This week's picks

Big Al's CFB Lab

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Mid-American

Toledo

6–2 (3–1 Mid-American). 2026 season, games through Oct 24, 2026.

SP+ rating1.865th of 138
SP+ offense26.278th of 138
SP+ defense24.054th of 138
PRIME-1.275th of 138
Elo155459th of 138

Offense

StatValueRank
Points per game37.414th
Yards per play7.1714th
Success rate47.1%32nd
Explosive play rate15.0%20th
Yards per carry5.3556th
Yards per pass attempt9.4114th
Sack rate allowed2.0%5th
3rd down conversion47.0%24th

Defense

StatValueRank
Points allowed25.485th
Yards per play allowed4.9717th
Success rate allowed32.7%4th
Explosive plays allowed8.6%11th
Yards per carry allowed4.5750th
Yards per attempt allowed5.7214th
Sack rate7.2%44th
3rd downs allowed33.6%32nd

Players

Adjatay Dabbs (WR), Andrew Zock (DE), CJ Miller (RB), Connor Walendzak (RB), Ezra Odinjor (DE), John Alan Richter (QB), Terrell Crosby Jr. (WR).

Results

WeekOpponentResult
1at Michigan StateL 20–30
2vs. Central ConnecticutW 63–10
3vs. TempleW 49–48
4vs. San Diego StateW 41–16
5at Ball StateW 39–24
6vs. BuffaloL 8–23
7at Eastern MichiganW 34–14
8vs. Western MichiganW 45–38

Ranks are out of 138 FBS teams. Stats from play-by-play; scoring counts FBS opponents only. Compare Toledo with any team.

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How we picked it

Three ratings look at a team in three different ways. Big Al's pick is the team at least two of them favor.

Where the game is won

Each row puts one team's unit against the unit it faces, by national rank out of all FBS teams. An edge is a gap of 25 spots or more.

What these mean

  • SP+ Bill Connelly's opponent-adjusted efficiency rating. Points better than an average FBS team on a neutral field.
  • PRIME A second opponent-adjusted rating, built from possession efficiency, on the same points scale. SOS is schedule difficulty; SOR is wins above what an average team would get against that schedule.
  • Elo A results-only rating that moves after each game based on the score and the opponent. 1500 is average.
  • Success rate Share of plays that stay on schedule: 50% of the yards needed on 1st down, 70% on 2nd, all of it on 3rd and 4th.
  • Explosive rate Share of plays that are runs of 12+ yards or completions of 16+ yards.
  • Defense rows What opponents did against the team. Lower is better except sack rate and interception rate.
  • Projection Rating gap, plus 2.5 points for the home team, and games usually land within about 14 points of it. A coin flip is 50%.

Ratings: SP+ via CFB Update; PRIME via primecfb.com. Box and play stats computed from CollegeFootballData.com play data (via the public cfbfastR files), FBS games only for scoring. Rushing yards here exclude sacks, so they run higher than official totals. Ranks are out of 138 FBS teams.

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