Mid-American · 2026

Central Michigan

3–5
CFPi+ rank#122of 138 FBS teams
-14.4CFPi+ rating
#91Best: Head coach
#128Weakest: National composite
4Games left
CFPi+ index

Where the team ranks

CFPi+#122-14.4
Offense#128+16.4
Defense#106+30.8
EPi+ efficiency index

How efficiently it plays

EPi+#114-10.8
Off EPi+#103-5.5
Def EPi+#104+5.2
Advanced stats

Offense and defense

StatOffenseDefense
Success rate#11339.4%#12646.8%
Explosiveness#116+1.149#15+1.110
Havoc rate#5614.0%#9814.3%
Pass PPA#136-0.111#49+0.114
Rush PPA#40+0.161#129+0.221

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

TPi+ talent index

The roster and the staff

TPi+#125-12.1
Recruiting#113-7.7
Returning#54+7.3
247 talent#125540.0
Head coach#91-4.3
National composite

What other systems say

Composite#128-19.2
SP+#127-16.7
SP+ off#130+15.0
SP+ def#108+31.3
ESPN FPI#121-14.3
Traditional stats

The box-score view

Yards/G#133291.5
Yards/G allowed#69359.0
Pass yards/G#134122.3
Rush yards/G#52169.3
3rd down#10535.8%
3rd down allowed#13751.0%
Sacks/G#672.0
Takeaways/G#161.8

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

WkOpponentResultProjectedWin probMarketEdge
1@New MexicoL 7–38Final
2vsColgateW 13–10Final
3vsWyomingW 24–10Final
4@#2MiamiL 3–52Final
5vsAkronW 41–17Final
6@OhioL 14–31Final
7vsWestern MichiganL 14–21Final
8vsMiami (OH)L 27–28Final
10vsEastern Michigan—
11vsSacramento State—
12@Buffalo—
13@Ball State—

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CFPi-X V4.0 Selected · data vintage 10/26/2026