2014–2026 performance history

West Virginia over time

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

Big 12Head coach: Rich RodriguezView West Virginia games →
Offense · 2026 estimate29.6/100

64.3 average through 2 games

22.3 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate47.7/100

35.8 average through 2 games

50.8 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.

West Virginia 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.Holgorsen · ’14–’18Dana Holgorsen, 2014–2018Brown · ’19–’24Neal Brown, 2019–2024Rodriguez · ’25–’26Rich Rodriguez, 2025–2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Alabama · L 23–33; offense 51.4 percentile2014 Week 2: West Virginia vs. Towson · W 54–0; offense 65.5 percentile2014 Week 3: West Virginia at Maryland · W 40–37; offense 53.4 percentile2014 Week 4: West Virginia vs. Oklahoma · L 33–45; offense 77.9 percentile2014 Week 6: West Virginia vs. Kansas · W 33–14; offense 64.9 percentile2014 Week 7: West Virginia at Texas Tech · W 37–34; offense 52.0 percentile2014 Week 8: West Virginia vs. Baylor · W 41–27; offense 74.2 percentile2014 Week 9: West Virginia at Oklahoma State · W 34–10; offense 67.0 percentile2014 Week 10: West Virginia vs. TCU · L 30–31; offense 43.4 percentile2014 Week 11: West Virginia at Texas · L 16–33; offense 52.1 percentile2014 Week 13: West Virginia vs. Kansas State · L 20–26; offense 40.8 percentile2014 Week 14: West Virginia at Iowa State · W 37–24; offense 71.0 percentile2014 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Texas A&M · L 37–45; offense 18.6 percentile2015 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Georgia Southern · W 44–0; offense 86.7 percentile2015 Week 2: West Virginia vs. Liberty · W 41–17; offense 25.3 percentile2015 Week 4: West Virginia vs. Maryland · W 45–6; offense 94.8 percentile2015 Week 5: West Virginia at Oklahoma · L 24–44; offense 76.3 percentile2015 Week 6: West Virginia vs. Oklahoma State · L 26–33; offense 21.1 percentile2015 Week 7: West Virginia at Baylor · L 38–62; offense 48.3 percentile2015 Week 9: West Virginia at TCU · L 10–40; offense 35.6 percentile2015 Week 10: West Virginia vs. Texas Tech · W 31–26; offense 42.7 percentile2015 Week 11: West Virginia vs. Texas · W 38–20; offense 45.7 percentile2015 Week 12: West Virginia at Kansas · W 49–0; offense 77.8 percentile2015 Week 13: West Virginia vs. Iowa State · W 30–6; offense 38.1 percentile2015 Week 14: West Virginia at Kansas State · L 23–24; offense 26.8 percentile2015 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Arizona State · W 43–42; offense 79.1 percentile2016 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Missouri · W 26–11; offense 19.8 percentile2016 Week 2: West Virginia vs. Youngstown State · W 38–21; offense 59.9 percentile2016 Week 4: West Virginia vs. BYU · W 35–32; offense 82.8 percentile2016 Week 5: West Virginia vs. Kansas State · W 17–16; offense 35.8 percentile2016 Week 7: West Virginia at Texas Tech · W 48–17; offense 91.9 percentile2016 Week 8: West Virginia vs. TCU · W 34–10; offense 72.7 percentile2016 Week 9: West Virginia at Oklahoma State · L 20–37; offense 76.4 percentile2016 Week 10: West Virginia vs. Kansas · W 48–21; offense 73.2 percentile2016 Week 11: West Virginia at Texas · W 24–20; offense 44.0 percentile2016 Week 12: West Virginia vs. Oklahoma · L 28–56; offense 82.2 percentile2016 Week 13: West Virginia at Iowa State · W 49–19; offense 73.8 percentile2016 Week 14: West Virginia vs. Baylor · W 24–21; offense 36.5 percentile2016 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Miami · L 14–31; offense 13.5 percentile2017 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Virginia Tech · L 24–31; offense 84.6 percentile2017 Week 2: West Virginia vs. East Carolina · W 56–20; offense 54.9 percentile2017 Week 3: West Virginia vs. Delaware State · W 59–16; offense 60.7 percentile2017 Week 4: West Virginia at Kansas · W 56–34; offense 91.1 percentile2017 Week 6: West Virginia at TCU · L 24–31; offense 83.5 percentile2017 Week 7: West Virginia vs. Texas Tech · W 46–35; offense 54.8 percentile2017 Week 8: West Virginia at Baylor · W 38–36; offense 81.8 percentile2017 Week 9: West Virginia vs. Oklahoma State · L 39–50; offense 14.1 percentile2017 Week 10: West Virginia vs. Iowa State · W 20–16; offense 65.7 percentile2017 Week 11: West Virginia at Kansas State · W 28–23; offense 70.6 percentile2017 Week 12: West Virginia vs. Texas · L 14–28; offense 28.9 percentile2017 Week 13: West Virginia at Oklahoma · L 31–59; offense 65.6 percentile2017 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Utah · L 14–30; offense 1.5 percentile2018 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Tennessee · W 40–14; offense 97.4 percentile2018 Week 2: West Virginia vs. Youngstown State · W 52–17; offense 86.5 percentile2018 Week 4: West Virginia vs. Kansas State · W 35–6; offense 94.4 percentile2018 Week 5: West Virginia at Texas Tech · W 42–34; offense 75.1 percentile2018 Week 6: West Virginia vs. Kansas · W 38–22; offense 52.3 percentile2018 Week 7: West Virginia at Iowa State · L 14–30; offense 15.7 percentile2018 Week 9: West Virginia vs. Baylor · W 58–14; offense 64.2 percentile2018 Week 10: West Virginia at Texas · W 42–41; offense 97.9 percentile2018 Week 11: West Virginia vs. TCU · W 47–10; offense 78.1 percentile2018 Week 12: West Virginia at Oklahoma State · L 41–45; offense 38.3 percentile2018 Week 13: West Virginia vs. Oklahoma · L 56–59; offense 90.1 percentile2018 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Syracuse · L 18–34; offense 37.0 percentile2019 Week 1: West Virginia vs. James Madison · W 20–13; offense 0.5 percentile2019 Week 2: West Virginia at Missouri · L 7–38; offense 6.5 percentile2019 Week 3: West Virginia vs. NC State · W 44–27; offense 76.4 percentile2019 Week 4: West Virginia at Kansas · W 29–24; offense 22.4 percentile2019 Week 6: West Virginia vs. Texas · L 31–42; offense 39.6 percentile2019 Week 7: West Virginia vs. Iowa State · L 14–38; offense 7.0 percentile2019 Week 8: West Virginia at Oklahoma · L 14–52; offense 9.7 percentile2019 Week 10: West Virginia at Baylor · L 14–17; offense 5.8 percentile2019 Week 11: West Virginia vs. Texas Tech · L 17–38; offense 16.5 percentile2019 Week 12: West Virginia at Kansas State · W 24–20; offense 33.0 percentile2019 Week 13: West Virginia vs. Oklahoma State · L 13–20; offense 12.0 percentile2019 Week 14: West Virginia at TCU · W 20–17; offense 13.7 percentile2020 Week 2: West Virginia vs. Eastern Kentucky · W 56–10; offense 66.6 percentile2020 Week 4: West Virginia at Oklahoma State · L 13–27; offense 25.9 percentile2020 Week 5: West Virginia vs. Baylor · W 27–21; offense 6.7 percentile2020 Week 7: West Virginia vs. Kansas · W 38–17; offense 23.8 percentile2020 Week 8: West Virginia at Texas Tech · L 27–34; offense 49.5 percentile2020 Week 10: West Virginia at Texas · L 13–17; offense 21.9 percentile2020 Week 11: West Virginia vs. TCU · W 24–6; offense 76.2 percentile2020 Week 14: West Virginia at Iowa State · L 6–42; offense 11.9 percentile2020 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Army · W 24–21; offense 62.6 percentile2021 Week 