Idaho — Sun Belt
PPA off / def
0.08 / 0.13
2017
Class rank
#132
class of 2026
Returning PPA
22%
returning production
2026 schedule
| Wk | Opponent | All-time series | Venue |
|---|
| wk1 | at Utah | Utah leads 14–12–2 | Rice-Eccles Stadium |
2025 results (0–2)
Statistical comps — 2017 Idaho's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (3 in / 7 out)
All-time record
All-time
321–541–17
1908–2025
Win %
37.5%
108 seasons played
Winning seasons
21
19% of seasons
By level: FBS 246–445–16 (1908–2017) · ii/iii 21–33–1 (1937–1968) · FCS 54–63 (1978–2025)
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2024 | 10 | 4 | Big Sky |
| 1998 | 9 | 3 | Big West |
| 2023 | 9 | 4 | Big Sky |
| 2016 | 9 | 4 | Sun Belt |
| 1971 | 8 | 3 | Big Sky |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1908 — 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 | 54 | 70% |
28% | — | 4.0 | 9% |
| 2nd down | 44 | 57% |
48% | — | 4.3 | 9% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 13 | 92% |
69% | — | 2.7 | 0% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 8 | 25% |
38% | — | 4.8 | 0% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 12 | 25% |
25% | — | 8.3 | 8% |
| 4th down | 6 | 67% |
100% | — | 7.3 | 17% |
19 drives · 32% ended in points · 9.2 plays and 36.4 yards per drive · 1.15 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 |
|---|
| 4 | San José State |
Joshua Wood pass complete to Daveon Superales for 36 yds to the SJSU 2 for a 1ST down |
36 | 5.35 |
| 4 | San José State |
Joshua Wood pass complete to Noah West-Baranco for 18 yds for a TD (Owen Forsman KICK) |
18 | 3.34 |
| 4 | San José State |
Joshua Wood pass complete to Ryan Jezioro for 15 yds for a TD (Owen Forsman KICK) |
15 | 3.07 |
| 4 | San José State |
Joshua Wood pass complete to Emmerson Cortez-Menjivar for 11 yds to the SJSU 38 for a 1ST … |
11 | 2.82 |
| 4 | San José State |
Joshua Wood pass complete to Emmerson Cortez-Menjivar for 12 yds to the IDHO 47 for a 1ST … |
12 | 2.76 |
| 1 | Washington State |
Art Williams run for 3 yds for a TD (Cameron Pope KICK) |
3 | 2.47 |
| 4 | San José State |
Joshua Wood pass complete to Jake Cox for 28 yds to the SJSU 47 Idaho Penalty, Ineligible … |
28 | 2.46 |
| 4 | San José State |
Joshua Wood pass complete to Daveon Superales for 11 yds to the SJSU 32 for a 1ST down |
11 | 2.36 |