East Carolina Football 2026 Season Prediction
Backdoor Cover’s college football model projects East Carolina to finish 6-6 in 2026, with 5.7 expected wins. Down 2.7 wins from the preseason projection. East Carolina makes the 12-team Playoff in 0% of my simulated seasons.
The model gives East Carolina a <1% chance to win the American Athletic outright. The model has picked 3 of 6 East Carolina games correctly this season.
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East Carolina earns a first-round bye in 0% of simulations.
Game by game
Upcoming games show my model’s win probability for East Carolina. Played games show the result.
- Week 1Sat Sep 5
at AlabamaLost10-48 - Week 2Sat Sep 12
vs App StateLost24-27 - Week 3Sat Sep 19
at Old DominionWon20-17 - Week 4Sat Sep 26
vs North Carolina CentralWon42-9 - Week 6Sat Oct 10
vs RiceWon28-12 - Week 7Thu Oct 15
at UABLost17-30 - Week 8Thu Oct 22
at MemphisLost34-41 - Week 9Sat Oct 31
vs Temple58% chance East Carolina wins - Week 10Fri Nov 636% chance East Carolina wins
- Week 11Sat Nov 14
at Charlotte74% chance East Carolina wins - Week 12Sat Nov 21
at Army37% chance East Carolina wins - Week 13Fri Nov 2760% chance East Carolina wins
How many games East Carolina wins
Share of 4,000 simulated seasons ending on each regular-season win total.
Most likely: 6-6 (35% of simulations). Regular season, 12 games.
Expected wins since the preseason
From 8.4 in the preseason to 5.7 now.
How the model is doing. 232–205–7 against the spread (53.1%), 156–131 on totals (54.4%) and 317–127 straight up (71.4%) on every game this season, graded at DraftKings’ closing line.
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