American Athletic · Tre Lamb, year 2 (6-8) · Chapman Stadium · 30,000 · 28,520 avg in 2026
LastW 23–17 at Sam Houston · Sat Sep 12 · Thomas Davis 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 4 tackles
Nextvs East Texas A&M · Sat Sep 19 · 8 pm ET · Chapman Stadium · first meeting on record · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5 | #107 | #262 | +13✓ | Oklahoma State | W 24–10 143 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #116 | #159 | -12.5✗ | @Sam Houston | W 23–17 139 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 20 | #125 | #233 | East Texas A&M | ||||
| 4 | Sep 27 | #127 | #141 | @Arkansas | ||||
| 5 | Oct 2 | North Texas | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @Navy | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | @Rice | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | Army | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Tulane | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | Florida Atlantic | ||||||
| 12 | Nov 21 | Charlotte | ||||||
| 13 | Nov 28 | @UTSA |
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | @Sam Houston | W 23–17 | 367 | 0 | 30:18 | +0.031 | 32.4% | 152.4% | |
| Sep 5 | Oklahoma State | W 24–10 | 361 | 1 | 28:55 | +0.186 | 41.4% | 108.5% | |
| Season average (2 games) | 364 | 0.5 | +0.109 | 36.9% | 130.5% | ||||
Tulsa is the tiny Oklahoma private school that out-scored everybody for a decade — and is trying, under a first-year coach, to remember how the offense used to feel like a track meet.
Tulsa fans are tired of being the program everyone forgets is in the FBS — the 4,000-student private school nobody schedules out of respect. They'll remind you it has more bowl history than schools fi…
The season in chapters
What fans said
Real posts from the day of the game, chosen by community score · usernames not shown
What it is like to watch them2025 · 4-8 · last season
✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among American Athletic teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Warming. 4-6 over the last 10, and won the last two.
I would probably tell her to stop and do a grounding exercise so she can calm herself down.
Next Sep 20
vs East Texas A&M · at home
~ our read on style
Market outlook
Sportsbook consensus · best odds across multiple books · 2026-09-14
the open questioncan a new staff change the trajectory?
Tre Lamb inherits Tulsa's third head coach in five seasons and a 4-8 roster with 92% QB production returning — historic-Oklahoma-G5-football outside Norman + Stillwater demands stability.
our readbackground
Tre Lamb inherits a 4-8 losing record at Tulsa, a program defined by its historic Oklahoma-G5 identity but now navigating a fanbase in transition.
our readdeveloping
Tulsa jumped 24 spots in SP+ — the gap between the ranking and 4-8 record is the story Tre Lamb has to answer in American Athletic this year.
our readbackground
Tulsa: coordinator change reshaping a unit.
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Tulsa aac championship shortened — implied probability moved from 5.8% to 10.0% (+4.2pp) between Sep 13 and Sep 14, 2026 (tier C).
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Dominic Richardson gets LESS work in the fourth quarter with a lead than his overall workload would predict -- not the trusted closer raw carries might suggest.
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Zion Booker: a garbage time merchant signal screened this season.
our readbackground
Tulsa, the Oklahoma private university with Todd Graham's 2010 11-3 season, now sits at 4-8, highlighting a gap between its historic G5 identity and current struggles.
our readdeveloping
Outcome band · Tulsa · 2026
Floor, base and ceiling come from the season-path projection, which plays out conference title games and the CFP — so a ceiling can run past 12 games.
Tre Lamb took over as Tulsa's head coach, replacing Kevin Wilson. It is the program's third head coach in five seasons. It's not the hire that's the story anymore — it's everything it set in motion. The room has bought in, but early believers have been wrong before.
The 'this hire changes everything' takes -- new-era believers making the case early.
The 'show me the body of work' counter -- resume gaps, scheme fits, and 'not that guy' reads.
Nothing in our corpus yet — this door stays open for when there is.
