College Football
#52

South Florida Bulls

American Athletic · 5-2

Raymond James Stadium · 65,828 seats

South Florida Bulls rank #52 among FBS teams in the Predictium ratings with an opponent-adjusted net rating of +0.046 points per play (Elo 1602), a 5-2 record in the American Athletic, and 46% of that rating still riding on preseason priors.

Ratings

Net rating
+0.046
#52 in FBS
Offense
+0.022
higher is better
Defense
-0.024
lower is better
SOS
-0.008
mean opp. rating
Elo
1602
Off EPA/play
+0.029
higher is better
Def EPA/play
-0.032
lower is better
Off success
+0.022
Def success
+0.001
Off explosive
-0.008
Def explosive
-0.004
Rush EPA
+0.063
offense
Pass EPA
-0.021
offense
Pts / drive
2.64
9.9 drives/gm
Pts / opportunity
3.10
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 South Florida's number, including exactly how much is still preseason prior versus observed play.

Preseason prior+0.030

Where our rating started before a snap was played

Prior season rating+0.170

Last season's final rating, for comparison

Offseason adjustment-0.140

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

Prior remaining46%

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

Returning production13%

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

Recruiting talent+0.23σ

Recruiting talent, standard deviations above the FBS average

Transfer portal+8.0 pts

Net production gained or lost through the transfer portal

Coaching changeYes

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.

+0.050.00Wk 1Wk 8

Schedule & results

WkOpponentResultOur lineMarketATS
1vsFlorida InternationalW 19–9———
2@ArmyW 28–24———
3vsDelaware StateW 59–17———
4@Bowling GreenW 14–6———
5vsTempleL 13–17———
6@UTSAL 24–31———
7vsKent StateW 29–2———
9vsUABOct 31———
10@East CarolinaNov 7———
11vsMemphisNov 13———
12@Florida AtlanticNov 21———
13vsTulaneNov 27———