College Football
#77

West Virginia Mountaineers

Big 12 · 4-3

Milan Puskar Stadium · 60,000 seats

West Virginia Mountaineers rank #77 among FBS teams in the Predictium ratings with an opponent-adjusted net rating of +0.018 points per play (Elo 1491), a 4-3 record in the Big 12, and 50% of that rating still riding on preseason priors.

Ratings

Net rating
+0.018
#77 in FBS
Offense
+0.042
higher is better
Defense
+0.024
lower is better
SOS
+0.042
mean opp. rating
Elo
1491
Off EPA/play
+0.092
higher is better
Def EPA/play
+0.045
lower is better
Off success
+0.015
Def success
+0.011
Off explosive
+0.013
Def explosive
+0.010
Rush EPA
+0.061
offense
Pass EPA
+0.181
offense
Pts / drive
2.60
11.7 drives/gm
Pts / opportunity
3.34
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 West Virginia's number, including exactly how much is still preseason prior versus observed play.

Preseason prior-0.010

Where our rating started before a snap was played

Prior season rating-0.031

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 production14%

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

Recruiting talent+0.26σ

Recruiting talent, standard deviations above the FBS average

Transfer portal-12.8 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.

+0.02-0.01Wk 1Wk 8

Schedule & results

WkOpponentResultOur lineMarketATS
1vsCoastal CarolinaW 31–24———
2vsUT MartinW 52–7———
3NVirginiaW 38–27———
4vsOklahoma StateL 24–41———
5@Iowa StateL 42–45———
6vsArizonaL 31–52———
7vsCincinnatiW 45–42———
8@TCUOct 24———
10@Texas TechNov 7———
11vsKansasNov 14———
12vsHoustonNov 21———
13@UtahNov 28———