Toledo Rockets

Toledo is No. 75 of 138 in the model after week 6 (4-2, 1-1 in conference play). Its projected final record is 8.0-4.0, with a 9% chance to win out and a 0% chance to make the playoff.

Updated · See Toledo in the full rankings

2026 at a glance

  • #75in the model (▼22 from last week)
  • 8.0-4.0projected final record
  • −2.1points vs. an average FBS team, neutral field
  • 0%chance to make the playoff

Scouting report: Toledo's best unit is its run defense (No. 52 in FBS); its weakest is its pass defense (No. 107). Overall, the offense ranks No. 77 and the defense No. 92, adjusted for opponents. These ranks rest on 6 games, so expect them to move week to week.

Résumé: No. 82, by wins above what a typical top-25 team would expect against Toledo's schedule. That measures what the record is worth; the power rank (No. 75) measures how good the team is.

Deserved wins: playing the way it has, Toledo would usually have won 3.9 games; it has won 4.

Postseason odds: 14% to win the Mid-American, 0% to make the 12-team playoff, 0% to earn a first-round bye and 0% to win the national title. 98% to reach 6 wins. (Model estimates; how the playoff odds work.)

Rank by week: Wk 1: 43 → Wk 2: 59 → Wk 3: 68 → Wk 4: 55 → Wk 5: 53 → Wk 6: 75
Week 1: No. 43Week 2: No. 59Week 3: No. 68Week 4: No. 55Week 5: No. 53Week 6: No. 75

Rankings for weeks 1-6 were rebuilt after launch from games through each week; later weeks are published live.

Season stats

  • 36.7points per game
  • 25.2points allowed per game
  • 43%offensive success rate
  • 35%success rate allowed

Success rate: share of plays that keep an offense on schedule (half the yards needed on first down, 70% on second, all of it on third or fourth). Garbage time excluded.

Leaders

  • Passing: John Alan Richter, 1,565 yards, 13 TD, 1 INT
  • Rushing: Connor Walendzak, 386 yards on 67 carries, 7 TD
  • Receiving: Adjatay Dabbs, 27 catches, 402 yards, 4 TD

Schedule and win odds

WeekOpponentResult or win chancePlayed like
1at Michigan StateL 20-3021% win
2vs Central ConnecticutW 63-1099% win
3vs TempleW 49-4855% win
4vs San Diego StateW 41-16100% win
5at Ball StateW 39-2491% win
6vs BuffaloL 8-2321% win
7at Eastern Michigan63% to win
8vs Western Michigan52% to win
10at Sacramento State89% to win
11vs Massachusetts65% to win
12vs Bowling Green78% to win
13at Ohio48% to win

Win chances come from the model's current ratings, including home field. Played like: how often a team wins a game it played the way it played this one, based on the box score. Rankings shown are the model's.

Mid-American in the model

#TeamRecordConf.Projected
65Western Michigan4-22-08.3-3.7
89Ohio4-22-08.1-3.9
98Miami (OH)3-31-16.5-5.5
99Massachusetts4-21-27.4-4.6
115Eastern Michigan4-33-06.0-6.0
119Central Michigan3-31-16.1-5.9
122Buffalo3-31-16.0-6.0
125Bowling Green2-42-04.4-7.6
126Kent State2-41-24.8-7.2
131Ball State1-50-23.5-8.5
134Akron1-50-22.4-9.6
138Sacramento State1-50-32.1-9.9

This week's picks and rankings

Every week's top 25, game of the week and picks are in the weekly breakdown. Latest: Week 7 college football picks and power rankings: the model's case for LSU.

How the model works: each team starts from a preseason rating (last season, returning production, roster talent), and every game moves it using the final margin and play-by-play efficiency, adjusted for opponents. Projections simulate the rest of the season 10,000 times. More on the method. Data from CollegeFootballData.com.