2014–2026 performance history

Temple over time

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

American AthleticHead coach: K.C. KeelerView Temple games →
Offense · 2026 estimate34.7/100

27.6 average through 2 games

36.6 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate28.0/100

41.9 average through 2 games

24.9 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.

Temple 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.Rhule · ’14–’16Matt Rhule, 2014–2016Collins · ’17–’18Geoff Collins, 2017–2018Carey · ’19–’21Rod Carey, 2019–2021Drayton · ’22–’24Stan Drayton, 2022–2024Keeler · ’25–’26K.C. Keeler, 2025–2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Temple at Vanderbilt · W 37–7; offense 3.8 percentile2014 Week 2: Temple vs. Navy · L 24–31; offense 25.5 percentile2014 Week 4: Temple vs. Delaware State · W 59–0; offense 38.0 percentile2014 Week 5: Temple at UConn · W 36–10; offense 26.6 percentile2014 Week 7: Temple vs. Tulsa · W 35–24; offense 38.3 percentile2014 Week 8: Temple at Houston · L 10–31; offense 35.1 percentile2014 Week 9: Temple at UCF · L 14–34; offense 11.1 percentile2014 Week 10: Temple vs. East Carolina · W 20–10; offense 6.8 percentile2014 Week 11: Temple vs. Memphis · L 13–16; offense 26.4 percentile2014 Week 12: Temple at Penn State · L 13–30; offense 42.0 percentile2014 Week 14: Temple vs. Cincinnati · L 6–14; offense 0.6 percentile2014 Week 15: Temple at Tulane · W 10–3; offense 5.0 percentile2015 Week 1: Temple vs. Penn State · W 27–10; offense 35.1 percentile2015 Week 2: Temple at Cincinnati · W 34–26; offense 44.9 percentile2015 Week 3: Temple at Massachusetts · W 25–23; offense 14.4 percentile2015 Week 5: Temple at Charlotte · W 37–3; offense 63.1 percentile2015 Week 6: Temple vs. Tulane · W 49–10; offense 56.7 percentile2015 Week 7: Temple vs. UCF · W 30–16; offense 29.2 percentile2015 Week 8: Temple at East Carolina · W 24–14; offense 32.0 percentile2015 Week 9: Temple vs. Notre Dame · L 20–24; offense 20.1 percentile2015 Week 10: Temple at SMU · W 60–40; offense 72.7 percentile2015 Week 11: Temple at South Florida · L 23–44; offense 25.2 percentile2015 Week 12: Temple vs. Memphis · W 31–12; offense 77.2 percentile2015 Week 13: Temple vs. UConn · W 27–3; offense 45.6 percentile2015 Week 14: Temple at Houston · L 13–24; offense 37.7 percentile2015 Week 1: Temple vs. Toledo · L 17–32; offense 40.2 percentile2016 Week 1: Temple vs. Army · L 13–28; offense 39.7 percentile2016 Week 2: Temple vs. Stony Brook · W 38–0; offense 33.5 percentile2016 Week 3: Temple at Penn State · L 27–34; offense 35.4 percentile2016 Week 4: Temple vs. Charlotte · W 48–20; offense 95.5 percentile2016 Week 5: Temple vs. SMU · W 45–20; offense 45.2 percentile2016 Week 6: Temple at Memphis · L 27–34; offense 34.0 percentile2016 Week 7: Temple at UCF · W 26–25; offense 63.6 percentile2016 Week 8: Temple vs. South Florida · W 46–30; offense 89.5 percentile2016 Week 9: Temple vs. Cincinnati · W 34–13; offense 68.3 percentile2016 Week 10: Temple at UConn · W 21–0; offense 82.7 percentile2016 Week 12: Temple at Tulane · W 31–0; offense 