2014–2026 performance history

Syracuse over time

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

ACCHead coach: Fran BrownView Syracuse games →
Offense · 2026 estimate24.7/100

32.4 average through 2 games

23.0 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate40.6/100

82.6 average through 2 games

29.8 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.

Syracuse 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.Shafer · ’14–’15Scott Shafer, 2014–2015Babers · ’16–’23Dino Babers, 2016–2023Brown · ’24–’26Fran Brown, 2024–2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 3: Syracuse at Central Michigan · W 40–3; offense 90.3 percentile2014 Week 4: Syracuse vs. Maryland · L 20–34; offense 58.1 percentile2014 Week 5: Syracuse vs. Notre Dame · L 15–31; offense 23.2 percentile2014 Week 6: Syracuse vs. Louisville · L 6–28; offense 22.9 percentile2014 Week 7: Syracuse vs. Florida State · L 20–38; offense 55.0 percentile2014 Week 8: Syracuse at Wake Forest · W 30–7; offense 48.6 percentile2014 Week 9: Syracuse at Clemson · L 6–16; offense 20.4 percentile2014 Week 10: Syracuse vs. NC State · L 17–24; offense 10.2 percentile2014 Week 11: Syracuse vs. Duke · L 10–27; offense 3.3 percentile2014 Week 13: Syracuse at Pittsburgh · L 7–30; offense 10.6 percentile2014 Week 14: Syracuse at Boston College · L 7–28; offense 2.0 percentile2015 Week 1: Syracuse vs. Rhode Island · W 47–0; offense 30.8 percentile2015 Week 2: Syracuse vs. Wake Forest · W 30–17; offense 57.4 percentile2015 Week 3: Syracuse vs. Central Michigan · W 30–27; offense 55.3 percentile2015 Week 4: Syracuse vs. LSU · L 24–34; offense 33.1 percentile2015 Week 6: Syracuse at South Florida · L 24–45; offense 45.4 percentile2015 Week 7: Syracuse at Virginia · L 38–44; offense 26.0 percentile2015 Week 8: Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh · L 20–23; offense 58.3 percentile2015 Week 9: Syracuse at Florida State · L 21–45; offense 49.9 percentile2015 Week 10: Syracuse at Louisville · L 17–41; offense 18.1 percentile2015 Week 11: Syracuse vs. Clemson · L 27–37; offense 59.9 percentile2015 Week 12: Syracuse at NC State · L 29–42; offense 22.3 percentile2015 Week 13: Syracuse vs. Boston College · W 20–17; offense 41.2 percentile2016 Week 1: Syracuse vs. Colgate · W 33–7; offense 28.3 percentile2016 Week 2: Syracuse vs. Louisville · L 28–62; offense 51.5 percentile2016 Week 3: Syracuse vs. South Florida · L 20–45; offense 25.8 percentile2016 Week 4: Syracuse at UConn · W 31–24; offense 65.3 percentile2016 Week 5: Syracuse vs. Notre Dame · L 33–50; offense 35.2 percentile2016 Week 6: Syracuse at Wake Forest · L 9–28; offense 35.0 percentile2016 Week 7: Syracuse vs. Virginia Tech · W 31–17; offense 69.3 percentile2016 Week 8: Syracuse at Boston College · W 28–20; offense 81.5 percentile2016 Week 10: Syracuse at Clemson · L 0–54; offense 28.5 percentile2016 Week 11: Syracuse vs. NC State · L 20–35; offense 8.4 percentile2016 Week 12: Syracuse vs. Florida State · L 14–45; offense 1.6 percentile2016 Week 13: Syracuse at Pittsburgh · L 61–76; offense 87.6 percentile2017 Week 1: Syracuse vs. Central Connecticut · W 50–7; offense 52.5 percentile2017 Week 2: Syracuse vs. Middle Tennessee · L 23–30; offense 31.5 percentile2017 Week 3: Syracuse vs. Central Michigan · W 