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Index · this season
50
at its 5-year level
Career56since 1936
Peak742015
Last 552seasons
#129 nationally · 2-4 (2-0 conf)
Résumé #117 · record ahead of its play
Schedule so far #87
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Why 50? →

Bowling Green Falcons

Mid-American · Bowling Green, OH · Doyt L. Perry Stadium · Head coach Eddie George
Rival
Established rivalry
30-33-1 all time (64 meetings since 1962)
Toledo leads
Last: won 28-23 (2025) · Bowling Green has won 2 straight
Holds it
program traits are earned from history
No recognized national titles since 1936. Counted: AP poll champion, a coaches-poll champion, or the BCS / playoff title-game winner; a split year counts for both.0national titles
Heisman Trophy winners0Heisman
Seasons finishing in the AP top 10 since 19360AP top-10
Consensus All-Americans since 19361All-Americans
NFL draft picks since 196721NFL picks
Winning percentage since 193656.3%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1956. Every season →
Chemistry
Chem 59: typical59
Chem 55: typical
55Foundation
Chem 64: typical
64Gel
gel counts 45% so far
▲ Above its norm +13Trending up
early · #63 of 138
HC year2
Ret. starters18%
QB yrs w/ OC1
View chemistry →
Team chemistryearly · #63 of 138 FBS teams
Chem 55: typicalFoundation55+Chem 64: typicalGel64=Chem 59: typicalChem59Gel counts 45% so far (it grows as games are played, up to half)
Foundationwhat the program has built · moves over seasons
Foundation55Staff stability — Coach and coordinator tenure, staff who came along, assistant turnoverStaff stability61Roster continuity — Returning starters and the lineup's experienceRoster continuity28Unit cohesion — QB & coordinator, QB & receivers, offensive line, defense: how long each unit has played togetherUnit cohesion64Administration — Athletic director continuity and coach-AD alignmentAdministration61Investment — Commitment to football: its share of the department's spending and whether that is growing, plus spending and recruitingInvestment62Fan base — How passionate and loyal the fan base is: how often it sells out, and whether it sells out games that don't matterFan base58
ContinuityClimate
Continuity · who has played and coached togetherlive

Who has played and coached together, and for how long, ranked against every FBS team at the same point of the season.

▸Staff stability
Coach and coordinator tenure, staff who came along, assistant turnover
61
Staff cohesion49
HC year 2 · OC year 5 · DC year 1
Assistant turnover73
25% of on-field staff new this season (FBS average about 45%)
▸Roster continuity
Returning starters and the lineup's experience
28
Returning core37
18% of last season's starters · FBS median 32%
Experience20
7 career starts per starter · FBS median 12
▸Unit cohesion
QB & coordinator, QB & receivers, offensive line, defense: how long each unit has played together
64
QB & coordinator55
1st season together · same as 76% of FBS teams
QB & receivers74
5.2 games started together on average · FBS median 3.9
Line cohesion69
6.1 games per linemen pair · FBS median 5.2
Defensive cohesion57
4.3 games per defensive pair · FBS median 4.5
Climate · around the programlive

The administration, money and fans around the team: athletic director continuity, willingness to invest, and crowds.

▸Administration
Athletic director continuity and coach-AD alignment
61
AD continuity61
Derek van der Merwe · year 4 (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
▸Investment
Commitment to football: its share of the department's spending and whether that is growing, plus spending and recruiting
62
Football's share66
31% of department spending goes to football
Investment trend76
+58% over three years
Football investment27
$11.0M on football (2024-25 federal report)
Recruiting spend53
$0.78M men's recruiting
Department resources32
$35M athletic department revenue
▸Fan base
How passionate and loyal the fan base is: how often it sells out, and whether it sells out games that don't matter
58
Sellouts57
sellout crowds (95%+ of capacity) at 3 of 38 home games (last 8 seasons)
Sells out anyway58
sellout crowds at 3 of 32 games that didn't matter: cupcakes, or a team expected to lose or having a losing season

Finances: U.S. Department of Education athletics disclosures, as reported by each school. Athletic directors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Attendance: reported crowds vs stadium capacity.

Gelhow it is working right now · moves week to week
Gel64Playing above its parts — Results vs what its preseason projection expected, game by gamePlaying above its parts70Settled & sharp — A settled starting lineup and clean execution (penalties, turnovers) vs its own normalSettled & sharp71Alignment — Coaches and players telling the same story; the staff on one pageAlignmentsoonResilience — Confidence, and how the team sounds after adversityResiliencesoonFan & media mood — Expectations met or missed this season (preseason rank vs now), stronger for fan bases that react hard; fan and media sentiment joins laterFan & media mood53Coach security — The hard-facts hot seat, inverted: results vs expectation, recent seasons vs the program's norm, stakes, a new ADCoach security61
InternalOn-field fitExternal
Internal · how the program talkscoming

How the team talks in press conferences and interviews, each program against its own normal, so a naturally terse coach isn't read as upset. Being built program by program, Big Ten first.

▸Alignment
Coaches and players telling the same story; the staff on one page
soon
Coming: measured from press conferences and interviews.
▸Resilience
Confidence, and how the team sounds after adversity
soon
Coming: measured from press conferences and interviews.

Readings are team-level; we don't publish psychological readings of individual players.

On-field fit · how it is playing togetherlive

How the team is playing together this season: beating or missing its preseason expectation, a settled lineup, clean execution.

▸Playing above its parts
Results vs what its preseason projection expected, game by game
70
This season70
+2.4 points a game vs its preseason projection (5 games)
▸Settled & sharp
A settled starting lineup and clean execution (penalties, turnovers) vs its own normal
71
This season71
90% of starters kept game to game
External · pressure from outsidelive

Pressure from outside the building: the hard-facts hot seat now; this season's fan and media mood as it is measured.

▸Fan & media mood
Expectations met or missed this season (preseason rank vs now), stronger for fan bases that react hard; fan and media sentiment joins later
53
This season53
outside the AP poll: projected #121 preseason -> #129 in our Index now · results 2-4 (+1, recent games count more)
▸Coach security
The hard-facts hot seat, inverted: results vs expectation, recent seasons vs the program's norm, stakes, a new AD
61
This season61
Eddie George, year 2 · 33% wins so far · +2.4 pts a game vs preseason expectation · last two seasons -6% vs the program's norm

Dashed gold ring = typical (62). 20-50 is the warning zone; under 10 is a collapse. Spokes with no data yet are dashed and left out until they fill in. Chem blends the two halves, then places the blend among this season's teams.

Trend · Foundationeach program year runs Feb 1 to the title game
'1658'1749'1855'1923'2057'2148'2258'2351'2465'250'262016 wk 1 vs Ohio State: 43 · L2016 wk 2 vs North Dakota: 61 · W2016 wk 3 vs Middle Tennessee: 48 · L2016 wk 4 vs Memphis: 42 · L2016 wk 5 vs Eastern Michigan: 55 · L2016 wk 6 vs Ohio: 43 · L2016 wk 7 vs Toledo: 44 · L2016 wk 8 vs Miami (OH): 55 · L2016 wk 10 vs Northern Illinois: 58 · L2016 wk 11 vs Akron: 56 · W2016 wk 12 vs Kent State: 58 · W2016 wk 13 vs Buffalo: 58 · W2017 wk 2 vs South Dakota: 53 · L2017 wk 3 vs Northwestern: 54 · L2017 wk 4 vs Middle Tennessee: 53 · L2017 wk 5 vs Akron: 47 · L2017 wk 6 vs Miami (OH): 47 · W2017 wk 7 vs Ohio: 54 · L2017 wk 8 vs Northern Illinois: 54 · L2017 wk 10 vs Kent State: 54 · W2017 wk 11 vs Buffalo: 46 · L2017 wk 12 vs Toledo: 47 · L2017 wk 13 vs Eastern Michigan: 49 · L2018 wk 2 vs Maryland: 54 · L2018 wk 3 vs Eastern Kentucky: 55 · W2018 wk 4 vs Miami (OH): 52 · L2018 wk 5 vs Georgia Tech: 54 · L2018 wk 6 vs Toledo: 53 · L2018 wk 7 vs Western Michigan: 55 · L2018 wk 8 vs Ohio: 56 · L2018 wk 10 vs Kent State: 51 · L2018 wk 11 vs Central Michigan: 54 · W2018 wk 12 vs Akron: 49 · W2018 wk 13 vs Buffalo: 55 · L2019 wk 2 vs Kansas State: 20 · L2019 wk 3 vs Louisiana Tech: 21 · L2019 wk 4 vs Kent State: 22 · L2019 wk 6 vs Notre Dame: 23 · L2019 wk 7 vs Toledo: 22 · W2019 wk 8 vs Central Michigan: 9 · L2019 wk 9 vs Western Michigan: 22 · L2019 wk 10 vs Akron: 21 · W2019 wk 12 vs Miami (OH): 19 · L2019 wk 13 vs Ohio: 23 · L2019 wk 14 vs Buffalo: 23 · L2020 wk 11 vs Kent State: 57 · L2020 wk 12 vs Buffalo: 55 · L2020 wk 13 vs Ohio: 55 · L2020 wk 14 vs Akron: 57 · L2021 wk 2 vs South Alabama: 44 · L2021 wk 3 vs Murray State: 46 · W2021 wk 4 vs Minnesota: 45 · W2021 wk 5 vs Kent State: 47 · L2021 wk 6 vs Akron: 48 · L2021 wk 7 vs Northern Illinois: 48 · L2021 wk 8 vs Eastern Michigan: 46 · L2021 wk 9 vs Buffalo: 48 · W2021 wk 11 vs Toledo: 47 · L2021 wk 12 vs Miami (OH): 48 · L2021 wk 13 vs Ohio: 48 · W2022 wk 2 vs Eastern Kentucky: 60 · L2022 wk 3 vs Marshall: 61 · W2022 wk 4 vs Mississippi State: 59 · L2022 wk 5 vs Akron: 51 · W2022 wk 6 vs Buffalo: 57 · L2022 wk 7 vs Miami (OH): 59 · W2022 wk 8 vs Central Michigan: 59 · W2022 wk 10 vs Western Michigan: 58 · W2022 wk 11 vs Kent State: 59 · L2022 wk 12 vs Toledo: 60 · W2022 wk 13 vs Ohio: 60 · L2022 wk 1 vs New Mexico State: 58 · L2023 wk 2 vs Eastern Illinois: 50 · W2023 wk 3 vs Michigan: 52 · L2023 wk 4 vs Ohio: 51 · L2023 wk 5 vs Georgia Tech: 52 · W2023 wk 6 vs Miami (OH): 52 · L2023 wk 7 vs Buffalo: 53 · W2023 wk 8 vs Akron: 53 · W2023 wk 10 vs Ball State: 54 · W2023 wk 11 vs Kent State: 52 · W2023 wk 12 vs Toledo: 53 · L2023 wk 13 vs Western Michigan: 54 · W2023 wk 1 vs Minnesota: 51 · L2024 wk 2 vs Penn State: 65 · L2024 wk 4 vs Texas A&M: 65 · L2024 wk 5 vs Old Dominion: 66 · L2024 wk 6 vs Akron: 66 · W2024 wk 7 vs Northern Illinois: 66 · L2024 wk 8 vs Kent State: 66 · W2024 wk 9 vs Toledo: 63 · W2024 wk 11 vs Central Michigan: 66 · W2024 wk 12 vs Western Michigan: 67 · W2024 wk 13 vs Ball State: 65 · W2024 wk 14 vs Miami (OH): 66 · L2024 wk 1 vs Arkansas State: 65 · L2025 wk 2 vs Cincinnati: 13 · L2025 wk 3 vs Liberty: 14 · W2025 wk 4 vs Louisville: 15 · L2025 wk 5 vs Ohio: 16 · L2025 wk 7 vs Toledo: 16 · W2025 wk 8 vs Central Michigan: 0 · L2025 wk 9 vs Kent State: 0 · L2025 wk 10 vs Buffalo: 0 · L2025 wk 11 vs Eastern Michigan: 11 · L2025 wk 13 vs Akron: 0 · L2025 wk 14 vs Massachusetts: 0 · W2026 wk 2 vs Nebraska: 48 · L2026 wk 3 vs Iowa State: 49 · L2026 wk 4 vs South Florida: 53 · L2026 wk 5 vs Miami (OH): 54 · W2026 wk 6 vs Sacramento State: 53 · W2026 wk 7 vs Ball State: 55 · next gametypical 62

Every game since 2016, one continuous line; thin rules separate seasons and the chip is where each season finished. Navy dot = win, red = loss. Big drops usually mean a new staff, a new quarterback or a rebuilt line.

