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Index · this season
57
▼ Below its 5-year level -12▼ Down 5 this season
Career62since 1936
Peak891939
Last 569seasons
#98 nationally · 2-3 (0-1 conf)
Résumé #96
Schedule so far #56
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Why 57? →

Tulane Green Wave

American Athletic · New Orleans, LA · Yulman Stadium · Head coach Will Hall
Rival
Memphis · also SMU
Established rivalry
16-25-1 all time (42 meetings since 1954)
Memphis leads
Last: won 38-32 (2025)
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 19363AP top-10
Consensus All-Americans since 19362All-Americans
NFL draft picks since 196745NFL picks
Winning percentage since 193641.3%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1902. Every season →
Chemistry
Chem 52: new staff, still building52
Chem 52: typical
52Foundation
Chem 53: typical
53Gel
gel counts 45% so far
▼ Below its norm -10
early · #95 of 138
HC year1
Ret. starters27%
QB yrs w/ OC1
View chemistry →
Team chemistryearly · #95 of 138 FBS teams
Chem 52: typicalFoundation52+Chem 53: typicalGel53=Chem 52: typicalChem52Gel counts 45% so far (it grows as games are played, up to half)
Foundationwhat the program has built · moves over seasons
Foundation52Staff stability — Coach and coordinator tenure, staff who came along, assistant turnoverStaff stability46Roster continuity — Returning starters and the lineup's experienceRoster continuity52Unit cohesion — QB & coordinator, QB & receivers, offensive line, defense: how long each unit has played togetherUnit cohesion51Administration — Athletic director continuity and coach-AD alignmentAdministration56Investment — Commitment to football: its share of the department's spending and whether that is growing, plus spending and recruitingInvestment77Fan base — How passionate and loyal the fan base is: how often it sells out, and whether it sells out games that don't matterFan base62
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
46
Staff cohesion45
HC year 1 · OC year 1 · DC year 1
Assistant turnover47
62% of on-field staff new this season (FBS average about 45%)
▸Roster continuity
Returning starters and the lineup's experience
52
Returning core53
27% of last season's starters · FBS median 32%
Experience51
10 career starts per starter · FBS median 12
▸Unit cohesion
QB & coordinator, QB & receivers, offensive line, defense: how long each unit has played together
51
QB & coordinator55
1st season together · same as 76% of FBS teams
QB & receivers59
3.7 games started together on average · FBS median 3.9
Line cohesion40
3.4 games per linemen pair · FBS median 5.2
Defensive cohesion42
3.6 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
56
AD continuity56
David Harris · year 3 (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
▸Investment
Commitment to football: its share of the department's spending and whether that is growing, plus spending and recruiting
77
Football's share73
34% of department spending goes to football
Investment trend96
+130% over three years
Football investment59
$22.7M on football (2024-25 federal report)
Recruiting spend58
$1.08M men's recruiting
Department resources57
$66M 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
62
Sellouts63
sellout crowds (95%+ of capacity) at 7 of 45 home games (last 8 seasons)
Sells out anyway60
sellout crowds at 3 of 29 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
Gel53Playing above its parts — Results vs what its preseason projection expected, game by gamePlaying above its parts50Settled & sharp — A settled starting lineup and clean execution (penalties, turnovers) vs its own normalSettled & sharp63Alignment — 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 mood29Coach security — The hard-facts hot seat, inverted: results vs expectation, recent seasons vs the program's norm, stakes, a new ADCoach security71
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
50
This season50
-3.5 points a game vs its preseason projection (5 games)
▸Settled & sharp
A settled starting lineup and clean execution (penalties, turnovers) vs its own normal
63
This season63
81% 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
29
This season29
outside the AP poll: projected #77 preseason -> #98 in our Index now · rival week vs Memphis (+3) · results 2-3 (-5, recent games count more) · projected for a bowl (7.2 wins preseason), now projects 5.2 (-10)
▸Coach security
The hard-facts hot seat, inverted: results vs expectation, recent seasons vs the program's norm, stakes, a new AD
71
This season71
Will Hall, year 1 · 40% wins so far · -3.5 pts a game vs preseason expectation

