2014–2026 performance history

Utah State over time

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

Pac-12Head coach: Bronco MendenhallView Utah State games →
Offense · 2026 estimate45.1/100

23.4 average through 2 games

51.0 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate44.3/100

75.1 average through 2 games

36.4 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.

Utah State 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.Wells · ’14–’18Matt Wells, 2014–2018AndersenGary Andersen, 2019MaileFrank Maile, 2020Anderson · ’21–’23Blake Anderson, 2021–2023DreilingNate Dreiling, 2024Mendenhall · ’25–’26Bronco Mendenhall, 2025–2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Utah State at Tennessee · L 7–38; offense 6.2 percentile2014 Week 2: Utah State vs. Idaho State · W 40–20; offense 18.3 percentile2014 Week 3: Utah State vs. Wake Forest · W 36–24; offense 27.6 percentile2014 Week 4: Utah State at Arkansas State · L 14–21; offense 13.5 percentile2014 Week 6: Utah State at BYU · W 35–20; offense 60.3 percentile2014 Week 7: Utah State vs. Air Force · W 34–16; offense 60.7 percentile2014 Week 8: Utah State at Colorado State · L 13–16; offense 10.2 percentile2014 Week 9: Utah State vs. UNLV · W 34–20; offense 10.5 percentile2014 Week 10: Utah State at Hawai'i · W 35–14; offense 86.1 percentile2014 Week 11: Utah State at Wyoming · W 20–3; offense 30.2 percentile2014 Week 12: Utah State vs. New Mexico · W 28–21; offense 58.7 percentile2014 Week 13: Utah State vs. San José State · W 41–7; offense 77.5 percentile2014 Week 14: Utah State at Boise State · L 19–50; offense 8.2 percentile2014 Week 1: Utah State vs. UTEP · W 21–6; offense 65.7 percentile2015 Week 1: Utah State vs. Southern Utah · W 12–9; offense 0.2 percentile2015 Week 2: Utah State at Utah · L 14–24; offense 65.3 percentile2015 Week 3: Utah State at Washington · L 17–31; offense 21.6 percentile2015 Week 5: Utah State vs. Colorado State · W 33–18; offense 45.8 percentile2015 Week 6: Utah State at Fresno State · W 56–14; offense 75.2 percentile2015 Week 7: Utah State vs. Boise State · W 52–26; offense 65.6 percentile2015 Week 8: Utah State at San Diego State · L 14–48; offense 54.1 percentile2015 Week 9: Utah State vs. Wyoming · W 58–27; offense 99.5 percentile2015 Week 10: Utah State at New Mexico · L 13–14; offense 2.0 percentile2015 Week 11: Utah State at Air Force · L 28–35; offense 67.2 percentile2015 Week 12: Utah State vs. Nevada · W 31–27; offense 27.2 percentile2015 Week 13: Utah State vs. BYU · L 28–51; offense 58.0 percentile2015 Week 1: Utah State vs. Akron · L 21–23; offense 36.7 percentile2016 Week 1: Utah State vs. Weber State · W 45–6; offense 80.3 percentile2016 Week 2: Utah State at USC · L 7–45; offense 13.9 percentile2016 Week 3: Utah State vs. Arkansas State · W 34–20; offense 48.1 percentile2016 Week 4: Utah State vs. Air Force · L 20–27; offense 17.7 percentile2016 Week 5: Utah State at Boise State · L 10–21; offense 11.9 percentile2016 Week 6: Utah State at Colorado State · L 24–31; offense 61.2 percentile2016 Week 8: Utah State vs. Fresno State · W 38–20; offense 60.2 percentile2016 Week 9: Utah State vs. San Diego State · L 13–40; offense 23.9 percentile2016 Week 10: Utah State at Wyoming · L 28–52; offense 60.5 percentile2016 Week 11: Utah State vs. New Mexico · L 21–24; offense 