AmericanMustangs

SMU

72nd of 1277–3

Rank

72nd

of 127 FBS teams

Rating

−1.5

90% range −11.8 to 8.9

Offense

34.0

27th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

35.4

104th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

7–3

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

10 games, 7–3

Schedule

Wk 1Sep 5 · 4:30 PM ET at

Texas State W 31–24

Rating change−0.8

Wk 3Sep 19 · 6:00 PM ET at

North Texas W 65–35

Rating change+3.2

Wk 4Sep 26 · 7:00 PM ET vs

Stephen F. Austin W 50–7

Rating change+0.6

Wk 5Oct 3 · 3:30 PM ET vs

Memphis W 30–27

Rating change−0.5

Wk 7Oct 16 · 6:00 PM ET at

Tulane W 37–34

Rating change+0.9

Wk 8Oct 24 · 9:00 PM ET vs

Cincinnati L 13–42

Rating change−3.3

Wk 9Oct 31 · 7:30 PM ET vs

Navy W 51–37

Rating change+0.5

Wk 10Nov 7 · 12:00 PM ET at

Temple W 47–23

Rating change+2.0

Wk 11Nov 14 · 7:00 PM ET at

Tulsa L 24–28

Rating change+0.1

Wk 13Nov 28 · 12:00 PM ET at

East Carolina L 38–52

Rating change−2.6

With its 90% range at each cutoff

Rating through 2020

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
2019	American	59 of 130	0.6	35.7	35.2	10–3	—
2018	American	97 of 130	−9.3	27.4	36.6	5–7	—
2017	American	85 of 130	−5.8	32.6	38.4	7–6	—
2016	American	96 of 128	−9.2	29.1	38.2	5–7	—
2015	American	112 of 128	−17.0	26.8	43.8	2–10	—

Adjusted for opponents; outward is better on both sides

Profile

SMU offenseFBS average

MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles