2014–2026 performance history

South Carolina over time

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

SECHead coach: Shane BeamerView South Carolina games →
Offense · 2026 estimate47.6/100

99.8 average through 1 game

33.6 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate64.3/100

72.3 average through 1 game

63.2 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 Carolina 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.SpurrierSteve Spurrier, 2014ElliottShawn Elliott, 2015Muschamp · ’16–’20Will Muschamp, 2016–2020Beamer · ’21–’26Shane Beamer, 2021–2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Texas A&M · L 28–52; offense 53.8 percentile2014 Week 2: South Carolina vs. East Carolina · W 33–23; offense 90.5 percentile2014 Week 3: South Carolina vs. Georgia · W 38–35; offense 76.8 percentile2014 Week 4: South Carolina at Vanderbilt · W 48–34; offense 87.1 percentile2014 Week 5: South Carolina vs. Missouri · L 20–21; offense 35.0 percentile2014 Week 6: South Carolina at Kentucky · L 38–45; offense 92.1 percentile2014 Week 8: South Carolina vs. Furman · W 41–10; offense 73.2 percentile2014 Week 9: South Carolina at Auburn · L 35–42; offense 63.4 percentile2014 Week 10: South Carolina vs. Tennessee · L 42–45; offense 98.4 percentile2014 Week 12: South Carolina at Florida · W 23–20; offense 19.2 percentile2014 Week 13: South Carolina vs. South Alabama · W 37–12; offense 87.9 percentile2014 Week 14: South Carolina at Clemson · L 17–35; offense 34.4 percentile2014 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Miami · W 24–21; offense 34.1 percentile2015 Week 1: South Carolina vs. North Carolina · W 17–13; offense 50.7 percentile2015 Week 3: South Carolina at Georgia · L 20–52; offense 58.8 percentile2015 Week 4: South Carolina vs. UCF · W 31–14; offense 22.8 percentile2015 Week 5: South Carolina at Missouri · L 10–24; offense 52.3 percentile2015 Week 6: South Carolina at LSU · L 24–45; offense 71.7 percentile2015 Week 7: South Carolina vs. Vanderbilt · W 19–10; offense 52.9 percentile2015 Week 9: South Carolina at Texas A&M · L 28–35; offense 75.5 percentile2015 Week 10: South Carolina at Tennessee · L 24–27; offense 44.6 percentile2015 Week 11: South Carolina vs. Florida · L 14–24; offense 16.4 percentile2015 Week 12: South Carolina vs. The Citadel · L 22–23; offense 8.0 percentile2015 Week 13: South Carolina vs. Clemson · L 32–37; offense 69.2 percentile2016 Week 1: South Carolina at Vanderbilt · W 13–10; offense 19.3 percentile2016 Week 2: South Carolina at Mississippi State · L 14–27; offense 3.8 percentile2016 Week 3: South Carolina vs. East Carolina · W 20–15; offense 9.5 percentile2016 Week 4: South Carolina at Kentucky · L 10–17; offense 6.1 percentile2016 Week 5: South Carolina vs. Texas A&M · L 13–24; offense 14.6 percentile2016 Week 6: South Carolina vs. Georgia · L 14–28; offense 14.2 percentile2016 Week 8: South Carolina vs. Massachusetts · W 34–28; offense 51.5 percentile2016 Week 9: South Carolina vs. Tennessee · W 24–21; offense 27.2 percentile2016 Week 10: South Carolina vs. Missouri · W 31–21; offense 42.1 percentile2016 Week 11: South Carolina at Florida · L 7–20; offense 6.7 percentile2016 Week 12: South Carolina vs. Western Carolina · W 44–31; offense 50.0 percentile2016 Week 13: South Carolina at Clemson · L 7–56; offense 31.7 percentile2016 Week 1: South Carolina vs. South Florida · L 39–46; offense 58.0 percentile2017 Week 1: South Carolina vs. NC State · W 35–28; offense 37.8 percentile2017 Week 2: South Carolina at Missouri · W 31–13; offense 74.9 percentile2017 Week 3: South Carolina vs. Kentucky · L 13–23; offense 12.2 percentile2017 Week 4: South Carolina vs. Louisiana Tech · W 17–16; offense 64.0 percentile2017 Week 5: South Carolina at Texas A&M · L 17–24; offense 9.2 percentile2017 Week 6: South Carolina vs. Arkansas · W 48–22; offense 38.0 percentile2017 Week 7: South Carolina at Tennessee · W 15–9; offense 27.8 percentile2017 Week 9: South Carolina vs. Vanderbilt · W 34–27; offense 72.5 percentile2017 Week 10: South Carolina at Georgia · L 10–24; offense 59.7 percentile2017 Week 11: South Carolina vs. Florida · W 28–20; offense 66.2 percentile2017 Week 12: South Carolina vs. Wofford · W 31–10; offense 55.9 percentile2017 Week 13: South Carolina vs. Clemson · L 10–34; offense 31.2 percentile2017 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Michigan · W 26–19; offense 41.4 percentile2018 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Coastal Carolina · W 49–15; offense 92.5 percentile2018 Week 2: South Carolina vs. Georgia · L 17–41; offense 20.3 percentile2018 Week 4: South Carolina at Vanderbilt · W 37–14; offense 80.3 percentile2018 Week 5: South Carolina at Kentucky · L 10–24; offense 48.7 percentile2018 Week 6: South Carolina vs. Missouri · W 37–35; offense 28.7 percentile2018 Week 7: South Carolina vs. Texas A&M · L 23–26; offense 51.6 percentile2018 Week 9: South Carolina vs. Tennessee · W 27–24; offense 69.4 percentile2018 Week 10: South Carolina at Ole Miss · W 48–44; offense 73.0 percentile2018 Week 11: South Carolina at Florida · L 31–35; offense 82.1 percentile2018 Week 12: South Carolina vs. Chattanooga · W 49–9; offense 72.6 percentile2018 Week 13: South Carolina at Clemson · L 35–56; offense 99.7 percentile2018 Week 14: South Carolina vs. Akron · W 28–3; offense 44.4 percentile2018 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Virginia · L 0–28; offense 15.6 percentile2019 Week 1: South Carolina vs. North Carolina · L 20–24; offense 32.7 percentile2019 Week 2: South Carolina vs. Charleston Southern · W 72–10; offense 97.3 percentile2019 Week 3: South Carolina vs. Alabama · L 23–47; offense 62.2 percentile2019 Week 4: South Carolina at Missouri · L 14–34; offense 20.9 percentile2019 Week 5: South Carolina vs. Kentucky · W 24–7; offense 49.7 percentile2019 Week 7: South Carolina at Georgia · W 20–17; offense 69.0 percentile2019 Week 8: South Carolina vs. Florida · L 27–38; offense 42.3 percentile2019 Week 9: South Carolina at Tennessee · L 21–41; offense 28.9 percentile2019 Week 10: South Carolina vs. Vanderbilt · W 24–7; offense 29.4 percentile2019 Week 11: South Carolina vs. App State · L 15–20; offense 17.4 percentile2019 Week 12: South Carolina at Texas A&M · L 6–30; offense 4.3 percentile2019 Week 14: South Carolina vs. Clemson · L 3–38; offense 16.5 percentile2020 Week 4: South Carolina vs. Tennessee · L 27–31; offense 27.2 percentile2020 Week 5: South Carolina at Florida · L 24–38; offense 48.0 percentile2020 Week 6: South Carolina at Vanderbilt · W 41–7; offense 72.9 percentile2020 Week 7: South Carolina vs. Auburn · W 30–22; offense 29.8 percentile2020 Week 8: South Carolina at LSU · L 24–52; offense 68.4 percentile2020 Week 10: South Carolina vs. Texas A&M · L 3–48; offense 0.6 percentile2020 Week 11: South Carolina at Ole Miss · L 42–59; offense 85.0 percentile2020 Week 12: South Carolina vs. Missouri · L 10–17; offense 4.6 percentile2020 Week 13: South Carolina vs. Georgia · L 16–45; offense 24.1 percentile2020 Week 14: South Carolina at Kentucky · L 18–41; offense 39.3 percentile2021 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Eastern Illinois · W 46–0; offense 36.0 percentile2021 