Baylor Bears
FBS
Big 12 Conference · BAY
Team Vitals
+17.3
power · 2026 · #47 D1
+9.6 / +7.7
off / def (higher = better)
1–1
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 31%ile 0.417
- Offense (PPA/play) 62%ile 0.201
- Defense (PPA allowed) 43%ile 0.177
- Offensive success rate 68%ile 0.449
- Defensive success rate allowed 26%ile 0.438
- Explosiveness 61%ile 1.292
- Explosiveness allowed 89%ile 1.164
- Plays per game 98%ile 71.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | Wk 3 | Louisiana Tech FBS | HOME | Baylor 80% |
| 2026-09-26 | Wk 4 | Colorado FBS | HOME | Baylor 60% |
| 2026-10-03 | Wk 5 | Arizona State FBS | AWAY | Baylor 53% |
| 2026-10-17 | Wk 7 | TCU FBS | HOME | Baylor 54% |
| 2026-10-24 | Wk 8 | Kansas FBS | AWAY | Baylor 64% |
| 2026-10-30 | Wk 9 | UCF FBS | AWAY | Baylor 54% |
| 2026-11-07 | Wk 10 | Iowa State FBS | HOME | Iowa State 57% |
| 2026-11-14 | Wk 11 | BYU FBS | AWAY | BYU 72% |
| 2026-11-21 | Wk 12 | Texas Tech FBS | HOME | Texas Tech 68% |
| 2026-11-28 | Wk 13 | Houston FBS | AWAY | Baylor 54% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | 2026 | Wk 2 | Prairie View A&M vs | W | 44–3 |
| 2026-09-05 | 2026 | Wk 1 | Auburn @ | L | 16–17 |
| 2025-11-29 | 2025 | Wk 14 | Houston vs | L | 24–31 |
| 2025-11-22 | 2025 | Wk 13 | Arizona @ | L | 17–41 |
| 2025-11-15 | 2025 | Wk 12 | Utah vs | L | 28–55 |
| 2025-11-01 | 2025 | Wk 10 | UCF vs | W | 30–3 |
| 2025-10-25 | 2025 | Wk 9 | Cincinnati @ | L | 20–41 |
| 2025-10-18 | 2025 | Wk 8 | TCU @ | L | 36–42 |
| 2025-10-04 | 2025 | Wk 6 | Kansas State vs | W | 35–34 |
| 2025-09-27 | 2025 | Wk 5 | Oklahoma State @ | W | 45–27 |
| 2025-09-20 | 2025 | Wk 4 | Arizona State vs | L | 24–27 |
| 2025-09-13 | 2025 | Wk 3 | Samford vs | W | 42–7 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 20 | +40 |
| 2025 | 5 | 7 | 373 | 391 | -18 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 | 447 | 347 | +100 |
| 2023 | 3 | 9 | 277 | 400 | -123 |
| 2022 | 6 | 7 | 418 | 349 | +69 |
| 2021 | 12 | 2 | 443 | 256 | +187 |
| 2020 | 2 | 7 | 210 | 263 | -53 |
| 2019 | 11 | 3 | 471 | 277 | +194 |
| 2018 | 7 | 6 | 384 | 412 | -28 |
| 2017 | 1 | 11 | 292 | 431 | -139 |
| 2016 | 7 | 6 | 450 | 377 | +73 |
| 2015 | 10 | 3 | 625 | 368 | +257 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Freeman | WR | 89 | #9 | 2 | 22 rec · 258 yds · 1 TD |
| Garrick Ponder | DL | 82 | #56 | 2 | 7 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 4.0 TFL |
| Devonte Tezino | DL | 80 | #73 | 1 | 4 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL |
| Devin Turner | DB | 71 | #235 | 1 | 9 tkl · 1 PD |
| Rhett Armstrong | K | 67 | #53 | 2 | 4 FG · 6 XP · 18 pts |
| Louis Brown IV | WR | 66 | #269 | 2 | 6 rec · 83 yds · 1 TD |
| Dawson Pendergrass | RB | 66 | #192 | 2 | 157 rush yds · 4 rec |
| Ryan Davis | DL | 66 | #493 | 2 | 7 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Kyler Jordan | DL | 65 | #506 | 2 | 4 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Micah Gifford | DB | 64 | #552 | 2 | 7 tkl · 1 INT |
| Caden Knighten | RB | 63 | #263 | 2 | 99 rush yds · 1 TD · 2 rec |
| Jadon Porter | WR | 62 | #392 | 1 | 5 rec · 77 yds |
| Devon Jordan | DB | 62 | #652 | 2 | 4 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT |
| Travion Barnes | LB | 61 | #427 | 2 | 13 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Daniel Cobbs | DB | 60 | #764 | 1 | 4 tkl |
| Kyland Reed | LB | 60 | #477 | 2 | 9 tkl · 2.0 TFL |
| Nate Bennett | QB | 59 | #179 | 1 | 301 pass yds · 2 TD · 2 INT |
| Jayden McGowan | WR | 59 | #540 | 2 | 3 rec · 67 yds · 1 TD |
| Zavion Hardy | DL | 59 | #938 | 1 | 2 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| DJ Lagway | QB | 58 | #198 | 1 | 333 pass yds · 2 TD · 1 INT |
| Jordan Mack | DL | 58 | #1017 | 1 | 1 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Reggie Bush II | DB | 57 | #991 | 2 | 4 tkl · 1 INT |
| Palmer Williams | P | 55 | #101 | 2 | 5 punts · 50.0 yd avg |
| Jamaal Whyce Jr. | DL | 54 | #1297 | 2 | 6 tkl |
| Dre'lon Miller | WR | 54 | #779 | 1 | 1 rec · 22 yds · 1 TD |
| JJ Shelton | LB | 53 | #774 | 1 | 1 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Kaleb Burns | LB | 52 | #814 | 2 | 3 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Hosea Wheeler | DL | 52 | #1472 | 2 | 3 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Ryelan Morris | RB | 51 | #621 | 1 | 32 rush yds · 2 rec |
| Hawkins Polley | TE | 51 | #297 | 2 | 2 rec · 24 yds |
| Michael Turner | RB | 48 | #720 | 2 | 47 rush yds · 1 rec |
| LeVar Thornton Jr. | DB | 48 | #1721 | 2 | 5 tkl |
| Tony Livingston | TE | 45 | #386 | 1 | 1 rec · 19 yds |
| Kedrick Walker | LB | 45 | #1160 | 2 | 3 tkl |
| Colby McCalister | DB | 45 | #1900 | 2 | 4 tkl |
| Kaleb Arterberry | LB | 45 | #1170 | 2 | 5 tkl |
| Matthew Klopfenstein | TE | 45 | #392 | 2 | 2 rec · 12 yds |
| Bo Onu | DB | 42 | #2134 | 2 | 3 tkl |
| Tyler Turner | DB | 42 | #2133 | 2 | 3 tkl |
| Parker Almanza | TE | 42 | #439 | 1 | 1 rec · 12 yds |