2014–2026 performance history

Tulane over time

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

American AthleticHead coach: Will HallView Tulane games →
Offense · 2026 estimate54.1/100

12.3 average through 1 game

60.3 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate57.0/100

70.5 average through 1 game

55.3 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.

Tulane 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.Johnson · ’14–’15Curtis Johnson, 2014–2015Fritz · ’16–’23Willie Fritz, 2016–2023Sumrall · ’24–’25Jon Sumrall, 2024–2025HallWill Hall, 2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Tulane at Tulsa · L 31–38; offense 45.9 percentile2014 Week 2: Tulane vs. Georgia Tech · L 21–38; offense 19.7 percentile2014 Week 3: Tulane vs. SE Louisiana · W 35–20; offense 10.3 percentile2014 Week 4: Tulane at Duke · L 13–47; offense 28.0 percentile2014 Week 5: Tulane at Rutgers · L 6–31; offense 6.8 percentile2014 Week 7: Tulane vs. UConn · W 12–3; offense 16.9 percentile2014 Week 8: Tulane at UCF · L 13–20; offense 12.8 percentile2014 Week 10: Tulane vs. Cincinnati · L 14–38; offense 16.3 percentile2014 Week 11: Tulane at Houston · W 31–24; offense 65.6 percentile2014 Week 12: Tulane vs. Memphis · L 7–38; offense 22.0 percentile2014 Week 13: Tulane at East Carolina · L 6–34; offense 9.7 percentile2014 Week 15: Tulane vs. Temple · L 3–10; offense 2.3 percentile2015 Week 1: Tulane vs. Duke · L 7–37; offense 1.7 percentile2015 Week 2: Tulane at Georgia Tech · L 10–65; offense 5.3 percentile2015 Week 3: Tulane vs. Maine · W 38–7; offense 31.8 percentile2015 Week 5: Tulane vs. UCF · W 45–31; offense 19.3 percentile2015 Week 6: Tulane at Temple · L 10–49; offense 4.2 percentile2015 Week 7: Tulane vs. Houston · L 7–42; offense 9.4 percentile2015 Week 8: Tulane at Navy · L 14–31; offense 45.3 percentile2015 Week 9: Tulane at Memphis · L 13–41; offense 14.8 percentile2015 Week 10: Tulane vs. UConn · L 3–7; offense 1.1 percentile2015 Week 11: Tulane at Army · W 34–31; offense 51.9 percentile2015 Week 12: Tulane at SMU · L 21–49; offense 15.5 percentile2015 Week 13: Tulane vs. Tulsa · L 34–45; offense 80.3 percentile2016 Week 1: Tulane at Wake Forest · L 3–7; offense 12.4 percentile2016 Week 2: Tulane vs. Southern · W 66–21; offense 76.7 percentile2016 Week 3: Tulane vs. Navy · L 14–21; offense 4.2 percentile2016 Week 4: Tulane vs. Louisiana · W 41–39; offense 10.2 percentile2016 Week 5: Tulane at Massachusetts · W 31–24; offense 38.0 percentile2016 Week 7: Tulane vs. Memphis · L 14–24; offense 5.0 percentile2016 Week 8: Tulane at Tulsa · L 27–50; offense 60.2 percentile2016 Week 9: Tulane vs. SMU · L 31–35; offense 20.5 percentile2016 Week 10: Tulane at UCF · L 6–37; offense 53.1 percentile2016 Week 11: Tulane at Houston · L 18–30; offense 18.8 percentile2016 Week 12: Tulane vs. Temple · L 0–31; offense 4.8 percentile2016 Week 13: Tulane at UConn · W 38–13; offense 54.8 percentile2017 Week 1: Tulane vs. Grambling · W 43–14; offense 68.6 percentile2017 Week 3: Tulane at Oklahoma · L 14–56; offense 28.2 percentile2017 Week 4: Tulane vs. Army · W 21–17; offense 45.4 percentile2017 Week 6: Tulane vs. Tulsa · W 62–28; offense 