1: West Virginia at Maryland · L 24–30; offense 24.7 percentile2021 Week 2: West Virginia vs. Long Island University · W 66–0; offense 55.2 percentile2021 Week 3: West Virginia vs. Virginia Tech · W 27–21; offense 35.6 percentile2021 Week 4: West Virginia at Oklahoma · L 13–16; offense 3.8 percentile2021 Week 5: West Virginia vs. Texas Tech · L 20–23; offense 58.5 percentile2021 Week 6: West Virginia at Baylor · L 20–45; offense 42.4 percentile2021 Week 8: West Virginia at TCU · W 29–17; offense 62.6 percentile2021 Week 9: West Virginia vs. Iowa State · W 38–31; offense 78.3 percentile2021 Week 10: West Virginia vs. Oklahoma State · L 3–24; offense 10.9 percentile2021 Week 11: West Virginia at Kansas State · L 17–34; offense 38.0 percentile2021 Week 12: West Virginia vs. Texas · W 31–23; offense 57.7 percentile2021 Week 13: West Virginia at Kansas · W 34–28; offense 33.0 percentile2021 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Minnesota · L 6–18; offense 25.9 percentile2022 Week 1: West Virginia at Pittsburgh · L 31–38; offense 78.3 percentile2022 Week 3: West Virginia vs. Towson · W 65–7; offense 75.8 percentile2022 Week 4: West Virginia at Virginia Tech · W 33–10; offense 73.2 percentile2022 Week 5: West Virginia at Texas · L 20–38; offense 40.1 percentile2022 Week 7: West Virginia vs. Baylor · W 43–40; offense 71.3 percentile2022 Week 8: West Virginia at Texas Tech · L 10–48; offense 8.1 percentile2022 Week 9: West Virginia vs. TCU · L 31–41; offense 70.2 percentile2022 Week 10: West Virginia at Iowa State · L 14–31; offense 18.5 percentile2022 Week 12: West Virginia vs. Kansas State · L 31–48; offense 61.4 percentile2022 Week 13: West Virginia at Oklahoma State · W 24–19; offense 45.7 percentile2023 Week 2: West Virginia vs. Duquesne · W 56–17; offense 46.5 percentile2023 Week 3: West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh · W 17–6; offense 13.1 percentile2023 Week 4: West Virginia vs. Texas Tech · W 20–13; offense 11.4 percentile2023 Week 5: West Virginia at TCU · W 24–21; offense 34.1 percentile2023 Week 7: West Virginia at Houston · L 39–41; offense 71.7 percentile2023 Week 8: West Virginia vs. Oklahoma State · L 34–48; offense 65.4 percentile2023 Week 9: West Virginia at UCF · W 41–28; offense 90.9 percentile2023 Week 10: West Virginia vs. BYU · W 37–7; offense 90.5 percentile2023 Week 11: West Virginia at Oklahoma · L 20–59; offense 34.2 percentile2023 Week 12: West Virginia vs. Cincinnati · W 42–21; offense 99.1 percentile2023 Week 13: West Virginia at Baylor · W 34–31; offense 49.7 percentile2023 Week 1: West Virginia vs. North Carolina · W 30–10; offense 49.5 percentile2024 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Penn State · L 12–34; offense 15.8 percentile2024 Week 2: West Virginia vs. UAlbany · W 49–14; offense 81.6 percentile2024 Week 3: West Virginia at Pittsburgh · L 34–38; offense 68.5 percentile2024 Week 4: West Virginia vs. Kansas · W 32–28; offense 62.6 percentile2024 Week 6: West Virginia at Oklahoma State · W 38–14; offense 94.0 percentile2024 Week 7: West Virginia vs. Iowa State · L 16–28; offense 43.4 percentile2024 Week 8: West Virginia vs. Kansas State · L 18–45; offense 12.3 percentile2024 Week 9: West Virginia at Arizona · W 31–26; offense 82.8 percentile2024 Week 11: West Virginia at Cincinnati · W 31–24; offense 24.9 percentile2024 Week 12: West Virginia vs. Baylor · L 35–49; offense 59.9 percentile2024 Week 13: West Virginia vs. UCF · W 31–21; offense 48.3 percentile2024 Week 14: West Virginia at Texas Tech · L 15–52; offense 32.7 percentile2024 