Old Dominion — Sun Belt
HC
Ricky Rahne · S.B. Ballard Stadium · Norfolk, VA · 20,118 cap
PPA off / def
0.24 / 0.02
2025
Class rank
#96
class of 2026
Returning PPA
9%
returning production
2026 schedule
2025 results (10–3)
Statistical comps — 2025 Old Dominion's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (15 in / 22 out)
| Incoming |
|---|
| Hunter Patterson | RB | ← West Liberty | ★★★ |
| Jaxon Potter | QB | ← Washington State | ★★★ |
| Raykwon Goldthwaite | OT | ← North Alabama | ★★★ |
| Jivan Baly | CB | ← NC State | ★★★ |
| Bubba Craig | IOL | ← Arkansas | ★★★ |
| Maarten Woudsma | IOL | ← Old Dominion | ★★★ |
| Trey Hall | RB | ← Ole Miss | ★★★ |
| Zion Agnew | WR | ← Lenoir Rhyne | ★★★ |
| + 7 more |
| Outgoing |
|---|
| Tre' Brown III | WR | → LSU |
| Ja'Cory Thomas | WR | → Vanderbilt |
| Na'eem Abdul-Rahim Gladding | WR | → Maryland |
| Jailen Butler | TE | → Kansas |
| Colton Joseph | QB | → Wisconsin |
| Trequan Jones | RB | → Tulsa |
| Zion Frink | CB | → uncommitted |
| Jackson Forrest | LB | → uncommitted |
| + 14 more |
Origins
Football stopped in 1941 and did not return until 2009, when Wilder restarted it and sold out every game. Beat Virginia Tech in 2018 as a 28-point underdog.
Founded 1930 · Began as the Norfolk division of William & Mary · first football 1930 · defined by Bobby Wilder
All-time record
Win %
54.6%
16 seasons played
Winning seasons
7
44% of seasons
By level: FCS 45–13 (2009–2013) · FBS 61–75 (2014–2025)
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2012 | 10 | 1 | CAA |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | Sun Belt |
| 2016 | 10 | 3 | Conference USA |
| 2011 | 10 | 3 | CAA |
| 2009 | 9 | 2 | FCS Independents |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 2009 — 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 | 330 | 62% |
48% | 18 of 136 | 7.7 | 16% |
| 2nd down | 223 | 57% |
44% | 42 of 136 | 7.0 | 18% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 43 | 72% |
67% | — | 5.4 | 5% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 42 | 36% |
48% | — | 8.1 | 26% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 48 | 33% |
25% | — | 6.4 | 10% |
| 4th down | 13 | 54% |
23% | — | 1.0 | 0% |
162 drives · 36% ended in points · 6.7 plays and 44.3 yards per drive · 1.22 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 |
|---|
| 7 | Marshall |
Tre' Brown III 71 Yd pass from Colton Joseph (Riley Callaghan Kick) |
71 | 7.19 |
| 8 | James Madison |
Tre' Brown III 98 Yd pass from Colton Joseph (Riley Callaghan Kick) |
98 | 6.98 |
| 2 | North Carolina Central |
Trequan Jones run for 93 yds for a TD (Riley Callaghan KICK) |
93 | 6.87 |
| 1 | Indiana |
Colton Joseph run for 78 yds for a TD (Riley Callaghan KICK) |
78 | 6.68 |
| 6 | Coastal Carolina |
Colton Joseph pass complete to Ke'Travion Hargrove for 80 yds for a TD (Riley Callaghan KI… |
80 | 6.39 |
| 1 | Indiana |
Colton Joseph run for 75 yds for a TD (Riley Callaghan KICK) |
75 | 6.08 |
| 9 | App State |
No Huddle-Shotgun #1 C.Joseph pass complete short middle to #18 K.Hargrove caught at ODU44… |
70 | 5.69 |
| 6 | Coastal Carolina |
Colton Joseph run for 50 yds for a TD (Riley Callaghan KICK) |
50 | 5.63 |