Thursday, November 27, 2025

Jim Mora Departs Connecticut for Colorado State

Jim Mora has been hired as the head football coach at Colorado State.  For the past four seasons, Mora was at the helm of the Connecticut Huskies football program.  Following the production rank chart below is a short overview of the Connecticut Huskies football program during this time based on the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com.

Jim Mora [2022-2025]

2022 
The Huskies finished the regular season at 6-6 making them bowl eligible, where they were defeated by  #28 ranked Marshall by a score of (14-28) to finish 6-7 overall. The Huskies played against an “average" (SOS), meaning that their SOS was between plus or minus standard deviation of the average SOS for the "league".  Connecticut's best regular season win was against #22 ranked Fresno State by a score of (19-14) and their worst regular season loss was to #119 ranked Utah State by a score of (20-31).  Connecticut was the #97 ranked team overall, with the #106 ranked offense and the #57 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided by www.cfbstats.com.
 
2023 
The Huskies finished the regular season at 3-9 making them bowl ineligible. The Huskies played against an “average" (SOS), .  Connecticut's best regular season win was against #128 ranked Florida International by a score of (17-24) and their worst regular season loss was to #66 ranked Rice by a score of (38-31).  Connecticut was the #120 ranked team overall, with the #114 ranked offense and the #99 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided by www.cfbstats.com.

2024
The Huskies finished the regular season at 8-4 making them bowl eligible, where they defeated #79 ranked North Carolina by a score of (27-14) to finish the season at 9-4 overall.  The Huskies played against a “much easier” strength of schedule (SOS), meaning that their SOS was greater than two standard deviations larger than the average SOS for the "league". Connecticut's best regular season win was against #65 ranked Buffalo by a score of (47-3) and their worst regular season loss was to #114 ranked Wake Forest by a score of (20-23).  Connecticut was the #18 ranked team overall, with the #40 ranked offense and the #57 ranked defense from the the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com.
 
2025
The Huskies were 9-3 at the time of Mora's departure. The Huskies played against a “much easier” strength of schedule (SOS) to this point in the season. At the time of Mora's departure Connecticut's best win was against currently ranked #67 Duke by a score of (37-34) and their worst regular season loss was to currently ranked #130 Syracuse by a score of (20-27).  At the time of Mora's departure, Connecticut was the #32 ranked team overall, with the #6 ranked offense and the #104 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided by www.cfbstats.com.

2025 NCAA FBS Head Coach Quits

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