CFB
Model

The Citadel

Southern · 8 in conference · Championship Subdivision. Athletic Vector Rankings on the shared Division I strength scale.

Playoff projection

3.0 projected wins
Field
<1%
Seeded
0%
Quarters
0%
Semis
0%
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

5 played · 5 to come

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

WkOpponentResult
1at#166WoffordL14–42
2vs#195Charleston SouthernL20–26
4vs#167ChattanoogaL8–27
5at#198South Carolina StateW34–31
6vs#168East Tennessee StateL16–34
8vs#146Tennessee TechWin chance 20% · Margin -14.1—
9at#151MercerWin chance 9% · Margin -22.4—
10vs#185FurmanWin chance 48% · Margin -0.7—
11at#263VMIWin chance 83% · Margin 15.4—
12at#180Western CarolinaWin chance 14% · Margin -17.6—

Roster and position units

Roster mean 66.7 · Offense 63.6 · Defense 69.7

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 83.1

#25 of 125 · 1/1 players

RB 72.5

#58 of 126 · 2/2 players

WR 62.9

#117 of 126 · 3/3 players

TE 51.5

#123 of 124 · 1/1 players

OL 59.1

#115 of 125 · 5/5 players

DL 70.2

#70 of 126 · 4/4 players

LB 71.0

#65 of 126 · 3/3 players

DB 68.6

#96 of 126 · 5/5 players

offense · overall grade

  • QBNick Billoups83.1
  • RBGavin Garcia78.4
  • WRIsmael Zamor67.5
  • KTommy DiLiegro66.8
  • RBSebastien Boyle66.5
  • RBMichael Lorino65.0
  • OLDarwin Murillo64.9
  • WRBraylon Knauth61.8

defense · overall grade

  • DLDavid Alexander76.0
  • LBJoshua Saddler75.8
  • DBKhaleb Bridges75.8
  • DLMaurice Bonneau Jr.70.6
  • LBJalen Wright69.9
  • DLEli Shereshovech IV69.1
  • DBTre' McLeod68.7
  • DBZeb Stroup67.8

Past seasons

Year by year
-1.7 points since 2022
102030405039.5202222.4202336.3202437.82025
2022 39.52023 22.42024 36.32025 37.8

2025

3-8
D-I rank
#195
Rating
37.8

2024

4-7
D-I rank
#202
Rating
36.3

2023

0-11
D-I rank
#247
Rating
22.4

2022

3-7
D-I rank
#182
Rating
39.5