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Big 12Bearcats

Cincinnati

44th of 1345–7

Rank

44th

of 134 FBS teams

Rating

+6.3

90% range −3.9 to 16.5

Offense

28.2

55th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

21.9

36th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

5–7

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

Schedule

Ranks are retrospective TEMPO estimates, not poll rankings or ranks saved before kickoff.

Week and dateOpponentResult or win chancePlayoff stakes or rating change
Wk 1Aug 31 · 2:30 PM ET vs Towson W 38–20
Rating change−0.9
Wk 2Sep 7 · 12:00 PM ET vs Pittsburgh L 27–28
Rating change−1.4
Wk 3Sep 14 · 12:00 PM ET at Miami (OH) W 27–16
Rating change+1.4
Wk 4Sep 21 · 12:00 PM ET vs Houston W 34–0
Rating change+4.7
Wk 5Sep 28 · 8:00 PM ET at Texas Tech L 41–44
Rating change0.0
Wk 7Oct 12 · 3:30 PM ET at UCF W 19–13
Rating change+1.0
Wk 8Oct 19 · 12:00 PM ET vs Arizona State W 24–14
Rating change−0.6
Wk 9Oct 26 · 10:15 PM ET at Colorado L 23–34
Rating change+0.3
Wk 11Nov 9 · 12:00 PM ET vs West Virginia L 24–31
Rating change+0.5
Wk 12Nov 16 · 8:00 PM ET at Iowa State L 17–34
Rating change−0.1
Wk 13Nov 23 · 8:00 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#17 Kansas State L 15–41
Rating change−1.5
Wk 14Nov 30 · 6:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#24 TCU L 13–20
Rating change+0.3

Rating through 2024

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Past seasons

SeasonConferenceRank#RatingOff.Def.RecordW–LCFP entryCFP
2023Big 1275 of 133−2.924.727.73–9—
2022American58 of 1312.224.822.69–4—
2021American10 of 13016.034.218.213–1Seed4
2020American17 of 12714.233.619.59–1—
2019American29 of 1308.728.519.911–3—
2018American35 of 1307.730.723.011–2—
2017American102 of 130−11.021.432.44–8—
2016American90 of 128−7.921.929.84–8—
2015American74 of 128−1.132.033.17–6—

Profile

CIN offenseFBS average
MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles

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TEMPO v12Updated Oct 20, 2026Data from CollegeFootballData.com