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Memphis · L 37–42; offense 88.2 percentile2025 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Robert Morris · W 45–3; offense 41.8 percentile2025 Week 2: West Virginia at Ohio · L 10–17; offense 2.8 percentile2025 Week 3: West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh · W 31–24; offense 32.3 percentile2025 Week 4: West Virginia at Kansas · L 10–41; offense 7.3 percentile2025 Week 5: West Virginia vs. Utah · L 14–48; offense 11.8 percentile2025 Week 6: West Virginia at BYU · L 24–38; offense 32.5 percentile2025 Week 8: West Virginia at UCF · L 13–45; offense 14.6 percentile2025 Week 9: West Virginia vs. TCU · L 17–23; offense 8.6 percentile2025 Week 10: West Virginia at Houston · W 45–35; offense 83.6 percentile2025 Week 11: West Virginia vs. Colorado · W 29–22; offense 43.4 percentile2025 Week 12: West Virginia at Arizona State · L 23–25; offense 28.4 percentile2025 Week 14: West Virginia vs. Texas Tech · L 0–49; offense 10.0 percentile2026 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Coastal Carolina · W 31–24; offense 43.6 percentile2026 Week 2: West Virginia vs. UT Martin · W 52–7; offense 81.4 percentile2014 offense season mean: 56.5 percentile2015 offense season mean: 55.9 percentile2016 offense season mean: 60.0 percentile2017 offense season mean: 57.1 percentile2018 offense season mean: 75.3 percentile2019 offense season mean: 15.1 percentile2020 offense season mean: 35.5 percentile2021 offense season mean: 37.9 percentile2022 offense season mean: 53.3 percentile2023 offense season mean: 59.1 percentile2024 offense season mean: 56.5 percentile2025 offense season mean: 22.3 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 29.6 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 64.3 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Alabama · L 23–33; defense 34.1 percentile2014 Week 2: West Virginia vs. Towson · W 54–0; defense 79.1 percentile2014 Week 3: West Virginia at Maryland · W 40–37; defense 50.4 percentile2014 Week 4: West Virginia vs. Oklahoma · L 33–45; defense 31.0 percentile2014 Week 6: West Virginia vs. Kansas · W 33–14; defense 90.9 percentile2014 Week 7: West Virginia at Texas Tech · W 37–34; defense 56.5 percentile2014 Week 8: West Virginia vs. Baylor · W 41–27; defense 97.1 percentile2014 Week 9: West Virginia at Oklahoma State · W 34–10; defense 57.9 percentile2014 Week 10: West Virginia vs. TCU · L 30–31; defense 73.7 percentile2014 Week 11: West Virginia at Texas · L 16–33; defense 62.2 percentile2014 Week 13: West Virginia vs. Kansas State · L 20–26; defense 79.6 percentile2014 Week 14: West Virginia at Iowa State · W 37–24; defense 54.1 percentile2014 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Texas A&M · L 37–45; defense 36.6 percentile2015 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Georgia Southern · W 44–0; defense 99.0 percentile2015 Week 2: West Virginia vs. Liberty · W 41–17; defense 57.5 percentile2015 Week 4: West Virginia vs. Maryland · W 45–6; defense 65.8 percentile2015 Week 5: West Virginia at Oklahoma · L 24–44; defense 63.7 percentile2015 Week 6: West Virginia vs. Oklahoma State · L 26–33; defense 92.7 percentile2015 Week 7: West Virginia at Baylor · L 38–62; defense 26.1 percentile2015 Week 9: West Virginia at TCU · L 10–40; defense 32.3 percentile2015 Week 10: West Virginia vs. Texas Tech · W 31–26; defense 77.3 percentile2015 Week 11: West Virginia vs. Texas · W 38–20; defense 27.5 percentile2015 Week 12: West Virginia at Kansas · W 49–0; defense 86.9 percentile2015 Week 13: West Virginia vs. Iowa State · W 