44.3 percentile2016 Week 12: Utah State at Nevada · L 37–38; offense 61.7 percentile2016 Week 13: Utah State at BYU · L 10–28; offense 12.6 percentile2017 Week 1: Utah State at Wisconsin · L 10–59; offense 48.7 percentile2017 Week 2: Utah State vs. Idaho State · W 51–13; offense 61.6 percentile2017 Week 3: Utah State at Wake Forest · L 10–46; offense 5.1 percentile2017 Week 4: Utah State at San José State · W 61–10; offense 83.7 percentile2017 Week 5: Utah State vs. BYU · W 40–24; offense 10.3 percentile2017 Week 6: Utah State vs. Colorado State · L 14–27; offense 5.7 percentile2017 Week 7: Utah State vs. Wyoming · L 23–28; offense 57.7 percentile2017 Week 8: Utah State at UNLV · W 52–28; offense 95.0 percentile2017 Week 9: Utah State vs. Boise State · L 14–41; offense 22.1 percentile2017 Week 10: Utah State at New Mexico · W 24–10; offense 7.4 percentile2017 Week 12: Utah State vs. Hawai'i · W 38–0; offense 82.7 percentile2017 Week 13: Utah State at Air Force · L 35–38; offense 50.5 percentile2017 Week 1: Utah State vs. New Mexico State · L 20–26; offense 11.4 percentile2018 Week 1: Utah State at Michigan State · L 31–38; offense 70.6 percentile2018 Week 2: Utah State vs. New Mexico State · W 60–13; offense 48.3 percentile2018 Week 3: Utah State vs. Tennessee Tech · W 73–12; offense 78.2 percentile2018 Week 4: Utah State vs. Air Force · W 42–32; offense 75.8 percentile2018 Week 6: Utah State at BYU · W 45–20; offense 85.7 percentile2018 Week 7: Utah State vs. UNLV · W 59–28; offense 76.2 percentile2018 Week 8: Utah State at Wyoming · W 24–16; offense 13.5 percentile2018 Week 9: Utah State vs. New Mexico · W 61–19; offense 83.4 percentile2018 Week 10: Utah State at Hawai'i · W 56–17; offense 95.5 percentile2018 Week 11: Utah State vs. San José State · W 62–24; offense 91.6 percentile2018 Week 12: Utah State at Colorado State · W 29–24; offense 18.1 percentile2018 Week 13: Utah State at Boise State · L 24–33; offense 64.8 percentile2018 Week 1: Utah State vs. North Texas · W 52–13; offense 92.0 percentile2019 Week 1: Utah State at Wake Forest · L 35–38; offense 69.7 percentile2019 Week 2: Utah State vs. Stony Brook · W 62–7; offense 66.0 percentile2019 Week 4: Utah State at San Diego State · W 23–17; offense 57.3 percentile2019 Week 5: Utah State vs. Colorado State · W 34–24; offense 34.3 percentile2019 Week 6: Utah State at LSU · L 6–42; offense 2.7 percentile2019 Week 8: Utah State vs. Nevada · W 36–10; offense 23.1 percentile2019 Week 9: Utah State at Air Force · L 7–31; offense 2.3 percentile2019 Week 10: Utah State vs. BYU · L 14–42; offense 59.6 percentile2019 Week 11: Utah State at Fresno State · W 37–35; offense 78.2 percentile2019 Week 12: Utah State vs. Wyoming · W 26–21; offense 31.6 percentile2019 Week 13: Utah State vs. Boise State · L 21–56; offense 56.1 percentile2019 Week 14: Utah State at New Mexico · W 38–25; offense 42.4 percentile2019 Week 1: Utah State vs. Kent State · L 41–51; offense 63.2 percentile2020 Week 8: Utah State at Boise State · L 13–42; offense 21.5 percentile2020 Week 9: Utah State vs. San Diego State · L 7–38; offense 36.3 percentile2020 Week 10: Utah State at Nevada · L 9–34; offense 22.2 percentile2020 Week 11: Utah State vs. Fresno State · L 16–35; offense 4.1 percentile2020 Week 13: Utah State vs. New Mexico · W 41–27; offense 81.5 percentile2020 