Big Ten · 2026

Rutgers

2–5

CFPi+ rank#85of 138 FBS teams

-4.6CFPi+ rating

#48Best: TPi+ talent

#118Weakest: EPi+ efficiency

5Games left

CFPi+ index

Where the team ranks

CFPi+#85-4.6

Offense#66+25.3

Defense#98+30.0

EPi+ efficiency index

How efficiently it plays

EPi+#118-11.7

Off EPi+#66+0.2

Def EPi+#127+11.8

Advanced stats

Offense and defense

Stat	Offense	Defense
Success rate	#5144.7%	#13549.3%
Explosiveness	#19+1.343	#104+1.306
Havoc rate	#8615.6%	#11913.1%
Pass PPA	#61+0.249	#122+0.368
Rush PPA	#90+0.053	#135+0.287

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

TPi+ talent index

The roster and the staff

TPi+#48+3.4

Recruiting#39+6.3

Returning#37+10.8

247 talent#48709.0

Head coach#54+3.2

National composite

What other systems say

Composite#95-5.6

SP+#95-4.9

SP+ off#54+28.7

SP+ def#124+34.0

ESPN FPI#87-4.4

Traditional stats

The box-score view

Yards/G#62395.3

Yards/G allowed#121416.7

Pass yards/G#54242.1

Rush yards/G#73153.1

3rd down#6341.1%

3rd down allowed#11042.5%

Sacks/G#1091.4

Takeaways/G#891.0

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

Wk	Opponent	Result	Projected
1	vsMassachusetts	L 21–37	Final
2	@Boston College	L 21–28	Final
3	vsUSC	L 35–42	Final
4	vsHoward	W 58–7	Final
5	vs#8Indiana	L 15–47	Final
7	@Maryland	W 37–30	Final
8	@Northwestern	L 14–42	Final
9	vsMichigan	—
10	@Wisconsin	—
11	vs#19Nebraska	—
12	@Penn State	—
13	vsMichigan State	—

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