Cincinnati Bearcats
FBS
Big 12 Conference · CIN
Team Vitals
+16.3
power · 2026 · #51 D1
+8.9 / +7.5
off / def (higher = better)
2–0
2026 record
110
roster (2026)
Team profile 2025 · vs 136 FBS teams
Percentile against every FBS team, from 2025 play with garbage time excluded. No 2026 game has been played yet, so this describes last season.
- Win rate 43%ile 0.538
- Offense (PPA/play) 89%ile 0.323
- Defense (PPA allowed) 26%ile 0.205
- Offensive success rate 88%ile 0.480
- Defensive success rate allowed 15%ile 0.450
- Explosiveness 77%ile 1.351
- Explosiveness allowed 91%ile 1.149
- Plays per game 15%ile 56.2
median · bars right of it are above the FBS average · pace is a style, not a grade
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | Wk 3 | Miami (OH) FBS | HOME | Cincinnati 78% |
| 2026-09-26 | Wk 4 | Kansas State FBS | HOME | Kansas State 64% |
| 2026-10-03 | Wk 5 | Arizona FBS | AWAY | Arizona 70% |
| 2026-10-17 | Wk 7 | West Virginia FBS | AWAY | Cincinnati 61% |
| 2026-10-24 | Wk 8 | Texas Tech FBS | HOME | Texas Tech 70% |
| 2026-10-31 | Wk 9 | Utah FBS | HOME | Utah 77% |
| 2026-11-07 | Wk 10 | Houston FBS | AWAY | Cincinnati 51% |
| 2026-11-14 | Wk 11 | Iowa State FBS | AWAY | Iowa State 68% |
| 2026-11-21 | Wk 12 | Colorado FBS | HOME | Cincinnati 59% |
| 2026-11-28 | Wk 13 | BYU FBS | AWAY | BYU 74% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | 2026 | Wk 2 | Western Carolina vs | W | 62–10 |
| 2026-09-05 | 2026 | Wk 1 | Boston College vs | W | 34–15 |
| 2026-01-02 | 2025 | Bowl | Navy vs | L | 13–35 |
| 2025-11-29 | 2025 | Wk 14 | TCU @ | L | 23–45 |
| 2025-11-22 | 2025 | Wk 13 | BYU vs | L | 14–26 |
| 2025-11-15 | 2025 | Wk 12 | Arizona vs | L | 24–30 |
| 2025-11-01 | 2025 | Wk 10 | Utah @ | L | 14–45 |
| 2025-10-25 | 2025 | Wk 9 | Baylor vs | W | 41–20 |
| 2025-10-18 | 2025 | Wk 8 | Oklahoma State @ | W | 49–17 |
| 2025-10-11 | 2025 | Wk 7 | UCF vs | W | 20–11 |
| 2025-10-04 | 2025 | Wk 6 | Iowa State vs | W | 38–30 |
| 2025-09-27 | 2025 | Wk 5 | Kansas @ | W | 37–34 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 25 | +71 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 | 394 | 333 | +61 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 302 | 295 | +7 |
| 2023 | 3 | 9 | 289 | 360 | -71 |
| 2022 | 9 | 4 | 380 | 268 | +112 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1 | 516 | 236 | +280 |
| 2020 | 9 | 1 | 375 | 168 | +207 |
| 2019 | 11 | 3 | 415 | 288 | +127 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2 | 454 | 224 | +230 |
| 2017 | 4 | 8 | 251 | 382 | -131 |
| 2016 | 4 | 8 | 232 | 323 | -91 |
| 2015 | 7 | 6 | 440 | 405 | +35 |
Injuries
Not an injury report. College football has no league-wide mandated one, and the ESPN feed we poll has carried the same three players all season — so an empty table here means nothing has been reported to us, not that the team is healthy. Nothing on this page, and nothing in our model, uses it.