94.1 percentile2017 Week 7: Tulane at Florida International · L 10–23; offense 29.7 percentile2017 Week 8: Tulane vs. South Florida · L 28–34; offense 52.4 percentile2017 Week 9: Tulane at Memphis · L 26–56; offense 19.7 percentile2017 Week 10: Tulane vs. Cincinnati · L 16–17; offense 4.3 percentile2017 Week 11: Tulane at East Carolina · W 31–24; offense 16.2 percentile2017 Week 12: Tulane vs. Houston · W 20–17; offense 68.5 percentile2017 Week 13: Tulane at SMU · L 38–41; offense 55.6 percentile2018 Week 1: Tulane vs. Wake Forest · L 17–23; offense 26.0 percentile2018 Week 2: Tulane vs. Nicholls · W 42–17; offense 70.8 percentile2018 Week 3: Tulane at UAB · L 24–31; offense 81.8 percentile2018 Week 4: Tulane at Ohio State · L 6–49; offense 16.8 percentile2018 Week 5: Tulane vs. Memphis · W 40–24; offense 79.4 percentile2018 Week 6: Tulane at Cincinnati · L 21–37; offense 30.1 percentile2018 Week 8: Tulane vs. SMU · L 23–27; offense 10.0 percentile2018 Week 9: Tulane at Tulsa · W 24–17; offense 40.4 percentile2018 Week 11: Tulane vs. East Carolina · W 24–18; offense 25.0 percentile2018 Week 12: Tulane at Houston · L 17–48; offense 35.1 percentile2018 Week 13: Tulane vs. Navy · W 29–28; offense 44.8 percentile2018 Week 1: Tulane vs. Louisiana · W 41–24; offense 52.2 percentile2019 Week 1: Tulane vs. Florida International · W 42–14; offense 99.3 percentile2019 Week 2: Tulane at Auburn · L 6–24; offense 5.6 percentile2019 Week 3: Tulane vs. Missouri State · W 58–6; offense 52.0 percentile2019 Week 4: Tulane vs. Houston · W 38–31; offense 70.9 percentile2019 Week 6: Tulane at Army · W 42–33; offense 96.9 percentile2019 Week 7: Tulane vs. UConn · W 49–7; offense 80.8 percentile2019 Week 8: Tulane at Memphis · L 17–47; offense 44.9 percentile2019 Week 9: Tulane at Navy · L 38–41; offense 92.3 percentile2019 Week 10: Tulane vs. Tulsa · W 38–26; offense 92.7 percentile2019 Week 12: Tulane at Temple · L 21–29; offense 25.4 percentile2019 Week 13: Tulane vs. UCF · L 31–34; offense 54.3 percentile2019 Week 14: Tulane at SMU · L 20–37; offense 50.9 percentile2019 Week 1: Tulane vs. Southern Miss · W 30–13; offense 43.8 percentile2020 Week 2: Tulane at South Alabama · W 27–24; offense 40.6 percentile2020 Week 3: Tulane vs. Navy · L 24–27; offense 36.2 percentile2020 Week 4: Tulane at Southern Miss · W 66–24; offense 97.7 percentile2020 Week 6: Tulane at Houston · L 31–49; offense 6.6 percentile2020 Week 7: Tulane vs. SMU · L 34–37; offense 38.7 percentile2020 Week 8: Tulane at UCF · L 34–51; offense 40.1 percentile2020 Week 9: Tulane vs. Temple · W 38–3; offense 73.5 percentile2020 Week 10: Tulane at East Carolina · W 38–21; offense 83.3 percentile2020 Week 11: Tulane vs. Army · W 38–12; offense 75.9 percentile2020 Week 12: Tulane at Tulsa · L 24–30; offense 63.4 percentile2020 Week 14: Tulane vs. Memphis · W 35–21; offense 59.8 percentile2020 Week 1: Tulane vs. Nevada · L 27–38; offense 65.6 percentile2021 Week 1: Tulane at Oklahoma · L 35–40; offense 37.2 percentile2021 Week 3: Tulane at Ole Miss · L 21–61; offense 32.4 percentile2021 Week 4: Tulane vs. UAB · L 21–28; offense 20.0 percentile2021 Week 5: Tulane at East Carolina · L 29–52; offense 50.8 