Week 14: Utah State vs. Air Force · L 7–35; offense 36.5 percentile2021 Week 1: Utah State at Washington State · W 26–23; offense 55.5 percentile2021 Week 2: Utah State vs. North Dakota · W 48–24; offense 20.6 percentile2021 Week 3: Utah State at Air Force · W 49–45; offense 89.9 percentile2021 Week 4: Utah State vs. Boise State · L 3–27; offense 35.6 percentile2021 Week 5: Utah State vs. BYU · L 20–34; offense 12.9 percentile2021 Week 7: Utah State at UNLV · W 28–24; offense 49.6 percentile2021 Week 8: Utah State vs. Colorado State · W 26–24; offense 35.3 percentile2021 Week 9: Utah State vs. Hawai'i · W 51–31; offense 76.7 percentile2021 Week 10: Utah State at New Mexico State · W 35–13; offense 42.2 percentile2021 Week 11: Utah State at San José State · W 48–17; offense 61.3 percentile2021 Week 12: Utah State vs. Wyoming · L 17–44; offense 21.3 percentile2021 Week 13: Utah State at New Mexico · W 35–10; offense 87.4 percentile2021 Week 14: Utah State at San Diego State · W 46–13; offense 72.3 percentile2021 Week 1: Utah State vs. Oregon State · W 24–13; offense 28.5 percentile2022 Week 1: Utah State vs. UConn · W 31–20; offense 66.9 percentile2022 Week 1: Utah State at Alabama · L 0–55; offense 1.9 percentile2022 Week 5: Utah State at BYU · L 26–38; offense 23.8 percentile2022 Week 6: Utah State vs. Air Force · W 34–27; offense 80.3 percentile2022 Week 7: Utah State at Colorado State · W 17–13; offense 41.8 percentile2022 Week 8: Utah State at Wyoming · L 14–28; offense 12.1 percentile2022 Week 10: Utah State vs. New Mexico · W 27–10; offense 11.8 percentile2022 Week 11: Utah State at Hawai'i · W 41–34; offense 44.6 percentile2022 Week 12: Utah State vs. San José State · W 35–31; offense 79.6 percentile2022 Week 13: Utah State at Boise State · L 23–42; offense 61.2 percentile2022 Week 1: Utah State vs. Memphis · L 10–38; offense 38.3 percentile2023 Week 1: Utah State at Iowa · L 14–24; offense 61.5 percentile2023 Week 2: Utah State vs. Idaho State · W 78–28; offense 78.8 percentile2023 Week 3: Utah State at Air Force · L 21–39; offense 72.4 percentile2023 Week 4: Utah State vs. James Madison · L 38–45; offense 77.6 percentile2023 Week 5: Utah State at UConn · W 34–33; offense 56.9 percentile2023 Week 6: Utah State vs. Colorado State · W 44–24; offense 87.3 percentile2023 Week 7: Utah State vs. Fresno State · L 32–37; offense 80.2 percentile2023 Week 8: Utah State at San José State · L 21–42; offense 8.3 percentile2023 Week 11: Utah State vs. Nevada · W 41–24; offense 47.5 percentile2023 Week 12: Utah State vs. Boise State · L 10–45; offense 7.1 percentile2023 Week 1: Utah State vs. Georgia State · L 22–45; offense 15.2 percentile2024 Week 1: Utah State vs. Robert Morris · W 36–14; offense 56.6 percentile2024 Week 2: Utah State at USC · L 0–48; offense 14.1 percentile2024 Week 3: Utah State vs. Utah · L 21–38; offense 44.1 percentile2024 Week 4: Utah State at Temple · L 29–45; offense 62.5 percentile2024 Week 6: Utah State at Boise State · L 30–62; offense 60.3 percentile2024 Week 7: Utah State vs. UNLV · L 34–50; offense 84.2 percentile2024 Week 9: Utah State at Wyoming · W 27–25; offense 46.0 percentile2024 Week 11: Utah State at Washington State · L 28–49; offense 23.6 percentile2024 Week 13: Utah State vs. San Diego State · W 41–20; offense 55.7 percentile2024 Week 14: Utah