.1 percentile2020 Week 9: South Alabama at Georgia Southern · L 17–24; offense 17.0 percentile2020 Week 10: South Alabama at Coastal Carolina · L 6–23; offense 13.8 percentile2020 Week 11: South Alabama at Louisiana · L 10–38; offense 22.1 percentile2020 Week 12: South Alabama vs. Georgia State · L 14–31; offense 25.7 percentile2020 Week 13: South Alabama at Arkansas State · W 38–31; offense 45.4 percentile2020 Week 14: South Alabama vs. Troy · L 0–29; offense 4.7 percentile2021 Week 3: South Alabama vs. Alcorn State · W 28–21; offense 7.8 percentile2021 Week 7: South Alabama vs. Georgia Southern · W 41–14; offense 77.7 percentile2021 Week 8: South Alabama at UL Monroe · L 31–41; offense 33.8 percentile2021 Week 9: South Alabama vs. Arkansas State · W 31–13; offense 16.1 percentile2021 Week 10: South Alabama at Troy · L 24–31; offense 34.1 percentile2021 Week 11: South Alabama at App State · L 7–31; offense 14.2 percentile2021 Week 13: South Alabama vs. Coastal Carolina · L 21–27; offense 31.0 percentile2022 Week 1: South Alabama vs. Nicholls · W 48–7; offense 34.1 percentile2022 Week 2: South Alabama at Central Michigan · W 38–24; offense 59.7 percentile2022 Week 3: South Alabama at UCLA · L 31–32; offense 69.5 percentile2022 Week 4: South Alabama vs. Louisiana Tech · W 38–14; offense 34.8 percentile2022 Week 5: South Alabama at Louisiana · W 20–17; offense 35.2 percentile2022 Week 7: South Alabama vs. UL Monroe · W 41–34; offense 87.2 percentile2022 Week 8: South Alabama vs. Troy · L 6–10; offense 13.0 percentile2022 Week 9: South Alabama at Arkansas State · W 31–3; offense 7.9 percentile2022 Week 10: South Alabama at Georgia Southern · W 38–31; offense 91.6 percentile2022 Week 11: South Alabama vs. Texas State · W 38–21; offense 57.5 percentile2022 Week 12: South Alabama at Southern Miss · W 27–20; offense 67.2 percentile2022 Week 13: South Alabama vs. Old Dominion · W 27–20; offense 76.5 percentile2022 Week 1: South Alabama vs. Western Kentucky · L 23–44; offense 32.5 percentile2023 Week 1: South Alabama at Tulane · L 17–37; offense 65.2 percentile2023 Week 2: South Alabama vs. SE Louisiana · W 35–17; offense 73.5 percentile2023 Week 3: South Alabama at Oklahoma State · W 33–7; offense 77.7 percentile2023 Week 4: South Alabama vs. Central Michigan · L 30–34; offense 77.6 percentile2023 Week 5: South Alabama at James Madison · L 23–31; offense 20.5 percentile2023 Week 6: South Alabama at UL Monroe · W 55–7; offense 91.9 percentile2023 Week 8: South Alabama vs. Southern Miss · W 55–3; offense 98.3 percentile2023 Week 9: South Alabama vs. Louisiana · L 20–33; offense 53.6 percentile2023 Week 10: South Alabama at Troy · L 10–28; offense 16.1 percentile2023 Week 11: South Alabama vs. Arkansas State · W 21–14; offense 39.2 percentile2023 Week 12: South Alabama vs. Marshall · W 28–0; offense 69.8 percentile2023 Week 13: South Alabama at Texas State · L 44–52; offense 88.2 percentile2024 Week 1: South Alabama vs. North Texas · L 38–52; offense 85.1 percentile2024 Week 2: South Alabama at Ohio · L 20–27; offense 60.4 percentile2024 Week 3: South Alabama vs. Northwestern State · W 87–10; offense 97.0 percentile2024 Week 4: South Alabama at App State · W 48–14; offense 98.9 percentile2024 Week 5: South Alabama at LSU · L 10–42; offense 42.1 percentile2024 Week 6: South Alabama at Arkansas State · L 16–18; offense 29.4 percentile2024 Week 8: South Alabama vs. Troy · W 25–9; offense 51.8 