C-USABlue Raiders

Middle Tennessee

84th of 1307–6

Rank

84th

of 130 FBS teams

Rating

−5.7

90% range −15.5 to 4.2

Offense

26.3

84th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

32.0

87th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

7–6

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

13 games, 7–6

Schedule

Wk 1Sep 2 · 8:00 PM ET vs

Vanderbilt L 6–28

Rating change−3.5

Wk 2Sep 9 · 3:30 PM ET at

Syracuse W 30–23

Rating change+2.4

Wk 3Sep 16 · 3:30 PM ET at

Minnesota L 3–34

Rating change−1.7

Wk 4Sep 23 · 7:00 PM ET vs

Bowling Green W 24–13

Rating change+1.3

Wk 5Sep 30 · 7:00 PM ET at

Florida Atlantic L 20–38

Rating change−1.8

Wk 6Oct 7 · 3:00 PM ET vs

Florida International W 37–17

Rating change+1.6

Wk 7Oct 14 · 6:30 PM ET at

UAB L 23–25

Rating change−0.1

Wk 8Oct 20 · 7:00 PM ET vs

Marshall L 10–38

Rating change−2.8

Wk 10Nov 4 · 7:30 PM ET vs

UTEP W 30–3

Rating change+1.6

Wk 11Nov 11 · 2:00 PM ET at

Charlotte W 35–21

Rating change−0.3

Wk 12Nov 17 · 8:00 PM ET at

Western Kentucky L 38–41

Rating change−0.2

Wk 13Nov 25 · 3:00 PM ET vs

Old Dominion W 41–10

Rating change+1.6

PostDec 16 · 8:00 PM ET vs

Arkansas StateRAYCOM MEDIA CAMELLIA BOWL W 35–30

Rating change+0.9

With its 90% range at each cutoff

Rating through 2017

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
2016	C-USA	97 of 128	−9.8	33.9	43.6	8–5	—
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