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Gators · SEC

Head coach Jon Sumrall Year 1 with Florida

Year-1 HCs (2015-2024) averaged -0.19 W vs. preseason expectation

Season Projection · 2026 W2

10,000 sims
4.4
Expected wins
4-8
Proj record
1 to 8
Win range (90%)
#65 (38–90)
Final rank (90%)
0%
Make playoff
0%
Win conference

Path to Glory

Tap a win or a loss on each pivotal game to see how the playoff probability shifts. Leave any game unset to average across both outcomes.

Make the playoff

0%

Baseline projection.

  • at Auburn
    Away · Sep 19
  • at Auburn
    Away · Sep 19
  • at Auburn
    Away · Sep 19
  • vs Vanderbilt
    Home · Nov 21
  • vs Vanderbilt
    Home · Nov 21

Pivotal games are the 5 with the largest playoff-probability swing, ranked by the model. Math: chained Bayesian log-odds update from the conditional simulation set; gets the directionally right answer but won't perfectly capture cross-game correlations until the full Monte Carlo pipeline lands.

Returning production · 2026

46 score
  • Quarterback 8% (5/6 )
  • Offensive line 68% (13/19 players)
  • Skill (RB/WR/TE) 62% (19/34 )
  • Front 7 (DL/LB) 82% (23/29 )
  • Secondary 56% (17/24 )
  • Special teams 0% (2/8 )

Share of last season's production each unit returns. Higher means more continuity: 70%+ is healthy, 45–70% a normal rebuild, under 45% a major turnover.

Portal additions · 2026

+1.1 rating

28 proven transfers in, carrying the production below from their prior school.

  • Emmanuel Oyebadejo DL ← Jacksonville State 161 impact
  • DJ Coleman S ← Baylor 120 impact
  • London Montgomery RB ← East Carolina 114 impact
  • Eric Singleton Jr. WR ← Auburn 109 impact
  • Lacota Dippre TE ← James Madison 95 impact
  • Evan Pryor RB ← Cincinnati 88 impact

Impact scores offensive skill additions (QB/RB/WR/TE) — prior-season production normalized within position (100 ≈ a 90th-percentile producer at that spot) and discounted for non-FBS competition, so a top back counts alongside a top quarterback. Defensive and O-line additions count as transfers but aren't box-score measurable, so they carry no impact score. The rating figure is this class's portal contribution vs. the FBS average, capped at ±2.5.

Situational efficiency · 2025

FBS percentile rank
  • 3rd-down conversion 34.0% 32th — below avg
  • Red-zone TD rate 17.8% 78th — strong
  • 4th-down aggression 31.6% 27th — below avg
  • Late & close 3.5 yds/play 18th — bottom tier

Percentile is across all FBS teams with play-by-play data for the season. "Late & close" is yards per play in Q4+ with a one-score margin — a proxy for clutch offensive performance.

Schedule

Full 2026 slate. Tap a row for the matchup breakdown.

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Per-team pages get the full treatment in Phase 3: current rating, season projection histogram, schedule with win probabilities, and live overlays on Pylon stream days. For now, this page exists so stories and news have a permanent home as content rolls in.