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Big 12Bearcats

Cincinnati

57th of 1367–6

Rank

57th

of 136 FBS teams

Rating

+4.0

90% range −5.4 to 13.5

Offense

28.6

52nd: points scored vs an average team

Defense

24.5

59th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

7–6

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 28 · 9:00 PM ET vs NebraskaNeutral L 17–20
Rating change+0.4
Wk 2Sep 6 · 3:30 PM ET vs Bowling Green W 34–20
Rating change−1.6
Wk 3Sep 13 · 3:30 PM ET vs Northwestern State W 70–0
Rating change+2.2
Wk 5Sep 27 · 12:00 PM ET at Kansas W 37–34
Rating change−0.2
Wk 6Oct 4 · 12:00 PM ET vs Iowa State W 38–30
Rating change+0.9
Wk 7Oct 11 · 12:00 PM ET vs UCF W 20–11
Rating change−0.5
Wk 8Oct 18 · 8:00 PM ET at Oklahoma State W 49–17
Rating change+0.5
Wk 9Oct 25 · 4:00 PM ET vs Baylor W 41–20
Rating change+1.6
Wk 10Nov 1 · 10:15 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#9 Utah L 14–45
Rating change−0.7
Wk 12Nov 15 · 12:00 PM ET vs Arizona L 24–30
Rating change−1.4
Wk 13Nov 22 · 8:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#25 BYU L 14–26
Rating change−0.6
Wk 14Nov 29 · 3:30 PM ET at TCU L 23–45
Rating change−0.9
PostJan 2 · 4:30 PM ET vs NavyAutoZone Liberty Bowl L 13–35
Rating change−4.4

Rating through 2025

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Past seasons

SeasonConferenceRank#RatingOff.Def.RecordW–LCFP entryCFP
2024Big 1244 of 1346.328.221.95–7—
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