41–17; offense 63.9 percentile2017 Week 4: Syracuse at LSU · L 26–35; offense 51.2 percentile2017 Week 5: Syracuse at NC State · L 25–33; offense 32.3 percentile2017 Week 6: Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh · W 27–24; offense 46.9 percentile2017 Week 7: Syracuse vs. Clemson · W 27–24; offense 78.0 percentile2017 Week 8: Syracuse at Miami · L 19–27; offense 43.7 percentile2017 Week 10: Syracuse at Florida State · L 24–27; offense 40.1 percentile2017 Week 11: Syracuse vs. Wake Forest · L 43–64; offense 75.8 percentile2017 Week 12: Syracuse at Louisville · L 10–56; offense 20.5 percentile2017 Week 13: Syracuse vs. Boston College · L 14–42; offense 60.4 percentile2018 Week 1: Syracuse at Western Michigan · W 55–42; offense 80.3 percentile2018 Week 2: Syracuse vs. Wagner · W 62–10; offense 47.5 percentile2018 Week 3: Syracuse vs. Florida State · W 30–7; offense 50.6 percentile2018 Week 4: Syracuse vs. UConn · W 51–21; offense 40.0 percentile2018 Week 5: Syracuse at Clemson · L 23–27; offense 48.6 percentile2018 Week 6: Syracuse at Pittsburgh · L 37–44; offense 73.9 percentile2018 Week 8: Syracuse vs. North Carolina · W 40–37; offense 35.5 percentile2018 Week 9: Syracuse vs. NC State · W 51–41; offense 90.9 percentile2018 Week 10: Syracuse at Wake Forest · W 41–24; offense 63.9 percentile2018 Week 11: Syracuse vs. Louisville · W 54–23; offense 28.5 percentile2018 Week 12: Syracuse vs. Notre Dame · L 3–36; offense 30.3 percentile2018 Week 13: Syracuse at Boston College · W 42–21; offense 79.2 percentile2018 Week 1: Syracuse vs. West Virginia · W 34–18; offense 55.7 percentile2019 Week 1: Syracuse at Liberty · W 24–0; offense 45.1 percentile2019 Week 2: Syracuse at Maryland · L 20–63; offense 36.2 percentile2019 Week 3: Syracuse vs. Clemson · L 6–41; offense 5.4 percentile2019 Week 4: Syracuse vs. Western Michigan · W 52–33; offense 66.2 percentile2019 Week 5: Syracuse vs. Holy Cross · W 41–3; offense 21.9 percentile2019 Week 7: Syracuse at NC State · L 10–16; offense 3.9 percentile2019 Week 8: Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh · L 20–27; offense 25.3 percentile2019 Week 9: Syracuse at Florida State · L 17–35; offense 28.7 percentile2019 Week 10: Syracuse vs. Boston College · L 27–58; offense 24.3 percentile2019 Week 12: Syracuse at Duke · W 49–6; offense 85.1 percentile2019 Week 13: Syracuse at Louisville · L 34–56; offense 63.6 percentile2019 Week 14: Syracuse vs. Wake Forest · W 39–30; offense 43.9 percentile2020 Week 2: Syracuse at North Carolina · L 6–31; offense 3.8 percentile2020 Week 3: Syracuse at Pittsburgh · L 10–21; offense 8.7 percentile2020 Week 4: Syracuse vs. Georgia Tech · W 37–20; offense 11.6 percentile2020 Week 6: Syracuse vs. Duke · L 24–38; offense 6.3 percentile2020 Week 7: Syracuse vs. Liberty · L 21–38; offense 33.2 percentile2020 Week 8: Syracuse at Clemson · L 21–47; offense 53.6 percentile2020 Week 9: Syracuse vs. Wake Forest · L 14–38; offense 7.0 percentile2020 Week 10: Syracuse vs. Boston College · L 13–16; offense 3.7 percentile2020 Week 12: Syracuse at Louisville · L 0–30; offense 14.8 percentile2020 Week 13: Syracuse vs. NC State · L 29–36; offense 7.6 percentile2020 Week 14: Syracuse at Notre Dame · L 21–45; offense 54.6 percentile2021 Week 2: Syracuse vs. Rutgers · L 7–17; offense 