CFB TEAM RESEARCH · Mid-American
Kent State
Season leadership, recruiting classes, advanced metrics, player leaders and results.
SEASON SNAPSHOT
2026 regular season
2026 regular season · 5 completed games · Mid-American. Postseason and bowls are excluded. Scoring ranks compare 138 FBS teams with recorded results: PPG #134; PPG allowed #119. 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: 2-3. 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
Dru Deshields
FBS #106 · 752 season total
70CMP120ATT752Yards3TD5INT58.33%CMP%110.89NCAA rating
Rushing Leader
Dru Deshields
FBS #223 · 183 season total
39Carries183Yards3TD4.69Yards/carry
Receiving Leader
Da'Realyst Clark
FBS #142 · 242 season total
20REC242Yards1TD12.10Yards/REC
Tackles Leader
Joel Cordoba
FBS #327 · 24 season total
24Total15Solo9Assists1.50TFL1Sacks
Sacks Leader
Rocco Nicholl
FBS #44 · 3 season total
3Sacks3.50TFL3QB hurries22Tackles
Defensive Interceptions Leader
Jaihien Roy
FBS #64 · 1 season total
1INT1Passes defended0Defensive TDs0Return yards10Tackles
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 | South Carolina | L | 0–57 | +36.5 | L | 53.5 | O |
| 2 | 2026-09-12 | H | Wofford | W | 36–15 | -11 | W | 47 | O |
| 3 | 2026-09-19 | A | Ohio State | L | 3–59 | +52.5 | L | 58.5 | O |
| 4 | 2026-09-26 | H | Ball State | W | 26–13 | -2.5 | W | 51.5 | U |
| 5 | 2026-10-03 | H | Ohio | L | 10–13 | +3.5 | W | 50.5 | U |
| 6 | 2026-10-10 | A | Western Michigan | — | — | +14 | — | 43.5 | — |
| 7 | 2026-10-17 | A | South Florida | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | 2026-10-24 | H | Akron | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | 2026-10-31 | A | Sacramento State | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | 2026-11-11 | A | Bowling Green | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | 2026-11-18 | H | Miami (OH) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | 2026-11-25 | A | Eastern Michigan | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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.