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Old Dominion

Monarchs · Sun Belt

Head coach Ricky Rahne Year 7 with Old Dominion

Season Projection · 2026 W2

10,000 sims
8.1
Expected wins
8-4
Proj record
5 to 11
Win range (90%)
#46 (25–74)
Final rank (90%)
1%
Make playoff
23%
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

1%

Baseline projection.

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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

49 score
  • Quarterback 10% (4/5 )
  • Offensive line 74% (14/19 players)
  • Skill (RB/WR/TE) 33% (16/25 )
  • Front 7 (DL/LB) 83% (28/31 )
  • Secondary 78% (22/25 )
  • Special teams 100% (7/8 )

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

-1.2 rating

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

  • Kendall Harris WR ← Mercer 44 impact
  • Jaxon Potter QB ← Washington State 25 impact
  • Leon Haughton Jr. TE ← Maryland 17 impact
  • Bucci Farmer DL ← App State 13 impact
  • Ja'Mez Drummer LB ← Towson 12 impact
  • Jivan Baly CB ← NC State 8 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.

If QB1 is out (Colton Joseph)

GIE projects a 0.6 rating drop and a 2.3pp shift in playoff probability if Old Dominion loses its QB1 for an extended stretch. (n=1 historical samples; pooled across recent seasons.)

Situational efficiency · 2025

FBS percentile rank
  • 3rd-down conversion 42.0% 81th — strong
  • Red-zone TD rate 14.1% 43th — below avg
  • 4th-down aggression 29.9% 21th — bottom tier
  • Late & close 5.3 yds/play 56th — average

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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More coming

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.