Pittsburgh Panthers
FBS
Atlantic Coast Conference · PITT
Team Vitals
+20.6
power · 2026 · #34 D1
+10.2 / +10.4
off / def (higher = better)
2–0
2026 record
112
roster (2026)
Team profile 2025 · vs 136 FBS teams
Percentile against every FBS team, from 2025 play with garbage time excluded. No 2026 game has been played yet, so this describes last season.
- Win rate 57%ile 0.615
- Offense (PPA/play) 63%ile 0.201
- Defense (PPA allowed) 78%ile 0.074
- Offensive success rate 34%ile 0.405
- Defensive success rate allowed 94%ile 0.332
- Explosiveness 93%ile 1.403
- Explosiveness allowed 2%ile 1.533
- Plays per game 41%ile 60.8
median · bars right of it are above the FBS average · pace is a style, not a grade
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | Wk 3 | Syracuse FBS | HOME | Pittsburgh 83% |
| 2026-09-26 | Wk 4 | Bucknell FCS | HOME | Pittsburgh 99% |
| 2026-10-02 | Wk 5 | Virginia Tech FBS | AWAY | Pittsburgh 67% |
| 2026-10-10 | Wk 6 | North Carolina FBS | HOME | Pittsburgh 72% |
| 2026-10-17 | Wk 7 | Boston College FBS | AWAY | Pittsburgh 81% |
| 2026-10-24 | Wk 8 | Miami FBS | AWAY | Miami 74% |
| 2026-10-31 | Wk 9 | Georgia Tech FBS | HOME | Pittsburgh 74% |
| 2026-11-13 | Wk 11 | Florida State FBS | HOME | Pittsburgh 65% |
| 2026-11-21 | Wk 12 | Louisville FBS | AWAY | Louisville 58% |
| 2026-11-28 | Wk 13 | California FBS | AWAY | Pittsburgh 77% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | 2026 | Wk 2 | UCF vs | W | 12–7 |
| 2026-09-05 | 2026 | Wk 1 | Miami (OH) vs | W | 59–14 |
| 2025-12-27 | 2025 | Bowl | East Carolina @ | L | 17–23 |
| 2025-11-29 | 2025 | Wk 14 | Miami vs | L | 7–38 |
| 2025-11-22 | 2025 | Wk 13 | Georgia Tech @ | W | 42–28 |
| 2025-11-15 | 2025 | Wk 12 | Notre Dame vs | L | 15–37 |
| 2025-11-01 | 2025 | Wk 10 | Stanford @ | W | 35–20 |
| 2025-10-25 | 2025 | Wk 9 | NC State vs | W | 53–34 |
| 2025-10-18 | 2025 | Wk 8 | Syracuse @ | W | 30–13 |
| 2025-10-11 | 2025 | Wk 7 | Florida State @ | W | 34–31 |
| 2025-10-04 | 2025 | Wk 6 | Boston College vs | W | 48–7 |
| 2025-09-27 | 2025 | Wk 5 | Louisville vs | L | 27–34 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 21 | +50 |
| 2025 | 8 | 5 | 438 | 322 | +116 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 | 428 | 369 | +59 |
| 2023 | 3 | 9 | 242 | 328 | -86 |
| 2022 | 9 | 4 | 407 | 316 | +91 |
| 2021 | 11 | 3 | 580 | 331 | +249 |
| 2020 | 6 | 5 | 319 | 270 | +49 |
| 2019 | 8 | 5 | 275 | 292 | -17 |
| 2018 | 7 | 7 | 359 | 389 | -30 |
| 2017 | 5 | 7 | 287 | 319 | -32 |
| 2016 | 8 | 5 | 532 | 458 | +74 |
| 2015 | 8 | 5 | 367 | 339 | +28 |
Injuries
Not an injury report. College football has no league-wide mandated one, and the ESPN feed we poll has carried the same three players all season — so an empty table here means nothing has been reported to us, not that the team is healthy. Nothing on this page, and nothing in our model, uses it.
