Cincinnati
5–3 · 2–3 Big 12 · Scott Satterfield, 4th season
Lost to Utah 49–25, Oct 31 · Next: at No. 17 Houston, Sat, Nov 7 · analysis
Best by position: quarterbacks · running backs · wide receivers · tight ends · defenders · kickers · punters
- The 8th-most rushing touchdowns of 136 teams this season, 23 (2.9 a game).
- The 9th-most rushing yards of 136 teams this season, 1,855 (231.9 a game).
Against the closing line
Cincinnati has beaten the line in 1 of its last 4, 3.6 points a game under it. Over the season it’s 1.7 a game over, 53rd of 136.
Of the 12 teams at 5–3 against a schedule this hard, Cincinnati’s +1.7 is 6th.
last 4
−3.6
before
+7.0
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Oct 3, 2026 @ Arizona −20.5
Oct 17, 2026 @ West Virginia −1.5
Oct 24, 2026 vs Texas Tech +24.0
Oct 31, 2026 vs Utah −16.5
Lately
- Won 7 of its last 10 at homecount
Oct 11, 2025 vs UCF +9
Oct 25, 2025 vs Baylor +21- Nov 15, 2025 vs Arizona −6
Nov 22, 2025 vs BYU −12
Sep 5 vs Boston College +19
Sep 12 vs Western Carolina +52
Sep 19 vs Miami (OH) +4
Sep 26 vs Kansas State +5- Oct 24 vs Texas Tech +13
- Oct 31 vs Utah −24
- Failed to cover 6 of its last 10count
Nov 29, 2025 @ TCU −19
Jan 2, 2026 vs Navy −14.5- Sep 5 vs Boston College +12
- Sep 12 vs Western Carolina +15.5
- Sep 19 vs Miami (OH) −10.5
- Sep 26 vs Kansas State +11
- Oct 3 @ Arizona −20.5
- Oct 17 @ West Virginia −1.5
- Oct 24 vs Texas Tech +24
- Oct 31 vs Utah −16.5
- Beat 6 of its last 10 unranked opponentscount
Oct 18, 2025 @ Oklahoma State +32- Oct 25, 2025 vs Baylor +21
- Nov 15, 2025 vs Arizona −6
- Nov 29, 2025 @ TCU −22
- Sep 5 vs Boston College +19
- Sep 12 vs Western Carolina +52
- Sep 19 vs Miami (OH) +4
- Sep 26 vs Kansas State +5
- Oct 3 @ Arizona −27
- Oct 17 @ West Virginia −3
Against expected,
| a game | offense | defense |
|---|---|---|
| Points | +4.2 · 40th | +4.6 · 104th |
| Total yards | +37 · 38th | +84 · 127th |
| Touchdowns | +0.8 · 31st | 0.0 · 75th |
| Passing efficiency | +14.6 · 31st | +8.3 · 94th |
| 3rd downs | +1.9% · 45th | +6.8% · 116th |
| Turnovers | −0.4 · 24th | +0.3 · 24th |
| Sacks | +0.2 · 85th | +0.2 · 54th |
| Penalty yards | +3.2 · 84th |
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 5–3
- 2025 7–6
- 2024 5–7
- 2023 3–9
- 2022 9–4
- 2021 13–1
- 2020 9–1
- 2019 11–3
- 2018 11–2
- 2017 4–8
- 2016 4–8
- 2015 7–6
- 2014 9–4
- 2013 9–4
- 2012 10–3
- 2011 10–3
- 2010 4–8
- 2009 12–1
- 2008 11–3
- 2007 10–3
- 2006 8–5
- 2005 4–7
- 2004 7–5
- 2003 5–7
- 2002 7–7
- 2001 7–5
- 2000 7–5
- 1999 3–8
- 1998 2–9
- 1997 8–4
- 1996 6–5
- 1995 6–5
- 1994 2–8–1
- 1993 8–3
- 1992 3–8
- 1991 4–7
- 1990 1–10
- 1989 1–9–1
- 1988 3–8
- 1987 4–7
- 1986 5–6
- 1985 5–6
- 1984 2–9
- 1983 4–6–1
- 1982 6–5
- 1981 6–5
- 1980 2–9
- 1979 2–9
- 1978 5–6
- 1977 5–4–2
- 1976 8–3
- 1975 6–5
- 1974 7–4
- 1973 4–7
- 1972 2–9
- 1971 7–4
- 1970 7–4
- 1969 4–6
- 1968 5–4–1
- 1967 3–6
- 1966 3–7
- 1965 5–5
- 1964 8–2
- 1963 6–4
- 1962 2–8
- 1961 3–7
- 1960 4–6
- 1959 5–4–1
- 1958 6–2–2
- 1957 5–4–1
- 1956 4–5
- 1955 1–6–2
- 1954 8–2
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.