75.3 percentile2016 Week 13: Temple vs. East Carolina · W 37–10; offense 85.9 percentile2016 Week 14: Temple at Navy · W 34–10; offense 38.1 percentile2016 Week 1: Temple vs. Wake Forest · L 26–34; offense 20.2 percentile2017 Week 1: Temple at Notre Dame · L 16–49; offense 24.0 percentile2017 Week 2: Temple vs. Villanova · W 16–13; offense 3.3 percentile2017 Week 3: Temple vs. Massachusetts · W 29–21; offense 30.8 percentile2017 Week 4: Temple at South Florida · L 7–43; offense 0.7 percentile2017 Week 5: Temple vs. Houston · L 13–20; offense 32.2 percentile2017 Week 6: Temple at East Carolina · W 34–10; offense 61.5 percentile2017 Week 7: Temple vs. UConn · L 24–28; offense 17.7 percentile2017 Week 8: Temple at Army · L 28–31; offense 65.1 percentile2017 Week 10: Temple vs. Navy · W 34–26; offense 87.2 percentile2017 Week 11: Temple at Cincinnati · W 35–24; offense 73.2 percentile2017 Week 12: Temple vs. UCF · L 19–45; offense 42.7 percentile2017 Week 13: Temple at Tulsa · W 43–22; offense 59.5 percentile2017 Week 1: Temple vs. Florida International · W 28–3; offense 27.1 percentile2018 Week 1: Temple vs. Villanova · L 17–19; offense 4.7 percentile2018 Week 2: Temple vs. Buffalo · L 29–36; offense 39.4 percentile2018 Week 3: Temple at Maryland · W 35–14; offense 39.1 percentile2018 Week 4: Temple vs. Tulsa · W 31–17; offense 23.3 percentile2018 Week 5: Temple at Boston College · L 35–45; offense 79.3 percentile2018 Week 6: Temple vs. East Carolina · W 49–6; offense 64.7 percentile2018 Week 7: Temple at Navy · W 24–17; offense 24.4 percentile2018 Week 8: Temple vs. Cincinnati · W 24–17; offense 15.2 percentile2018 Week 10: Temple at UCF · L 40–52; offense 84.5 percentile2018 Week 11: Temple at Houston · W 59–49; offense 87.9 percentile2018 Week 12: Temple vs. South Florida · W 27–17; offense 2.9 percentile2018 Week 13: Temple at UConn · W 57–7; offense 88.7 percentile2018 Week 1: Temple vs. Duke · L 27–56; offense 12.4 percentile2019 Week 1: Temple vs. Bucknell · W 56–12; offense 89.8 percentile2019 Week 3: Temple vs. Maryland · W 20–17; offense 5.5 percentile2019 Week 4: Temple at Buffalo · L 22–38; offense 44.1 percentile2019 Week 5: Temple vs. Georgia Tech · W 24–2; offense 33.6 percentile2019 Week 6: Temple at East Carolina · W 27–17; offense 46.4 percentile2019 Week 7: Temple vs. Memphis · W 30–28; offense 53.0 percentile2019 Week 8: Temple at SMU · L 21–45; offense 12.8 percentile2019 Week 9: Temple vs. UCF · L 21–63; offense 18.5 percentile2019 Week 11: Temple at South Florida · W 17–7; offense 17.7 percentile2019 Week 12: Temple vs. Tulane · W 29–21; offense 56.3 percentile2019 Week 13: Temple at Cincinnati · L 13–15; offense 18.0 percentile2019 Week 1: Temple vs. North Carolina · L 13–55; offense 15.0 percentile2020 Week 6: Temple at Navy · L 29–31; offense 94.4 percentile2020 Week 7: Temple vs. South Florida · W 39–37; offense 30.0 percentile2020 Week 8: Temple at Memphis · L 29–41; offense 37.6 percentile2020 Week 9: Temple at Tulane · L 3–38; offense 4.9 percentile2020 Week 10: Temple vs. SMU · L 23–47; offense 28.3 percentile2020 Week 11: Temple at UCF · L 13–38; offense 8.0 percentile2020 Week 12: Temple vs. East Carolina · L 3–28; offense 0.7 percentile2021 Week 1: Temple at Rutgers · L 14–61; offense 22.4 percentile2021 Week 3: Temple vs. Boston College · L 3–28; offense 4.0 percentile2021 Week 4: Temple vs. Wagner · W 41–7; offense 34.2 percentile2021 Week 5: Temple vs. Memphis · W 34–31; offense 30.7 percentile2021 Week 6: Temple at Cincinnati · L 3–52; offense 22.2 percentile2021 Week 8: Temple at South Florida · L 14–34; offense 9.8 percentile2021 Week 9: Temple vs. UCF · L 7–49; offense 27.5 percentile2021 Week 10: Temple at East Carolina · L 3–45; offense 2.2 percentile2021 Week 11: Temple vs. Houston · L 8–37; offense 25.4 percentile2021 Week 12: Temple at Tulsa · L 10–44; offense 23.5 percentile2021 Week 13: Temple vs. Navy · L 14–38; offense 13.0 percentile2022 Week 1: Temple at Duke · L 0–30; offense 1.2 percentile2022 Week 2: Temple vs. Lafayette · W 30–14; offense 4.2 percentile2022 Week 3: Temple vs. Rutgers · L 14–16; offense 25.9 percentile2022 Week 4: Temple vs. Massachusetts · W 28–0; offense 38.2 percentile2022 Week 5: Temple at Memphis · L 3–24; offense 8.8 percentile2022 Week 7: Temple at UCF · L 13–70; offense 16.6 percentile2022 Week 8: Temple vs. Tulsa · L 16–27; offense 1.3 percentile2022 Week 10: Temple vs. South Florida · W 54–28; offense 96.9 percentile2022 Week 11: Temple at Houston · L 36–43; offense 62.4 percentile2022 Week 12: Temple vs. Cincinnati · L 3–23; offense 11.7 percentile2022 Week 13: Temple vs. East Carolina · L 46–49; offense 80.7 percentile2023 Week 1: Temple vs. Akron · W 24–21; offense 23.4 percentile2023 Week 2: Temple at Rutgers · L 7–36; offense 15.5 percentile2023 Week 4: Temple vs. Miami · L 7–41; offense 9.5 percentile2023 Week 5: Temple at Tulsa · L 26–48; offense 5.4 percentile2023 Week 6: Temple vs. UTSA · L 34–49; offense 63.1 percentile2023 Week 7: Temple at North Texas · L 14–45; offense 17.9 percentile2023 Week 8: Temple vs. SMU · L 0–55; offense 0.7 percentile2023 Week 10: Temple vs. Navy · W 32–18; offense 76.0 percentile2023 Week 11: Temple at South Florida · L 23–27; offense 18.8 percentile2023 Week 12: Temple at UAB · L 24–34; offense 26.4 percentile2023 Week 13: Temple vs. Memphis · L 21–45; offense 42.5 percentile2024 Week 1: Temple at Oklahoma · L 3–51; offense 14.7 percentile2024 Week 2: Temple at Navy · L 11–38; offense 5.5 percentile2024 Week 3: Temple vs. Coastal Carolina · L 20–28; offense 33.6 percentile2024 Week 4: Temple vs. Utah State · W 45–29; offense 61.7 percentile2024 Week 5: Temple vs. Army · L 14–42; offense 16.6 percentile2024 Week 6: Temple at UConn · L 20–29; offense 28.8 percentile2024 Week 8: Temple vs. Tulsa · W 20–10; offense 4.5 percentile2024 Week 9: Temple at East Carolina · L 34–56; offense 67.5 percentile2024 Week 11: Temple at Tulane · L 6–52; offense 10.5 percentile2024 Week 12: Temple vs. Florida Atlantic · W 18–15; offense 9.5 percentile2024 Week 13: Temple at UTSA · L 27–51; offense 7.2 percentile2024 Week 14: Temple vs. North Texas · L 17–24; offense 0.2 percentile2025 Week 1: Temple at Massachusetts · W 