C-USAThundering Herd

Marshall

67th of 1309–4

Rank

67th

of 130 FBS teams

Rating

+0.4

90% range −8.6 to 9.4

Offense

26.5

83rd: points scored vs an average team

Defense

26.1

45th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

9–4

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

13 games, 9–4

Schedule

Wk 1Sep 1 · 6:00 PM ET at

Miami (OH) W 35–28

Rating change+0.7

Wk 2Sep 8 · 6:30 PM ET vs

Eastern Kentucky W 32–16

Rating change−2.1

Wk 4Sep 22 · 7:00 PM ET vs

NC State L 20–37

Rating change−1.8

Wk 5Sep 29 · 7:30 PM ET at

Western Kentucky W 20–17

Rating change+0.5

Wk 6Oct 5 · 7:30 PM ET vs

Middle Tennessee L 24–34

Rating change−2.2

Wk 7Oct 13 · 3:30 PM ET at

Old Dominion W 42–20

Rating change+0.9

Wk 8Oct 20 · 2:30 PM ET vs

Florida Atlantic W 31–7

Rating change+0.9

Wk 10Nov 3 · 3:00 PM ET at

Southern Miss L 24–26

Rating change+0.5

Wk 11Nov 10 · 2:30 PM ET vs

Charlotte W 30–13

Rating change+0.4

Wk 12Nov 17 · 2:30 PM ET vs

UTSA W 23–0

Rating change+0.1

Wk 13Nov 24 · 12:00 PM ET at

Florida International W 28–25

Rating change+0.6

Wk 14Dec 1 · 12:00 PM ET at

Virginia Tech L 20–41

Rating change−0.5

PostDec 20 · 8:00 PM ET at

South FloridaBAD BOY MOWERS GASPARILLA BOWL W 38–20

Rating change+2.1

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	79 of 130	−4.2	23.8	28.0	8–5	—
2016	C-USA	118 of 128	−17.3	19.7	37.0	3–9	—
2015	C-USA	49 of 128	4.8	28.7	23.9	10–3	—

Adjusted for opponents; outward is better on both sides

Profile

MRSH offenseFBS average

MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles