Tulsa
Golden Hurricane · American Athletic
- GIE rank
- #91
- of 138 FBS
- Rating
- 1492
- 2026 Week 11
- Record
- 4-4
- 2026 season
- Proj record
- 6-6
- 12-game season
Head coach Tre Lamb Year 2 with Tulsa
Year-2 HCs (2015-2024) averaged +0.09 W vs. preseason expectation
Season projection
- Expected wins
- 5.9
- 1.9 more wins in 4 left
- Win range (90%)
- 5 to 7
- Final rank (90%)
- #89 (75–104)
- Make playoff
- 0%
- Win conference
- 0%
Path to glory
No remaining game changes Tulsa'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 Oklahoma State Big 12 | Win, 24-10 Final |
| Wk 2 Sep 12 | at Sam Houston Conference USA | Win, 23-17 Final |
| Wk 3 Sep 20 | vs East Texas A&M Non-FBS | Win, 42-0 Final |
| Wk 4 Sep 27 | at Arkansas SEC | Loss, 6-34 Final |
| Wk 5 Oct 2 | vs North Texas American Athletic | Loss, 44-45 Final |
| Wk 6 Oct 10 | at Navy American Athletic | Loss, 26-34 Final |
| Wk 7 Oct 17 | at Rice American Athletic | Win, 38-17 Final |
| Wk 8 Oct 24 | vs Army American Athletic | Loss, 35-38 Final |
| Wk 9 | Bye | |
| Wk 10 Nov 7 | at Tulane American Athletic | |
| Wk 11 Nov 14 | vs Florida Atlantic American Athletic | |
| Wk 12 Nov 21 | vs Charlotte American Athletic | |
| Wk 13 Nov 28 | at UTSA American Athletic | |
In the news
- Gutierrez leads Navy to 20 unanswered to take down Tulsa, 34-26 (opens in a new tab)
- Navy FB vs Tulsa – Pregame Photo Gallery (opens in a new tab)
- Tulsa suffers 34-26 loss at Navy (opens in a new tab)
- Navy vs Tulsa – Pregame Warmup Photo Gallery (opens in a new tab)
- How to watch Tulsa vs Navy: Live stream NCAA College Football, TV channel (opens in a new tab)
- Navy vs. Tulsa live stream, where to watch online, CBS Sports Network channel finder (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.
If QB1 is out
GIE projects a 0.7 rating drop and a 2.6pp shift in playoff probability if Tulsa loses its QB1 for an extended stretch. (n=2 historical samples; pooled across recent seasons.)
Returning production · 2026
65 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
+0.3 rating
27 proven transfers in, carrying the production below from their prior school.
| Player | From | Impact |
|---|---|---|
| Trequan JonesRB From Old Dominion | Old Dominion | 113 |
| David Wells Jr.WR From Oregon State | Oregon State | 92 |
| Thomas DavisDL From App State | App State | 92 |
| Devin HightowerLB From UAB | UAB | 90 |
| DJ McKinneyRB From New Mexico | New Mexico | 88 |
| Javon RossWR From Bethune-Cookman | Bethune-Cookman | 62 |
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.