Trend · Gelthis season, after each game
typical 62wk 2 vs Nebraska · L · on-field 49 · fan mood 31422wk 3 vs Iowa State · L · on-field 48 · fan mood 26403wk 4 vs South Florida · L · on-field 56 · fan mood 32474wk 5 vs Miami (OH) · W · on-field 64 · fan mood 45575wk 6 vs Sacramento State · W · on-field 71 · fan mood 49636

How the team is working right now, rebuilt after each game from only the games so far: on-field fit (results vs preseason expectation, lineup settling, execution) and that week's fan & media mood. Coach security is part of today's Gel number but isn't rebuilt week by week yet. Navy frame = win, red = loss.

Continuity facts
Head coach
Year 2
at this school
Offensive coordinator
Year 5
at this school
Defensive coordinator
Year 1
new this season
HC & OC together
1 seasons
working together
QB with his OC
1 seasons
same play-caller
QB & receivers
5.3 games
started together, average
Offensive line pairs
6.1 games
started together, average
Returning starters
18%
from last season
Starter experience
7 starts
career average
Internal facts
Pressers read
soon
this season, coaches and players
Coach tone
soon
vs his own normal
"We" vs "I"
soon
share of team language
Owning mistakes
soon
vs pointing outward
Same story
soon
coaches and players agree
After losses
soon
how fast tone recovers
Leaders named
soon
players teammates point to
Newcomers
soon
transfers talked about as part of it
Openness
soon
forthcoming vs guarded
Measured from press conferences and interviews, program by program.
Climate facts
Athletic director
Derek van der Merwe
year 4
Football spending
$11.0M
2024-25 federal report
Spending trend
+58%
over three years
Department revenue
$35M
all sports
Recruiting spend
$0.78M
men's teams
Home crowds
—
of capacity
Staff turnover
25%
on-field staff new this season
Fan mood
soon
fans and local media
Coach & AD
soon
on the same page
Finances: U.S. Department of Education athletics disclosures. Athletic directors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Offense · games started togetherlatest lineup · 11 starters
Kastantin
Amachree
Sharp
Ridley
Jacon-Duffy
Scoby
Bolyn
Sanchez
Thomas
Funk
Harris
QBJay Kastantin61655566666
RBNakai Amachree11111111111
WRWinn Sharp61755566666
WRBrennan Ridley51554455555
TEEli Jacon-Duffy515411565655
TEJeremiah Scoby51545655655
OLBrody Bolyn61656576766
OLAlexis Sanchez61655566666
OLJames Thomas Jr.61656676866
OLGabe Funk61655566666
OLAlex Harris61655566666

Each square: games the two players have started together at this school (darker = more). Gray diagonal: the player's own starts here.

Defense · games started togetherlatest lineup · 11 starters
Brown
Kostus
Bradley
George
Pringle
Lewis
Sawyer
Banks
Pascal
Andrews
Braxton
DLSelah Brown66666232666
DLKade Kostus66666232666
DLMyles Bradley66666232666
DLEriq George66677232766
LBDorian Pringle66679232966
LBCashmire Lewis22222222222
DBNick Sawyer33333232333
DBD'kyah Banks22222222222
DBKal-El Pascal666792321866
DBJosira Andrews66666232666
DBDrey Braxton66666232666

Each square: games the two players have started together at this school (darker = more). Gray diagonal: the player's own starts here.

Chemistry is Scorebook's own rating of how well a program fits together, on the same all-time 0-99 scale as our other ratings (compared with every FBS team since 2016; 62 is typical, 20-50 signals something is wrong, and single digits are reserved for true collapses; each season is compared with its own era). This early version blends continuity (who has played and coached together, and for how long; it counts most) with the climate around the program; how the program talks joins as it is measured. Within continuity, quarterback-centered pairings count most because they held up when we tested them against results. How our ratings work →