30–6; defense 93.5 percentile2015 Week 14: West Virginia at Kansas State · L 23–24; defense 94.0 percentile2015 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Arizona State · W 43–42; defense 65.3 percentile2016 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Missouri · W 26–11; defense 81.5 percentile2016 Week 2: West Virginia vs. Youngstown State · W 38–21; defense 9.8 percentile2016 Week 4: West Virginia vs. BYU · W 35–32; defense 4.4 percentile2016 Week 5: West Virginia vs. Kansas State · W 17–16; defense 93.1 percentile2016 Week 7: West Virginia at Texas Tech · W 48–17; defense 91.2 percentile2016 Week 8: West Virginia vs. TCU · W 34–10; defense 54.9 percentile2016 Week 9: West Virginia at Oklahoma State · L 20–37; defense 60.2 percentile2016 Week 10: West Virginia vs. Kansas · W 48–21; defense 37.7 percentile2016 Week 11: West Virginia at Texas · W 24–20; defense 73.6 percentile2016 Week 12: West Virginia vs. Oklahoma · L 28–56; defense 45.9 percentile2016 Week 13: West Virginia at Iowa State · W 49–19; defense 74.7 percentile2016 Week 14: West Virginia vs. Baylor · W 24–21; defense 62.8 percentile2016 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Miami · L 14–31; defense 79.9 percentile2017 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Virginia Tech · L 24–31; defense 43.1 percentile2017 Week 2: West Virginia vs. East Carolina · W 56–20; defense 45.1 percentile2017 Week 3: West Virginia vs. Delaware State · W 59–16; defense 32.8 percentile2017 Week 4: West Virginia at Kansas · W 56–34; defense 4.4 percentile2017 Week 6: West Virginia at TCU · L 24–31; defense 38.3 percentile2017 Week 7: West Virginia vs. Texas Tech · W 46–35; defense 10.3 percentile2017 Week 8: West Virginia at Baylor · W 38–36; defense 17.5 percentile2017 Week 9: West Virginia vs. Oklahoma State · L 39–50; defense 82.5 percentile2017 Week 10: West Virginia vs. Iowa State · W 20–16; defense 69.6 percentile2017 Week 11: West Virginia at Kansas State · W 28–23; defense 90.1 percentile2017 Week 12: West Virginia vs. Texas · L 14–28; defense 17.1 percentile2017 Week 13: West Virginia at Oklahoma · L 31–59; defense 1.9 percentile2017 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Utah · L 14–30; defense 74.2 percentile2018 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Tennessee · W 40–14; defense 65.2 percentile2018 Week 2: West Virginia vs. Youngstown State · W 52–17; defense 41.5 percentile2018 Week 4: West Virginia vs. Kansas State · W 35–6; defense 93.9 percentile2018 Week 5: West Virginia at Texas Tech · W 42–34; defense 46.5 percentile2018 Week 6: West Virginia vs. Kansas · W 38–22; defense 74.1 percentile2018 Week 7: West Virginia at Iowa State · L 14–30; defense 34.0 percentile2018 Week 9: West Virginia vs. Baylor · W 58–14; defense 93.8 percentile2018 Week 10: West Virginia at Texas · W 42–41; defense 14.9 percentile2018 Week 11: West Virginia vs. TCU · W 47–10; defense 93.6 percentile2018 Week 12: West Virginia at Oklahoma State · L 41–45; defense 23.0 percentile2018 Week 13: West Virginia vs. Oklahoma · L 56–59; defense 17.8 percentile2018 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Syracuse · L 18–34; defense 59.3 percentile2019 Week 1: West Virginia vs. James Madison · W 20–13; defense 22.0 percentile2019 Week 2: West Virginia at Missouri · L 7–38; defense 24.0 percentile2019 Week 3: West Virginia vs. NC State · W 44–27; defense 46.3 percentile2019 Week 4: West Virginia at Kansas · W 29–24; defense 22.2 percentile2019 Week 6: West Virginia vs. Texas · L 31–42; defense 55.9 percentile2019 Week 7: West Virginia