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American Athletic · 2026 outlook · updated Sep 8, 2026

Temple Football 2026 Season Prediction

Backdoor Cover’s college football model projects Temple to finish 6-6 in 2026, with 6.3 expected wins. That’s up 0.7 wins from our preseason number.

6-6
projected record
6.3 ▲0.7 vs preseason
win total (expected wins)

Our statistical model projects Temple to finish 6-6 in 2026, with 6.3 expected wins. The model gives Temple a 0% chance to win the American Athletic outright.

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Game-by-game

Played games show the result and whether the model called it (✓/✗). Upcoming games show win probability.

WeekOpponentResult / win prob
Wk 1vs Rhode Island93%
Wk 2vs Penn State1%
Wk 3@ Toledo65%
Wk 4vs Army19%
Wk 5@ South Florida13%
Wk 6vs UConn81%
Wk 7vs Charlotte98%
Wk 9@ East Carolina56%
Wk 10@ Navy12%
Wk 11vs UAB89%
Wk 12vs Rice82%
Wk 13@ Memphis19%

Win-total distribution

3 wins
1%
4 wins
6%
5 wins
18%
6 wins
32%
7 wins
28%
8 wins
12%
9 wins
3%

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