5.2 percentile2021 Week 3: Syracuse vs. UAlbany · W 62–24; offense 67.5 percentile2021 Week 4: Syracuse vs. Liberty · W 24–21; offense 27.9 percentile2021 Week 5: Syracuse at Florida State · L 30–33; offense 55.7 percentile2021 Week 6: Syracuse vs. Wake Forest · L 37–40; offense 83.5 percentile2021 Week 7: Syracuse vs. Clemson · L 14–17; offense 53.7 percentile2021 Week 8: Syracuse at Virginia Tech · W 41–36; offense 93.9 percentile2021 Week 9: Syracuse vs. Boston College · W 21–6; offense 51.3 percentile2021 Week 11: Syracuse at Louisville · L 3–41; offense 3.2 percentile2021 Week 13: Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh · L 14–31; offense 22.7 percentile2022 Week 1: Syracuse vs. Louisville · W 31–7; offense 96.6 percentile2022 Week 2: Syracuse at UConn · W 48–14; offense 94.3 percentile2022 Week 4: Syracuse vs. Virginia · W 22–20; offense 29.2 percentile2022 Week 5: Syracuse vs. Wagner · W 59–0; offense 87.6 percentile2022 Week 7: Syracuse vs. NC State · W 24–9; offense 90.6 percentile2022 Week 8: Syracuse at Clemson · L 21–27; offense 60.1 percentile2022 Week 9: Syracuse vs. Notre Dame · L 24–41; offense 19.2 percentile2022 Week 10: Syracuse at Pittsburgh · L 9–19; offense 7.8 percentile2022 Week 11: Syracuse vs. Florida State · L 3–38; offense 1.7 percentile2022 Week 12: Syracuse at Wake Forest · L 35–45; offense 80.8 percentile2022 Week 13: Syracuse at Boston College · W 32–23; offense 70.4 percentile2022 Week 1: Syracuse vs. Minnesota · L 20–28; offense 75.7 percentile2023 Week 1: Syracuse vs. Colgate · W 65–0; offense 60.5 percentile2023 Week 2: Syracuse vs. Western Michigan · W 48–7; offense 57.1 percentile2023 Week 3: Syracuse at Purdue · W 35–20; offense 73.3 percentile2023 Week 4: Syracuse vs. Army · W 29–16; offense 46.9 percentile2023 Week 5: Syracuse vs. Clemson · L 14–31; offense 46.6 percentile2023 Week 6: Syracuse at North Carolina · L 7–40; offense 8.4 percentile2023 Week 7: Syracuse at Florida State · L 3–41; offense 19.7 percentile2023 Week 9: Syracuse at Virginia Tech · L 10–38; offense 3.3 percentile2023 Week 10: Syracuse vs. Boston College · L 10–17; offense 18.7 percentile2023 Week 11: Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh · W 28–13; offense 59.4 percentile2023 Week 13: Syracuse vs. Wake Forest · W 35–31; offense 85.7 percentile2023 Week 1: Syracuse vs. South Florida · L 0–45; offense 0.4 percentile2024 Week 1: Syracuse vs. Ohio · W 38–22; offense 97.1 percentile2024 Week 2: Syracuse vs. Georgia Tech · W 31–28; offense 82.5 percentile2024 Week 4: Syracuse vs. Stanford · L 24–26; offense 21.3 percentile2024 Week 5: Syracuse vs. Holy Cross · W 42–14; offense 21.7 percentile2024 Week 6: Syracuse at UNLV · W 44–41; offense 94.6 percentile2024 Week 7: Syracuse at NC State · W 24–17; offense 64.4 percentile2024 Week 9: Syracuse at Pittsburgh · L 13–41; offense 13.6 percentile2024 Week 10: Syracuse vs. Virginia Tech · W 38–31; offense 65.6 percentile2024 Week 11: Syracuse at Boston College · L 31–37; offense 47.3 percentile2024 Week 12: Syracuse at California · W 33–25; offense 87.4 percentile2024 Week 13: Syracuse vs. UConn · W 31–24; offense 78.2 percentile2024 Week 14: Syracuse vs. Miami · W 42–38; offense 89.4 percentile2024 Week 1: Syracuse vs. Washington State · W 52–35; offense 95.7 