percentile2021 Week 6: Tulane vs. Houston · L 22–40; offense 41.0 percentile2021 Week 8: Tulane at SMU · L 26–55; offense 62.1 percentile2021 Week 9: Tulane vs. Cincinnati · L 12–31; offense 54.7 percentile2021 Week 10: Tulane at UCF · L 10–14; offense 15.3 percentile2021 Week 11: Tulane vs. Tulsa · L 13–20; offense 8.2 percentile2021 Week 12: Tulane vs. South Florida · W 45–14; offense 66.1 percentile2021 Week 13: Tulane at Memphis · L 28–33; offense 81.8 percentile2022 Week 2: Tulane vs. Alcorn State · W 52–0; offense 46.7 percentile2022 Week 3: Tulane at Kansas State · W 17–10; offense 24.2 percentile2022 Week 4: Tulane vs. Southern Miss · L 24–27; offense 59.5 percentile2022 Week 5: Tulane at Houston · W 27–24; offense 24.6 percentile2022 Week 6: Tulane vs. East Carolina · W 24–9; offense 35.4 percentile2022 Week 7: Tulane at South Florida · W 45–31; offense 39.5 percentile2022 Week 8: Tulane vs. Memphis · W 38–28; offense 71.0 percentile2022 Week 10: Tulane at Tulsa · W 27–13; offense 89.2 percentile2022 Week 11: Tulane vs. UCF · L 31–38; offense 62.5 percentile2022 Week 12: Tulane vs. SMU · W 59–24; offense 78.0 percentile2022 Week 13: Tulane at Cincinnati · W 27–24; offense 74.5 percentile2022 Week 14: Tulane vs. UCF · W 45–28; offense 84.2 percentile2022 Week 1: Tulane vs. USC · W 46–45; offense 98.7 percentile2023 Week 1: Tulane vs. South Alabama · W 37–17; offense 96.5 percentile2023 Week 2: Tulane vs. Ole Miss · L 20–37; offense 29.2 percentile2023 Week 3: Tulane at Southern Miss · W 21–3; offense 23.5 percentile2023 Week 4: Tulane vs. Nicholls · W 36–7; offense 52.2 percentile2023 Week 5: Tulane vs. UAB · W 35–23; offense 76.8 percentile2023 Week 7: Tulane at Memphis · W 31–21; offense 53.0 percentile2023 Week 8: Tulane vs. North Texas · W 35–28; offense 75.5 percentile2023 Week 9: Tulane at Rice · W 30–28; offense 93.6 percentile2023 Week 10: Tulane at East Carolina · W 13–10; offense 52.1 percentile2023 Week 11: Tulane vs. Tulsa · W 24–22; offense 6.8 percentile2023 Week 12: Tulane at Florida Atlantic · W 24–8; offense 70.4 percentile2023 Week 13: Tulane vs. UTSA · W 29–16; offense 48.0 percentile2023 Week 14: Tulane vs. SMU · L 14–26; offense 38.2 percentile2023 Week 1: Tulane vs. Virginia Tech · L 20–41; offense 24.1 percentile2024 Week 1: Tulane vs. SE Louisiana · W 52–0; offense 93.1 percentile2024 Week 3: Tulane at Oklahoma · L 19–34; offense 29.7 percentile2024 Week 4: Tulane at Louisiana · W 41–33; offense 84.4 percentile2024 Week 5: Tulane vs. South Florida · W 45–10; offense 86.4 percentile2024 Week 6: Tulane at UAB · W 71–20; offense 87.8 percentile2024 Week 8: Tulane vs. Rice · W 24–10; offense 19.7 percentile2024 Week 9: Tulane at North Texas · W 45–37; offense 82.3 percentile2024 Week 10: Tulane at Charlotte · W 34–3; offense 80.1 percentile2024 Week 11: Tulane vs. Temple · W 52–6; offense 96.7 percentile2024 Week 12: Tulane at Navy · W 35–0; offense 80.7 percentile2024 Week 14: Tulane vs. Memphis · L 24–34; offense 70.2 percentile2024 Week 15: Tulane at Army · L 14–35; offense 58.3 percentile2024 Week 1: Tulane vs. Florida · L 8–33; offense 0.9 percentile2025 Week 1: Tulane vs. Northwestern · W 23–3; offense 60.9 percentile2025 Week 2: Tulane at South Alabama · W 33–31; offense 56.4 percentile2025 Week 3: Tulane vs. Duke · W 34–27; offense 55.9 percentile2025 Week 4: Tulane at Ole Miss · L 10–45; offense 12.2 percentile2025 Week 5: Tulane at Tulsa · W 31–14; offense 68.9 percentile2025 Week 7: Tulane vs. East Carolina · W 26–19; offense 65.4 percentile2025 Week 8: Tulane vs. Army · W 24–17; offense 78.2 percentile2025 Week 10: Tulane at UTSA · L 26–48; offense 92.6 percentile2025 Week 11: Tulane at Memphis · W 38–32; offense 93.5 percentile2025 Week 12: Tulane vs. Florida Atlantic · W 35–24; offense 71.7 percentile2025 Week 13: Tulane at Temple · W 37–13; offense 55.4 percentile2025 Week 14: Tulane vs. Charlotte · W 27–0; offense 39.4 percentile2025 Week 15: Tulane vs. North Texas · W 34–21; offense 39.7 percentile2025 Week 1: Tulane at Ole Miss · L 10–41; offense 27.8 percentile2026 Week 1: Tulane at Duke · L 3–17; offense 12.3 percentile2014 offense season mean: 17.9 percentile2015 offense season mean: 16.5 percentile2016 offense season mean: 24.5 percentile2017 offense season mean: 42.6 percentile2018 offense season mean: 41.7 percentile2019 offense season mean: 68.5 percentile2020 offense season mean: 58.7 percentile2021 offense season mean: 41.0 percentile2022 offense season mean: 64.7 percentile2023 offense season mean: 54.7 percentile2024 offense season mean: 68.4 percentile2025 offense season mean: 60.3 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 54.1 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 12.3 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Tulane at Tulsa · L 31–38; defense 20.5 percentile2014 Week 2: Tulane vs. Georgia Tech · L 21–38; defense 56.4 percentile2014 Week 3: Tulane vs. SE Louisiana · W 35–20; defense 63.7 percentile2014 Week 4: Tulane at Duke · L 13–47; defense 38.9 percentile2014 Week 5: Tulane at Rutgers · L 6–31; defense 21.1 percentile2014 Week 7: Tulane vs. UConn · W 12–3; defense 81.2 percentile2014 Week 8: Tulane at UCF · L 13–20; defense 92.3 percentile2014 Week 10: Tulane vs. Cincinnati · L 14–38; defense 5.3 percentile2014 Week 11: Tulane at Houston · W 31–24; defense 63.0 percentile2014 Week 12: Tulane vs. Memphis · L 7–38; defense 85.4 percentile2014 Week 13: Tulane at East Carolina · L 6–34; defense 60.7 percentile2014 Week 15: Tulane vs. Temple · L 3–10; defense 81.4 percentile2015 Week 1: Tulane vs. Duke · L 7–37; defense 40.6 percentile2015 Week 2: Tulane at Georgia Tech · L 10–65; defense 0.3 percentile2015 Week 3: Tulane vs. Maine · W 38–7; defense 62.6 percentile2015 Week 5: Tulane vs. UCF · W 45–31; defense 60.5 percentile2015 Week 6: Tulane at Temple · L 10–49; defense 31.4 percentile2015 Week 7: Tulane vs. Houston · L 7–42; defense 50.2 percentile2015 Week 8: Tulane at Navy · L 14–31; defense 78.7 percentile2015 Week 9: Tulane at Memphis · L 13–41; defense 22.3 percentile2015 Week 10: Tulane vs. UConn · L 3–7; defense 89.7 percentile2015 Week 11: Tulane at Army · W 34–31; defense 43.6 percentile2015 Week 12: Tulane at SMU · L 21–49; defense 10.4 percentile2015 Week 13: Tulane vs. Tulsa · L 34–45; defense 41.1 percentile2016 Week 1: Tulane at Wake Forest · L 3–7; defense 85.6 