Player grades 2026 season
Box production, opponent-adjusted, ranked within position (50 = positional average). OL rows are team-inferred — college football publishes no individual OL box stats. Full leaderboard →
| Player | Pos | Grade | Pos rank | G | 2026 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gi'Bran Payne | RB | 74 | #70 | 2 | 210 rush yds · 2 TD · 2 rec |
| Josh Hough | DL | 73 | #206 | 2 | 7 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 1.5 TFL |
| JV Gibson | WR | 72 | #129 | 2 | 9 rec · 133 yds · 2 TD |
| Jonathan Thompson | LB | 71 | #144 | 2 | 14 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL |
| JC French IV | QB | 71 | #56 | 2 | 322 pass yds · 3 TD · 0 INT |
| MJ Cannon | DB | 69 | #321 | 2 | 4 tkl · 2 PD · 1 INT |
| Antwan Peek Jr. | LB | 67 | #244 | 2 | 14 tkl |
| Drew Logan | DL | 66 | #455 | 1 | 3 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL |
| Stephen Rusnak | K | 66 | #59 | 2 | 2 FG · 12 XP · 18 pts |
| Max Fletcher | P | 66 | #41 | 2 | 5 punts · 52.4 yd avg |
| Patrick Bauer | DL | 65 | #517 | 2 | 6 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Thomas Johnson | DL | 64 | #563 | 1 | 4 tkl |
| Damaine Wilson | LB | 64 | #346 | 2 | 11 tkl |
| Simeon Coleman | LB | 62 | #387 | 2 | 13 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Cole Tabb | RB | 60 | #342 | 2 | 109 rush yds · 1 TD |
| Jasper Beeler | DB | 60 | #778 | 2 | 8 tkl · 1 PD |
| Marquaze Parker | DL | 59 | #913 | 1 | 1 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Zylan Perry | RB | 59 | #374 | 2 | 97 rush yds · 1 TD · 1 rec |
| Jacob Finley | DB | 58 | #886 | 2 | 10 tkl |
| Marqavious Saboor | LB | 57 | #597 | 2 | 4 tkl |
| Filip Maciorowski | LB | 57 | #599 | 2 | 7 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 0.5 TFL |
| Lyviel Waters | TE | 56 | #209 | 1 | 1 rec · 2 yds · 1 TD |
| Zion Johnson | RB | 56 | #456 | 2 | 57 rush yds · 1 TD · 1 rec |
| Chidera Otutu | DL | 54 | #1282 | 2 | 4 tkl |
| Malachi Henry | WR | 53 | #819 | 2 | 3 rec · 87 yds |
| Liam O'Brien | QB | 50 | #329 | 1 | 18 pass yds · 0 INT · 23 rush yds |
| Kenny Worthy | DB | 50 | #1509 | 2 | 4 tkl |
| Samaj Jones | QB | 49 | #356 | 2 | 9 pass yds · 0 INT · 58 rush yds |
| Isaiah Johnson | WR | 49 | #1020 | 2 | 6 rec · 19 yds |
| Jonathan Rulo | DL | 48 | #1820 | 2 | 4 tkl |
| CJ Crite | DB | 48 | #1696 | 1 | 1 tkl · 1 PD |
| Gavin Grover | TE | 47 | #364 | 2 | 2 rec · 20 yds |
| Larenzo Fenner | WR | 46 | #1174 | 2 | 4 rec · 13 yds |
| Cade Wolford | WR | 46 | #1188 | 2 | 4 rec · 18 yds |
| Keegan Horn | DL | 43 | #2284 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| KK Meier | DB | 42 | #2132 | 2 | 3 tkl |
| Brian Simms III | DL | 42 | #2373 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Giyahni Kontosis | WR | 41 | #1417 | 2 | 2 rec · 13 yds |
| Patrick Williams | DB | 39 | #2335 | 1 | — |
| Devyn Zahursky | TE | 38 | #488 | 1 | 1 rec · 9 yds |