College Football
#99

Florida Atlantic Owls

American Athletic · 4-2

FAU Stadium · 29,419 seats

Florida Atlantic Owls rank #99 among FBS teams in the Predictium ratings with an opponent-adjusted net rating of -0.008 points per play (Elo 1469), a 4-2 record in the American Athletic, and 50% of that rating still riding on preseason priors.

Ratings

Net rating
-0.008
#99 in FBS
Offense
+0.015
higher is better
Defense
+0.023
lower is better
SOS
+0.011
mean opp. rating
Elo
1469
Off EPA/play
+0.030
higher is better
Def EPA/play
+0.040
lower is better
Off success
+0.025
Def success
-0.003
Off explosive
-0.003
Def explosive
+0.007
Rush EPA
+0.037
offense
Pass EPA
+0.035
offense
Pts / drive
3.10
9.0 drives/gm
Pts / opportunity
3.64
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 Florida Atlantic's number, including exactly how much is still preseason prior versus observed play.

Preseason prior-0.005

Where our rating started before a snap was played

Prior season rating-0.025

Last season's final rating, for comparison

Offseason adjustment+0.021

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 production68%

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

Recruiting talent-0.58σ

Recruiting talent, standard deviations above the FBS average

Transfer portal-6.8 pts

Net production gained or lost through the transfer portal

Coaching changeNo

First-year head coach adds uncertainty and resets some priors

Rating trajectory

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

0.00-0.01Wk 1Wk 8

Schedule & results

WkOpponentResultOur lineMarketATS
1@FloridaL 21–66———
2vsNavyW 38–30———
3vsFlorida InternationalW 16–10———
4@UL MonroeW 45–17———
5vsTexas SouthernW 66–10———
7@ArmyL 24–56———
8vsRiceOct 24———
9@North TexasOct 29———
10vsUTSANov 6———
11@TulsaNov 14———
12vsSouth FloridaNov 21———
13@East CarolinaNov 27———