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Air Force

United States Air Force Academy · 2024 · Mountain West

FanBoardHQ CFP
#103
Efficiency
-12.4
111th FBS
Record
5-7
Conf. record
3-4
Conf. finish
T-5th
of 12
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Air Force went 5-7 and was ranked 103rd in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 96th-ranked defense carried them, with an 116th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 82% of offensive plays with a 109th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 18% of plays with a 138th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-1
Q2
0-1
Q3
0-1
Q4
5-4

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 5.0 wins
Strength of Record
102nd
-4.9 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
100th
full season
100th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
82nd
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.4 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 MerrimackFCS IndependentsW 216+20.8100%-14.6Q4
2vs San José StateMountain West#88L 717-2.70%-18.9Q4
3@ BaylorBig 12#33L 331-27.90%-12.9Q1
5@ WyomingMountain West#118L 1931-2.80%-24.2Q4
6vs NavyAmerican Athletic#35L 734-17.20%-24.3Q3
7@ New MexicoMountain West#107L 3752-1.00%-38.5Q4
8vs Colorado StateMountain West#74L 1321-0.90%-22.4Q4
10@ ArmyAmerican Athletic#28L 320-27.00%-5.0Q2
11vs Fresno StateMountain West#93W 3628-4.4100%2.0Q4
12vs Oregon StatePac-12#100W 280+1.7100%14.7Q4
13@ NevadaMountain West#119W 2219-4.9100%-5.4Q4
14@ San Diego StateMountain West#125W 3120+3.4100%1.1Q4

12 played · 5-7. 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.

-34.3-11.9+10.4-15-19-13-24-24-39-22-5215-51Week 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 138th
SR 138thYPP 137thEPA 138th
RushingEff 109th
SR 89thYPP 119thEPA 100th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 115th
SR 104thYPP 115thEPA 124th
Rush defenseEff 49th
SR 59thYPP 43rdEPA 43rd
Dropback rate 18%Tempo +1.7 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 96th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 39%1st · Defense allowed: 45%1st2nd · Offense: 43%2nd · Defense allowed: 40%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 48%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 42%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 45.0Q1 · Allowed: 62.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 74.0Q2 · Allowed: 68.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 24.0Q3 · Allowed: 76.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 87.0Q4 · Allowed: 69.0Q4
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, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 116th
-8.0
Field position: -1.8Finishing drives: -6.2
Field position -1.8Finishing drives -6.2= -8.0
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 121st · Finishing 112th

Defensive EffRanked 96th
-3.9
Field position: -1.2Finishing drives: -2.8
Field position -1.2Finishing drives -2.8= -3.9
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 112th · Finishing 90th

1.83 points per drive on offense, 2.19 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 28.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(193)11% / 89%44%4.3
Q2(216)19% / 81%43%5.5
Q3(183)17% / 83%39%4.3
Q4(195)28% / 72%46%5.3
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(45)9.938%7.2
2nd(44)9.034%7.5
3rd(49)9.522%5.5
4th(9)9.444%9.4
All (147)32%6.9
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(269)9.839%4.5
2nd(221)6.845%4.2
3rd(125)4.454%4.4
4th(25)2.272%4.9
All (640)45%4.4

Air Force, all games.