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Old Dominion Monarchs

Sun Belt·1-1·
Elo
1336#110
SP+
-6.2#88
FPI
-6.1
AP
NR
Nextvs East Carolina · Wk 3Win prob 57%Model -2.8
Talent #122 (544.3)Recruiting class #969% production returning

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Old Dominion won here last year against a different defense

Matchup · 5d ago

Quinn Henicle was responsible for 24 of Old Dominion's 31 points

Matchup · 6d ago

Roster · 110 players

FR 42SO 24JR 32SR 12
#PlayerPosClHtWt
2Jaxon PotterQBJR6'5"215
4Ryan HuffQBFR6'3"221
9Brooklyn NaceQBFR6'2"199
10Quinn HenicleQBSO6'2"215
18Landen AbernathyQBFR6'2"192
3Devin RocheRBJR5'7"172
5Maurki JamesRBSO6'1"210
6Trey HallRBSR5'11"190
20CJ Jackson IIIRBFR5'9"180
26Ja'Varien SalterRBJR5'9"190
28Troy MarquezRBSO5'10"194
0Zion AgnewWRJR5'9"167
1JJ HarrellWRSO6'0"205
7Kendall HarrisWRJR6'1"200
8Josh RodriguezWRFR6'0"193
11TJ JohnsonWRSR6'3"191
12BJ BedgoodWRFR6'0"177
14Zialis BlackmonWRFR6'3"191
17Sidney MbanasorWRSR6'5"217
19Brayden MyovelaWRFR6'2"201
21Steven BenguWRFR5'8"151
81Leroy LewisWRFR6'0"170
82Trevion CampbellWRFR6'0"175
83Ryan ThomasWRFR6'1"175
87Khaleed CashWRFR6'0"180
13Lonnie JohnsonTESO6'4"242
36Chase JoppTEFR6'2"215
43TJ SinkusTEFR6'3"250
80Chris WarrenTEFR6'2"220
84Taysean JonesTEFR6'3"211
86Leon Haughton Jr.TESR6'4"227
88Karl PetersonTEJR6'3"232
89Nathan HartmanTEJR6'5"250
50Brayden WalkerOLSO6'2"297
56Omar BenderOLJR6'3"334
58Dory Lewis-WilsonOLFR6'1"293
60Braden EllisOLFR6'5"300
62Joey McGowanOLFR6'6"295
64Anderson BloomquistOLFR6'3"290
66Mason ThrushOLJR6'3"295
69Logan CoxOLJR6'4"328
70Khi'Len GatesOLJR6'1"294
71Jack SheehanOLFR6'6"310
72Kendrick HallOLJR6'5"299
73Connor DrakeOLJR6'6"325
74Carson BradleyOLJR6'6"315
75Demorrsion BrownOLSO6'3"308
76Bubba CraigOLJR6'6"312
77Wesley LattusOLFR6'5"285
78Keegan ParkerOLFR6'7"275
79Raykwon GoldthwaiteOLSR6'8"305
4Javen GibsonDLSR6'2"245
9DeAndre LynchDLJR6'3"300
31BJ CampbellDLSO6'5"235
40Hunter MaleckiDLSO6'3"255
44Bucci FarmerDLSO6'1"310
51Idrissa KamaraDLSO6'0"245
88Malachi HarrisDLFR6'2"260
90Chris ForbesDLSO6'1"290
91Gavin HarrisonDLFR6'4"225
92Lucas BanksDLFR6'1"242
93Chris HilliardDLFR6'2"283
94Lorenzo McFadden-PressleyDLSO6'0"305
95Ahmaad FosterDLSO6'4"280
97LeDarrion MenterDLSO6'2"260
98DJ ThompsonDLJR6'2"255
0Mario ThompsonLBJR6'0"210
6Montrell ChapmanLBSR6'3"231
10Koa NaotalaLBSR5'11"230
13Jed Olotu-JudahLBSO6'1"220
17De'Veion McLilley-BuloLBJR5'10"205
18Jackson ForrestLBSO6'0"225
22AJ AshworthLBSO6'0"230
24Dirrick GoodmanLBJR6'0"215
32Ja'Mez DrummerLBSR6'1"226
34Jeremiah DeeseLBFR6'2"196
35LaDarius Adams IILBFR6'1"225
38Landon KehoeLBFR6'0"215
41Gage SawyersLBJR6'0"190
42Talan BabinLBFR6'1"215
1Zion FrinkCBJR6'0"190
5Brandon CrutchfieldCBJR5'10"175
8Greg JohnsonCBJR5'10"188
15Je'Hahj SherrillCBFR6'0"173
20Jivan BalyCBSO5'11"170
21Eddie GuerraCBFR5'11"180
23Jorian HaynesCBJR5'9"180
26Justin WattsCBSO6'0"170
27Kingston GregoryCBFR6'1"160
28Chris BoykinsCBSO5'10"177
33Shaq LeaksCBFR5'11"166
2Daevon IlesSJR5'11"190
3Mario EasterlySSR6'0"196
7Ryan RameySJR5'10"190
11Kollin CollierSJR6'0"191
12Asher HornSJR6'0"205
14Daniel PickensSSO6'1"187
16Trey CaverSJR6'0"195
19Lucas StruckSJR6'0"200
25Will PhillipsSFR6'2"182
29Tavares Murray Jr.SFR5'10"175
39Martrez Chavious-FennerSFR5'11"187
48Mason FortePKFR5'10"187
49Brayden ZirklePKFR6'0"195
93Nathanial EichnerPKSR5'9"160
99Andrew NelmsPKSO6'2"195
96Ian BrandtPJR6'2"201
97Mikhail IakovlevPSO5'11"190
30Brendan DurkinLSSR6'2"226
47Ashten DunmanLSFR5'9"200