vs. Iowa State · L 14–38; defense 29.9 percentile2019 Week 8: West Virginia at Oklahoma · L 14–52; defense 29.6 percentile2019 Week 10: West Virginia at Baylor · L 14–17; defense 69.6 percentile2019 Week 11: West Virginia vs. Texas Tech · L 17–38; defense 38.3 percentile2019 Week 12: West Virginia at Kansas State · W 24–20; defense 65.4 percentile2019 Week 13: West Virginia vs. Oklahoma State · L 13–20; defense 71.0 percentile2019 Week 14: West Virginia at TCU · W 20–17; defense 88.6 percentile2020 Week 2: West Virginia vs. Eastern Kentucky · W 56–10; defense 82.2 percentile2020 Week 4: West Virginia at Oklahoma State · L 13–27; defense 54.7 percentile2020 Week 5: West Virginia vs. Baylor · W 27–21; defense 92.8 percentile2020 Week 7: West Virginia vs. Kansas · W 38–17; defense 87.0 percentile2020 Week 8: West Virginia at Texas Tech · L 27–34; defense 30.9 percentile2020 Week 10: West Virginia at Texas · L 13–17; defense 80.7 percentile2020 Week 11: West Virginia vs. TCU · W 24–6; defense 76.3 percentile2020 Week 14: West Virginia at Iowa State · L 6–42; defense 15.1 percentile2020 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Army · W 24–21; defense 81.5 percentile2021 Week 1: West Virginia at Maryland · L 24–30; defense 55.7 percentile2021 Week 2: West Virginia vs. Long Island University · W 66–0; defense 93.3 percentile2021 Week 3: West Virginia vs. Virginia Tech · W 27–21; defense 68.4 percentile2021 Week 4: West Virginia at Oklahoma · L 13–16; defense 94.5 percentile2021 Week 5: West Virginia vs. Texas Tech · L 20–23; defense 73.4 percentile2021 Week 6: West Virginia at Baylor · L 20–45; defense 16.1 percentile2021 Week 8: West Virginia at TCU · W 29–17; defense 56.7 percentile2021 Week 9: West Virginia vs. Iowa State · W 38–31; defense 63.4 percentile2021 Week 10: West Virginia vs. Oklahoma State · L 3–24; defense 64.1 percentile2021 Week 11: West Virginia at Kansas State · L 17–34; defense 63.2 percentile2021 Week 12: West Virginia vs. Texas · W 31–23; defense 42.0 percentile2021 Week 13: West Virginia at Kansas · W 34–28; defense 59.4 percentile2021 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Minnesota · L 6–18; defense 75.3 percentile2022 Week 1: West Virginia at Pittsburgh · L 31–38; defense 42.1 percentile2022 Week 3: West Virginia vs. Towson · W 65–7; defense 72.5 percentile2022 Week 4: West Virginia at Virginia Tech · W 33–10; defense 87.3 percentile2022 Week 5: West Virginia at Texas · L 20–38; defense 2.5 percentile2022 Week 7: West Virginia vs. Baylor · W 43–40; defense 11.7 percentile2022 Week 8: West Virginia at Texas Tech · L 10–48; defense 21.4 percentile2022 Week 9: West Virginia vs. TCU · L 31–41; defense 19.0 percentile2022 Week 10: West Virginia at Iowa State · L 14–31; defense 29.2 percentile2022 Week 12: West Virginia vs. Kansas State · L 31–48; defense 27.6 percentile2022 Week 13: West Virginia at Oklahoma State · W 24–19; defense 64.0 percentile2023 Week 2: West Virginia vs. Duquesne · W 56–17; defense 73.4 percentile2023 Week 3: West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh · W 17–6; defense 77.5 percentile2023 Week 4: West Virginia vs. Texas Tech · W 20–13; defense 82.0 percentile2023 Week 5: West Virginia at TCU · W 24–21; defense 63.2 percentile2023 Week 7: West Virginia at Houston · L 39–41; defense 15.0 percentile2023 Week 8: West Virginia vs. Oklahoma State · L 34–48; defense 12.4 percentile2023 Week 9: West Virginia at UCF · W 41–28; defense 42.2 percentile2023 Week 10: West Virginia vs. BYU · W 37–7; defense 79.3 percentile2023 Week 11: West Virginia at Oklahoma · L 20–59; defense 