Pittsburgh Panthers FBS College Football Ratings & Rankings

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Outstanding

B Overall Grade 86

Balanced Beast

Consistency King

Dark Horse

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vs Miami OH, Sat Sep 5

Preseason Performance Rankings: FBS (National)

Pittsburgh Panthers has been rated by Versus for 19 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2025-26.

Winning season .500 season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	5-7	41.7%	—
2008-09	9-4	69.2%	—
2009-10	10-3	76.9%	—
2010-11	8-5	61.5%	#43
2011-12	6-7	46.2%	#67
2012-13	6-7	46.2%	#69
2013-14	7-6	53.8%	#42
2014-15	6-7	46.2%	#79
2015-16	8-5	61.5%	#39
2016-17	8-5	61.5%	#25
2017-18	5-7	41.7%	#61
2018-19	7-7	50.0%	#36
2019-20	8-5	61.5%	#46
2020-21	6-5	54.5%	#49
2021-22	11-3	78.6%	#21
2022-23	9-4	69.2%	#23
2023-24	3-9	25.0%	#98
2024-25	7-6	53.8%	#62
2025-26	8-5	61.5%	#44

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
4	Miami FL	13	3	1
25	Virginia	11	3	1
29	Duke	9	5
32	North Carolina St	8	5
33	SMU	9	4
35	Georgia Tech	9	4	1
37	Louisville	9	4
40	Wake Forest	9	4
48	Pittsburgh	8	5
61	Clemson	7	6
75	California	7	6	1
82	Florida St	5	7
98	Stanford	4	8
110	Virginia Tech	3	9	1
124	North Carolina	4	8
137	Syracuse	3	9
192	Boston College	2	10	1

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Aug 30	vs Duquesne (7-5) (FCS) Northeast · FCS	W61-9
Sat Sep 6	vs Central Michigan (7-6) Mid-American	W45-17
Sat Sep 13	at West Virginia (4-8) Big 12	L24-31
Sat Sep 27	vs Louisville (9-4) ACC	L27-34
Sat Oct 4	vs Boston College (2-10) ACC	W48-7
Sat Oct 11	at Florida St (5-7) ACC	W34-31
Sat Oct 18	at Syracuse (3-9) ACC	W30-13
Sat Oct 25	vs North Carolina St (8-5) ACC	W53-34
Sat Nov 1	at Stanford (4-8) ACC	W35-20
Sat Nov 15	vs #9 Notre Dame (10-2) (#9 nationally) FBS Independents	L15-37
Sat Nov 22	at Georgia Tech (9-4) ACC	W42-28
Sat Nov 29	vs #4 Miami FL (13-3) (#4 nationally) ACC	L7-38
Sat Dec 27	East Carolina (9-4) AAC	L17-23

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Aug 3	57	0	0
1	Sep 2	53	1	0	4
2	Sep 7	46	2	0	7
3	Sep 14	87	2	1	41
4	Sep 21	95	2	1	8
5	Sep 28	113	2	2	18
6	Oct 5	125	3	2	12
7	Oct 12	79	4	2	46
8	Oct 19	60	5	2	19
9	Oct 26	46	6	2	14
10	Nov 2	33	7	2	13
11	Nov 9	42	7	2	9
12	Nov 16	45	7	3	3
13	Nov 23	38	8	3	7
14	Nov 30	40	8	4	2
15	Dec 7	39	8	4	1
16	Dec 14	40	8	4	1
17	Dec 21	40	8	4
18	Dec 28	52	8	5	12
19	Jan 4	50	8	5	2
20	Jan 10	48	8	5	2
21	Jan 20	48	8	5

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