percentile2025 Week 1: Syracuse vs. Tennessee · L 26–45; offense 28.1 percentile2025 Week 2: Syracuse vs. UConn · W 27–20; offense 7.1 percentile2025 Week 3: Syracuse vs. Colgate · W 66–24; offense 75.6 percentile2025 Week 4: Syracuse at Clemson · W 34–21; offense 61.7 percentile2025 Week 5: Syracuse vs. Duke · L 3–38; offense 2.9 percentile2025 Week 6: Syracuse at SMU · L 18–31; offense 23.0 percentile2025 Week 8: Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh · L 13–30; offense 8.9 percentile2025 Week 9: Syracuse at Georgia Tech · L 16–41; offense 30.2 percentile2025 Week 10: Syracuse vs. North Carolina · L 10–27; offense 15.4 percentile2025 Week 11: Syracuse at Miami · L 10–38; offense 49.4 percentile2025 Week 13: Syracuse at Notre Dame · L 7–70; offense 15.1 percentile2025 Week 14: Syracuse vs. Boston College · L 12–34; offense 10.6 percentile2026 Week 1: Syracuse vs. New Hampshire · W 66–3; offense 52.7 percentile2026 Week 2: Syracuse vs. California · L 18–21; offense 16.4 percentile2014 offense season mean: 25.9 percentile2015 offense season mean: 40.7 percentile2016 offense season mean: 39.9 percentile2017 offense season mean: 49.8 percentile2018 offense season mean: 57.2 percentile2019 offense season mean: 34.2 percentile2020 offense season mean: 14.1 percentile2021 offense season mean: 43.8 percentile2022 offense season mean: 60.8 percentile2023 offense season mean: 32.7 percentile2024 offense season mean: 71.5 percentile2025 offense season mean: 23.0 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 24.7 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 32.4 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 3: Syracuse at Central Michigan · W 40–3; defense 99.4 percentile2014 Week 4: Syracuse vs. Maryland · L 20–34; defense 16.8 percentile2014 Week 5: Syracuse vs. Notre Dame · L 15–31; defense 32.1 percentile2014 Week 6: Syracuse vs. Louisville · L 6–28; defense 38.4 percentile2014 Week 7: Syracuse vs. Florida State · L 20–38; defense 6.0 percentile2014 Week 8: Syracuse at Wake Forest · W 30–7; defense 47.0 percentile2014 Week 9: Syracuse at Clemson · L 6–16; defense 79.3 percentile2014 Week 10: Syracuse vs. NC State · L 17–24; defense 90.8 percentile2014 Week 11: Syracuse vs. Duke · L 10–27; defense 87.4 percentile2014 Week 13: Syracuse at Pittsburgh · L 7–30; defense 36.0 percentile2014 Week 14: Syracuse at Boston College · L 7–28; defense 76.6 percentile2015 Week 1: Syracuse vs. Rhode Island · W 47–0; defense 93.0 percentile2015 Week 2: Syracuse vs. Wake Forest · W 30–17; defense 38.2 percentile2015 Week 3: Syracuse vs. Central Michigan · W 30–27; defense 57.9 percentile2015 Week 4: Syracuse vs. LSU · L 24–34; defense 45.6 percentile2015 Week 6: Syracuse at South Florida · L 24–45; defense 7.3 percentile2015 Week 7: Syracuse at Virginia · L 38–44; defense 53.9 percentile2015 Week 8: Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh · L 20–23; defense 59.4 percentile2015 Week 9: Syracuse at Florida State · L 21–45; defense 10.0 percentile2015 Week 10: Syracuse at Louisville · L 17–41; defense 18.6 percentile2015 Week 11: Syracuse vs. Clemson · L 27–37; defense 28.3 percentile2015 Week 12: Syracuse at NC State · L 29–42; defense 18.0 percentile2015 Week 13: Syracuse vs. Boston College · W 20–17; defense 35.8 percentile2016 