42–10; offense 75.9 percentile2025 Week 2: Temple vs. Howard · W 55–7; offense 84.9 percentile2025 Week 3: Temple vs. Oklahoma · L 3–42; offense 0.7 percentile2025 Week 4: Temple at Georgia Tech · L 24–45; offense 6.6 percentile2025 Week 6: Temple vs. UTSA · W 27–21; offense 32.5 percentile2025 Week 7: Temple vs. Navy · L 31–32; offense 73.6 percentile2025 Week 8: Temple at Charlotte · W 49–14; offense 64.1 percentile2025 Week 9: Temple at Tulsa · W 38–37; offense 52.3 percentile2025 Week 10: Temple vs. East Carolina · L 14–45; offense 19.1 percentile2025 Week 11: Temple at Army · L 13–14; offense 62.7 percentile2025 Week 13: Temple vs. Tulane · L 13–37; offense 9.1 percentile2025 Week 14: Temple at North Texas · L 25–52; offense 28.2 percentile2026 Week 1: Temple vs. Rhode Island · W 38–14; offense 23.6 percentile2026 Week 2: Temple vs. Penn State · L 9–27; offense 31.8 percentile2014 offense season mean: 16.3 percentile2015 offense season mean: 41.8 percentile2016 offense season mean: 60.5 percentile2017 offense season mean: 35.0 percentile2018 offense season mean: 40.5 percentile2019 offense season mean: 31.9 percentile2020 offense season mean: 22.2 percentile2021 offense season mean: 16.8 percentile2022 offense season mean: 24.4 percentile2023 offense season mean: 21.5 percentile2024 offense season mean: 14.9 percentile2025 offense season mean: 36.6 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 34.7 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 27.6 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Temple at Vanderbilt · W 37–7; defense 59.5 percentile2014 Week 2: Temple vs. Navy · L 24–31; defense 15.5 percentile2014 Week 4: Temple vs. Delaware State · W 59–0; defense 74.6 percentile2014 Week 5: Temple at UConn · W 36–10; defense 52.4 percentile2014 Week 7: Temple vs. Tulsa · W 35–24; defense 63.3 percentile2014 Week 8: Temple at Houston · L 10–31; defense 51.5 percentile2014 Week 9: Temple at UCF · L 14–34; defense 27.3 percentile2014 Week 10: Temple vs. East Carolina · W 20–10; defense 63.9 percentile2014 Week 11: Temple vs. Memphis · L 13–16; defense 90.1 percentile2014 Week 12: Temple at Penn State · L 13–30; defense 26.9 percentile2014 Week 14: Temple vs. Cincinnati · L 6–14; defense 98.2 percentile2014 Week 15: Temple at Tulane · W 10–3; defense 93.8 percentile2015 Week 1: Temple vs. Penn State · W 27–10; defense 73.8 percentile2015 Week 2: Temple at Cincinnati · W 34–26; defense 27.7 percentile2015 Week 3: Temple at Massachusetts · W 25–23; defense 80.4 percentile2015 Week 5: Temple at Charlotte · W 37–3; defense 68.9 percentile2015 Week 6: Temple vs. Tulane · W 49–10; defense 96.1 percentile2015 Week 7: Temple vs. UCF · W 30–16; defense 87.8 percentile2015 Week 8: Temple at East Carolina · W 24–14; defense 63.2 percentile2015 Week 9: Temple vs. Notre Dame · L 20–24; defense 68.7 percentile2015 Week 10: Temple at SMU · W 60–40; defense 32.4 percentile2015 Week 11: Temple at South Florida · L 23–44; defense 20.6 percentile2015 Week 12: Temple vs. Memphis · W 31–12; defense 97.4 percentile2015 Week 13: Temple vs. UConn · W 27–3; defense 