percentile2024 Week 9: South Alabama vs. UL Monroe · W 46–17; offense 89.9 percentile2024 Week 10: South Alabama vs. Georgia Southern · L 30–34; offense 76.7 percentile2024 Week 12: South Alabama at Louisiana · W 24–22; offense 30.3 percentile2024 Week 13: South Alabama at Southern Miss · W 35–14; offense 32.3 percentile2024 Week 14: South Alabama vs. Texas State · L 38–45; offense 57.9 percentile2024 Week 1: South Alabama vs. Western Michigan · W 30–23; offense 88.6 percentile2025 Week 1: South Alabama vs. Morgan State · W 38–21; offense 32.3 percentile2025 Week 2: South Alabama vs. Tulane · L 31–33; offense 71.8 percentile2025 Week 3: South Alabama at Auburn · L 15–31; offense 60.8 percentile2025 Week 4: South Alabama vs. Coastal Carolina · L 20–38; offense 13.7 percentile2025 Week 5: South Alabama at North Texas · L 22–36; offense 34.1 percentile2025 Week 9: South Alabama at Georgia State · W 38–31; offense 73.0 percentile2025 Week 10: South Alabama vs. Louisiana · L 22–31; offense 47.2 percentile2025 Week 12: South Alabama at UL Monroe · W 26–14; offense 43.7 percentile2025 Week 13: South Alabama vs. Southern Miss · W 42–35; offense 61.4 percentile2025 Week 14: South Alabama at Texas State · L 26–49; offense 37.1 percentile2026 Week 1: South Alabama vs. SE Louisiana · W 39–14; offense 28.6 percentile2014 offense season mean: 29.1 percentile2015 offense season mean: 32.3 percentile2016 offense season mean: 42.9 percentile2017 offense season mean: 15.1 percentile2018 offense season mean: 27.8 percentile2019 offense season mean: 19.1 percentile2020 offense season mean: 27.8 percentile2021 offense season mean: 28.2 percentile2022 offense season mean: 51.4 percentile2023 offense season mean: 68.4 percentile2024 offense season mean: 71.1 percentile2025 offense season mean: 47.0 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 44.8 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 28.6 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 2: South Alabama at Kent State · W 23–13; defense 63.1 percentile2014 Week 3: South Alabama vs. Mississippi State · L 3–35; defense 11.7 percentile2014 Week 4: South Alabama vs. Georgia Southern · L 6–28; defense 66.8 percentile2014 Week 6: South Alabama at App State · W 47–21; defense 76.3 percentile2014 Week 8: South Alabama vs. Georgia State · W 30–27; defense 45.4 percentile2014 Week 9: South Alabama vs. Troy · W 27–13; defense 74.8 percentile2014 Week 10: South Alabama at Louisiana · L 9–19; defense 55.8 percentile2014 Week 11: South Alabama at Arkansas State · L 10–45; defense 45.2 percentile2014 Week 12: South Alabama vs. Texas State · W 24–20; defense 84.9 percentile2014 Week 13: South Alabama at South Carolina · L 12–37; defense 15.9 percentile2014 Week 14: South Alabama vs. Navy · L 40–42; defense 18.0 percentile2014 Week 1: South Alabama vs. Bowling Green · L 28–33; defense 56.0 percentile2015 Week 1: South Alabama vs. Gardner-Webb · W 33–23; defense 55.9 percentile2015 Week 2: South Alabama at Nebraska · L 9–48; defense 7.8 percentile2015 Week 3: South Alabama at San Diego State · W 34–27; defense 72.8 percentile2015 Week 4: South Alabama vs. NC State · L 13–63; defense 0.2 percentile2015 Week 5: South Alabama at Troy · W 24–18; defense 88.4 percentile2015 Week 7: South Alabama vs. Arkansas State · L 31–49; defense 56.7 percentile2015 Week 8: South Alabama at Texas State · L 18–36; defense 19.8 percentile2015 Week 10: South Alabama