South Florida — American Athletic
PPA off / def
0.30 / 0.08
2025
Class rank
#90
class of 2026
Returning PPA
13%
returning production
2026 schedule
2025 results (9–4)
Statistical comps — 2025 South Florida's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (44 in / 34 out)
Origins
Started football in 1997 and reached number two in the country by 2007 — the fastest rise from nothing anyone has managed. It has been trying to get back ever since.
Founded 1956 · Chartered as Florida's fourth public university on a former airfield · first football 1997 · defined by Jim Leavitt
All-time record
Win %
51.9%
27 seasons played
Winning seasons
16
59% of seasons
By level: FCS 0–1 (1999–1999) · FBS 164–151 (2000–2025)
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2016 | 11 | 2 | American Athletic |
| 2017 | 10 | 2 | American Athletic |
| 2002 | 9 | 2 | FBS Independents |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | American Athletic |
| 2007 | 9 | 4 | Big East |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1999 — 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 | 333 | 51% |
47% | 19 of 136 | 7.6 | 14% |
| 2nd down | 244 | 59% |
43% | 44 of 136 | 6.3 | 14% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 42 | 64% |
74% | — | 5.5 | 14% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 53 | 36% |
45% | — | 8.2 | 15% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 55 | 16% |
25% | — | 6.5 | 15% |
| 4th down | 18 | 50% |
61% | — | 7.4 | 17% |
167 drives · 43% ended in points · 6.8 plays and 45.9 yards per drive · 1.55 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 |
|---|
| 2 | Florida |
Byrum Brown pass complete to Keshaun Singleton for 66 yds for a TD (Nico Gramatica KICK) |
66 | 6.56 |
| 1 | Boise State |
Locklan Hewlett pass complete to Keshaun Singleton for 45 yds for a TD (Nico Gramatica KIC… |
45 | 6.04 |
| 9 | Memphis |
(00:13) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 S.Franklin rush middle for 73 yards gain to the MEM00 TOUCHDO… |
73 | 5.93 |
| 13 | UAB |
(12:18) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 B.Brown pass complete deep right to #6 M.Reuben caught at UA… |
59 | 5.38 |
| 4 | South Carolina State |
Sam Franklin run for 54 yds for a TD (Adam Zouagui KICK) |
54 | 5.34 |
| 7 | North Texas |
Byrum Brown pass complete to Jeremiah Koger for 63 yds for a TD (Nico Gramatica KICK) |
63 | 5.05 |
| 11 | UTSA |
(10:23) No Huddle-Shotgun #25 N.Davenport rush left for 59 yards gain to the UTSA00 TOUCHD… |
59 | 4.84 |
| 14 | Rice |
(11:32) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 B.Brown pass complete short middle to #6 M.Reuben caught at … |
60 | 4.76 |