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SMU

11th of 13411–3

Rank

11th

of 134 FBS teams

Rating

+17.9

90% range 8.4 to 27.3

Offense

37.6

9th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

19.8

22nd: points allowed vs an average team

Record

11–3

Playoff

Seed 11

the committee’s seed

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 24 · 8:00 PM ET at Nevada W 29–24
Rating change−1.9
Wk 1Aug 31 · 8:00 PM ET vs Houston Christian W 59–7
Rating change+0.4
Wk 2Sep 6 · 7:00 PM ET vs BYU L 15–18
Rating change−2.0
Wk 4Sep 21 · 5:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#19 TCU W 66–42
Rating change+1.6
Wk 5Sep 28 · 8:00 PM ET vs Florida State W 42–16
Rating change+0.8
Wk 6Oct 5 · 12:00 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#21 Louisville W 34–27
Rating change+1.2
Wk 8Oct 19 · 8:00 PM ET at Stanford W 40–10
Rating change+2.3
Wk 9Oct 26 · 8:00 PM ET at Duke W 28–27
Rating change−1.6
Wk 10Nov 2 · 8:00 PM ET vs Pittsburgh W 48–25
Rating change+1.0
Wk 12Nov 16 · 3:30 PM ET vs Boston College W 38–28
Rating change−1.9
Wk 13Nov 23 · 12:00 PM ET at Virginia W 33–7
Rating change+1.9
Wk 14Nov 30 · 3:30 PM ET vs California W 38–6
Rating change+1.6
Wk 15Dec 7 · 8:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#16 ClemsonACC Championship L 31–34
Rating change+0.1

Rating through 2024

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Past seasons

SeasonConferenceRank#RatingOff.Def.RecordW–LCFP entryCFP
2023American27 of 1339.633.724.211–3—
2022American65 of 1310.032.532.57–6—
2021American58 of 1302.834.131.28–4—
2020American72 of 127−1.534.035.47–3—
2019American59 of 1300.635.735.210–3—
2018American97 of 130−9.327.436.65–7—
2017American85 of 130−5.832.638.47–6—
2016American96 of 128−9.229.138.25–7—
2015American112 of 128−17.026.843.82–10—

Profile

SMU offenseFBS average
MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles

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TEMPO v12Updated Oct 20, 2026Data from CollegeFootballData.com