percentile2016 Week 2: Tulane vs. Southern · W 66–21; defense 37.2 percentile2016 Week 3: Tulane vs. Navy · L 14–21; defense 80.8 percentile2016 Week 4: Tulane vs. Louisiana · W 41–39; defense 84.4 percentile2016 Week 5: Tulane at Massachusetts · W 31–24; defense 30.2 percentile2016 Week 7: Tulane vs. Memphis · L 14–24; defense 81.4 percentile2016 Week 8: Tulane at Tulsa · L 27–50; defense 33.8 percentile2016 Week 9: Tulane vs. SMU · L 31–35; defense 37.9 percentile2016 Week 10: Tulane at UCF · L 6–37; defense 48.5 percentile2016 Week 11: Tulane at Houston · L 18–30; defense 96.9 percentile2016 Week 12: Tulane vs. Temple · L 0–31; defense 42.7 percentile2016 Week 13: Tulane at UConn · W 38–13; defense 29.2 percentile2017 Week 1: Tulane vs. Grambling · W 43–14; defense 40.7 percentile2017 Week 3: Tulane at Oklahoma · L 14–56; defense 22.4 percentile2017 Week 4: Tulane vs. Army · W 21–17; defense 72.8 percentile2017 Week 6: Tulane vs. Tulsa · W 62–28; defense 35.6 percentile2017 Week 7: Tulane at Florida International · L 10–23; defense 42.3 percentile2017 Week 8: Tulane vs. South Florida · L 28–34; defense 23.2 percentile2017 Week 9: Tulane at Memphis · L 26–56; defense 25.1 percentile2017 Week 10: Tulane vs. Cincinnati · L 16–17; defense 33.5 percentile2017 Week 11: Tulane at East Carolina · W 31–24; defense 46.0 percentile2017 Week 12: Tulane vs. Houston · W 20–17; defense 45.6 percentile2017 Week 13: Tulane at SMU · L 38–41; defense 20.9 percentile2018 Week 1: Tulane vs. Wake Forest · L 17–23; defense 58.3 percentile2018 Week 2: Tulane vs. Nicholls · W 42–17; defense 16.4 percentile2018 Week 3: Tulane at UAB · L 24–31; defense 39.7 percentile2018 Week 4: Tulane at Ohio State · L 6–49; defense 12.7 percentile2018 Week 5: Tulane vs. Memphis · W 40–24; defense 94.6 percentile2018 Week 6: Tulane at Cincinnati · L 21–37; defense 59.9 percentile2018 Week 8: Tulane vs. SMU · L 23–27; defense 61.0 percentile2018 Week 9: Tulane at Tulsa · W 24–17; defense 62.7 percentile2018 Week 11: Tulane vs. East Carolina · W 24–18; defense 62.1 percentile2018 Week 12: Tulane at Houston · L 17–48; defense 37.6 percentile2018 Week 13: Tulane vs. Navy · W 29–28; defense 53.0 percentile2018 Week 1: Tulane vs. Louisiana · W 41–24; defense 83.3 percentile2019 Week 1: Tulane vs. Florida International · W 42–14; defense 80.9 percentile2019 Week 2: Tulane at Auburn · L 6–24; defense 70.1 percentile2019 Week 3: Tulane vs. Missouri State · W 58–6; defense 59.1 percentile2019 Week 4: Tulane vs. Houston · W 38–31; defense 13.4 percentile2019 Week 6: Tulane at Army · W 42–33; defense 70.1 percentile2019 Week 7: Tulane vs. UConn · W 49–7; defense 81.3 percentile2019 Week 8: Tulane at Memphis · L 17–47; defense 33.5 percentile2019 Week 9: Tulane at Navy · L 38–41; defense 41.2 percentile2019 Week 10: Tulane vs. Tulsa · W 38–26; defense 31.8 percentile2019 Week 12: Tulane at Temple · L 21–29; defense 24.1 percentile2019 Week 13: Tulane vs. UCF · L 31–34; defense 78.8 percentile2019 Week 14: Tulane at SMU · L 20–37; defense 40.7 percentile2019 Week 1: Tulane vs. Southern Miss · W 30–13; defense 70.7 percentile2020 Week 2: Tulane at South Alabama · W 27–24; defense 62.4 percentile2020 