State at Colorado State · L 37–42; offense 83.4 percentile2025 Week 1: Utah State vs. UTEP · W 28–16; offense 27.3 percentile2025 Week 2: Utah State at Texas A&M · L 22–44; offense 12.9 percentile2025 Week 4: Utah State vs. McNeese · W 48–7; offense 68.9 percentile2025 Week 5: Utah State at Vanderbilt · L 35–55; offense 33.4 percentile2025 Week 7: Utah State at Hawai'i · L 26–44; offense 51.8 percentile2025 Week 9: Utah State at New Mexico · L 14–33; offense 67.5 percentile2025 Week 11: Utah State vs. Nevada · W 51–14; offense 86.9 percentile2025 Week 12: Utah State at UNLV · L 26–29; offense 73.4 percentile2025 Week 13: Utah State at Fresno State · W 28–17; offense 69.9 percentile2025 Week 14: Utah State vs. Boise State · L 24–25; offense 51.2 percentile2025 Week 1: Utah State vs. Washington State · L 21–34; offense 20.2 percentile2026 Week 1: Utah State vs. Idaho State · L 17–29; offense 21.8 percentile2026 Week 2: Utah State at Washington · L 14–16; offense 25.0 percentile2014 offense season mean: 34.5 percentile2015 offense season mean: 44.2 percentile2016 offense season mean: 39.2 percentile2017 offense season mean: 38.3 percentile2018 offense season mean: 72.0 percentile2019 offense season mean: 40.6 percentile2020 offense season mean: 30.3 percentile2021 offense season mean: 49.7 percentile2022 offense season mean: 37.9 percentile2023 offense season mean: 52.4 percentile2024 offense season mean: 53.3 percentile2025 offense season mean: 51.0 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 45.1 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 23.4 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Utah State at Tennessee · L 7–38; defense 42.6 percentile2014 Week 2: Utah State vs. Idaho State · W 40–20; defense 55.8 percentile2014 Week 3: Utah State vs. Wake Forest · W 36–24; defense 64.0 percentile2014 Week 4: Utah State at Arkansas State · L 14–21; defense 96.9 percentile2014 Week 6: Utah State at BYU · W 35–20; defense 53.8 percentile2014 Week 7: Utah State vs. Air Force · W 34–16; defense 84.4 percentile2014 Week 8: Utah State at Colorado State · L 13–16; defense 93.5 percentile2014 Week 9: Utah State vs. UNLV · W 34–20; defense 79.8 percentile2014 Week 10: Utah State at Hawai'i · W 35–14; defense 24.2 percentile2014 Week 11: Utah State at Wyoming · W 20–3; defense 65.5 percentile2014 Week 12: Utah State vs. New Mexico · W 28–21; defense 68.3 percentile2014 Week 13: Utah State vs. San José State · W 41–7; defense 77.8 percentile2014 Week 14: Utah State at Boise State · L 19–50; defense 15.8 percentile2014 Week 1: Utah State vs. UTEP · W 21–6; defense 88.8 percentile2015 Week 1: Utah State vs. Southern Utah · W 12–9; defense 79.3 percentile2015 Week 2: Utah State at Utah · L 14–24; defense 49.5 percentile2015 Week 3: Utah State at Washington · L 17–31; defense 25.2 percentile2015 Week 5: Utah State vs. Colorado State · W 33–18; defense 85.4 percentile2015 Week 6: Utah State at Fresno State · W 56–14; defense 85.6 percentile2015 Week 7: Utah State vs. Boise State · W 52–26; defense 83.7 percentile2015 Week 8: Utah State at San Diego State · L 14–48; defense 20.8 percentile2015 Week 9: Utah State vs. Wyoming · W 58–27; defense 25.3 percentile2015 Week 10: Utah State at New Mexico · L 13–14; defense 95.6 percentile2015 Week 11: Utah State at Air Force · L 28–35; defense 