FanBoardHQ

Air Force

United States Air Force Academy · 2022 · Mountain West

FanBoardHQ CFP
#45
Efficiency
+5.9
45th FBS
Record
10-3
Conf. record
5-3
Conf. finish
T-3rd
of 12
Air Force Fanboard →

Air Force went 10-3 and was ranked 45th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 41st-ranked defense carried them, with a 42nd-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 87% of offensive plays with a 30th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 13% of plays with a 33rd-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
Q2
1-0
Q3
0-1
Q4
9-2

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Expected: 10.0 wins
Strength of Record
45th
-1.2 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
126th
full season
126th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
115th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.1 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 Northern IowaMVFCW 4817+14.7100%26.9Q4
2vs ColoradoPac-12#129W 4110+27.8100%0.8Q4
3@ WyomingMountain West#83L 1417+13.20%-10.8Q4
4vs NevadaMountain West#126W 4820+27.3100%15.0Q4
5vs NavyAmerican Athletic#95W 1310+11.4100%-1.7Q4
6@ Utah StateMountain West#98L 2734+17.20%-18.8Q4
7@ UNLVMountain West#103W 427+14.7100%27.9Q4
8vs Boise StateMountain West#50L 1419+5.20%-5.5Q3
10vs ArmyFBS Independents#84W 137+11.6100%0.4Q4
11vs New MexicoMountain West#128W 353+29.9100%8.4Q4
12vs Colorado StateMountain West#120W 2412+27.8100%-5.4Q4
13@ San Diego StateMountain West#79W 133+10.2100%5.5Q4
Postseason
vs BaylorBig 12#54W 3015-2.5100%29.2Q2

13 played · 10-3. 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.

-15.1+4.5+24.1271-1115-2-1928-508-55Week 0Week 17
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 33rd
SR 87thYPP 9thEPA 32nd
RushingEff 30th
SR 22ndYPP 35thEPA 35th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 86th
SR 118thYPP 76thEPA 70th
Rush defenseEff 68th
SR 50thYPP 78thEPA 69th
Dropback rate 13%Tempo +0.8 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 92nd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 48%1st · Defense allowed: 47%1st2nd · Offense: 50%2nd · Defense allowed: 33%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 52%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 33%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 109.0Q1 · Allowed: 26.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 72.0Q2 · Allowed: 60.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 107.0Q3 · Allowed: 20.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 75.0Q4 · Allowed: 70.0Q4
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.

elite bothdefense-ledrebuildingoffense-ledAir ForceOffenseDefense
Air Force Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 42nd
+3.6
Field position: -0.6Finishing drives: +4.2
Field position -0.6Finishing drives +4.2= +3.6
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 87th · Finishing 38th

Defensive EffRanked 41st
+3.1
Field position: +0.9Finishing drives: +2.2
Field position +0.9Finishing drives +2.2= +3.1
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 39th · Finishing 46th

2.53 points per drive on offense, 1.40 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(192)13% / 87%52%7.1
Q2(223)12% / 88%51%5.5
Q3(192)9% / 91%52%6.5
Q4(224)12% / 88%44%5.8
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(34)10.332%9.6
2nd(23)9.352%11.7
3rd(34)9.032%8.2
4th(4)8.325%2.0
All (95)37%9.3
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(319)9.850%5.6
2nd(263)6.850%6.3
3rd(131)4.853%5.3
4th(23)2.078%4.9
All (736)51%5.8

Air Force, all games.

Air Force Football 2022 — Efficiency & Rankings · FanBoardHQ