Week 2: South Carolina at East Carolina · W 20–17; offense 4.5 percentile2021 Week 3: South Carolina at Georgia · L 13–40; offense 52.5 percentile2021 Week 4: South Carolina vs. Kentucky · L 10–16; offense 5.5 percentile2021 Week 5: South Carolina vs. Troy · W 23–14; offense 61.9 percentile2021 Week 6: South Carolina at Tennessee · L 20–45; offense 21.2 percentile2021 Week 7: South Carolina vs. Vanderbilt · W 21–20; offense 48.0 percentile2021 Week 8: South Carolina at Texas A&M · L 14–44; offense 2.3 percentile2021 Week 10: South Carolina vs. Florida · W 40–17; offense 92.1 percentile2021 Week 11: South Carolina at Missouri · L 28–31; offense 12.8 percentile2021 Week 12: South Carolina vs. Auburn · W 21–17; offense 48.5 percentile2021 Week 13: South Carolina vs. Clemson · L 0–30; offense 7.6 percentile2021 Week 1: South Carolina vs. North Carolina · W 38–21; offense 93.0 percentile2022 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Georgia State · W 35–14; offense 17.3 percentile2022 Week 2: South Carolina at Arkansas · L 30–44; offense 52.6 percentile2022 Week 3: South Carolina vs. Georgia · L 7–48; offense 27.0 percentile2022 Week 4: South Carolina vs. Charlotte · W 56–20; offense 99.0 percentile2022 Week 5: South Carolina vs. South Carolina State · W 50–10; offense 54.1 percentile2022 Week 6: South Carolina at Kentucky · W 24–14; offense 56.2 percentile2022 Week 8: South Carolina vs. Texas A&M · W 30–24; offense 46.8 percentile2022 Week 9: South Carolina vs. Missouri · L 10–23; offense 33.2 percentile2022 Week 10: South Carolina at Vanderbilt · W 38–27; offense 84.8 percentile2022 Week 11: South Carolina at Florida · L 6–38; offense 3.3 percentile2022 Week 12: South Carolina vs. Tennessee · W 63–38; offense 92.1 percentile2022 Week 13: South Carolina at Clemson · W 31–30; offense 60.2 percentile2022 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Notre Dame · L 38–45; offense 33.4 percentile2023 Week 2: South Carolina vs. Furman · W 47–21; offense 62.4 percentile2023 Week 3: South Carolina at Georgia · L 14–24; offense 75.8 percentile2023 Week 4: South Carolina vs. Mississippi State · W 37–30; offense 82.1 percentile2023 Week 5: South Carolina at Tennessee · L 20–41; offense 59.1 percentile2023 Week 7: South Carolina vs. Florida · L 39–41; offense 95.3 percentile2023 Week 8: South Carolina at Missouri · L 12–34; offense 18.5 percentile2023 Week 9: South Carolina at Texas A&M · L 17–30; offense 15.4 percentile2023 Week 10: South Carolina vs. Jacksonville State · W 38–28; offense 67.8 percentile2023 Week 11: South Carolina vs. Vanderbilt · W 47–6; offense 71.1 percentile2023 Week 12: South Carolina vs. Kentucky · W 17–14; offense 34.9 percentile2023 Week 13: South Carolina vs. Clemson · L 7–16; offense 18.2 percentile2024 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Old Dominion · W 23–19; offense 27.5 percentile2024 Week 2: South Carolina at Kentucky · W 31–6; offense 36.0 percentile2024 Week 3: South Carolina vs. LSU · L 33–36; offense 50.6 percentile2024 Week 4: South Carolina vs. Akron · W 50–7; offense 84.3 percentile2024 Week 6: South Carolina vs. Ole Miss · L 3–27; offense 35.7 percentile2024 Week 7: South Carolina at Alabama · L 25–27; offense 78.0 percentile2024 Week 10: South Carolina vs. Texas A&M · W 44–20; offense 89.3 percentile2024 Week 11: South Carolina at Vanderbilt · W 28–7; offense 82.0 percentile2024 Week 12: South Carolina vs. Missouri · W 34–30; offense 75.8 percentile2024 Week 13: South Carolina vs. Wofford · W 56–12; offense 86.0 percentile2024 Week 14: South Carolina at Clemson · W 17–14; offense 73.9 