Florida International — Conference USA
PPA off / def
0.16 / 0.15
2025
Class rank
#102
class of 2026
Returning PPA
32%
returning production
2026 schedule
2025 results (7–6)
Statistical comps — 2025 Florida International's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (17 in / 22 out)
Origins
The 2006 brawl with Miami is more famous than anything the program has won. Davis, who built the Hurricanes dynasty, later coached here and made FIU respectable.
Founded 1965 · Created for a Miami that had no public university of its own · first football 2002 · defined by Butch Davis
All-time record
Win %
34.9%
23 seasons played
Winning seasons
5
22% of seasons
By level: FCS 8–20 (2003–2004) · FBS 89–161 (2005–2025)
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2018 | 9 | 4 | Conference USA |
| 2017 | 8 | 5 | Conference USA |
| 2011 | 8 | 5 | Sun Belt |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 | Conference USA |
| 2010 | 7 | 6 | Sun Belt |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 2003 — 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 | 336 | 54% |
43% | 66 of 136 | 6.4 | 15% |
| 2nd down | 245 | 54% |
40% | 92 of 136 | 5.3 | 13% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 39 | 69% |
59% | — | 4.5 | 8% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 55 | 22% |
45% | — | 5.4 | 5% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 70 | 30% |
13% | — | 4.6 | 9% |
| 4th down | 35 | 34% |
51% | — | 4.0 | 6% |
169 drives · 33% ended in points · 6.8 plays and 38.7 yards per drive · 0.85 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 |
|---|
| 13 | Jacksonville State |
(13:01) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 J.Pesansky pass complete short left to #4 A.Perry caught at … |
64 | 5.67 |
| 9 | Kennesaw State |
(01:55) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 K.Owens rush right for 43 yards gain to the KSU00 TOUCHDOWN, … |
43 | 4.97 |
| 4 | Delaware |
Anthony Carrie run for 53 yds to the DEL 4 for a 1ST down |
53 | 4.94 |
| 14 | Sam Houston |
No Huddle-Shotgun #22 S.Joseph rush middle for 61 yards gain to the SAM00 TOUCHDOWN, clock… |
61 | 4.86 |
| 14 | Sam Houston |
No Huddle-Shotgun #1 K.Jenkins pass complete short left to #4 A.Perry caught at SAM31, for… |
35 | 4.58 |
| 8 | Western Kentucky |
Kejon Owens run for 84 yds to the WKU 14 for a 1ST down |
84 | 4.43 |
| 9 | Kennesaw State |
(00:33) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 K.Jenkins pass complete short middle to #3 C.Jnopierre caught… |
64 | 4.35 |
| 13 | Jacksonville State |
(05:16) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 K.Owens rush left for 45 yards gain to the JSU23 (#3 T.Fegans… |
45 | 4.06 |