Week 1: Syracuse vs. Colgate · W 33–7; defense 65.0 percentile2016 Week 2: Syracuse vs. Louisville · L 28–62; defense 16.4 percentile2016 Week 3: Syracuse vs. South Florida · L 20–45; defense 30.6 percentile2016 Week 4: Syracuse at UConn · W 31–24; defense 35.9 percentile2016 Week 5: Syracuse vs. Notre Dame · L 33–50; defense 28.8 percentile2016 Week 6: Syracuse at Wake Forest · L 9–28; defense 43.1 percentile2016 Week 7: Syracuse vs. Virginia Tech · W 31–17; defense 59.0 percentile2016 Week 8: Syracuse at Boston College · W 28–20; defense 43.9 percentile2016 Week 10: Syracuse at Clemson · L 0–54; defense 37.1 percentile2016 Week 11: Syracuse vs. NC State · L 20–35; defense 48.6 percentile2016 Week 12: Syracuse vs. Florida State · L 14–45; defense 1.4 percentile2016 Week 13: Syracuse at Pittsburgh · L 61–76; defense 3.3 percentile2017 Week 1: Syracuse vs. Central Connecticut · W 50–7; defense 71.9 percentile2017 Week 2: Syracuse vs. Middle Tennessee · L 23–30; defense 79.3 percentile2017 Week 3: Syracuse vs. Central Michigan · W 41–17; defense 80.8 percentile2017 Week 4: Syracuse at LSU · L 26–35; defense 34.7 percentile2017 Week 5: Syracuse at NC State · L 25–33; defense 36.6 percentile2017 Week 6: Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh · W 27–24; defense 37.4 percentile2017 Week 7: Syracuse vs. Clemson · W 27–24; defense 77.6 percentile2017 Week 8: Syracuse at Miami · L 19–27; defense 37.8 percentile2017 Week 10: Syracuse at Florida State · L 24–27; defense 54.9 percentile2017 Week 11: Syracuse vs. Wake Forest · L 43–64; defense 0.8 percentile2017 Week 12: Syracuse at Louisville · L 10–56; defense 6.1 percentile2017 Week 13: Syracuse vs. Boston College · L 14–42; defense 15.7 percentile2018 Week 1: Syracuse at Western Michigan · W 55–42; defense 25.9 percentile2018 Week 2: Syracuse vs. Wagner · W 62–10; defense 64.5 percentile2018 Week 3: Syracuse vs. Florida State · W 30–7; defense 77.5 percentile2018 Week 4: Syracuse vs. UConn · W 51–21; defense 33.0 percentile2018 Week 5: Syracuse at Clemson · L 23–27; defense 69.0 percentile2018 Week 6: Syracuse at Pittsburgh · L 37–44; defense 51.6 percentile2018 Week 8: Syracuse vs. North Carolina · W 40–37; defense 77.2 percentile2018 Week 9: Syracuse vs. NC State · W 51–41; defense 35.8 percentile2018 Week 10: Syracuse at Wake Forest · W 41–24; defense 57.0 percentile2018 Week 11: Syracuse vs. Louisville · W 54–23; defense 64.4 percentile2018 Week 12: Syracuse vs. Notre Dame · L 3–36; defense 36.6 percentile2018 Week 13: Syracuse at Boston College · W 42–21; defense 37.9 percentile2018 Week 1: Syracuse vs. West Virginia · W 34–18; defense 87.1 percentile2019 Week 1: Syracuse at Liberty · W 24–0; defense 100.0 percentile2019 Week 2: Syracuse at Maryland · L 20–63; defense 0.3 percentile2019 Week 3: Syracuse vs. Clemson · L 6–41; defense 37.0 percentile2019 Week 4: Syracuse vs. Western Michigan · W 52–33; defense 37.9 percentile2019 Week 5: Syracuse vs. Holy Cross · W 41–3; defense 86.0 percentile2019 Week 7: Syracuse at NC State · L 10–16; defense 48.1 percentile2019 Week 8: Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh · L 20–27; defense 37.5 percentile2019 Week 9: Syracuse at Florida State · L 17–35; defense 11.2 percentile2019 Week 10: Syracuse vs. Boston College · L 