97.9 percentile2015 Week 14: Temple at Houston · L 13–24; defense 57.1 percentile2015 Week 1: Temple vs. Toledo · L 17–32; defense 50.0 percentile2016 Week 1: Temple vs. Army · L 13–28; defense 28.5 percentile2016 Week 2: Temple vs. Stony Brook · W 38–0; defense 89.2 percentile2016 Week 3: Temple at Penn State · L 27–34; defense 53.0 percentile2016 Week 4: Temple vs. Charlotte · W 48–20; defense 40.3 percentile2016 Week 5: Temple vs. SMU · W 45–20; defense 79.0 percentile2016 Week 6: Temple at Memphis · L 27–34; defense 94.0 percentile2016 Week 7: Temple at UCF · W 26–25; defense 64.2 percentile2016 Week 8: Temple vs. South Florida · W 46–30; defense 53.9 percentile2016 Week 9: Temple vs. Cincinnati · W 34–13; defense 54.0 percentile2016 Week 10: Temple at UConn · W 21–0; defense 91.1 percentile2016 Week 12: Temple at Tulane · W 31–0; defense 97.3 percentile2016 Week 13: Temple vs. East Carolina · W 37–10; defense 86.4 percentile2016 Week 14: Temple at Navy · W 34–10; defense 96.4 percentile2016 Week 1: Temple vs. Wake Forest · L 26–34; defense 14.1 percentile2017 Week 1: Temple at Notre Dame · L 16–49; defense 16.2 percentile2017 Week 2: Temple vs. Villanova · W 16–13; defense 37.7 percentile2017 Week 3: Temple vs. Massachusetts · W 29–21; defense 48.9 percentile2017 Week 4: Temple at South Florida · L 7–43; defense 84.0 percentile2017 Week 5: Temple vs. Houston · L 13–20; defense 71.9 percentile2017 Week 6: Temple at East Carolina · W 34–10; defense 89.7 percentile2017 Week 7: Temple vs. UConn · L 24–28; defense 71.7 percentile2017 Week 8: Temple at Army · L 28–31; defense 58.6 percentile2017 Week 10: Temple vs. Navy · W 34–26; defense 89.2 percentile2017 Week 11: Temple at Cincinnati · W 35–24; defense 46.6 percentile2017 Week 12: Temple vs. UCF · L 19–45; defense 72.5 percentile2017 Week 13: Temple at Tulsa · W 43–22; defense 43.3 percentile2017 Week 1: Temple vs. Florida International · W 28–3; defense 94.7 percentile2018 Week 1: Temple vs. Villanova · L 17–19; defense 22.5 percentile2018 Week 2: Temple vs. Buffalo · L 29–36; defense 55.8 percentile2018 Week 3: Temple at Maryland · W 35–14; defense 85.1 percentile2018 Week 4: Temple vs. Tulsa · W 31–17; defense 57.1 percentile2018 Week 5: Temple at Boston College · L 35–45; defense 42.1 percentile2018 Week 6: Temple vs. East Carolina · W 49–6; defense 97.7 percentile2018 Week 7: Temple at Navy · W 24–17; defense 62.3 percentile2018 Week 8: Temple vs. Cincinnati · W 24–17; defense 82.5 percentile2018 Week 10: Temple at UCF · L 40–52; defense 34.8 percentile2018 Week 11: Temple at Houston · W 59–49; defense 52.8 percentile2018 Week 12: Temple vs. South Florida · W 27–17; defense 84.9 percentile2018 Week 13: Temple at UConn · W 57–7; defense 88.7 percentile2018 Week 1: Temple vs. Duke · L 27–56; defense 10.6 percentile2019 Week 1: Temple vs. Bucknell · W 56–12; defense 64.4 percentile2019 Week 3: Temple vs. Maryland · W 20–17; defense 89.4 percentile2019 Week 4: Temple at Buffalo · L 22–38; defense 70.7 percentile2019 Week 5: Temple vs. Georgia Tech · W 24–2; defense 56.0 percentile2019 Week 6: Temple at