Temple
Owls · American Athletic
- GIE rank
- #127
- of 138 FBS
- Rating
- 1357
- 2026 Week 11
- Record
- 2-6
- 2026 season
- Proj record
- 3-9
- 12-game season
Head coach K.C. Keeler Year 2 with Temple
Year-2 HCs (2015-2024) averaged +0.09 W vs. preseason expectation
Season projection
- Expected wins
- 3.5
- 1.5 more wins in 4 left
- Win range (90%)
- 2 to 5
- Final rank (90%)
- #126 (115–133)
- Make playoff
- 0%
- Win conference
- 0%
Path to glory
No remaining game changes Temple's playoff odds. Make playoff 0%
Schedule
Full 2026 slate. Tap a row for the matchup breakdown.
| Week | Opponent | Result or win prob.Result or win probability |
|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 Sep 5 | vs Rhode Island Non-FBS | Win, 38-14 Final |
| Wk 2 Sep 12 | vs Penn State Big Ten | Loss, 9-27 Final |
| Wk 3 Sep 19 | at Toledo Mid-American | Loss, 48-49 Final |
| Wk 4 Sep 25 | vs Army American Athletic | Loss, 17-21 Final |
| Wk 5 Oct 3 | at South Florida American Athletic | Win, 17-13 Final |
| Wk 6 Oct 10 | vs UConn FBS Independents | Loss, 20-34 Final |
| Wk 7 Oct 17 | vs Charlotte American Athletic | Loss, 31-38 Final |
| Wk 8 | Bye | |
| Wk 9 Oct 31 | at East Carolina American Athletic | Loss, 9-17 Final |
| Wk 10 Nov 7 | at Navy American Athletic | |
| Wk 11 Nov 14 | vs UAB American Athletic | |
| Wk 12 Nov 20 | vs Rice American Athletic | |
| Wk 13 Nov 27 | at Memphis American Athletic | |
In the news
- Don Otto’s Temple – UConn gallery (opens in a new tab)
- UConn topples Temple, 34-20 (opens in a new tab)
- Temple stumbles through 34-20 Homecoming loss to UConn (opens in a new tab)
- UConn Football: Five Takeaways From Win Over Temple (opens in a new tab)
- UConn Defense Can't Let Temple Run Away with Game (opens in a new tab)
- Game Thread: UConn vs. Temple football|3:45 p.m. on ESPNU (opens in a new tab)
More coming. Per-team pages get the full treatment in Phase 3: current rating, season projection histogram, schedule with win probabilities, and live overlays on Pylon stream days. For now, this page exists so stories and news have a permanent home as content rolls in.
Returning production · 2026
37 score
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
−1.1 rating
20 proven transfers in, carrying the production below from their prior school.
| Player | From | Impact |
|---|---|---|
| Jayce FreemanWR From Stony Brook | Stony Brook | 71 |
| JaMair DiazLB From Sam Houston | Sam Houston | 30 |
| Saboor KarriemS From Illinois | Illinois | 26 |
| Kolin DinkinsS From Penn State | Penn State | 16 |
| Jaeden GouldS From UCF | UCF | 8 |
| Joey SchlafferTE From Penn State | Penn State | 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
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.