27–58; defense 0.4 percentile2019 Week 12: Syracuse at Duke · W 49–6; defense 84.9 percentile2019 Week 13: Syracuse at Louisville · L 34–56; defense 0.6 percentile2019 Week 14: Syracuse vs. Wake Forest · W 39–30; defense 40.1 percentile2020 Week 2: Syracuse at North Carolina · L 6–31; defense 79.3 percentile2020 Week 3: Syracuse at Pittsburgh · L 10–21; defense 61.2 percentile2020 Week 4: Syracuse vs. Georgia Tech · W 37–20; defense 51.5 percentile2020 Week 6: Syracuse vs. Duke · L 24–38; defense 3.2 percentile2020 Week 7: Syracuse vs. Liberty · L 21–38; defense 20.2 percentile2020 Week 8: Syracuse at Clemson · L 21–47; defense 75.5 percentile2020 Week 9: Syracuse vs. Wake Forest · L 14–38; defense 28.0 percentile2020 Week 10: Syracuse vs. Boston College · L 13–16; defense 55.9 percentile2020 Week 12: Syracuse at Louisville · L 0–30; defense 59.7 percentile2020 Week 13: Syracuse vs. NC State · L 29–36; defense 19.8 percentile2020 Week 14: Syracuse at Notre Dame · L 21–45; defense 30.6 percentile2021 Week 2: Syracuse vs. Rutgers · L 7–17; defense 63.7 percentile2021 Week 3: Syracuse vs. UAlbany · W 62–24; defense 82.3 percentile2021 Week 4: Syracuse vs. Liberty · W 24–21; defense 66.9 percentile2021 Week 5: Syracuse at Florida State · L 30–33; defense 38.3 percentile2021 Week 6: Syracuse vs. Wake Forest · L 37–40; defense 65.7 percentile2021 Week 7: Syracuse vs. Clemson · L 14–17; defense 75.0 percentile2021 Week 8: Syracuse at Virginia Tech · W 41–36; defense 24.4 percentile2021 Week 9: Syracuse vs. Boston College · W 21–6; defense 97.0 percentile2021 Week 11: Syracuse at Louisville · L 3–41; defense 26.5 percentile2021 Week 13: Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh · L 14–31; defense 34.0 percentile2022 Week 1: Syracuse vs. Louisville · W 31–7; defense 45.1 percentile2022 Week 2: Syracuse at UConn · W 48–14; defense 66.6 percentile2022 Week 4: Syracuse vs. Virginia · W 22–20; defense 42.7 percentile2022 Week 5: Syracuse vs. Wagner · W 59–0; defense 70.6 percentile2022 Week 7: Syracuse vs. NC State · W 24–9; defense 74.4 percentile2022 Week 8: Syracuse at Clemson · L 21–27; defense 33.7 percentile2022 Week 9: Syracuse vs. Notre Dame · L 24–41; defense 58.2 percentile2022 Week 10: Syracuse at Pittsburgh · L 9–19; defense 67.8 percentile2022 Week 11: Syracuse vs. Florida State · L 3–38; defense 35.6 percentile2022 Week 12: Syracuse at Wake Forest · L 35–45; defense 26.0 percentile2022 Week 13: Syracuse at Boston College · W 32–23; defense 40.3 percentile2022 Week 1: Syracuse vs. Minnesota · L 20–28; defense 83.4 percentile2023 Week 1: Syracuse vs. Colgate · W 65–0; defense 93.8 percentile2023 Week 2: Syracuse vs. Western Michigan · W 48–7; defense 16.1 percentile2023 Week 3: Syracuse at Purdue · W 35–20; defense 70.5 percentile2023 Week 4: Syracuse vs. Army · W 29–16; defense 83.2 percentile2023 Week 5: Syracuse vs. Clemson · L 14–31; defense 45.6 percentile2023 Week 6: Syracuse at North Carolina · L 7–40; defense 36.5 percentile2023 Week 7: Syracuse at Florida State · L 3–41; defense 15.2 percentile2023 Week 9: Syracuse at Virginia Tech · L 10–38; defense 6.2 percentile2023 Week 10: Syracuse vs. Boston College · L 10–17; defense 85.3 percentile2023 Week 11: Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh · W 28–13; defense 66.4 