SMU
6–2 · 4–2 ACC · Rhett Lashlee, 5th season
Lost to Syracuse 30–27, Oct 31 · Next: vs Virginia Tech, Sat, Nov 7 · analysis
Best by position: quarterbacks · running backs · wide receivers · tight ends · defenders · kickers · punters
- Tied for the 6th-most passing touchdowns of 136 teams this season, 23 (2.9 a game).
- The 9th-most passing yards of 136 teams this season, 2,563 (320.4 a game).
Against the closing line
SMU has beaten the line in 1 of its last 4, 1.0 points a game under it. Over the season it’s 2.3 a game under, 95th of 136.
Of the 7 teams at 6–2 against a schedule this hard, SMU’s −2.3 is 7th.
last 4
−1.0
before
−3.5
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Oct 3, 2026 vs Boston College −12.5
Oct 17, 2026 vs Virginia 0.0
Oct 24, 2026 vs California +20.5
Oct 31, 2026 @ Syracuse −12.0
Lately
- Won 9 straight at homestreak
- Oct 4, 2025 vs Syracuse +13
Oct 11, 2025 vs Stanford +24
Nov 1, 2025 vs Miami (FL) +6
Nov 22, 2025 vs Louisville +32- U Sep 12 vs UC-Davis +46
Sep 26 vs Missouri State +10- Oct 3 vs Boston College +9
- Oct 17 vs Virginia +10
- Oct 24 vs California +39
the games, with the score
SMU has won 9 straight at home. Every game of it. Date Game Result Score Oct 4, 2025 SMU vsSyracuseW 31–18 Oct 11, 2025 SMU vsStanfordW 34–10 Nov 1, 2025 SMU vsNo. 10 Miami (FL)W 26–20 Nov 22, 2025 SMU vsLouisvilleW 38–6 Sep 12, 2026 No. 17 SMU vs
UC-DavisW 56–10 Sep 26, 2026 No. 22 SMU vsMissouri StateW 34–24 Oct 3, 2026 No. 21 SMU vsBoston CollegeW 25–16 Oct 17, 2026 No. 24 SMU vsVirginiaW 23–13 Oct 24, 2026 No. 23 SMU vsCaliforniaW 59–20 - Beat 8 of its last 10 unranked opponentscount
- Nov 8, 2025 @ Boston College +32
- Nov 22, 2025 vs Louisville +32
- Nov 29, 2025 @ California −3
Sep 7 @ Florida State +3- U Sep 12 vs UC-Davis +46
- Sep 26 vs Missouri State +10
- Oct 3 vs Boston College +9
- Oct 17 vs Virginia +10
- Oct 24 vs California +39
- Oct 31 @ Syracuse −3
- Won 7 of its last 10count
- Nov 29, 2025 @ California −3
Jan 2, 2026 vs Arizona +5- Sep 7 @ Florida State +3
- U Sep 12 vs UC-Davis +46
- Sep 19 @ Louisville −10
- Sep 26 vs Missouri State +10
- Oct 3 vs Boston College +9
- Oct 17 vs Virginia +10
- Oct 24 vs California +39
- Oct 31 @ Syracuse −3
Against expected,
| a game | offense | defense |
|---|---|---|
| Points | +3.6 · 43rd | −1.7 · 54th |
| Total yards | +64 · 21st | −63 · 19th |
| Touchdowns | +0.7 · 35th | −0.4 · 48th |
| Passing efficiency | +29.1 · 13th | −10.1 · 40th |
| 3rd downs | +5.2% · 31st | −9.6% · 10th |
| Turnovers | +0.4 · 114th | −0.7 · 130th |
| Sacks | −0.5 · 36th | +0.5 · 33rd |
| Penalty yards | +12.7 · 113th |
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 6–2
- 2025 9–4
- 2024 11–3
- 2023 11–3
- 2022 7–6
- 2021 8–4
- 2020 7–3
- 2019 10–3
- 2018 5–7
- 2017 7–6
- 2016 5–7
- 2015 2–10
- 2014 1–11
- 2013 5–7
- 2012 7–6
- 2011 8–5
- 2010 7–7
- 2009 8–5
- 2008 1–11
- 2007 1–11
- 2006 6–6
- 2005 5–6
- 2004 3–8
- 2003 0–12
- 2002 3–9
- 2001 4–7
- 2000 3–9
- 1999 4–6
- 1998 1–7
- 1997 6–5
- 1996 5–6
- 1995 1–10
- 1994 1–9–1
- 1993 2–7–2
- 1992 5–6
- 1991 1–10
- 1990 1–10
- 1989 2–9
- 1986 6–5
- 1985 6–5
- 1984 10–2
- 1983 10–2
- 1982 11–0–1
- 1981 10–1
- 1980 8–4
- 1979 5–6
- 1978 4–6–1
- 1977 4–7
- 1976 3–8
- 1975 4–7
- 1974 6–4–1
- 1973 6–4–1
- 1972 7–4
- 1971 4–7
- 1970 5–6
- 1969 3–7
- 1968 8–3
- 1967 3–7
- 1966 8–3
- 1965 4–5–1
- 1964 1–9
- 1963 4–7
- 1962 2–8
- 1961 2–7–1
- 1960 0–9–1
- 1959 5–4–1
- 1958 6–4
- 1957 4–5–1
- 1956 4–6
- 1955 4–6
- 1954 6–3–1
- 1953 5–5
- 1952 4–5–1
- 1951 3–6–1
- 1950 6–4
- 1949 5–4–1
- 1948 9–1–1
- 1947 9–0–2
- 1946 4–5–1
- 1945 5–6
- 1944 5–5
- 1943 2–7
- 1942 3–6–2
- 1941 5–5
- 1940 8–1–1
- 1939 6–3–1
- 1938 6–4
- 1937 5–6
- 1936 5–4–1
- 1935 12–1
- 1934 8–2–2
- 1933 4–7–1
- 1932 3–7–2
- 1931 9–1–1
- 1930 6–3–1
- 1929 6–0–4
- 1928 6–3–1
- 1927 7–2
- 1926 8–0–1
- 1925 5–2–2
- 1924 5–1–4
- 1923 9–0
- 1922 6–3–1
- 1921 1–6–1
- 1920 3–5–2
- 1919 5–4–1
- 1918 3–2
- 1917 3–2–3
- 1916 0–8–2
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.