Eastern Michigan — Mid-American
PPA off / def
0.20 / 0.25
2025
Class rank
#106
class of 2026
Returning PPA
72%
returning production
2026 schedule
2025 results (4–8)
Statistical comps — 2025 Eastern Michigan's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (12 in / 26 out)
| Outgoing |
|---|
| Andrew Marshall | LB | → Minnesota |
| Mack Indestad | OT | → UCLA |
| Messiah Blair | EDGE | → Jackson State |
| Terrance Saunders | IOL | → Tarleton State |
| Owen Snively | IOL | → Boston College |
| Everett Small | OT | → Rutgers |
| Sterling Miles | EDGE | → UTEP |
| Braden Laux | TE | → uncommitted |
| + 18 more |
Origins
Batch is the one NFL name, and the program went 22 years between bowl games. Chris Creighton has made it respectable, which in Ypsilanti counts as a golden age.
Founded 1849 · The first normal school west of the Alleghenies · first football 1891 · defined by Charlie Batch
All-time record
All-time
194–397–7
1896–2025
Win %
33.0%
63 seasons played
Winning seasons
10
16% of seasons
By level: D-III 0–3 (1896–1898) · ii/iii 0–5 (1930–1940) · D-II 6–14 (1968–1975) · FBS 188–375–7 (1976–2025)
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 1987 | 10 | 2 | Mid-American |
| 2022 | 9 | 4 | Mid-American |
| 1977 | 8 | 3 | Mid-American |
| 1989 | 7 | 3 | Mid-American |
| 2021 | 7 | 6 | Mid-American |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1896 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 337 | 53% |
43% | 75 of 136 | 5.7 | 10% |
| 2nd down | 242 | 46% |
41% | 71 of 136 | 5.4 | 10% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 46 | 72% |
65% | — | 6.6 | 15% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 56 | 23% |
32% | — | 4.8 | 9% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 60 | 22% |
32% | — | 8.8 | 17% |
| 4th down | 15 | 73% |
60% | — | 4.9 | 13% |
144 drives · 35% ended in points · 7.5 plays and 44.7 yards per drive · 1.14 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 3 | Kentucky |
Noah Kim pass complete to Terry Lockett Jr. for 64 yds for a TD (Rudy Kessinger KICK) |
64 | 5.15 |
| 14 | Western Michigan |
(00:59) No Huddle-Shotgun #28 D.McMillan rush middle for 54 yards gain to the WMU22 (#58 T… |
54 | 4.65 |
| 11 | Bowling Green |
(02:03) #30 M.Tomasek punt 46 yards to the BGSU30 #6 R.Stocksdale return for loss of 1 yar… |
46 | 4.49 |
| 8 | Miami (OH) |
Noah Kim pass complete to Harold Mack for 50 yds to the M-OH 18 for a 1ST down |
50 | 4.14 |
| 8 | Miami (OH) |
Noah Kim pass complete to Harold Mack for 51 yds for a TD (Rudy Kessinger KICK) |
51 | 3.92 |
| 11 | Bowling Green |
(01:59) Shotgun #1 N.Kim pass complete deep right to #81 N.Devereaux caught at BGSU31, for… |
28 | 3.88 |
| 4 | Louisiana |
Noah Kim pass complete to Nick Devereaux for 36 yds to the UL 2 for a 1ST down |
36 | 3.78 |
| 14 | Western Michigan |
(05:53) Shotgun #1 N.Kim pass complete short left to #28 D.McMillan caught at EMU33, for 4… |
48 | 3.69 |