22.6 percentile2015 Week 12: Utah State vs. Nevada · W 31–27; defense 79.2 percentile2015 Week 13: Utah State vs. BYU · L 28–51; defense 51.2 percentile2015 Week 1: Utah State vs. Akron · L 21–23; defense 86.6 percentile2016 Week 1: Utah State vs. Weber State · W 45–6; defense 54.5 percentile2016 Week 2: Utah State at USC · L 7–45; defense 57.7 percentile2016 Week 3: Utah State vs. Arkansas State · W 34–20; defense 73.3 percentile2016 Week 4: Utah State vs. Air Force · L 20–27; defense 80.5 percentile2016 Week 5: Utah State at Boise State · L 10–21; defense 80.2 percentile2016 Week 6: Utah State at Colorado State · L 24–31; defense 81.3 percentile2016 Week 8: Utah State vs. Fresno State · W 38–20; defense 44.2 percentile2016 Week 9: Utah State vs. San Diego State · L 13–40; defense 18.0 percentile2016 Week 10: Utah State at Wyoming · L 28–52; defense 6.1 percentile2016 Week 11: Utah State vs. New Mexico · L 21–24; defense 78.3 percentile2016 Week 12: Utah State at Nevada · L 37–38; defense 48.3 percentile2016 Week 13: Utah State at BYU · L 10–28; defense 44.2 percentile2017 Week 1: Utah State at Wisconsin · L 10–59; defense 15.9 percentile2017 Week 2: Utah State vs. Idaho State · W 51–13; defense 40.9 percentile2017 Week 3: Utah State at Wake Forest · L 10–46; defense 18.6 percentile2017 Week 4: Utah State at San José State · W 61–10; defense 87.8 percentile2017 Week 5: Utah State vs. BYU · W 40–24; defense 54.0 percentile2017 Week 6: Utah State vs. Colorado State · L 14–27; defense 71.5 percentile2017 Week 7: Utah State vs. Wyoming · L 23–28; defense 57.2 percentile2017 Week 8: Utah State at UNLV · W 52–28; defense 48.6 percentile2017 Week 9: Utah State vs. Boise State · L 14–41; defense 23.7 percentile2017 Week 10: Utah State at New Mexico · W 24–10; defense 65.9 percentile2017 Week 12: Utah State vs. Hawai'i · W 38–0; defense 90.5 percentile2017 Week 13: Utah State at Air Force · L 35–38; defense 43.0 percentile2017 Week 1: Utah State vs. New Mexico State · L 20–26; defense 74.6 percentile2018 Week 1: Utah State at Michigan State · L 31–38; defense 5.5 percentile2018 Week 2: Utah State vs. New Mexico State · W 60–13; defense 71.5 percentile2018 Week 3: Utah State vs. Tennessee Tech · W 73–12; defense 81.7 percentile2018 Week 4: Utah State vs. Air Force · W 42–32; defense 74.5 percentile2018 Week 6: Utah State at BYU · W 45–20; defense 79.6 percentile2018 Week 7: Utah State vs. UNLV · W 59–28; defense 68.6 percentile2018 Week 8: Utah State at Wyoming · W 24–16; defense 69.4 percentile2018 Week 9: Utah State vs. New Mexico · W 61–19; defense 68.3 percentile2018 Week 10: Utah State at Hawai'i · W 56–17; defense 89.4 percentile2018 Week 11: Utah State vs. San José State · W 62–24; defense 65.3 percentile2018 Week 12: Utah State at Colorado State · W 29–24; defense 16.0 percentile2018 Week 13: Utah State at Boise State · L 24–33; defense 50.4 percentile2018 Week 1: Utah State vs. North Texas · W 52–13; defense 98.2 percentile2019 Week 1: Utah State at Wake Forest · L 35–38; defense 53.1 percentile2019 Week 2: Utah State vs. Stony Brook · W 62–7; defense 35.5 percentile2019 Week 4: Utah State at San Diego State · W 23–17; defense 55.1 percentile2019 Week 5: Utah State vs. Colorado State · W 34–24; defense 93.6 percentile2019 Week 6: Utah State at LSU · L 6–42; defense 43.7 percentile2019 