C-USABlue Raiders

Middle Tennessee

97th of 1288–5

Rank

97th

of 128 FBS teams

Rating

−9.8

90% range −19.6 to 0.1

Offense

33.9

38th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

43.6

126th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

8–5

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

13 games, 8–5

Schedule

Wk 1Sep 3 · 7:00 PM ET vs

Alabama A&M W 55–0

Rating change+1.7

Wk 2Sep 10 · 4:00 PM ET at

Vanderbilt L 24–47

Rating change−0.1

Wk 3Sep 17 · 12:00 PM ET at

Bowling Green W 41–21

Rating change+0.7

Wk 4Sep 24 · 7:00 PM ET vs

Louisiana Tech W 38–34

Rating change−0.9

Wk 5Oct 1 · 7:00 PM ET at

North Texas W 30–13

Rating change−1.3

Wk 7Oct 15 · 2:30 PM ET vs

Western Kentucky L 43–44

Rating change+0.5

Wk 8Oct 22 · 4:00 PM ET at

Missouri W 51–45

Rating change+1.1

Wk 9Oct 29 · 7:00 PM ET at

Florida International W 42–35

Rating change−0.2

Wk 10Nov 5 · 2:30 PM ET vs

UTSA L 25–45

Rating change−3.9

Wk 11Nov 12 · 7:00 PM ET at

Marshall L 17–42

Rating change−3.8

Wk 12Nov 19 · 2:00 PM ET at

Charlotte W 38–31

Rating change+0.7

Wk 13Nov 26 · 5:30 PM ET vs

Florida Atlantic W 77–56

Rating change+0.6

PostDec 24 · 8:00 PM ET vs

Hawai'iHAWAI'I BOWL L 35–52

Rating change−2.0

With its 90% range at each cutoff

Rating through 2016

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Estimates of how good the team was, not forecasts to grade

Past seasons

Season	Conference	Rank#	Rating	Off.	Def.	RecordW–L	CFP entryCFP
2015	C-USA	67 of 128	0.9	31.5	30.6	7–6	—

Adjusted for opponents; outward is better on both sides

Profile

MTSU offenseFBS average

MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles