Hawai'i remains anchored at 107th in GIE's ratings after a dominant 56–21 road win over Northern Illinois in Week 8. That offensive explosion hasn't moved the needle because the Rainbow Warriors sit at 2–6 overall, with an expected win…
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Hawai'i: 2026 Week 7 recap
Hawai'i remains firmly at the bottom of the Mountain West after falling to San José State 20–16 at home in Week 5, dropping to 1–4 on the season. GIE's rating hasn't budged—the Rainbow Warriors sit at –12.2, ranked 114th overall—a…
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Hawai'i: 2026 Week 3 recap
Hawai'i sits at 0–2 with a rating of –2.6, ranking 83rd nationally. The Rainbow Warriors' season opener against UNLV exposed significant offensive inefficiency: they managed just 6 points at home in a 21–6 loss, a result that hasn't moved…
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Analysis
Hawai'i drops 73 ELO points this week
Hawai'i has lost 73 rating points in a single week—a collapse severe enough to signal a program in crisis rather than a team absorbing normal variance.
Analysis
Hawai'i drops 39 ELO points this week
Hawai'i's rating tumbled 39 points this week, landing the team at 1482 ELO after opening the season at 1521. That's a steeper drop than a single loss typically produces, which means the manner of the defeat—or the gap between expectation…
Analysis
Hawai'i drops 39 ELO points this week
Hawai'i opened the 2026 season at 1521 ELO and has dropped to 1482 after a 37-27 loss to Stanford in Week 1—a 39-point swing that reflects not just the defeat but the margin's significance relative to what the model expected.
Analysis
Hawai'i drops 39 ELO points this week
Hawai'i's opening loss to Stanford cost the Rainbow Warriors 39 rating points, a sharp single-week drop that reflects both the result and the margin of defeat. The team now sits at an ELO of 1482, down from a preseason projection of…
Recap
Hawai'i: 2025 Week 16 recap
Hawai'i sits at 9–4 with a rating of 1.7, holding rank 68 in GIE's assessment. The Rainbow Warriors dominated Wyoming 27–7 in Week 14, a decisive home win that underscored their ability to control games against Mountain West competition.…
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If QB1 is out
Micah Alejado
GIE projects a
4.9 rating
drop and a
19.7pp
shift in playoff probability if Hawai'i loses its QB1 for an extended stretch.
(n=2 historical samples; pooled across recent seasons.)
Returning production · 2026
54score
Bar = share returning45%, 70%
Quarterback81% (1/4)
Offensive line67% (12/18) players
Skill (RB/WR/TE)40% (16/29)
Front 7 (DL/LB)35% (20/34)
Secondary32% (11/22)
Special teams1% (3/6)
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
▼−1.3rating
20 proven transfers in, carrying the production below from their prior school.
Hawai'i incoming transfers
Player
From
Impact
Audric HarrisWRFrom Washington
Washington
18
DeVon RiceRBFrom Kansas State
Kansas State
18
Carson BrownWRFrom Iowa State
Iowa State
15
Joenel FigueroaDBFrom West Georgia
West Georgia
15
Devin AlvesWRFrom Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
8
Caleb BrownDBFrom Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
7
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.
Situational efficiency · 2025
FBS percentile rank
Bar = FBS percentile45th, 70th
3rd-down conversion44.7%
92th — elite
Red-zone TD rate15.0%
53th — average
4th-down aggression33.0%
32th — below avg
Late & close6.5 yds/play
83th — strong
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.