Week 3: Tulane vs. Navy · L 24–27; defense 54.9 percentile2020 Week 4: Tulane at Southern Miss · W 66–24; defense 72.4 percentile2020 Week 6: Tulane at Houston · L 31–49; defense 21.9 percentile2020 Week 7: Tulane vs. SMU · L 34–37; defense 34.4 percentile2020 Week 8: Tulane at UCF · L 34–51; defense 15.0 percentile2020 Week 9: Tulane vs. Temple · W 38–3; defense 97.2 percentile2020 Week 10: Tulane at East Carolina · W 38–21; defense 84.9 percentile2020 Week 11: Tulane vs. Army · W 38–12; defense 80.3 percentile2020 Week 12: Tulane at Tulsa · L 24–30; defense 41.4 percentile2020 Week 14: Tulane vs. Memphis · W 35–21; defense 90.7 percentile2020 Week 1: Tulane vs. Nevada · L 27–38; defense 45.7 percentile2021 Week 1: Tulane at Oklahoma · L 35–40; defense 82.7 percentile2021 Week 3: Tulane at Ole Miss · L 21–61; defense 3.3 percentile2021 Week 4: Tulane vs. UAB · L 21–28; defense 45.7 percentile2021 Week 5: Tulane at East Carolina · L 29–52; defense 23.0 percentile2021 Week 6: Tulane vs. Houston · L 22–40; defense 35.3 percentile2021 Week 8: Tulane at SMU · L 26–55; defense 18.4 percentile2021 Week 9: Tulane vs. Cincinnati · L 12–31; defense 66.7 percentile2021 Week 10: Tulane at UCF · L 10–14; defense 94.2 percentile2021 Week 11: Tulane vs. Tulsa · L 13–20; defense 60.7 percentile2021 Week 12: Tulane vs. South Florida · W 45–14; defense 73.6 percentile2021 Week 13: Tulane at Memphis · L 28–33; defense 63.5 percentile2022 Week 2: Tulane vs. Alcorn State · W 52–0; defense 85.8 percentile2022 Week 3: Tulane at Kansas State · W 17–10; defense 86.5 percentile2022 Week 4: Tulane vs. Southern Miss · L 24–27; defense 65.7 percentile2022 Week 5: Tulane at Houston · W 27–24; defense 69.1 percentile2022 Week 6: Tulane vs. East Carolina · W 24–9; defense 61.7 percentile2022 Week 7: Tulane at South Florida · W 45–31; defense 50.9 percentile2022 Week 8: Tulane vs. Memphis · W 38–28; defense 37.0 percentile2022 Week 10: Tulane at Tulsa · W 27–13; defense 76.4 percentile2022 Week 11: Tulane vs. UCF · L 31–38; defense 38.5 percentile2022 Week 12: Tulane vs. SMU · W 59–24; defense 88.3 percentile2022 Week 13: Tulane at Cincinnati · W 27–24; defense 36.9 percentile2022 Week 14: Tulane vs. UCF · W 45–28; defense 76.3 percentile2022 Week 1: Tulane vs. USC · W 46–45; defense 40.3 percentile2023 Week 1: Tulane vs. South Alabama · W 37–17; defense 64.0 percentile2023 Week 2: Tulane vs. Ole Miss · L 20–37; defense 57.7 percentile2023 Week 3: Tulane at Southern Miss · W 21–3; defense 98.7 percentile2023 Week 4: Tulane vs. Nicholls · W 36–7; defense 24.8 percentile2023 Week 5: Tulane vs. UAB · W 35–23; defense 57.1 percentile2023 Week 7: Tulane at Memphis · W 31–21; defense 60.9 percentile2023 Week 8: Tulane vs. North Texas · W 35–28; defense 57.9 percentile2023 Week 9: Tulane at Rice · W 30–28; defense 35.7 percentile2023 Week 10: Tulane at East Carolina · W 13–10; defense 48.6 percentile2023 Week 11: Tulane vs. Tulsa · W 24–22; defense 50.6 percentile2023 Week 12: Tulane at Florida Atlantic · W 24–8; defense 95.5 percentile2023 Week 13: Tulane vs. UTSA · W 29–16; defense 83.4 percentile2023 Week 14: Tulane vs. SMU · L 14–26; defense 81.2 percentile2023 Week 