College Football
#65

East Carolina Pirates

American Athletic · 3-3

Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium · 50,000 seats

East Carolina Pirates rank #65 among FBS teams in the Predictium ratings with an opponent-adjusted net rating of +0.030 points per play (Elo 1533), a 3-3 record in the American Athletic, and 50% of that rating still riding on preseason priors.

Ratings

Net rating
+0.030
#65 in FBS
Offense
+0.005
higher is better
Defense
-0.025
lower is better
SOS
+0.002
mean opp. rating
Elo
1533
Off EPA/play
+0.003
higher is better
Def EPA/play
-0.042
lower is better
Off success
+0.003
Def success
-0.035
Off explosive
+0.005
Def explosive
+0.000
Rush EPA
+0.023
offense
Pass EPA
-0.017
offense
Pts / drive
2.18
10.9 drives/gm
Pts / opportunity
2.75
inside opp 40

Offense and Defense are the net rating's own split (offense − defense reconciles to net rating exactly); everything else is opponent-adjusted, per play. Defensive numbers are from the defense's perspective: negative means opponents produced less than expected. SOS is the mean net rating of every opponent on the schedule.

What drives our rating

No black box: these are the actual model inputs behind East Carolina's number, including exactly how much is still preseason prior versus observed play.

Preseason prior+0.015

Where our rating started before a snap was played

Prior season rating+0.079

Last season's final rating, for comparison

Offseason adjustment-0.064

This season's prior minus last season's final rating — our offseason risers/fallers number

Prior remaining50%

How much of today's rating still rides on that prior — fades as real games arrive

Returning production14%

Share of last season's production (PPA) back on the roster

Recruiting talent-0.35σ

Recruiting talent, standard deviations above the FBS average

Transfer portal-2.0 pts

Net production gained or lost through the transfer portal

Coaching changeNo

First-year head coach adds uncertainty and resets some priors

Quarterback

Rating trajectory

Weekly net rating across the season — starts at the preseason prior and moves as real games replace it.

+0.040.00Wk 1Wk 8

Schedule & results

WkOpponentResultOur lineMarketATS
1@AlabamaL 10–48———
2vsApp StateL 24–27———
3@Old DominionW 20–17———
4vsNorth Carolina CentralW 42–9———
6vsRiceW 28–12———
7@UABL 17–30———
8@MemphisOct 22———
9vsTempleOct 31———
10vsSouth FloridaNov 7———
11@CharlotteNov 14———
12@ArmyNov 21———
13vsFlorida AtlanticNov 27———