CFB
Model

Nicholls

Southland · 9 in conference · Championship Subdivision. Athletic Vector Rankings on the shared Division I strength scale.

Playoff projection

4.5 projected wins
Field
1%
Seeded
0%
Quarters
<1%
Semis
<1%
Final
0%
Title
0%

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 <1% of runs.

Schedule

4 played · 6 to come

Opponent ranks use the selected season's current or final board.

WkOpponentResult
1vs#262Mississippi Valley StateW44–10
2vs#162UT Rio Grande ValleyW31–28
4vs#152LamarL18–49
5at#213Houston ChristianL2–16
7vs#105Stephen F. AustinWin chance 19% · Margin -14.6—
8at#258Northwestern StateWin chance 81% · Margin 14.5—
9at#194McNeeseWin chance 41% · Margin -3.9—
10vs#227East Texas A&MWin chance 64% · Margin 5.7—
11at#179Incarnate WordWin chance 27% · Margin -10.2—
12vs#172SE LouisianaWin chance 30% · Margin -8.5—

Roster and position units

Roster mean 68.8 · Offense 67.1 · Defense 70.5

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 66.0

#86 of 125 · 1/1 players

RB 66.7

#104 of 126 · 2/2 players

WR 69.0

#64 of 126 · 3/3 players

TE 68.5

#39 of 124 · 1/1 players

OL 66.1

#46 of 125 · 5/5 players

DL 64.9

#119 of 126 · 4/4 players

LB 74.6

#34 of 126 · 3/3 players

DB 72.4

#48 of 126 · 5/5 players

offense · overall grade

  • WRJordan Smith75.1
  • KJoshua Bellanger74.4
  • OLTrace Wegmann70.1
  • TEDevin Scura68.5
  • OLJacob Hood67.8
  • RBShane Lee67.4
  • WRJackson Dufrene66.3
  • KKingston Phan66.3

defense · overall grade

  • LBCharlie Diedrich77.1
  • LBTrent Santos76.5
  • DBJhamal Shelby Jr.75.1
  • DBKristian Dillard74.7
  • DBKristerphor Griffin72.6
  • DBKasai Jones70.7
  • DLLionel Williams70.7
  • LBKevin Martin70.1

Past seasons

Year by year
+8.9 points since 2022
203040506031.4202242.1202342.5202440.32025
2022 31.42023 42.12024 42.52025 40.3

2025

4-8
D-I rank
#180
Rating
40.3

2024

4-8
D-I rank
#163
Rating
42.5

2023

7-4
D-I rank
#176
Rating
42.1

2022

3-8
D-I rank
#216
Rating
31.4