vs. Idaho · W 52–45; defense 23.0 percentile2015 Week 11: South Alabama vs. Louisiana · W 32–25; defense 56.9 percentile2015 Week 12: South Alabama at Georgia State · L 10–24; defense 60.8 percentile2015 Week 13: South Alabama at Georgia Southern · L 17–55; defense 7.5 percentile2015 Week 14: South Alabama vs. App State · L 27–34; defense 20.5 percentile2016 Week 1: South Alabama at Mississippi State · W 21–20; defense 51.0 percentile2016 Week 2: South Alabama vs. Georgia Southern · L 9–24; defense 15.6 percentile2016 Week 3: South Alabama at Louisiana · L 23–28; defense 21.3 percentile2016 Week 4: South Alabama vs. Nicholls · W 41–40; defense 48.9 percentile2016 Week 5: South Alabama vs. San Diego State · W 42–24; defense 79.1 percentile2016 Week 7: South Alabama at Arkansas State · L 7–17; defense 56.2 percentile2016 Week 8: South Alabama vs. Troy · L 21–28; defense 37.6 percentile2016 Week 9: South Alabama vs. Georgia State · W 13–10; defense 66.0 percentile2016 Week 10: South Alabama at UL Monroe · L 35–42; defense 18.3 percentile2016 Week 12: South Alabama vs. Presbyterian · W 31–7; defense 39.9 percentile2016 Week 14: South Alabama vs. New Mexico State · W 35–28; defense 38.2 percentile2016 Week 1: South Alabama vs. Air Force · L 21–45; defense 35.7 percentile2017 Week 1: South Alabama at Ole Miss · L 27–47; defense 4.2 percentile2017 Week 2: South Alabama vs. Oklahoma State · L 7–44; defense 43.8 percentile2017 Week 3: South Alabama vs. Alabama A&M · W 45–0; defense 49.0 percentile2017 Week 4: South Alabama vs. Idaho · L 23–29; defense 41.9 percentile2017 Week 5: South Alabama at Louisiana Tech · L 16–34; defense 34.4 percentile2017 Week 7: South Alabama at Troy · W 19–8; defense 99.4 percentile2017 Week 8: South Alabama vs. UL Monroe · W 33–23; defense 10.9 percentile2017 Week 9: South Alabama at Georgia State · L 13–21; defense 59.5 percentile2017 Week 10: South Alabama vs. Louisiana · L 14–19; defense 41.5 percentile2017 Week 11: South Alabama vs. Arkansas State · W 24–19; defense 86.7 percentile2017 Week 12: South Alabama at Georgia Southern · L 0–52; defense 3.7 percentile2017 Week 14: South Alabama at New Mexico State · L 17–22; defense 64.1 percentile2018 Week 1: South Alabama vs. Louisiana Tech · L 26–30; defense 37.7 percentile2018 Week 2: South Alabama at Oklahoma State · L 13–55; defense 45.2 percentile2018 Week 3: South Alabama vs. Texas State · W 41–31; defense 49.7 percentile2018 Week 4: South Alabama at Memphis · L 35–52; defense 47.6 percentile2018 Week 5: South Alabama at App State · L 7–52; defense 3.8 percentile2018 Week 6: South Alabama at Georgia Southern · L 13–48; defense 17.3 percentile2018 Week 9: South Alabama vs. Troy · L 17–38; defense 16.9 percentile2018 Week 10: South Alabama at Arkansas State · L 14–38; defense 31.1 percentile2018 Week 11: South Alabama vs. UL Monroe · L 10–38; defense 24.2 percentile2018 Week 12: South Alabama at Louisiana · L 38–48; defense 12.1 percentile2018 Week 13: South Alabama vs. Coastal Carolina · W 31–28; defense 47.9 percentile2019 Week 1: South Alabama at Nebraska · L 21–35; defense 91.4 percentile2019 Week 2: South Alabama vs. Jackson State · W 37–14; defense 43.2 percentile2019 Week 3: South Alabama vs. Memphis · L 6–42; defense 30.7 percentile2019 Week 4: South Alabama at UAB · L 3–35; defense 3.0 percentile2019 Week 5: South Alabama at UL Monroe · L 17–30; defense 36.2 percentile2019 Week 6: South Alabama vs. Georgia