2025
7-5- D-I rank
- #172
- Rating
- 41.2
East Tennessee State
Southern · 5 in conference · Championship Subdivision. Athletic Vector Rankings on the shared Division I strength scale.
Playoff projection
6.9 projected wins · most likely seed 8Field
40%
Seeded
2%
Quarters
5%
Semis
2%
Final
1%
Title
<1%
24 teams: eleven conference champions take automatic bids and thirteen are chosen at large. The top eight are seeded and skip the first round. Automatic bid in 25% of runs.
Schedule
5 played · 5 to comeOpponent ranks use the selected season's current or final board.
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Projected | Win prob |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs #174Campbell | L37–49 | +14.9 | 79% |
| 3 | vs #235West Georgia | W35–27 | +3.4 | 58% |
| 4 | vs #180Western Carolina | W58–31 | +0.9 | 52% |
| 5 | vs #167Chattanooga | W14–3 | +7.6 | 68% |
| 6 | at #218The Citadel | W34–16 | +9.0 | 71% |
| 8 | at #263VMIWin chance 96% · Margin 29.0 | — | +29.0 | 96% |
| 9 | vs #146Tennessee TechWin chance 49% · Margin -0.4 | — | -0.4 | 49% |
| 10 | vs #222SamfordWin chance 91% · Margin 22.0 | — | +22.0 | 91% |
| 11 | at #166WoffordWin chance 50% · Margin 0.1 | — | +0.1 | 50% |
| 12 | at #151MercerWin chance 30% · Margin -8.7 | — | -8.7 | 30% |
Roster and position units
Roster mean 71.2 · Offense 71.6 · Defense 70.7
Mean across rated position-depth slots; missing slots excluded. AVR aggregation of vendor player grades, not a vendor-issued team grade.
Mean overall grade of each unit’s top-rated players, as of week 6. Ranks are within FCS.
QB 78.7
#40 of 125 · 1/1 players
RB 76.1
#29 of 126 · 2/2 players
WR 69.9
#57 of 126 · 3/3 players
TE 76.7
#13 of 124 · 1/1 players
OL 68.4
#29 of 125 · 5/5 players
DL 70.3
#69 of 126 · 4/4 players
LB 70.6
#70 of 126 · 3/3 players
DB 71.1
#67 of 126 · 5/5 players
offense · overall grade
- KBrock Winstead81.2
- RBTJ Peyton80.9
- QBMason Mims78.7
- QBJadyn Davis77.6
- KEwan Johnson77.1
- TEBilly Lyons76.7
- OLFrank West72.8
- WRSuderian Harrison72.0
defense · overall grade
- DBMike Jenkins80.2
- DBCJ Gilmore75.7
- LBJeremiah Curry73.1
- DLAyden Guess72.5
- DLJosh Meltzer71.2
- DLTyreek'e Robinson70.5
- DBTerian Williams II70.1
- LBJosh McCullough70.1
Past seasons
Year by year
-1.2 points since 2022
2022 42.32023 27.62024 42.22025 41.2
2024
6-5- D-I rank
- #166
- Rating
- 42.2
2023
2-8- D-I rank
- #233
- Rating
- 27.6
2022
2-8- D-I rank
- #170
- Rating
- 42.3