East Carolina · W 27–17; defense 70.5 percentile2019 Week 7: Temple vs. Memphis · W 30–28; defense 60.4 percentile2019 Week 8: Temple at SMU · L 21–45; defense 43.4 percentile2019 Week 9: Temple vs. UCF · L 21–63; defense 3.2 percentile2019 Week 11: Temple at South Florida · W 17–7; defense 65.8 percentile2019 Week 12: Temple vs. Tulane · W 29–21; defense 88.4 percentile2019 Week 13: Temple at Cincinnati · L 13–15; defense 96.1 percentile2019 Week 1: Temple vs. North Carolina · L 13–55; defense 5.3 percentile2020 Week 6: Temple at Navy · L 29–31; defense 9.8 percentile2020 Week 7: Temple vs. South Florida · W 39–37; defense 23.4 percentile2020 Week 8: Temple at Memphis · L 29–41; defense 31.8 percentile2020 Week 9: Temple at Tulane · L 3–38; defense 14.1 percentile2020 Week 10: Temple vs. SMU · L 23–47; defense 10.1 percentile2020 Week 11: Temple at UCF · L 13–38; defense 38.6 percentile2020 Week 12: Temple vs. East Carolina · L 3–28; defense 35.1 percentile2021 Week 1: Temple at Rutgers · L 14–61; defense 9.7 percentile2021 Week 3: Temple vs. Boston College · L 3–28; defense 29.9 percentile2021 Week 4: Temple vs. Wagner · W 41–7; defense 80.4 percentile2021 Week 5: Temple vs. Memphis · W 34–31; defense 21.7 percentile2021 Week 6: Temple at Cincinnati · L 3–52; defense 6.2 percentile2021 Week 8: Temple at South Florida · L 14–34; defense 18.2 percentile2021 Week 9: Temple vs. UCF · L 7–49; defense 13.8 percentile2021 Week 10: Temple at East Carolina · L 3–45; defense 24.4 percentile2021 Week 11: Temple vs. Houston · L 8–37; defense 59.0 percentile2021 Week 12: Temple at Tulsa · L 10–44; defense 3.4 percentile2021 Week 13: Temple vs. Navy · L 14–38; defense 33.6 percentile2022 Week 1: Temple at Duke · L 0–30; defense 39.1 percentile2022 Week 2: Temple vs. Lafayette · W 30–14; defense 74.3 percentile2022 Week 3: Temple vs. Rutgers · L 14–16; defense 49.9 percentile2022 Week 4: Temple vs. Massachusetts · W 28–0; defense 56.2 percentile2022 Week 5: Temple at Memphis · L 3–24; defense 85.5 percentile2022 Week 7: Temple at UCF · L 13–70; defense 7.2 percentile2022 Week 8: Temple vs. Tulsa · L 16–27; defense 49.1 percentile2022 Week 10: Temple vs. South Florida · W 54–28; defense 7.9 percentile2022 Week 11: Temple at Houston · L 36–43; defense 7.0 percentile2022 Week 12: Temple vs. Cincinnati · L 3–23; defense 37.8 percentile2022 Week 13: Temple vs. East Carolina · L 46–49; defense 2.9 percentile2023 Week 1: Temple vs. Akron · W 24–21; defense 58.3 percentile2023 Week 2: Temple at Rutgers · L 7–36; defense 28.3 percentile2023 Week 4: Temple vs. Miami · L 7–41; defense 1.2 percentile2023 Week 5: Temple at Tulsa · L 26–48; defense 2.0 percentile2023 Week 6: Temple vs. UTSA · L 34–49; defense 7.4 percentile2023 Week 7: Temple at North Texas · L 14–45; defense 13.2 percentile2023 Week 8: Temple vs. SMU · L 0–55; defense 25.0 percentile2023 Week 10: Temple vs. Navy · W 32–18; defense 61.3 percentile2023 Week 11: Temple at South Florida · L 23–27; defense 68.1 percentile2023 Week 12: Temple at UAB · L 24–34; defense 6.3 percentile2023 Week 13: Temple vs. Memphis · L 21–45; defense 