percentile2024 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Illinois · L 17–21; offense 40.0 percentile2025 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Virginia Tech · W 24–11; offense 9.8 percentile2025 Week 2: South Carolina vs. South Carolina State · W 38–10; offense 0.8 percentile2025 Week 3: South Carolina vs. Vanderbilt · L 7–31; offense 30.8 percentile2025 Week 4: South Carolina at Missouri · L 20–29; offense 40.7 percentile2025 Week 5: South Carolina vs. Kentucky · W 35–13; offense 45.1 percentile2025 Week 7: South Carolina at LSU · L 10–20; offense 35.5 percentile2025 Week 8: South Carolina vs. Oklahoma · L 7–26; offense 15.0 percentile2025 Week 9: South Carolina vs. Alabama · L 22–29; offense 28.3 percentile2025 Week 10: South Carolina at Ole Miss · L 14–30; offense 28.0 percentile2025 Week 12: South Carolina at Texas A&M · L 30–31; offense 58.8 percentile2025 Week 13: South Carolina vs. Coastal Carolina · W 51–7; offense 96.2 percentile2025 Week 14: South Carolina vs. Clemson · L 14–28; offense 51.3 percentile2026 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Kent State · W 57–0; offense 100.0 percentile2014 offense season mean: 70.2 percentile2015 offense season mean: 45.9 percentile2016 offense season mean: 21.7 percentile2017 offense season mean: 44.0 percentile2018 offense season mean: 65.4 percentile2019 offense season mean: 38.6 percentile2020 offense season mean: 33.5 percentile2021 offense season mean: 32.6 percentile2022 offense season mean: 53.1 percentile2023 offense season mean: 56.0 percentile2024 offense season mean: 65.5 percentile2025 offense season mean: 33.6 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 47.6 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 99.8 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Texas A&M · L 28–52; defense 6.7 percentile2014 Week 2: South Carolina vs. East Carolina · W 33–23; defense 20.8 percentile2014 Week 3: South Carolina vs. Georgia · W 38–35; defense 29.6 percentile2014 Week 4: South Carolina at Vanderbilt · W 48–34; defense 14.0 percentile2014 Week 5: South Carolina vs. Missouri · L 20–21; defense 83.5 percentile2014 Week 6: South Carolina at Kentucky · L 38–45; defense 3.6 percentile2014 Week 8: South Carolina vs. Furman · W 41–10; defense 25.4 percentile2014 Week 9: South Carolina at Auburn · L 35–42; defense 1.5 percentile2014 Week 10: South Carolina vs. Tennessee · L 42–45; defense 1.9 percentile2014 Week 12: South Carolina at Florida · W 23–20; defense 72.8 percentile2014 Week 13: South Carolina vs. South Alabama · W 37–12; defense 62.9 percentile2014 Week 14: South Carolina at Clemson · L 17–35; defense 9.8 percentile2014 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Miami · W 24–21; defense 80.9 percentile2015 Week 1: South Carolina vs. North Carolina · W 17–13; defense 65.1 percentile2015 Week 3: South Carolina at Georgia · L 20–52; defense 5.0 percentile2015 Week 4: South Carolina vs. UCF · W 31–14; defense 66.1 percentile2015 Week 5: South Carolina at Missouri · L 10–24; defense 20.8 percentile2015 Week 6: South Carolina at LSU · L 24–45; defense 6.8 percentile2015 Week 7: South Carolina vs. Vanderbilt · W 19–10; defense 61.2 percentile2015 Week 9: South Carolina at Texas A&M · L 28–35; defense 16.6 percentile2015 Week 10: South Carolina at Tennessee · L 24–27; defense 61.7 percentile2015 Week 11: South Carolina vs. Florida · L 14–24; defense 33.3 percentile2015 Week 12: South Carolina vs. The Citadel · L 22–23; defense 4.9 percentile2015 Week 13: South Carolina vs. Clemson · L 32–37; defense 14.3 percentile2016 Week 1: South