percentile2023 Week 13: Syracuse vs. Wake Forest · W 35–31; defense 2.8 percentile2023 Week 1: Syracuse vs. South Florida · L 0–45; defense 32.7 percentile2024 Week 1: Syracuse vs. Ohio · W 38–22; defense 62.3 percentile2024 Week 2: Syracuse vs. Georgia Tech · W 31–28; defense 44.2 percentile2024 Week 4: Syracuse vs. Stanford · L 24–26; defense 35.2 percentile2024 Week 5: Syracuse vs. Holy Cross · W 42–14; defense 62.1 percentile2024 Week 6: Syracuse at UNLV · W 44–41; defense 13.6 percentile2024 Week 7: Syracuse at NC State · W 24–17; defense 34.5 percentile2024 Week 9: Syracuse at Pittsburgh · L 13–41; defense 55.7 percentile2024 Week 10: Syracuse vs. Virginia Tech · W 38–31; defense 24.3 percentile2024 Week 11: Syracuse at Boston College · L 31–37; defense 23.7 percentile2024 Week 12: Syracuse at California · W 33–25; defense 43.4 percentile2024 Week 13: Syracuse vs. UConn · W 31–24; defense 69.8 percentile2024 Week 14: Syracuse vs. Miami · W 42–38; defense 28.8 percentile2024 Week 1: Syracuse vs. Washington State · W 52–35; defense 50.4 percentile2025 Week 1: Syracuse vs. Tennessee · L 26–45; defense 39.7 percentile2025 Week 2: Syracuse vs. UConn · W 27–20; defense 94.7 percentile2025 Week 3: Syracuse vs. Colgate · W 66–24; defense 34.6 percentile2025 Week 4: Syracuse at Clemson · W 34–21; defense 53.6 percentile2025 Week 5: Syracuse vs. Duke · L 3–38; defense 15.2 percentile2025 Week 6: Syracuse at SMU · L 18–31; defense 58.4 percentile2025 Week 8: Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh · L 13–30; defense 94.0 percentile2025 Week 9: Syracuse at Georgia Tech · L 16–41; defense 2.0 percentile2025 Week 10: Syracuse vs. North Carolina · L 10–27; defense 5.7 percentile2025 Week 11: Syracuse at Miami · L 10–38; defense 40.2 percentile2025 Week 13: Syracuse at Notre Dame · L 7–70; defense 1.0 percentile2025 Week 14: Syracuse vs. Boston College · L 12–34; defense 2.6 percentile2026 Week 1: Syracuse vs. New Hampshire · W 66–3; defense 78.2 percentile2026 Week 2: Syracuse vs. California · L 18–21; defense 86.4 percentile2014 defense season mean: 60.2 percentile2015 defense season mean: 37.3 percentile2016 defense season mean: 29.3 percentile2017 defense season mean: 39.5 percentile2018 defense season mean: 56.1 percentile2019 defense season mean: 34.3 percentile2020 defense season mean: 41.3 percentile2021 defense season mean: 60.4 percentile2022 defense season mean: 54.2 percentile2023 defense season mean: 43.8 percentile2024 defense season mean: 41.3 percentile2025 defense season mean: 29.8 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 40.6 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 82.6 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2016Dino Babers
2023Dino Babers / Nunzio Campanile
2024Fran Brown

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 estimateFran Brown2
24.7 estimate32.4 games-only average
40.6 estimate82.6 games-only average
2025Fran Brown1223.029.8
2024Fran BrownCoaching change1371.541.3
2023Dino Babers / Nunzio CampanileCoaching change1232.743.8
2022Dino Babers1260.854.2
2021Dino Babers1043.860.4
2020Dino Babers1114.141.3
2019Dino Babers1234.234.3
2018Dino Babers1357.256.1
2017Dino Babers1249.839.5
2016Dino BabersCoaching change1239.929.3
2015Scott Shafer1240.737.3
2014Scott Shafer1125.960.2