11.5 percentile2023 Week 12: West Virginia vs. Cincinnati · W 42–21; defense 47.5 percentile2023 Week 13: West Virginia at Baylor · W 34–31; defense 47.0 percentile2023 Week 1: West Virginia vs. North Carolina · W 30–10; defense 95.8 percentile2024 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Penn State · L 12–34; defense 38.7 percentile2024 Week 2: West Virginia vs. UAlbany · W 49–14; defense 38.2 percentile2024 Week 3: West Virginia at Pittsburgh · L 34–38; defense 52.5 percentile2024 Week 4: West Virginia vs. Kansas · W 32–28; defense 58.9 percentile2024 Week 6: West Virginia at Oklahoma State · W 38–14; defense 82.5 percentile2024 Week 7: West Virginia vs. Iowa State · L 16–28; defense 34.4 percentile2024 Week 8: West Virginia vs. Kansas State · L 18–45; defense 20.2 percentile2024 Week 9: West Virginia at Arizona · W 31–26; defense 34.9 percentile2024 Week 11: West Virginia at Cincinnati · W 31–24; defense 43.8 percentile2024 Week 12: West Virginia vs. Baylor · L 35–49; defense 3.1 percentile2024 Week 13: West Virginia vs. UCF · W 31–21; defense 71.7 percentile2024 Week 14: West Virginia at Texas Tech · L 15–52; defense 9.2 percentile2024 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Memphis · L 37–42; defense 10.6 percentile2025 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Robert Morris · W 45–3; defense 83.8 percentile2025 Week 2: West Virginia at Ohio · L 10–17; defense 82.7 percentile2025 Week 3: West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh · W 31–24; defense 80.7 percentile2025 Week 4: West Virginia at Kansas · L 10–41; defense 38.5 percentile2025 Week 5: West Virginia vs. Utah · L 14–48; defense 25.7 percentile2025 Week 6: West Virginia at BYU · L 24–38; defense 26.5 percentile2025 Week 8: West Virginia at UCF · L 13–45; defense 31.9 percentile2025 Week 9: West Virginia vs. TCU · L 17–23; defense 63.9 percentile2025 Week 10: West Virginia at Houston · W 45–35; defense 36.8 percentile2025 Week 11: West Virginia vs. Colorado · W 29–22; defense 71.9 percentile2025 Week 12: West Virginia at Arizona State · L 23–25; defense 42.7 percentile2025 Week 14: West Virginia vs. Texas Tech · L 0–49; defense 17.4 percentile2026 Week 1: West Virginia vs. Coastal Carolina · W 31–24; defense 39.5 percentile2026 Week 2: West Virginia vs. UT Martin · W 52–7; defense 32.3 percentile2014 defense season mean: 65.1 percentile2015 defense season mean: 74.0 percentile2016 defense season mean: 59.6 percentile2017 defense season mean: 36.2 percentile2018 defense season mean: 58.1 percentile2019 defense season mean: 47.1 percentile2020 defense season mean: 69.5 percentile2021 defense season mean: 65.8 percentile2022 defense season mean: 34.2 percentile2023 defense season mean: 54.8 percentile2024 defense season mean: 35.0 percentile2025 defense season mean: 50.8 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 47.7 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 35.8 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2019Neal Brown
2024Neal Brown / Chad Scott
2025Rich Rodriguez

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 estimateRich Rodriguez2
29.6 estimate64.3 games-only average
47.7 estimate35.8 games-only average
2025Rich RodriguezCoaching change1222.350.8
2024Neal Brown / Chad ScottCoaching change1356.535.0
2023Neal Brown1259.154.8
2022Neal Brown1053.334.2
2021Neal Brown1337.965.8
2020Neal Brown935.569.5
2019Neal BrownCoaching change1215.147.1
2018Dana Holgorsen1275.358.1
2017Dana Holgorsen1357.136.2
2016Dana Holgorsen1360.059.6
2015Dana Holgorsen1355.974.0
2014Dana Holgorsen1356.565.1