Only 10 of 251 board posts mention it — below our floor to call a community stance. Shown as texture, not a verdict.
Board health this week (90 posts): 32% positive · 46% neutral · 22% negative. Team-level weekly mood — not specific to this event. The boards ≠ the fanbase: a self-selected vocal slice.
Tulsa enters 2026 rated No. 104 in 2025 SP+ (-10.0), up 24 spots from 2024. It is top-quintile returning production in FBS — 1% of production comes back. One of the bigger model jumps in the country — the tape moved faster than the consensus noticed. The preview consensus leans in — but preseason ratings reward the recent past, not the season ahead.
The 'the projection is underselling us' read -- fans betting the season beats the preview number.
The 'the model has seen the tape' counter -- efficiency ratings reward what a program has actually done, not hope.
Nothing in our corpus yet — this door stays open for when there is.
This event was in 41 of 251 board posts (16%) over the last 60 days — a fanbase consumed by it. Fan text shown verbatim, attributed to the community not the individual poster.
Board health this week (90 posts): 32% positive · 46% neutral · 22% negative. Team-level weekly mood — not specific to this event. The boards ≠ the fanbase: a self-selected vocal slice.
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Tulsa is the Oklahoma private university whose Todd Graham 2010 11-3 + 2012 Liberty Bowl + Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium define what historic-Oklahoma-G5-football looks like outside Norman + Stillwater.
The program ledger
since 2025OSU releases depth chart for Tulsa game
OSU's depth chart is out and the Cowboy offense gets its first real test — Tulsa's WR depth is thin enough that Lamb's group can't afford a slow start on the other side of the ball.
TU's first-ever win in Stillwater
First win ever in Stillwater — Tre Lamb's program just crossed a line that 100+ years of Tulsa football couldn't, and the rising SP+ isn't a coincidence anymore.
Tulsa has tight 3-way QB battle
Three QBs fighting for one job in fall camp — Lamb's offense can't get its identity locked in until that depth chart clears, and a WR room already under pressure needs to know who's throwing to them.
Tulsa loses 2027 commit
A 2027 decommit this early stings differently when your class is already sitting 92nd — Lamb's WR room can't afford to lose ground it hasn't fully built yet.
Romel Koon commits to Tulsa
A DB commit in a rebuild year matters — but the WR room is still where Lamb's 109th-ranked class has the most obvious pressure to add.
AAC title odds: +1625 → +900 (▲4.2pp implied)
Aac title odds improved 4.2pp without an obvious public catalyst.
Top 3 commits
Recruiting Footprint · 2026
OK leads the 2026 class with 6 commits. National footprint reaching 9 states.
Where they recruit · 2023-2026
88 signees across 13 states, 2023-2026. TX leads the pull.
Miles from home · 2026 roster
The median Tulsa player grew up 247 miles from campus.
Half this roster came from closer than that; half came from farther.
Straight-line distance from each player's listed hometown to Chapman Stadium. Hometowns are placed at city-centroid precision, not street address — fine at this scale, but a player's true door-to-door number can differ by a few miles. 101 of 111 listed players have a geocoded hometown. Source: CFBD roster hometowns.
Top community posts · last 12 months · r/cfb
Among the stronger offseasons on record for this program
93rd percentile among FBS programs
4 of 68 AP voters have them ranked, AP ballot, week 3 (2026) — from #20, Ralph Russo (The Athletic), to #23, Dylan Sinn (The Journal Gazette). 64 voters left them off the ballot entirely.
Individual AP Top 25 ballots, AP ballot, week 3, 2026 — 68 voters tracked.
20% of tipped/broken-up passes have turned into picks — about the ~18% league average.
2 interceptions of 10 disrupted passes (8 deflected, 2 intercepted), 2026 only.
13 penalties committed, 13 drawn on opponents — a near-even trade all season.
127 penalty yards committed vs. 135 drawn on opponents, 2026 season total.
Outcome band · Tulsa · 2026
Recruiting Footprint · 2026