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Air Force

United States Air Force Academy · 2025 · Mountain West

FanBoardHQ CFP
#105
Efficiency
-6.9
93rd FBS
Record
4-8
Conf. record
3-5
Conf. finish
8th
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Air Force went 4-8 and was ranked 105th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 42nd-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 133rd-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 80% of offensive plays with a 69th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 20% of plays with a 9th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

By opponent strength, adjusted for where the game was played.

Q1
0-0
Q2
0-1
Q3
0-4
Q4
4-3

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 4.0 wins
Strength of Record
116th
-6.0 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
105th
full season
105th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
85th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.7 conference games on this schedule

The resume

Every game on the schedule. Click a row for the game breakdown (played) or the matchup projection (upcoming).

WkOpponentConfOpp rankResultExp. marginWin probGameScoreQuad
1vs BucknellPatriotW 4913+33.2100%-0.5Q4
3@ Utah StateMountain West#81L 3049-6.70%-19.1Q3
4vs Boise StateMountain West#46L 3749-7.70%-10.9Q3
5vs Hawai'iMountain West#63L 3544+0.40%-16.5Q4
6@ NavyAmerican Athletic#24L 3134-13.40%3.3Q2
7@ UNLVMountain West#55L 4851-9.60%2.1Q3
8vs WyomingMountain West#112W 2421+7.2100%-11.4Q4
10vs ArmyAmerican Athletic#67L 1720-5.70%-3.2Q4
11@ San José StateMountain West#123W 2616+5.0100%-1.0Q4
12@ UConnFBS Independents#69L 1626-5.70%-12.7Q3
13vs New MexicoMountain West#51L 320-4.00%-26.2Q4
14@ Colorado StateMountain West#130W 4221+6.7100%13.7Q4

12 played · 4-8. Expected margin and gamescore use the latest ratings — a completed game shows what the model would say now, not that week.

The season

The model’s read on Air Force, recomputed after every week. Toggle between overall, offensive, and defensive efficiency (each with a dot for that week’s game) or the FanBoardHQ CFP rank.

-23.0-6.2+10.5-1-19-11-1732-11-3-1-13-2614Week 0Week 20
Line = the model's read each week; dots = that week's game (green above the line, red below).

Passing & rushing

Opponent-adjusted, FBS-only. The bar is the blended Eff rank — EPA/play (scoring value), success rate (staying on schedule), and yards/play (explosiveness), each standardized against the FBS field. The three ranks below each bar are those components, so you can see what's driving it.

Offense
PassingEff 9th
SR 34thYPP 4thEPA 9th
RushingEff 69th
SR 49thYPP 100thEPA 66th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 135th
SR 136thYPP 135thEPA 134th
Rush defenseEff 137th
SR 125thYPP 135thEPA 138th
Dropback rate 20%Tempo +5.6 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 79th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 44%1st · Defense allowed: 52%1st2nd · Offense: 50%2nd · Defense allowed: 45%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 55%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 53%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 69.0Q1 · Allowed: 76.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 72.0Q2 · Allowed: 67.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 69.0Q3 · Allowed: 93.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 142.0Q4 · Allowed: 132.0Q4
ScoredAllowed

What kind of team is this?

Every team by offensive and defensive efficiency (points/game vs. an average team, higher is better on both). Click a dot for that team.

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Air Force Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 42nd
+4.3
Field position: -1.1Finishing drives: +5.4
Field position -1.1Finishing drives +5.4= +4.3
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 100th · Finishing 32nd

Defensive EffRanked 133rd
-11.8
Field position: -0.1Finishing drives: -11.7
Field position -0.1Finishing drives -11.7= -11.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 68th · Finishing 134th

2.90 points per drive on offense, 3.03 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 29.

Play-calling & efficiency

What the offense did, by quarter and by down — raw, not opponent-adjusted.

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(189)16% / 84%43%5.9
Q2(216)21% / 79%46%5.5
Q3(191)15% / 85%52%5.2
Q4(213)33% / 67%53%7.2
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(67)10.042%7.8
2nd(57)8.358%13.7
3rd(40)8.743%6.2
4th(11)4.645%12.2
All (175)47%9.6
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(288)9.744%4.9
2nd(209)6.948%5.6
3rd(114)4.754%4.6
4th(23)1.883%2.7
All (634)49%5.0

Air Force, all games.

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