Player grades 2026 season
Box production, opponent-adjusted, ranked within position (50 = positional average). OL rows are team-inferred — college football publishes no individual OL box stats. Full leaderboard →
| Player | Pos | Grade | Pos rank | G | 2026 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason Heintschel | QB | 78 | #23 | 2 | 665 pass yds · 7 TD · 0 INT |
| Isaiah Neal | DL | 75 | #160 | 2 | 4 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL |
| Cataurus Hicks | WR | 73 | #117 | 2 | 8 rec · 178 yds · 1 TD |
| Damon Ferguson Jr. | RB | 72 | #94 | 2 | 81 rush yds · 1 TD · 6 rec |
| Nick James | DL | 71 | #256 | 1 | 3 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL |
| Elijah Lagg | TE | 68 | #68 | 2 | 5 rec · 40 yds · 1 TD |
| Zach Crothers | DL | 67 | #418 | 2 | 3 tkl |
| Ja'Kyrian Turner | RB | 67 | #174 | 1 | 39 rush yds · 4 rec |
| Censere Lee | WR | 66 | #265 | 2 | 7 rec · 104 yds · 1 TD |
| Cruce Brookins | DB | 65 | #484 | 2 | 9 tkl · 1 PD |
| Braylan Lovelace | LB | 64 | #330 | 2 | 8 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Malik Knight | WR | 64 | #340 | 2 | 7 rec · 73 yds · 1 TD |
| Bryce Yates | WR | 64 | #342 | 2 | 6 rec · 80 yds · 1 TD |
| Antonio Chadha | K | 60 | #101 | 2 | 2 FG · 8 XP · 14 pts |
| Josh Guerrier | DB | 60 | #777 | 2 | 9 tkl |
| Justin Cook | RB | 60 | #340 | 1 | 50 rush yds · 1 TD · 1 rec |
| DeMarco Ward | LB | 57 | #592 | 2 | 8 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Gabe Russo | P | 56 | #92 | 2 | 10 punts · 43.2 yd avg |
| Raion Strader | DB | 56 | #1035 | 2 | 6 tkl · 1 PD |
| La'Vell Wright | RB | 55 | #500 | 2 | 60 rush yds · 2 rec |
| Jaeden Moore | DL | 54 | #1270 | 2 | 1 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Alex Sanford Jr. | LB | 54 | #717 | 2 | 5 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Carson Kent | TE | 54 | #249 | 2 | 3 rec · 34 yds |
| Shadarian Harrison | DB | 53 | #1253 | 1 | 1 tkl · 1 PD |
| Shawn Lee Jr. | DB | 52 | #1322 | 2 | 7 tkl |
| Sean FitzSimmons | DL | 52 | #1507 | 2 | 5 tkl |
| Jimmy Scott | DL | 52 | #1522 | 1 | 2 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Rashan Murray | DB | 51 | #1434 | 1 | 1 INT |
| Jeremiah Marcelin | LB | 51 | #905 | 2 | 5 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 0.5 TFL |
| Demetrice McCray | WR | 47 | #1139 | 1 | 2 rec · 24 yds |
| Marcus Jennings | LB | 43 | #1285 | 1 | — |
| Lincoln Hoke | DL | 42 | #2314 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Holden Geriner | QB | 41 | #496 | 1 | 27 pass yds · 0 INT · 5 rush yds |
| Allen Bryant | DB | 40 | #2294 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Tony Forney | DB | 40 | #2295 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Sam Hunsaker | K | 39 | #310 | 1 | 1 XP · 1 pts |
| Abe Ibrahim | LB | 38 | #1466 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Tony Kinsler | WR | 38 | #1519 | 1 | 1 rec · 6 yds |
| Ty Yuhas | DL | 34 | #2861 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Josh Pittman | DL | 34 | #2862 | 1 | 1 tkl |