ACC · 2026

Pittsburgh

5–3
CFPi+ rank#33of 138 FBS teams
+10.2CFPi+ rating
#31Best: Defense
#64Weakest: TPi+ talent
4Games left
CFPi+ index

Where the team ranks

CFPi+#33+10.2
Offense#38+31.0
Defense#31+20.8
EPi+ efficiency index

How efficiently it plays

EPi+#50+5.0
Off EPi+#55+1.5
Def EPi+#44-3.5
Advanced stats

Offense and defense

StatOffenseDefense
Success rate#6243.6%#2035.7%
Explosiveness#83+1.228#136+1.517
Havoc rate#2212.2%#5016.8%
Pass PPA#51+0.279#101+0.277
Rush PPA#72+0.095#4-0.163

Raw season splits, not opponent-adjusted. Defense #1 is the stingiest in the country.

TPi+ talent index

The roster and the staff

TPi+#64+0.3
Recruiting#59+3.3
Returning#70+1.0
247 talent#64675.0
Head coach#53+3.3
National composite

What other systems say

Composite#39+8.6
SP+#44+7.9
SP+ off#46+30.0
SP+ def#39+22.4
ESPN FPI#39+8.6
Traditional stats

The box-score view

Yards/G#30444.3
Yards/G allowed#45331.3
Pass yards/G#12290.8
Rush yards/G#72153.5
3rd down#5741.7%
3rd down allowed#7238.0%
Sacks/G#552.3
Takeaways/G#491.4

Ranks are national out of 138 FBS teams and #1 is best. The bar shows where a rank sits in the field; the rating is the source beneath it.

2026 schedule

Every game, with the model's read

WkOpponentResultProjectedWin probMarketEdge
1vsMiami (OH)W 59–14Final
2vsUCFW 12–7Final
3vsSyracuseW 27–13Final
4vsBucknellW 59–0Final
5@Virginia TechW 35–33Final
6vsNorth CarolinaL 17–21Final
7@Boston CollegeL 21–27Final
8@#2MiamiL 23–52Final
9vsGeorgia Tech—
11vsFlorida State—
12@Louisville—
13@California—

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CFPi-X V4.0 Selected · data vintage 10/26/2026