Team Statistics · per game, with national FBS rank

Points / game
26.0
scoring offense
Points allowed
27.0
scoring defense
Differential
-1.0
per game
Offense
Total yards / game
314.5#119
Yards / play
5.9#76
Passing yards / game
162.0#120
Rushing yards / game
152.5#78
First downs / game
13.5#130
3rd down %
40.9%#70
4th down %
66.7%#41
Time of possession
24:39#133
Defense
Yards allowed / game
318.0#65
Yards / play allowed
4.4#40
Pass yards allowed / game
210.5#74
Rush yards allowed / game
107.5#62
3rd down % allowed
38.9%#83
Sacks
7#11
Tackles for loss
21#5
Turnovers & Discipline
Turnover margin
0#68
Takeaways
5#9
Giveaways
5#124
Penalties / game
6.0#47
Penalty yards / game
55.0#68

Rank is national among all FBS teams (#1 = best), oriented so higher rank = better even for defensive and discipline metrics. Bars show percentile.

Scouting Report · 2026 projection

balanced

Old Dominion is in year 7 under Ricky Rahne, whose offenses have been balanced. The strengths are on both sides of the ball, led by 2nd at keeping everything in front of them. The way in is 106th at hitting chunk plays.

On fourth down he goes for it about as often as his peers do from the same spots (−2.2%). Against what the expected-points model recommends he is −32.0% — the profession as a whole is negative on this.

Old Dominion has played 1 game against a genuinely tough slate, adjusted for here. That football carries about 0% of what is below; the rest is still the preseason projection.

Projected strengths

  • Defensehitting chunk plays
    #2
    projected
  • Defensesurviving second and twelve
    #16
    projected
  • Offensegetting stopped at the line
    #19
    projected

Projected soft spots

  • Offensehitting chunk plays
    #106
    projected

Each bar is where this team sits in the country. Before the season has produced enough football these are PROJECTIONS — last season regressed to the mean, plus talent, returning production, recruiting and whether the staff is the same one — and the season replaces them as it is played. Head coaches only — there is no free feed for coordinators, so on a program where the head coach does not call the offense this describes the staff he hired. Play-calling identity is a style, not a grade: throwing more than the situations warrant is not better than throwing less than they warrant.

2026 Season Projection

model win prob · 10 to play
6.65.4
projected final record (now 11)
Exp. wins left
5.6
of 10 games
Bowl odds
76%
reach 6 wins
Best odds
73%
vs Georgia Southern
Toughest
40%
vs Marshall

How the season could finish · 2026 · chance of each final win total · 10 games left

Every remaining game simulated from the model's win probability for it. Tallest bar is the single likeliest finish, not a prediction that it happens.

1234567891011
final winstallest bar = 25% chance
Likeliest finish 7-5 (25%)Bowl eligible 76% · marked on the axis at 6

Player Value

EPA contribution by position group + estimated NIL market value (derived from position rates and on-field production — not actual deal figures).

Unit Value — Total EPA
QBQuinn Henicle, Ryan Huff
+30.2 EPA
WRJJ Harrell, Kendall Harris +2
+12.0 EPA
TELeon Haughton Jr.
+6.9 EPA
RBDevin Roche, Trey Hall +1
-3.0 EPA

Total EPA produced by each positional group this season. OL value is captured via the rush/pass efficiency of skill players; OL-specific EPA isn't separately reported.

Estimated NIL Market Value
ESTIMATED
EPA +32.10.714/play45 snaps

Estimated from position-group market rates and on-field EPA contribution. Actual NIL valuations depend on social media following, brand fit, and market negotiations — these figures are directional only.

The Five Factors

ranked vs. FBS · bar = better
Efficiency (PPA)
Off0.2558th#59
Def0.0466th#48
Explosiveness
Off1.6699th#3
Def1.3331st#96
Field position
Off70.464th#51
Def66.791st#14
Finishing (pts/opp)
Off3.3827th#101
Def3.6236th#88
Turnovers
Won 5Lost 5
Margin 0

Opponent-adjusted efficiency

EPA/play vs. schedule
Offense
Defense
Off · pass
0.4465th#49
Off · rush
0.1859th#57

Pass vs. rush (PPA)

Rushing
Off0.1859th#57
Def-0.1274th#36
Passing
Off0.4466th#48
Def0.2444th#78

Trenches & disruption

Line yards (off)
1.37#138
2nd-level / open-field
1.42 / 2.31
Power / stuff (off)
40.0% / 30.9%
Havoc — total (def)
20.0%#35
Havoc — front 7 / DB
16.7% / 3.3%

Standard vs. passing downs

Pro
Std downs
Off-0.01
Def-0.20
Pass downs
Off0.75
Def0.47

PPA on each down type (off vs. def).

Opponent-adjusted by down

Pro
1st2nd3rd
Offense-0.09#1150.20#761.07#11
Defense-0.36#40.15#750.55#98

Elo Trajectory

Norfolk StateFinal
Elo rating 13361289-47 over season

Team Fingerprint · 2026 · 43 opponent-adjusted metrics · percentile vs 138 FBS teams

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worst in FBSbest

Efficiency

  • Offense EPA/play0.1738th
  • Defense EPA/play allowed-0.0072nd
  • Offense success rate37%20th
  • Defense success rate allowed32%79th

Downs

  • Offense success — standard downs35%4th
  • Offense success — passing downs43%87th
  • Defense success allowed — standard downs33%86th
  • Defense success allowed — passing downs30%36th

Explosiveness

  • Offense explosiveness1.594th
  • Defense explosiveness allowed1.337th
  • Offense explosiveness — standard downs1.498th
  • Offense explosiveness — passing downs1.943rd

Trenches

  • Offense line yards1.11st
  • Defense line yards allowed2.280th
  • Offense highlight yards2.285th
  • Defense highlight yards allowed1.134th
  • Offense power success0.337th
  • Defense power success allowed0.5078th
  • Offense stuff rate0.341st
  • Defense stuff rate0.2986th

Third down

  • Third down conversion43%50th
  • Third down distance faced8.012th
  • Third down conversion allowed42%29th
  • Third down distance forced7.452nd

Halves

  • Net success rate — first half0.0546th
  • Net success rate — second half0.1061st

Drives

  • Points per drive2.048th
  • Points per drive allowed3.715th
  • Average starting field position2411th
  • Opponent starting field position396th
  • Available yards gained33%18th
  • Available yards allowed59%28th
  • Scoring opportunities per drive67%21st
  • Scoring opportunities allowed90%29th
  • Points per scoring opportunity3.062nd
  • Points allowed per opportunity4.118th
  • Three-and-out rate42%13th
  • Three-and-outs forced10%12th

Roster

  • Returning usage31%39th
  • Returning EPA32.816th
  • Team talent composite54412th
  • Recruiting class rank96.031st
  • Recruiting class points17931st

Every metric is opponent-adjusted and ranked so that higher is always better — a defensive rate that is good when low is ranked accordingly. Sack and tackle-for-loss composition are deliberately absent: their relationship to team quality is a measured null, so they carry a style rather than a rank, and they appear in the pressure signature instead.