Carolina at Vanderbilt · W 13–10; defense 85.2 percentile2016 Week 2: South Carolina at Mississippi State · L 14–27; defense 49.8 percentile2016 Week 3: South Carolina vs. East Carolina · W 20–15; defense 60.9 percentile2016 Week 4: South Carolina at Kentucky · L 10–17; defense 76.2 percentile2016 Week 5: South Carolina vs. Texas A&M · L 13–24; defense 49.6 percentile2016 Week 6: South Carolina vs. Georgia · L 14–28; defense 34.8 percentile2016 Week 8: South Carolina vs. Massachusetts · W 34–28; defense 57.7 percentile2016 Week 9: South Carolina vs. Tennessee · W 24–21; defense 94.8 percentile2016 Week 10: South Carolina vs. Missouri · W 31–21; defense 43.5 percentile2016 Week 11: South Carolina at Florida · L 7–20; defense 39.1 percentile2016 Week 12: South Carolina vs. Western Carolina · W 44–31; defense 5.4 percentile2016 Week 13: South Carolina at Clemson · L 7–56; defense 16.7 percentile2016 Week 1: South Carolina vs. South Florida · L 39–46; defense 85.7 percentile2017 Week 1: South Carolina vs. NC State · W 35–28; defense 66.4 percentile2017 Week 2: South Carolina at Missouri · W 31–13; defense 75.2 percentile2017 Week 3: South Carolina vs. Kentucky · L 13–23; defense 56.7 percentile2017 Week 4: South Carolina vs. Louisiana Tech · W 17–16; defense 64.6 percentile2017 Week 5: South Carolina at Texas A&M · L 17–24; defense 40.4 percentile2017 Week 6: South Carolina vs. Arkansas · W 48–22; defense 62.6 percentile2017 Week 7: South Carolina at Tennessee · W 15–9; defense 58.1 percentile2017 Week 9: South Carolina vs. Vanderbilt · W 34–27; defense 27.3 percentile2017 Week 10: South Carolina at Georgia · L 10–24; defense 46.8 percentile2017 Week 11: South Carolina vs. Florida · W 28–20; defense 74.4 percentile2017 Week 12: South Carolina vs. Wofford · W 31–10; defense 12.5 percentile2017 Week 13: South Carolina vs. Clemson · L 10–34; defense 22.1 percentile2017 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Michigan · W 26–19; defense 96.4 percentile2018 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Coastal Carolina · W 49–15; defense 88.7 percentile2018 Week 2: South Carolina vs. Georgia · L 17–41; defense 45.6 percentile2018 Week 4: South Carolina at Vanderbilt · W 37–14; defense 89.0 percentile2018 Week 5: South Carolina at Kentucky · L 10–24; defense 60.6 percentile2018 Week 6: South Carolina vs. Missouri · W 37–35; defense 62.0 percentile2018 Week 7: South Carolina vs. Texas A&M · L 23–26; defense 73.2 percentile2018 Week 9: South Carolina vs. Tennessee · W 27–24; defense 19.4 percentile2018 Week 10: South Carolina at Ole Miss · W 48–44; defense 43.4 percentile2018 Week 11: South Carolina at Florida · L 31–35; defense 9.6 percentile2018 Week 12: South Carolina vs. Chattanooga · W 49–9; defense 29.0 percentile2018 Week 13: South Carolina at Clemson · L 35–56; defense 4.5 percentile2018 Week 14: South Carolina vs. Akron · W 28–3; defense 88.1 percentile2018 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Virginia · L 0–28; defense 35.2 percentile2019 Week 1: South Carolina vs. North Carolina · L 20–24; defense 67.4 percentile2019 Week 2: South Carolina vs. Charleston Southern · W 72–10; defense 71.3 percentile2019 Week 3: South Carolina vs. Alabama · L 23–47; defense 26.3 percentile2019 Week 4: South Carolina at Missouri · L 14–34; defense 60.8 percentile2019 Week 5: South Carolina vs. Kentucky · W 24–7; defense 96.2 percentile2019 Week 7: South Carolina at Georgia · W 20–17; defense 48.0 percentile2019 Week 8: South Carolina vs. Florida · L 27–38; defense 44.2 percentile2019 Week 9: South Carolina at Tennessee · L 21–41; defense 42.9 