Central Michigan
3–5 · 1–3 Mid-American · Matt Drinkall, 2nd season
Lost to Miami (OH) 28–27, Oct 24 · Next: vs Eastern Michigan, Wed, Nov 4 · analysis
Best by position: quarterbacks · running backs · wide receivers · tight ends · defenders · kickers · punters
Against the closing line
Central Michigan has beaten the line in 3 of its last 4, by 1.5 points a game. Over the season it’s 2.7 a game under, 101st of 136.
Of the 9 teams at 3–5 against a schedule this hard, Central Michigan’s −2.7 is 7th.
last 4
+1.5
before
−6.9
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Oct 3, 2026 vs Akron +17.5
Oct 10, 2026 @ Ohio −14.5
Oct 17, 2026 vs Western Michigan +0.5
Oct 24, 2026 vs Miami (OH) +2.5
Lately
- Covered 4 straight at homestreak
Sep 19 vs Wyoming +16- Oct 3 vs Akron +17.5
- Oct 17 vs Western Michigan +0.5
- Oct 24 vs Miami (OH) +2.5
the games, with the score and the spread
Central Michigan has covered 4 straight at home. Every game of it. Date Game Spread Result Score Sep 19, 2026 Central Michigan vsWyoming+2 W 24–10 Oct 3, 2026 Central Michigan vsAkron−6.5 W 41–17 Oct 17, 2026 Central Michigan vsWestern Michigan+7.5 L 14–21 Oct 24, 2026 Central Michigan vsMiami (OH)+3.5 L 27–28 - Lost 7 of its last 10count
Nov 29, 2025 vs Toledo −18
Dec 26, 2025 vs Northwestern −27
Sep 5 @ New Mexico −31
Sep 12 vs Colgate +3- Sep 19 vs Wyoming +14
Sep 26 @ Miami (FL) −49- Oct 3 vs Akron +24
- Oct 10 @ Ohio −17
- Oct 17 vs Western Michigan −7
- Oct 24 vs Miami (OH) −1
- Won 7 of its last 10 at homecount
- W Sep 20, 2025 vs Wagner +39
Sep 27, 2025 vs Eastern Michigan +11
Oct 25, 2025 vs UMass +25
Nov 12, 2025 vs Buffalo +19- Nov 29, 2025 vs Toledo −18
- Sep 12 vs Colgate +3
- Sep 19 vs Wyoming +14
- Oct 3 vs Akron +24
- Oct 17 vs Western Michigan −7
- Oct 24 vs Miami (OH) −1
Against expected,
| a game | offense | defense |
|---|---|---|
| Points | −6.3 · 113th | +2.0 · 87th |
| Total yards | −85 · 127th | +17 · 81st |
| Touchdowns | −0.7 · 96th | +0.5 · 99th |
| Passing efficiency | −26.7 · 130th | −1.3 · 65th |
| 3rd downs | −4.8% · 103rd | +15.4% · 135th |
| Turnovers | −0.2 · 35th | +0.2 · 40th |
| Sacks | +0.2 · 89th | 0.0 · 72nd |
| Penalty yards | +3.5 · 86th |
Over (+) or under (−) what its opponents usually allow, a game, and where that stands among 136 teams, the best first. Lit is the top ten or the bottom ten. Penalty yards read against the league’s mean, since nobody allows them.
Seasons
- 2026 3–5
- 2025 7–6
- 2024 4–8
- 2023 5–7
- 2022 4–8
- 2021 9–4
- 2020 3–3
- 2019 8–6
- 2018 1–11
- 2017 8–5
- 2016 6–7
- 2015 7–6
- 2014 7–6
- 2013 6–6
- 2012 7–6
- 2011 3–9
- 2010 3–9
- 2009 12–2
- 2008 8–5
- 2007 8–6
- 2006 10–4
- 2005 6–5
- 2004 4–7
- 2003 3–9
- 2002 4–8
- 2001 3–8
- 2000 2–9
- 1999 4–7
- 1998 6–5
- 1997 2–9
- 1996 5–6
- 1995 4–7
- 1994 9–3
- 1993 5–6
- 1992 5–6
- 1991 6–1–4
- 1990 8–3–1
- 1989 5–5–1
- 1988 7–4
- 1987 5–5–1
- 1986 5–5
- 1985 7–3
- 1984 8–2–1
- 1983 8–3
- 1982 6–4–1
- 1981 7–4
- 1980 9–2
- 1979 10–0–1
- 1978 9–2
- 1977 10–1
- 1976 7–4
- 1975 8–2–1
Method
- Against the line is each game’s points of margin less what the closing line expected, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game nobody lined sits out, and a push hasn’t beaten it. Lately is the last 4 games with one.
- A schedule this hard means the mean rating of the opponents it’s played is within 5.2 points of the team’s, two thirds of a standard deviation of the league’s schedules, and a rating is what the season’s games say about a team’s margin against an average team. The teams beside it have its record.
- Against expected is each game against what the opponent usually gave up in its other games, with half the home edge, averaged. A game against a team with no other game here sits out.
- Passing efficiency is the NCAA’s passer rating. Turnovers on offense are the ones it lost, and on defense the ones it forced. Sacks on offense are the ones its quarterbacks took, and they start in 2024.