Mid-American · 2026

Buffalo

5–3

CFPi+ rank#129of 138 FBS teams

-16.1CFPi+ rating

#90Best: Head coach

#127Weakest: Defense

4Games left

CFPi+ index

Where the team ranks

CFPi+#129-16.1

Offense#121+18.0

Defense#127+34.1

EPi+ efficiency index

How efficiently it plays

EPi+#109-10.0

Off EPi+#115-7.6

Def EPi+#90+2.4

Advanced stats

Offense and defense

Stat	Offense	Defense
Success rate	#13335.8%	#4139.1%
Explosiveness	#90+1.210	#61+1.219
Havoc rate	#8815.7%	#6516.1%
Pass PPA	#120+0.043	#89+0.227
Rush PPA	#91+0.052	#54+0.013

Raw season splits, not opponent-adjusted. Defense #1 is the stingiest in the country.

TPi+ talent index

The roster and the staff

TPi+#120-11.2

Recruiting#105-6.6

Returning#137-22.5

247 talent#120549.3

Head coach#90-4.0

National composite

What other systems say

Composite#116-12.9

SP+#118-12.0

SP+ off#125+16.1

SP+ def#87+28.5

ESPN FPI#115-12.9

Traditional stats

The box-score view

Yards/G#117331.0

Yards/G allowed#92377.5

Pass yards/G#129155.0

Rush yards/G#49176.0

3rd down#8538.6%

3rd down allowed#5436.0%

Sacks/G#1051.5

Takeaways/G#831.1

Ranks are national out of 138 FBS teams and #1 is best. The bar shows where a rank sits in the field; the rating is the source beneath it.

2026 schedule

Every game, with the model's read

Wk	Opponent	Result	Projected
1	vsUAlbany	W 21–17	Final
2	@Florida International	L 20–33	Final
3	@Penn State	L 13–55	Final
4	vsRobert Morris	W 31–28	Final
5	vsWestern Michigan	L 17–20	Final
6	@Toledo	W 23–8	Final
7	vsMassachusetts	W 25–18	Final
8	vsBowling Green	W 31–24	Final
10	@Miami (OH)	—
11	@Ball State	—
12	vsCentral Michigan	—
13	@Akron	—

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