percentile2019 Week 10: South Carolina vs. Vanderbilt · W 24–7; defense 64.7 percentile2019 Week 11: South Carolina vs. App State · L 15–20; defense 97.9 percentile2019 Week 12: South Carolina at Texas A&M · L 6–30; defense 22.1 percentile2019 Week 14: South Carolina vs. Clemson · L 3–38; defense 53.4 percentile2020 Week 4: South Carolina vs. Tennessee · L 27–31; defense 35.0 percentile2020 Week 5: South Carolina at Florida · L 24–38; defense 33.9 percentile2020 Week 6: South Carolina at Vanderbilt · W 41–7; defense 89.4 percentile2020 Week 7: South Carolina vs. Auburn · W 30–22; defense 33.6 percentile2020 Week 8: South Carolina at LSU · L 24–52; defense 2.9 percentile2020 Week 10: South Carolina vs. Texas A&M · L 3–48; defense 9.3 percentile2020 Week 11: South Carolina at Ole Miss · L 42–59; defense 12.5 percentile2020 Week 12: South Carolina vs. Missouri · L 10–17; defense 51.6 percentile2020 Week 13: South Carolina vs. Georgia · L 16–45; defense 0.2 percentile2020 Week 14: South Carolina at Kentucky · L 18–41; defense 9.6 percentile2021 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Eastern Illinois · W 46–0; defense 80.3 percentile2021 Week 2: South Carolina at East Carolina · W 20–17; defense 85.0 percentile2021 Week 3: South Carolina at Georgia · L 13–40; defense 11.1 percentile2021 Week 4: South Carolina vs. Kentucky · L 10–16; defense 78.0 percentile2021 Week 5: South Carolina vs. Troy · W 23–14; defense 28.1 percentile2021 Week 6: South Carolina at Tennessee · L 20–45; defense 9.8 percentile2021 Week 7: South Carolina vs. Vanderbilt · W 21–20; defense 31.7 percentile2021 Week 8: South Carolina at Texas A&M · L 14–44; defense 21.5 percentile2021 Week 10: South Carolina vs. Florida · W 40–17; defense 65.9 percentile2021 Week 11: South Carolina at Missouri · L 28–31; defense 17.6 percentile2021 Week 12: South Carolina vs. Auburn · W 21–17; defense 30.9 percentile2021 Week 13: South Carolina vs. Clemson · L 0–30; defense 19.5 percentile2021 Week 1: South Carolina vs. North Carolina · W 38–21; defense 80.1 percentile2022 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Georgia State · W 35–14; defense 89.2 percentile2022 Week 2: South Carolina at Arkansas · L 30–44; defense 35.4 percentile2022 Week 3: South Carolina vs. Georgia · L 7–48; defense 2.3 percentile2022 Week 4: South Carolina vs. Charlotte · W 56–20; defense 61.5 percentile2022 Week 5: South Carolina vs. South Carolina State · W 50–10; defense 51.7 percentile2022 Week 6: South Carolina at Kentucky · W 24–14; defense 52.4 percentile2022 Week 8: South Carolina vs. Texas A&M · W 30–24; defense 57.3 percentile2022 Week 9: South Carolina vs. Missouri · L 10–23; defense 8.6 percentile2022 Week 10: South Carolina at Vanderbilt · W 38–27; defense 15.2 percentile2022 Week 11: South Carolina at Florida · L 6–38; defense 22.1 percentile2022 Week 12: South Carolina vs. Tennessee · W 63–38; defense 34.3 percentile2022 Week 13: South Carolina at Clemson · W 31–30; defense 55.4 percentile2022 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Notre Dame · L 38–45; defense 8.8 percentile2023 Week 2: South Carolina vs. Furman · W 47–21; defense 23.9 percentile2023 Week 3: South Carolina at Georgia · L 14–24; defense 88.1 percentile2023 Week 4: South Carolina vs. Mississippi State · W 37–30; defense 7.0 percentile2023 Week 5: South Carolina at Tennessee · L 20–41; defense 22.2 percentile2023 Week 7: South Carolina vs. Florida · L 39–41; defense 7.3 percentile2023 Week 8: South Carolina at Missouri · L 12–34; defense 34.3 percentile2023 Week 9: South Carolina at Texas A&M · L 17–30; defense 