Intelligence Report

Offensive DNA

EPA/play
+0.245#59 · average
Pass EPA/play
+0.441#48
Rush EPA/play
+0.181#57
Explosiveness
1.658#3
Pts/opportunity
3.38#101
Success rate
39.5%

Pass efficiency edge: 0.260 EPA/play

🛡

Defensive Identity

EPA/play allowed
+0.045#48 · above avg
Havoc rate (total)
20.0%#35
Front-7 havoc
16.7%
DB havoc
3.3%
Big play rate allowed
1.328#96
Success rate allowed
33.3%

Disruption comes primarily from the front seven.

📊

Season Signature

26.0 PPG offense, 27.0 allowed — -1.0 margin/game
Points per game
26.0
Points allowed/game
27.0
Scoring margin/game
-1.0
Turnover margin
+0won 5 · lost 5
Production returning
9%
Talent rank (247)
#122

1-1 record through 2 games.

Team Shape · percentile vs. FBS · dashed = 50th

OFFENSE58thEXPLOSIVENESS99thFINISHING27thFIELD POS64thDEFENSE66thHAVOC75th50th100th
Offense
58th
Explosiveness
99th
Finishing
27th
Field Pos
64th
Defense
66th
Havoc
75th

Each axis = national percentile rank. 100th = best in FBS, 0th = worst. Defense and Havoc are oriented so higher = better.

CORE efficiency · situation and opponent removed

Points per 100 plays above average, after the game state is regressed out of every snap and the schedule is solved out across the whole league. The version of this team’s efficiency that can be compared to a team it never played.

Overall
+3.1
#58
Offense
+0.5
#61
Defense
-2.6
#59
Full CORE ratings →

What a possession is worth · 12 drives

MeasureOffenseDefense
Points per drive2.003.70
Starting field positionown 23.8own 38.5
Available yards33.4%59.1%
Scoring opportunities66.7%90.0%
Points per opportunity3.004.11
Three-and-out rate41.7%10.0%
Every team’s drive efficiency →

National Landscape · 2026 FBS · offense vs. defense EPA/play

Each dot = one FBS team. Old Dominion is highlighted. Tap or hover a dot for details.

ELITEDEF. FORTRESSOFF. POWERHOUSEREBUILDING-0.100.00+0.10+0.20+0.30-0.050.00+0.10+0.20Offensive EPA/play← worsebetter →Defensive EPA allowed/play← worsebetter →

Similar Programs

Teams with the closest offense + defense efficiency profile to Old Dominion in 2026

by EPA/play distance
UCLASP+ +9.2
Off EPA/play +0.263Def EPA/play +0.045Elo 1438
Match
99%
Coastal CarolinaSP+ -12.1
Off EPA/play +0.253Def EPA/play +0.065Elo 1270
Match
99%
Arizona StateSP+ +8.7
Off EPA/play +0.278Def EPA/play +0.057Elo 1572
Match
98%
OregonSP+ +23.9
Off EPA/play +0.217Def EPA/play +0.069Elo 1873
Match
98%
TCUSP+ +3.9
Off EPA/play +0.228Def EPA/play +0.081Elo 1595
Match
98%
Louisiana TechSP+ -3.8
Off EPA/play +0.222Def EPA/play -0.000Elo 1454
Match
97%

Similarity = normalized Euclidean distance on season offensive and defensive EPA/play. Teams within ±0.02 EPA/play on both units score >90%.