Southern · L 17–20; defense 60.4 percentile2019 Week 8: South Alabama at Troy · L 13–37; defense 52.8 percentile2019 Week 9: South Alabama vs. App State · L 3–30; defense 41.0 percentile2019 Week 11: South Alabama at Texas State · L 28–30; defense 34.9 percentile2019 Week 12: South Alabama vs. Louisiana · L 27–37; defense 40.6 percentile2019 Week 13: South Alabama at Georgia State · L 15–28; defense 65.3 percentile2019 Week 14: South Alabama vs. Arkansas State · W 34–30; defense 62.4 percentile2020 Week 1: South Alabama at Southern Miss · W 32–21; defense 72.1 percentile2020 Week 2: South Alabama vs. Tulane · L 24–27; defense 60.9 percentile2020 Week 4: South Alabama vs. UAB · L 10–42; defense 11.8 percentile2020 Week 7: South Alabama vs. Texas State · W 30–20; defense 66.0 percentile2020 Week 8: South Alabama vs. UL Monroe · W 38–14; defense 55.7 percentile2020 Week 9: South Alabama at Georgia Southern · L 17–24; defense 67.6 percentile2020 Week 10: South Alabama at Coastal Carolina · L 6–23; defense 56.0 percentile2020 Week 11: South Alabama at Louisiana · L 10–38; defense 13.6 percentile2020 Week 12: South Alabama vs. Georgia State · L 14–31; defense 18.9 percentile2020 Week 13: South Alabama at Arkansas State · W 38–31; defense 40.8 percentile2020 Week 14: South Alabama vs. Troy · L 0–29; defense 26.2 percentile2021 Week 3: South Alabama vs. Alcorn State · W 28–21; defense 54.8 percentile2021 Week 7: South Alabama vs. Georgia Southern · W 41–14; defense 87.2 percentile2021 Week 8: South Alabama at UL Monroe · L 31–41; defense 12.1 percentile2021 Week 9: South Alabama vs. Arkansas State · W 31–13; defense 93.0 percentile2021 Week 10: South Alabama at Troy · L 24–31; defense 35.8 percentile2021 Week 11: South Alabama at App State · L 7–31; defense 74.4 percentile2021 Week 13: South Alabama vs. Coastal Carolina · L 21–27; defense 76.1 percentile2022 Week 1: South Alabama vs. Nicholls · W 48–7; defense 73.4 percentile2022 Week 2: South Alabama at Central Michigan · W 38–24; defense 64.5 percentile2022 Week 3: South Alabama at UCLA · L 31–32; defense 83.5 percentile2022 Week 4: South Alabama vs. Louisiana Tech · W 38–14; defense 53.0 percentile2022 Week 5: South Alabama at Louisiana · W 20–17; defense 86.4 percentile2022 Week 7: South Alabama vs. UL Monroe · W 41–34; defense 36.3 percentile2022 Week 8: South Alabama vs. Troy · L 6–10; defense 70.0 percentile2022 Week 9: South Alabama at Arkansas State · W 31–3; defense 99.3 percentile2022 Week 10: South Alabama at Georgia Southern · W 38–31; defense 85.3 percentile2022 Week 11: South Alabama vs. Texas State · W 38–21; defense 42.0 percentile2022 Week 12: South Alabama at Southern Miss · W 27–20; defense 70.9 percentile2022 Week 13: South Alabama vs. Old Dominion · W 27–20; defense 14.7 percentile2022 Week 1: South Alabama vs. Western Kentucky · L 23–44; defense 22.7 percentile2023 Week 1: South Alabama at Tulane · L 17–37; defense 5.6 percentile2023 Week 2: South Alabama vs. SE Louisiana · W 35–17; defense 18.7 percentile2023 Week 3: South Alabama at Oklahoma State · W 33–7; defense 82.2 percentile2023 Week 4: South Alabama vs. Central Michigan · L 30–34; defense 23.0 percentile2023 Week 5: South Alabama at James Madison · L 23–31; defense 90.6 percentile2023 Week 6: South Alabama at UL Monroe · W 55–7; defense 79.7 percentile2023 Week 8: South Alabama vs. Southern Miss · W 55–3; defense 81.3 percentile2023 Week 9: South Alabama