Acceptable win total for 2026

[GetYouSomeofThat]

I think it’s probably unrealistic to expect 10 wins with our schedule next year but it will be year 6 for Josh and that’s just how I see it. Anything less than 10 wins almost for sure means no playoffs and just unacceptable in year 6 especially after going 8–5 in 2025. Let me add, looking at our schedule 10 wins seems like a real stretch.

Playoffs are the goal. Number of wins matter only as it realtes to getting in the playoffs.

If we dont achive that, it may not go good for some folks.

 

[Unconditional Surrender]

With 9 we may could still get in playoffs. But playoffs has to be the goal.

I'm just saying, it's put up or shut up time.

 

[JGB]

So if he makes bad or ineffective decisions there and has a lower win total - say, 7 wins - that absolves him of having not made good, effective decisions and producing say, 9 wins? I don’t get the rationale.

He’s at an inflection point of needing to make good, effective decisions and erasing the dark smudge of 2025.

I find anything less than 9 wins unacceptable every season. But what you find acceptable and what you expect from season to season are two different issues.

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

I think a better question is, what record would have Danny White seriously considering a change? 7-5, 6-6, or worse?

 

[RDU VOL#14]

Until I see what the roster and coaching staff looks like, I can’t even speculate.

Exactly . Impossible to tell. Plus, everyone is talking about the schedule, but almost half of our SEC games will be against team in their first year under new coaches. I think that bodes well for us. That first 8 games w/o a bye is brutal though.

 

[Legion of Doom]

I think a better question is, what record would have Danny White seriously considering a change? 7-5, 6-6, or worse?

8-4 and he is on hot seat.

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

8-4 and he is on hot seat.

With next years schedule and all the roster turnover, I’d say he survives 8-4 easily.

 

[camp_steveo]

With next years schedule and all the roster turnover, I’d say he survives 8-4 easily.

Me too, but eventually they need to catch on. The expectation is CFP every year. Missing it once or twice is survivable, but not for long.

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

For want of a clutch kicker, our kingdom crumbled.