2.2 percentile2024 Week 1: Temple at Oklahoma · L 3–51; defense 11.9 percentile2024 Week 2: Temple at Navy · L 11–38; defense 36.3 percentile2024 Week 3: Temple vs. Coastal Carolina · L 20–28; defense 40.9 percentile2024 Week 4: Temple vs. Utah State · W 45–29; defense 22.9 percentile2024 Week 5: Temple vs. Army · L 14–42; defense 20.3 percentile2024 Week 6: Temple at UConn · L 20–29; defense 89.1 percentile2024 Week 8: Temple vs. Tulsa · W 20–10; defense 66.9 percentile2024 Week 9: Temple at East Carolina · L 34–56; defense 5.1 percentile2024 Week 11: Temple at Tulane · L 6–52; defense 2.9 percentile2024 Week 12: Temple vs. Florida Atlantic · W 18–15; defense 68.6 percentile2024 Week 13: Temple at UTSA · L 27–51; defense 35.3 percentile2024 Week 14: Temple vs. North Texas · L 17–24; defense 77.2 percentile2025 Week 1: Temple at Massachusetts · W 42–10; defense 42.4 percentile2025 Week 2: Temple vs. Howard · W 55–7; defense 39.7 percentile2025 Week 3: Temple vs. Oklahoma · L 3–42; defense 16.6 percentile2025 Week 4: Temple at Georgia Tech · L 24–45; defense 19.0 percentile2025 Week 6: Temple vs. UTSA · W 27–21; defense 88.8 percentile2025 Week 7: Temple vs. Navy · L 31–32; defense 17.6 percentile2025 Week 8: Temple at Charlotte · W 49–14; defense 24.0 percentile2025 Week 9: Temple at Tulsa · W 38–37; defense 28.6 percentile2025 Week 10: Temple vs. East Carolina · L 14–45; defense 0.7 percentile2025 Week 11: Temple at Army · L 13–14; defense 51.8 percentile2025 Week 13: Temple vs. Tulane · L 13–37; defense 32.1 percentile2025 Week 14: Temple at North Texas · L 25–52; defense 2.5 percentile2026 Week 1: Temple vs. Rhode Island · W 38–14; defense 27.3 percentile2026 Week 2: Temple vs. Penn State · L 9–27; defense 57.7 percentile2014 defense season mean: 64.3 percentile2015 defense season mean: 71.7 percentile2016 defense season mean: 72.8 percentile2017 defense season mean: 66.4 percentile2018 defense season mean: 63.0 percentile2019 defense season mean: 59.4 percentile2020 defense season mean: 21.5 percentile2021 defense season mean: 23.3 percentile2022 defense season mean: 32.6 percentile2023 defense season mean: 16.5 percentile2024 defense season mean: 35.9 percentile2025 defense season mean: 24.9 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 28.0 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 41.9 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2017Geoff Collins
2018Geoff Collins / Ed Foley
2019Rod Carey
2022Stan Drayton
2024Stan Drayton / Everett Withers
2025K.C. Keeler

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 estimateK.C. Keeler2
34.7 estimate27.6 games-only average
28.0 estimate41.9 games-only average
2025K.C. KeelerCoaching change1236.624.9
2024Stan Drayton / Everett WithersCoaching change1214.935.9
2023Stan Drayton1121.516.5
2022Stan DraytonCoaching change1124.432.6
2021Rod Carey1116.823.3
2020Rod Carey722.221.5
2019Rod CareyCoaching change1231.959.4
2018Geoff Collins / Ed FoleyCoaching change1340.563.0
2017Geoff CollinsCoaching change1335.066.4
2016Matt Rhule1460.572.8
2015Matt Rhule1441.871.7
2014Matt Rhule1216.364.3