CFB TEAM RESEARCH · Mountain West

Air Force

Season leadership, recruiting classes, advanced metrics, player leaders and results.

SEASON SNAPSHOT

2026 regular season

3-1Record
29.0PPG
20.0PPG Allowed
2-1Home
1-0Away
0-0Neutral
1-1Conference
4Games
2-2-0ATS · W-L-P
2-2-0O/U · O-U-P

2026 regular season · 4 completed games · Mountain West. Postseason and bowls are excluded. Scoring ranks compare 138 FBS teams with recorded results: PPG #74; PPG allowed #48. ATS coverage 4/4; totals coverage 4/4. Betting lines are source-reported; closing status and observation timestamps are not verified. Missing lines are excluded from market records. View source data.

SEASON RESULTSeason in progress

Overall record including postseason: 3-1. Regular-season snapshot excludes bowls and playoffs.

SEASON LEADERSHIP

Coaching staff

HEAD COACHTroy CalhounSeason head coach · coaching record not supplied

Head-coaching records: CollegeFootballData. Coordinator history is not supplied by this source. Multiple coaches are shown when credited with games.

RECRUITING CLASS

Incoming signing class

#141National recruiting class rank
116.49Recruiting class points

2026 signing class · CollegeFootballData team recruiting rankings. This is the incoming recruiting class, not a roster or transfer-portal ranking.

ADVANCED METRICS

Offense and defense

PPA per play0.17FBS #64 of 138
PPA per play0.02FBS #45 of 138
Success rate44.0%FBS #64 of 138
Success rate34.1%FBS #15 of 138
Explosiveness1.10FBS #127 of 138
Explosiveness1.40FBS #120 of 138
Points per scoring opportunity4.36FBS #40 of 138
Points per scoring opportunity3.60FBS #84 of 138
Power success rate82.4%FBS #24 of 138
Power success rate72.7%FBS #77 of 138
Stuff rate11.0%FBS #7 of 138
Stuff rate19.1%FBS #65 of 138
Line yards per rush3.41FBS #28 of 138
Line yards per rush2.98FBS #82 of 138
Second-level yards1.04FBS #82 of 138
Second-level yards1.03FBS #82 of 138
Open-field yards0.54FBS #125 of 138
Open-field yards1.06FBS #69 of 138
Passing success rate39.6%FBS #98 of 138
Passing success rate32.3%FBS #12 of 138
Passing PPA0.10FBS #105 of 138
Passing PPA0.03FBS #30 of 138
Passing explosiveness1.88FBS #8 of 138
Passing explosiveness1.91FBS #133 of 138
Rushing success rate45.8%FBS #59 of 138
Rushing success rate37.4%FBS #41 of 138
Rushing PPA0.22FBS #30 of 138
Rushing PPA0.05FBS #65 of 138
Rushing explosiveness0.96FBS #67 of 138
Rushing explosiveness1.04FBS #104 of 138
Standard downs success rate51.7%FBS #39 of 138
Standard downs success rate41.7%FBS #32 of 138
Standard downs PPA0.19FBS #36 of 138
Standard downs PPA-0.01FBS #57 of 138
Standard downs explosiveness0.97FBS #98 of 138
Standard downs explosiveness1.19FBS #128 of 138
Passing downs success rate23.4%FBS #123 of 138
Passing downs success rate20.0%FBS #6 of 138
Passing downs PPA0.10FBS #105 of 138
Passing downs PPA0.06FBS #35 of 138
Passing downs explosiveness1.85FBS #105 of 138
Passing downs explosiveness2.19FBS #107 of 138
Havoc allowed7.2%FBS #1 of 138
Havoc rate14.4%FBS #90 of 138
Total yards per game390.25FBS #74 of 138
Total yards per game286.25FBS #24 of 138
Passing yards per game93FBS #136 of 138
Passing yards per game162FBS #18 of 138
Rushing yards per game297.25FBS #2 of 138
Rushing yards per game124.25FBS #51 of 138
Turnovers4FBS #32 of 138
Turnovers forced4FBS #98 of 138
3rd-down conversions32FBS #24 of 138
3rd-down conversions13FBS #3 of 138
3rd-down conversion rate49.2%FBS #27 of 138
3rd-down conversion rate26.5%FBS #12 of 138

CFBD season statistics, including postseason where supplied. Advanced metrics exclude garbage time. PPA is predicted points added per play. Explosiveness is the provider’s successful-play metric, not an explosive-play percentage. FBS ranks compare the same source metric and season; ties share ranks.

SEASON LEADERS

Players who led the team

Passing Leader

Liam Szarka

FBS #155 · 296 season total

19CMP38ATT296Yards1TD4INT50%CMP%103.06NCAA rating

Rushing Leader

Liam Szarka

FBS #38 · 391 season total

92Carries391Yards7TD4.25Yards/carry

Receiving Leader

Simon Kibbee

FBS #508 · 103 season total

6REC103Yards0TD17.17Yards/REC

Tackles Leader

Blake Fletcher

FBS #17 · 44 season total

44Total22Solo22Assists2.50TFL1Sacks

Sacks Leader

Max Mustell

FBS #122 · 2 season total

2Sacks3TFL1QB hurries15Tackles

Defensive Interceptions Leader

Korey Johnson

FBS #64 · 1 season total

1INT2Passes defended0Defensive TDs0Return yards14Tackles

Full-season player totals include bowls and playoffs. Each category starts with its main metric and uses secondary statistics only to break team ties. FBS ranks use combined player totals across FBS teams; tied totals share ranks. Defensive TDs follow the provider’s defensive-return touchdown totals. A dash means the provider did not return that statistic. CFBD is the primary source; 2015 defensive statistics are supplemented from ESPN.

FULL SEASON SCHEDULE

Results and market lines

WkDateSiteOpponentResultScoreSpreadATSTotalO/U
12026-09-05HDuquesneW34–0-28.5W57.5U
22026-09-13HNorth Dakota StateL32–38+1.5L48.5O
42026-09-27ANevadaW36–33-4.5L50.5O
52026-10-03HNavyW14–9-3W45U
62026-10-10ANorthern Illinois——-7.5—47—
72026-10-17HUNLV——————
82026-10-24AWyoming——————
92026-10-31HUConn——————
102026-11-08AArmy——————
112026-11-15HSan José State——————
122026-11-21HUTEP——————
132026-11-28ANew Mexico——————

H = home · A = away · N = neutral · Post = postseason. Source-reported spreads and totals; unverified closing status. Conference championships follow the source's regular-season classification.

Sources: CollegeFootballData; logos and team identity: ESPN. Historical conferences follow each season's game records.