vs. Louisiana · L 20–33; defense 39.4 percentile2023 Week 10: South Alabama at Troy · L 10–28; defense 55.0 percentile2023 Week 11: South Alabama vs. Arkansas State · W 21–14; defense 69.6 percentile2023 Week 12: South Alabama vs. Marshall · W 28–0; defense 88.4 percentile2023 Week 13: South Alabama at Texas State · L 44–52; defense 30.2 percentile2024 Week 1: South Alabama vs. North Texas · L 38–52; defense 6.9 percentile2024 Week 2: South Alabama at Ohio · L 20–27; defense 57.9 percentile2024 Week 3: South Alabama vs. Northwestern State · W 87–10; defense 34.3 percentile2024 Week 4: South Alabama at App State · W 48–14; defense 71.7 percentile2024 Week 5: South Alabama at LSU · L 10–42; defense 1.1 percentile2024 Week 6: South Alabama at Arkansas State · L 16–18; defense 77.1 percentile2024 Week 8: South Alabama vs. Troy · W 25–9; defense 93.9 percentile2024 Week 9: South Alabama vs. UL Monroe · W 46–17; defense 21.6 percentile2024 Week 10: South Alabama vs. Georgia Southern · L 30–34; defense 31.5 percentile2024 Week 12: South Alabama at Louisiana · W 24–22; defense 70.4 percentile2024 Week 13: South Alabama at Southern Miss · W 35–14; defense 69.4 percentile2024 Week 14: South Alabama vs. Texas State · L 38–45; defense 34.1 percentile2024 Week 1: South Alabama vs. Western Michigan · W 30–23; defense 84.0 percentile2025 Week 1: South Alabama vs. Morgan State · W 38–21; defense 15.2 percentile2025 Week 2: South Alabama vs. Tulane · L 31–33; defense 36.4 percentile2025 Week 3: South Alabama at Auburn · L 15–31; defense 8.3 percentile2025 Week 4: South Alabama vs. Coastal Carolina · L 20–38; defense 10.2 percentile2025 Week 5: South Alabama at North Texas · L 22–36; defense 72.3 percentile2025 Week 9: South Alabama at Georgia State · W 38–31; defense 4.8 percentile2025 Week 10: South Alabama vs. Louisiana · L 22–31; defense 6.9 percentile2025 Week 12: South Alabama at UL Monroe · W 26–14; defense 77.7 percentile2025 Week 13: South Alabama vs. Southern Miss · W 42–35; defense 47.5 percentile2025 Week 14: South Alabama at Texas State · L 26–49; defense 7.6 percentile2026 Week 1: South Alabama vs. SE Louisiana · W 39–14; defense 20.5 percentile2014 defense season mean: 50.5 percentile2015 defense season mean: 32.3 percentile2016 defense season mean: 41.5 percentile2017 defense season mean: 44.9 percentile2018 defense season mean: 27.4 percentile2019 defense season mean: 45.5 percentile2020 defense season mean: 42.7 percentile2021 defense season mean: 64.3 percentile2022 defense season mean: 66.0 percentile2023 defense season mean: 55.9 percentile2024 defense season mean: 47.7 percentile2025 defense season mean: 23.2 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 22.9 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 20.4 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2018Steve Campbell
2021Kane Wommack / Steve Campbell
2024Major Applewhite

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 estimateMajor Applewhite1
44.8 estimate28.6 games-only average
22.9 estimate20.4 games-only average
2025Major Applewhite1047.023.2
2024Major ApplewhiteCoaching change1371.147.7
2023Kane Wommack1268.455.9
2022Kane Wommack1351.466.0
2021Kane Wommack / Steve CampbellCoaching change728.264.3
2020Steve Campbell1127.842.7
2019Steve Campbell1219.145.5
2018Steve CampbellCoaching change1127.827.4
2017Joey Jones1215.144.9
2016Joey Jones1242.941.5
2015Joey Jones1232.332.3
2014Joey Jones1229.150.5