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
'1656'1772'1865'1969'2053'2165'2263'2365'2452'2559'262016 wk 1 vs Wake Forest: 41 · L2016 wk 2 vs Southern: 56 · W2016 wk 3 vs Navy: 49 · L2016 wk 4 vs Louisiana: 43 · W2016 wk 5 vs Massachusetts: 42 · W2016 wk 7 vs Memphis: 55 · L2016 wk 8 vs Tulsa: 55 · L2016 wk 9 vs SMU: 55 · L2016 wk 10 vs UCF: 55 · L2016 wk 11 vs Houston: 54 · L2016 wk 12 vs Temple: 54 · L2016 wk 13 vs UConn: 56 · W2017 wk 2 vs Navy: 69 · L2017 wk 3 vs Oklahoma: 69 · L2017 wk 4 vs Army: 71 · W2017 wk 6 vs Tulsa: 69 · W2017 wk 7 vs Florida International: 71 · L2017 wk 8 vs South Florida: 72 · L2017 wk 9 vs Memphis: 72 · L2017 wk 10 vs Cincinnati: 70 · L2017 wk 11 vs East Carolina: 72 · W2017 wk 12 vs Houston: 71 · W2017 wk 13 vs SMU: 72 · L2018 wk 2 vs Nicholls: 69 · W2018 wk 3 vs UAB: 68 · L2018 wk 4 vs Ohio State: 70 · L2018 wk 5 vs Memphis: 71 · W2018 wk 6 vs Cincinnati: 70 · L2018 wk 8 vs SMU: 71 · L2018 wk 9 vs Tulsa: 72 · W2018 wk 10 vs South Florida: 64 · W2018 wk 11 vs East Carolina: 68 · W2018 wk 12 vs Houston: 67 · L2018 wk 13 vs Navy: 64 · W2018 wk 1 vs Louisiana: 65 · W2019 wk 2 vs Auburn: 68 · L2019 wk 3 vs Missouri State: 69 · W2019 wk 4 vs Houston: 68 · W2019 wk 6 vs Army: 69 · W2019 wk 7 vs UConn: 68 · W2019 wk 8 vs Memphis: 67 · L2019 wk 9 vs Navy: 70 · L2019 wk 10 vs Tulsa: 68 · W2019 wk 12 vs Temple: 69 · L2019 wk 13 vs UCF: 71 · L2019 wk 14 vs SMU: 69 · L2019 wk 1 vs Southern Miss: 69 · W2020 wk 3 vs Navy: 59 · L2020 wk 4 vs Southern Miss: 60 · W2020 wk 6 vs Houston: 61 · L2020 wk 7 vs SMU: 58 · L2020 wk 8 vs UCF: 57 · L2020 wk 9 vs Temple: 56 · W2020 wk 10 vs East Carolina: 56 · W2020 wk 11 vs Army: 55 · W2020 wk 12 vs Tulsa: 57 · L2020 wk 14 vs Memphis: 55 · W2020 wk 1 vs Nevada: 53 · L2021 wk 2 vs Morgan State: 63 · W2021 wk 3 vs Ole Miss: 65 · L2021 wk 4 vs UAB: 63 · L2021 wk 5 vs East Carolina: 65 · L2021 wk 6 vs Houston: 65 · L2021 wk 8 vs SMU: 66 · L2021 wk 9 vs Cincinnati: 64 · L2021 wk 10 vs UCF: 56 · L2021 wk 11 vs Tulsa: 64 · L2021 wk 12 vs South Florida: 64 · W2021 wk 13 vs Memphis: 65 · L2022 wk 2 vs Alcorn State: 62 · W2022 wk 3 vs Kansas State: 64 · W2022 wk 4 vs Southern Miss: 64 · L2022 wk 5 vs Houston: 64 · W2022 wk 6 vs East Carolina: 52 · W2022 wk 7 vs South Florida: 66 · W2022 wk 8 vs Memphis: 65 · W2022 wk 10 vs Tulsa: 66 · W2022 wk 11 vs UCF: 64 · L2022 wk 12 vs SMU: 64 · W2022 wk 13 vs Cincinnati: 65 · W2022 wk 14 vs UCF: 64 · W2022 wk 1 vs USC: 63 · W2023 wk 2 vs Ole Miss: 67 · L2023 wk 3 vs Southern Miss: 60 · W2023 wk 4 vs Nicholls: 65 · W2023 wk 5 vs UAB: 67 · W2023 wk 7 vs Memphis: 67 · W2023 wk 8 vs North Texas: 65 · W2023 wk 9 vs Rice: 66 · W2023 wk 10 vs East Carolina: 68 · W2023 wk 11 vs Tulsa: 67 · W2023 wk 12 vs Florida Atlantic: 65 · W2023 wk 13 vs UTSA: 65 · W2023 wk 14 vs SMU: 65 · L2023 wk 1 vs Virginia Tech: 65 · L2024 wk 2 vs Kansas State: 54 · L2024 wk 3 vs Oklahoma: 55 · L2024 wk 4 vs Louisiana: 55 · W2024 wk 5 vs South Florida: 56 · W2024 wk 6 vs UAB: 53 · W2024 wk 8 vs Rice: 54 · W2024 wk 9 vs North Texas: 54 · W2024 wk 10 vs Charlotte: 54 · W2024 wk 11 vs Temple: 56 · W2024 wk 12 vs Navy: 55 · W2024 wk 14 vs Memphis: 55 · L2024 wk 15 vs Army: 56 · L2024 wk 1 vs Florida: 52 · L2025 wk 2 vs South Alabama: 59 · W2025 wk 3 vs Duke: 60 · W2025 wk 4 vs Ole Miss: 60 · L2025 wk 5 vs Tulsa: 58 · W2025 wk 7 vs East Carolina: 60 · W2025 wk 8 vs Army: 60 · W2025 wk 10 vs UTSA: 59 · L2025 wk 11 vs Memphis: 61 · W2025 wk 12 vs Florida Atlantic: 61 · W2025 wk 13 vs Temple: 61 · W2025 wk 14 vs Charlotte: 62 · W2025 wk 15 vs North Texas: 60 · W2025 wk 1 vs Ole Miss: 59 · L2026 wk 2 vs South Alabama: 53 · W2026 wk 3 vs Kansas State: 51 · L2026 wk 4 vs Southern Miss: 52 · W2026 wk 6 vs Army: 54 · L2026 wk 7 vs Memphis: 53 · 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 1 · on-field 28 · fan mood 55381wk 2 vs South Alabama · W · on-field 45 · fan mood 49472wk 3 vs Kansas State · L · on-field 58 · fan mood 51553wk 4 vs Southern Miss · W · on-field 62 · fan mood 58604wk 6 vs Army · L · on-field 60 · fan mood 37516