1: Tulane vs. Virginia Tech · L 20–41; defense 8.8 percentile2024 Week 1: Tulane vs. SE Louisiana · W 52–0; defense 52.6 percentile2024 Week 3: Tulane at Oklahoma · L 19–34; defense 37.2 percentile2024 Week 4: Tulane at Louisiana · W 41–33; defense 36.9 percentile2024 Week 5: Tulane vs. South Florida · W 45–10; defense 84.1 percentile2024 Week 6: Tulane at UAB · W 71–20; defense 88.3 percentile2024 Week 8: Tulane vs. Rice · W 24–10; defense 74.1 percentile2024 Week 9: Tulane at North Texas · W 45–37; defense 64.0 percentile2024 Week 10: Tulane at Charlotte · W 34–3; defense 82.8 percentile2024 Week 11: Tulane vs. Temple · W 52–6; defense 81.8 percentile2024 Week 12: Tulane at Navy · W 35–0; defense 99.2 percentile2024 Week 14: Tulane vs. Memphis · L 24–34; defense 53.2 percentile2024 Week 15: Tulane at Army · L 14–35; defense 20.6 percentile2024 Week 1: Tulane vs. Florida · L 8–33; defense 30.7 percentile2025 Week 1: Tulane vs. Northwestern · W 23–3; defense 92.4 percentile2025 Week 2: Tulane at South Alabama · W 33–31; defense 31.6 percentile2025 Week 3: Tulane vs. Duke · W 34–27; defense 70.7 percentile2025 Week 4: Tulane at Ole Miss · L 10–45; defense 5.3 percentile2025 Week 5: Tulane at Tulsa · W 31–14; defense 90.6 percentile2025 Week 7: Tulane vs. East Carolina · W 26–19; defense 55.8 percentile2025 Week 8: Tulane vs. Army · W 24–17; defense 60.6 percentile2025 Week 10: Tulane at UTSA · L 26–48; defense 13.3 percentile2025 Week 11: Tulane at Memphis · W 38–32; defense 53.4 percentile2025 Week 12: Tulane vs. Florida Atlantic · W 35–24; defense 33.9 percentile2025 Week 13: Tulane at Temple · W 37–13; defense 86.1 percentile2025 Week 14: Tulane vs. Charlotte · W 27–0; defense 82.3 percentile2025 Week 15: Tulane vs. North Texas · W 34–21; defense 65.4 percentile2025 Week 1: Tulane at Ole Miss · L 10–41; defense 23.5 percentile2026 Week 1: Tulane at Duke · L 3–17; defense 70.5 percentile2014 defense season mean: 56.1 percentile2015 defense season mean: 39.5 percentile2016 defense season mean: 61.0 percentile2017 defense season mean: 36.5 percentile2018 defense season mean: 54.4 percentile2019 defense season mean: 53.7 percentile2020 defense season mean: 61.9 percentile2021 defense season mean: 50.8 percentile2022 defense season mean: 64.5 percentile2023 defense season mean: 62.8 percentile2024 defense season mean: 66.7 percentile2025 defense season mean: 55.3 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 57.0 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 70.5 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2016Willie Fritz
2023Willie Fritz / Slade Nagle
2024Jon Sumrall
2026Will Hall

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 estimateWill HallCoaching change1
54.1 estimate12.3 games-only average
57.0 estimate70.5 games-only average
2025Jon Sumrall1460.355.3
2024Jon SumrallCoaching change1368.466.7
2023Willie Fritz / Slade NagleCoaching change1454.762.8
2022Willie Fritz1364.764.5
2021Willie Fritz1141.050.8
2020Willie Fritz1258.761.9
2019Willie Fritz1368.553.7
2018Willie Fritz1241.754.4
2017Willie Fritz1142.636.5
2016Willie FritzCoaching change1224.561.0
2015Curtis Johnson1216.539.5
2014Curtis Johnson1217.956.1