C-USABlue Raiders

Middle Tennessee

77th of 1308–6

Rank

77th

of 130 FBS teams

Rating

−2.3

90% range −11.3 to 6.7

Offense

28.0

73rd: points scored vs an average team

Defense

30.3

78th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

8–6

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

14 games, 8–6

Schedule

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

Wk 1Sep 1 · 7:30 PM ET at

Vanderbilt L 7–35

Rating change−3.4

Wk 2Sep 8 · 7:00 PM ET vs

UT Martin W 61–37

Rating change+0.5

Wk 3Sep 15 · 12:00 PM ET at#3

Georgia L 7–49

Rating change0.0

Wk 5Sep 29 · 7:00 PM ET vs

Florida Atlantic W 25–24

Rating change−0.5

Wk 6Oct 5 · 7:30 PM ET at

Marshall W 34–24

Rating change+2.1

Wk 7Oct 13 · 7:30 PM ET at

Florida International L 21–24

Rating change0.0

Wk 8Oct 20 · 3:00 PM ET vs

Charlotte W 21–13

Rating change−1.9

Wk 9Oct 27 · 3:30 PM ET at

Old Dominion W 51–17

Rating change+1.9

Wk 10Nov 2 · 8:00 PM ET vs

Western Kentucky W 29–10

Rating change+0.3

Wk 11Nov 10 · 3:00 PM ET at

UTEP W 48–32

Rating change+0.2

Wk 12Nov 17 · 12:00 PM ET at

Kentucky L 23–34

Rating change+1.2

Wk 13Nov 24 · 3:00 PM ET vs

UAB W 27–3

Rating change+3.8

Wk 14Dec 1 · 1:30 PM ET vs

UAB L 25–27

Rating change−0.9

PostDec 15 · 9:00 PM ET vs

App StateR+L CARRIERS NEW ORLEANS BOWL L 13–45

Rating change−2.0

With its 90% range at each cutoff

Rating through 2018

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
2017	C-USA	84 of 130	−5.7	26.3	32.0	7–6	—
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