Program Trajectory · CORE rating · 20152026 · points per game vs an average FBS team

2015: -16.4, #106 of 1282016: -2.6, #76 of 1282017: -22.8, #123 of 1302018: -20.2, #121 of 1302019: -30.3, #126 of 1302021: -5.2, #87 of 1302022: -12.3, #107 of 1312023: -3.3, #79 of 1332024: +2.4, #58 of 1342025: +18.9, #17 of 1362026: +3.1, #58 of 138
20152026
Now +3.1 · #58 of 138Best +18.9 in 2025Worst -30.3 in 2019

Program History

recent seasons
YearOverallConfWin %xWLuck
20261-00-0
100%
1.0+0.0
202510-36-2
77%
9.8+0.2
20245-74-4
42%
6.0-1.0
20236-75-3
46%
5.4+0.6
20223-92-6
25%
1.5+1.5
20216-75-3
46%
6.9-0.9
20191-110-8
8%
2.2-1.2
20184-82-6
33%
4.4-0.4
20175-73-5
42%
5.3-0.3
201610-37-1
77%
9.4+0.6

xW = expected wins from per-game dominance. Luck = actual − expected (positive = won close games).

0.7%of 50,000 simulated 2026 seasons end with them in the field

0-1 so far, projected to finish 6.7-5.5. Wins the Sun Belt in 7.6%.

If they finish with…

43%
1 loss
3.2%
2 losses
0%
3 losses
0%
4 losses

Their chance of making it at each final loss count.

Win out and it is 43%. One bid goes to the best champion outside the four power leagues, so running the table only enters them into that argument.

down 0.9 points since preseason.

  • At 1 loss they are 43% where the average Sun Belt team is 36%.
  • The Sun Belt takes 0.20 bids in an average season.
  • One bid goes to the best champion outside the P4. They take it in 0.7% of seasons, having won their league in 98% of those.

Old Dominion’s own turning points

Points of playoff probability between winning and losing.

  • wk4vs James Madison1.8
  • wk8at Louisiana Tech1.6
  • wk6at App State1.4
  • wk3vs East Carolina1.3
  • wk10at Coastal Carolina1.2
  • wk7vs Georgia Southern1.2

Who to root for

Games Old Dominion is not in that move its odds most. Same units, much smaller scale.

  • wk3Oklahoma over New Mexico0.4
  • wk6Maryland over Ohio State0.4
  • wk5Charlotte over Memphis0.3
  • wk9Texas State over Boise State0.3
  • wk6Southern Miss over Troy0.3
  • wk9Rutgers over Michigan0.3
The full playoff picture →

Sun Belt

East division · 0-0 in league play, projected 4.5-3.55 of 14 by title odds
7.6%
Wins the Sun Belt
14%
Reaches the title game

The Sun Belt keeps divisions (East and West) and sends the winner of each — so Old Dominion can finish with the league’s second-best record and still stay home. The last berth is level on percentage in 46% of simulated seasons, so a tiebreaker decides it about that often.

  • wk4James Madison at Old Dominion17.9
  • wk6Old Dominion at App State11.9
  • wk8Old Dominion at Louisiana Tech10.6
  • wk7Georgia Southern at Old Dominion10.2

Points of title probability riding on each result. The whole Sun Belt race →

If not the playoff, then

70%
Bowl eligible
69%
Placed in a bowl
0.7%
In the playoff
31%
Season over in November

Old Dominion is 1-1 and needs 5 more wins from 10 games to reach the six that make a team eligible — at most one of which may come against an FCS opponent.

  • Frisco Bowl11%
  • New Orleans Bowl9.1%
  • Cure Bowl8.7%
  • Myrtle Beach Bowl8.0%
  • Boca Raton Bowl7.5%
  • New Mexico Bowl7.4%

Every bowl, and how each one picks →

Recruiting Pipelines

since 2010

Of the 170 high-school programs with a pipeline page here, 6 have sent Old Dominion a player since 2010 — 12 signees between them. Where they signed, not where they were offered, and not a complete list of Old Dominion's feeder schools: only these 170 have the outcome history to measure.

High schoolSignedDrafted
HeritageCA30
Archbishop CarrollDC20
Fork Union Military AcademyVA20
Imhotep InstitutePA20
Timber CreekNJ20
TempleTX11
All 170 high-school pipelines →
✓/✗ = whether our pregame model picked the winner. Win % & projections from the Gridpex model. Data: CollegeFootballData.