70.5 percentile2023 Week 10: South Carolina vs. Jacksonville State · W 38–28; defense 23.8 percentile2023 Week 11: South Carolina vs. Vanderbilt · W 47–6; defense 62.5 percentile2023 Week 12: South Carolina vs. Kentucky · W 17–14; defense 53.8 percentile2023 Week 13: South Carolina vs. Clemson · L 7–16; defense 55.7 percentile2024 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Old Dominion · W 23–19; defense 67.7 percentile2024 Week 2: South Carolina at Kentucky · W 31–6; defense 94.9 percentile2024 Week 3: South Carolina vs. LSU · L 33–36; defense 52.3 percentile2024 Week 4: South Carolina vs. Akron · W 50–7; defense 85.2 percentile2024 Week 6: South Carolina vs. Ole Miss · L 3–27; defense 65.1 percentile2024 Week 7: South Carolina at Alabama · L 25–27; defense 50.4 percentile2024 Week 10: South Carolina vs. Texas A&M · W 44–20; defense 90.9 percentile2024 Week 11: South Carolina at Vanderbilt · W 28–7; defense 81.2 percentile2024 Week 12: South Carolina vs. Missouri · W 34–30; defense 48.9 percentile2024 Week 13: South Carolina vs. Wofford · W 56–12; defense 39.6 percentile2024 Week 14: South Carolina at Clemson · W 17–14; defense 70.0 percentile2024 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Illinois · L 17–21; defense 28.8 percentile2025 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Virginia Tech · W 24–11; defense 88.8 percentile2025 Week 2: South Carolina vs. South Carolina State · W 38–10; defense 45.0 percentile2025 Week 3: South Carolina vs. Vanderbilt · L 7–31; defense 72.3 percentile2025 Week 4: South Carolina at Missouri · L 20–29; defense 23.2 percentile2025 Week 5: South Carolina vs. Kentucky · W 35–13; defense 70.1 percentile2025 Week 7: South Carolina at LSU · L 10–20; defense 50.3 percentile2025 Week 8: South Carolina vs. Oklahoma · L 7–26; defense 29.6 percentile2025 Week 9: South Carolina vs. Alabama · L 22–29; defense 79.0 percentile2025 Week 10: South Carolina at Ole Miss · L 14–30; defense 50.1 percentile2025 Week 12: South Carolina at Texas A&M · L 30–31; defense 66.0 percentile2025 Week 13: South Carolina vs. Coastal Carolina · W 51–7; defense 91.5 percentile2025 Week 14: South Carolina vs. Clemson · L 14–28; defense 69.3 percentile2026 Week 1: South Carolina vs. Kent State · W 57–0; defense 72.3 percentile2014 defense season mean: 24.1 percentile2015 defense season mean: 27.2 percentile2016 defense season mean: 54.6 percentile2017 defense season mean: 55.4 percentile2018 defense season mean: 49.2 percentile2019 defense season mean: 62.4 percentile2020 defense season mean: 19.7 percentile2021 defense season mean: 41.7 percentile2022 defense season mean: 34.1 percentile2023 defense season mean: 38.4 percentile2024 defense season mean: 67.6 percentile2025 defense season mean: 63.2 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 64.3 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 72.3 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2015Shawn Elliott / Steve Spurrier
2016Will Muschamp
2020Will Muschamp / Mike Bobo
2021Shane Beamer

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 estimateShane Beamer1
47.6 estimate99.8 games-only average
64.3 estimate72.3 games-only average
2025Shane Beamer1233.663.2
2024Shane Beamer1265.567.6
2023Shane Beamer1156.038.4
2022Shane Beamer1353.134.1
2021Shane BeamerCoaching change1332.641.7
2020Will Muschamp / Mike BoboCoaching change1033.519.7
2019Will Muschamp1238.662.4
2018Will Muschamp1365.449.2
2017Will Muschamp1344.055.4
2016Will MuschampCoaching change1321.754.6
2015Shawn Elliott / Steve SpurrierCoaching change1145.927.2
2014Steve Spurrier1370.224.1