College Football
#87

Navy Midshipmen

American Athletic · 2-4

Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium · 34,000 seats

Navy Midshipmen rank #87 among FBS teams in the Predictium ratings with an opponent-adjusted net rating of +0.005 points per play (Elo 1544), a 2-4 record in the American Athletic, and 50% of that rating still riding on preseason priors.

Ratings

Net rating
+0.005
#87 in FBS
Offense
+0.022
higher is better
Defense
+0.017
lower is better
SOS
+0.018
mean opp. rating
Elo
1544
Off EPA/play
+0.063
higher is better
Def EPA/play
+0.002
lower is better
Off success
+0.018
Def success
-0.018
Off explosive
+0.003
Def explosive
-0.007
Rush EPA
+0.093
offense
Pass EPA
+0.008
offense
Pts / drive
2.66
10.3 drives/gm
Pts / opportunity
3.36
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 Navy's number, including exactly how much is still preseason prior versus observed play.

Preseason prior-0.051

Where our rating started before a snap was played

Prior season rating+0.079

Last season's final rating, for comparison

Offseason adjustment-0.130

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-3.51σ

Recruiting talent, standard deviations above the FBS average

Transfer portal-2.5 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.

+0.01-0.05Wk 1Wk 8

Schedule & results

WkOpponentResultOur lineMarketATS
1vsTowsonW 42–15———
2@Florida AtlanticL 30–38———
4@UABL 20–24———
5@Air ForceL 9–14———
6vsTulsaW 34–26———
7@UTSAL 34–38———
8vsNorth TexasOct 24———
9NNotre DameOct 31———
10vsTempleNov 7———
12vsMemphisNov 21———
13@CharlotteNov 28———
15NArmyDec 12———