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 1
new this season
Offensive coordinator
Year 1
new this season
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
3.7 games
started together, average
Offensive line pairs
3.4 games
started together, average
Returning starters
27%
from last season
Starter experience
10 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
David Harris
year 3
Football spending
$22.7M
2024-25 federal report
Spending trend
+130%
over three years
Department revenue
$66M
all sports
Recruiting spend
$1.08M
men's teams
Home crowds
—
of capacity
Staff turnover
63%
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
Semonza
Lucas
Daniels
Brown-Stephens
Hill
Johnson
Mickow
Bock
Baker
Marks
Perry
QBKadin Semonza42144343424
RBJaylin Lucas22122121222
RBJohnnie Daniels11111111111
WRAnthony Brown-Stephens4211354531335
WRDestyn Hill42155453535
TEDawson Johnson31144443424
OLRyan Mickow42155453535
OLJohn Bock II31133333313
OLReese Baker4211354531835
OLGavin Marks22133231333
OLGresham Perry42155453535

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
Hamilton
Garner
Guidry
Lewis
Roberts
Hughes
Williams
Tchienchou
Adams
Shine
Rogers
DLKameron Hamilton26314216174174
DLJah'rie Garner34141124444
DLGeordan Guidry11111111111
DLJosh Lewis44152135555
DLWarren Roberts Jr.21122122222
LBDalton Hughes11111111111
LBMakai Williams62132166363
DBJack Tchienchou17415216195195
DBKevin Adams III44152135555
DBE'zaiah Shine17415216195195
DBAnthony Rogers44152135555

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 →