CFB TEAM RESEARCH · American Athletic
Florida Atlantic
Season leadership, recruiting classes, advanced metrics, player leaders and results.
SEASON SNAPSHOT
2026 regular season
2026 regular season · 5 completed games · American Athletic. Postseason and bowls are excluded. Scoring ranks compare 138 FBS teams with recorded results: PPG #32; PPG allowed #99. ATS coverage 5/5; totals coverage 5/5. Betting lines are source-reported; closing status and observation timestamps are not verified. Missing lines are excluded from market records. View source data.
Overall record including postseason: 4-1. Regular-season snapshot excludes bowls and playoffs.
SEASON LEADERSHIP
Coaching staff
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
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
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
Caden Veltkamp
FBS #9 · 1,425 season total
127CMP174ATT1,425Yards12TD2INT72.99%CMP%162.24NCAA rating
Rushing Leader
Ethan Ervin
FBS #73 · 315 season total
71Carries315Yards2TD4.44Yards/carry
Receiving Leader
Kelby Valsin
FBS #9 · 512 season total
40REC512Yards5TD12.80Yards/REC
Tackles Leader
Joseph Sipp Jr.
FBS #114 · 33 season total
33Total14Solo19Assists1TFL1Sacks
Sacks Leader
Josh Roberts
FBS #122 · 2 season total
2Sacks3.50TFL1QB hurries12Tackles
Defensive Interceptions Leader
Bo Simpson-Nealy
FBS #14 · 2 season total
2INT1Passes defended0Defensive TDs5Return yards20Tackles
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
| Wk | Date | Site | Opponent | Result | Score | Spread | ATS | Total | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-09-05 | A | Florida | L | 21–66 | +26.5 | L | 59.5 | O |
| 2 | 2026-09-12 | H | Navy | W | 38–30 | +4.5 | W | 59.5 | O |
| 3 | 2026-09-19 | H | Florida International | W | 16–10 | -5 | W | 62 | U |
| 4 | 2026-09-27 | A | UL Monroe | W | 45–17 | -11.5 | W | 58.5 | O |
| 5 | 2026-10-03 | H | Texas Southern | W | 66–10 | -44 | W | 61.5 | O |
| 7 | 2026-10-17 | A | Army | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | 2026-10-24 | H | Rice | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | 2026-10-29 | A | North Texas | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | 2026-11-06 | H | UTSA | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | 2026-11-14 | A | Tulsa | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | 2026-11-21 | H | South Florida | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | 2026-11-27 | A | East Carolina | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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.