Week 8: Utah State vs. Nevada · W 36–10; defense 73.6 percentile2019 Week 9: Utah State at Air Force · L 7–31; defense 29.1 percentile2019 Week 10: Utah State vs. BYU · L 14–42; defense 1.2 percentile2019 Week 11: Utah State at Fresno State · W 37–35; defense 16.9 percentile2019 Week 12: Utah State vs. Wyoming · W 26–21; defense 69.3 percentile2019 Week 13: Utah State vs. Boise State · L 21–56; defense 11.9 percentile2019 Week 14: Utah State at New Mexico · W 38–25; defense 63.3 percentile2019 Week 1: Utah State vs. Kent State · L 41–51; defense 20.3 percentile2020 Week 8: Utah State at Boise State · L 13–42; defense 9.9 percentile2020 Week 9: Utah State vs. San Diego State · L 7–38; defense 0.5 percentile2020 Week 10: Utah State at Nevada · L 9–34; defense 38.0 percentile2020 Week 11: Utah State vs. Fresno State · L 16–35; defense 40.2 percentile2020 Week 13: Utah State vs. New Mexico · W 41–27; defense 42.4 percentile2020 Week 14: Utah State vs. Air Force · L 7–35; defense 4.5 percentile2021 Week 1: Utah State at Washington State · W 26–23; defense 69.5 percentile2021 Week 2: Utah State vs. North Dakota · W 48–24; defense 31.1 percentile2021 Week 3: Utah State at Air Force · W 49–45; defense 17.1 percentile2021 Week 4: Utah State vs. Boise State · L 3–27; defense 58.6 percentile2021 Week 5: Utah State vs. BYU · L 20–34; defense 43.2 percentile2021 Week 7: Utah State at UNLV · W 28–24; defense 36.8 percentile2021 Week 8: Utah State vs. Colorado State · W 26–24; defense 33.3 percentile2021 Week 9: Utah State vs. Hawai'i · W 51–31; defense 63.6 percentile2021 Week 10: Utah State at New Mexico State · W 35–13; defense 71.8 percentile2021 Week 11: Utah State at San José State · W 48–17; defense 99.2 percentile2021 Week 12: Utah State vs. Wyoming · L 17–44; defense 19.6 percentile2021 Week 13: Utah State at New Mexico · W 35–10; defense 95.2 percentile2021 Week 14: Utah State at San Diego State · W 46–13; defense 93.7 percentile2021 Week 1: Utah State vs. Oregon State · W 24–13; defense 70.1 percentile2022 Week 1: Utah State vs. UConn · W 31–20; defense 57.9 percentile2022 Week 1: Utah State at Alabama · L 0–55; defense 2.9 percentile2022 Week 5: Utah State at BYU · L 26–38; defense 45.8 percentile2022 Week 6: Utah State vs. Air Force · W 34–27; defense 40.4 percentile2022 Week 7: Utah State at Colorado State · W 17–13; defense 87.4 percentile2022 Week 8: Utah State at Wyoming · L 14–28; defense 6.8 percentile2022 Week 10: Utah State vs. New Mexico · W 27–10; defense 28.4 percentile2022 Week 11: Utah State at Hawai'i · W 41–34; defense 17.3 percentile2022 Week 12: Utah State vs. San José State · W 35–31; defense 39.9 percentile2022 Week 13: Utah State at Boise State · L 23–42; defense 37.2 percentile2022 Week 1: Utah State vs. Memphis · L 10–38; defense 56.0 percentile2023 Week 1: Utah State at Iowa · L 14–24; defense 48.7 percentile2023 Week 2: Utah State vs. Idaho State · W 78–28; defense 23.2 percentile2023 Week 3: Utah State at Air Force · L 21–39; defense 6.5 percentile2023 Week 4: Utah State vs. James Madison · L 38–45; defense 27.8 percentile2023 Week 5: Utah State at UConn · W 34–33; defense 17.6 percentile2023 Week 6: Utah State vs. Colorado State · W 44–24; defense 89.7 percentile2023 Week 7: Utah State vs. Fresno State · L 32–37; defense 15.7 percentile2023 Week 8: Utah State at San José State · L 21–42; defense 37.8 percentile2023 Week 11: Utah State vs. Nevada · W 41–24; defense 59.9 percentile2023 Week 12: Utah State vs. Boise State · L 10–45; defense 43.0 percentile2023 Week 1: Utah State vs. Georgia State · L 22–45; defense 0.6 percentile2024 Week 1: Utah State vs. Robert Morris · W 36–14; defense 12.8 percentile2024 Week 2: Utah State at USC · L 0–48; defense 5.0 percentile2024 Week 3: Utah State vs. Utah · L 21–38; defense 17.4 percentile2024 Week 4: Utah State at Temple · L 29–45; defense 2.9 percentile2024 Week 6: Utah State at Boise State · L 30–62; defense 15.2 percentile2024 Week 7: Utah State vs. UNLV · L 34–50; defense 7.7 percentile2024 Week 9: Utah State at Wyoming · W 27–25; defense 9.8 percentile2024 Week 11: Utah State at Washington State · L 28–49; defense 12.5 percentile2024 Week 13: Utah State vs. San Diego State · W 41–20; defense 61.8 percentile2024 Week 14: Utah State at Colorado State · L 37–42; defense 31.5 percentile2025 Week 1: Utah State vs. UTEP · W 28–16; defense 77.9 percentile2025 Week 2: Utah State at Texas A&M · L 22–44; defense 22.1 percentile2025 Week 4: Utah State vs. McNeese · W 48–7; defense 43.7 percentile2025 Week 5: Utah State at Vanderbilt · L 35–55; defense 2.2 percentile2025 Week 7: Utah State at Hawai'i · L 26–44; defense 27.5 percentile2025 Week 9: Utah State at New Mexico · L 14–33; defense 32.2 percentile2025 Week 11: Utah State vs. Nevada · W 51–14; defense 49.5 percentile2025 Week 12: Utah State at UNLV · L 26–29; defense 66.8 percentile2025 Week 13: Utah State at Fresno State · W 28–17; defense 57.5 percentile2025 Week 14: Utah State vs. Boise State · L 24–25; defense 59.0 percentile2025 Week 1: Utah State vs. Washington State · L 21–34; defense 7.6 percentile2026 Week 1: Utah State vs. Idaho State · L 17–29; defense 36.8 percentile2026 Week 2: Utah State at Washington · L 14–16; defense 95.5 percentile2014 defense season mean: 68.6 percentile2015 defense season mean: 64.0 percentile2016 defense season mean: 55.0 percentile2017 defense season mean: 54.1 percentile2018 defense season mean: 66.6 percentile2019 defense season mean: 40.6 percentile2020 defense season mean: 14.6 percentile2021 defense season mean: 62.7 percentile2022 defense season mean: 34.7 percentile2023 defense season mean: 28.3 percentile2024 defense season mean: 14.2 percentile2025 defense season mean: 36.4 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 44.3 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 75.1 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2018Matt Wells / Frank Maile
2019Gary Andersen
2020Frank Maile / Gary Andersen
2021Blake Anderson
2024Nate Dreiling / Blake Anderson
2025Bronco Mendenhall

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 estimateBronco Mendenhall2
45.1 estimate23.4 games-only average
44.3 estimate75.1 games-only average
2025Bronco MendenhallCoaching change1151.036.4
2024Nate Dreiling / Blake AndersonCoaching change1053.314.2
2023Blake Anderson1152.428.3
2022Blake Anderson1137.934.7
2021Blake AndersonCoaching change1449.762.7
2020Frank Maile / Gary AndersenCoaching change630.314.6
2019Gary AndersenCoaching change1340.640.6
2018Matt Wells / Frank MaileCoaching change1372.066.6
2017Matt Wells1338.354.1
2016Matt Wells1239.255.0
2015Matt Wells1344.264.0
2014Matt Wells1434.568.6