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Akron

University of Akron · 2025 · Mid-American

FanBoardHQ CFP
#117
Efficiency
-18.2
127th FBS
Record
5-7
Conf. record
4-4
Conf. finish
T-6th
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Akron went 5-7 and was ranked 117th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 108th-ranked defense carried them, with a 128th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 54% of offensive plays with an 110th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 46% of plays with a 131st-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 5.0 wins
Strength of Record
103rd
-5.8 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
132nd
full season
132nd
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
105th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.2 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 WyomingMountain West#112L 010-4.20%-23.8Q4
2@ NebraskaBig Ten#52L 068-24.00%-38.2Q3
3@ UABAmerican Athletic#118L 2831-4.60%-14.8Q4
4vs DuquesneNECW 517+11.2100%3.3Q4
5@ ToledoMid-American#59L 345-27.10%-35.1Q2
6vs Central MichiganMid-American#84W 2822-7.0100%-5.6Q4
7vs Miami-OHMid-American#88L 720-9.20%-24.6Q4
8@ Ball StateMid-American#122L 2842+0.70%-29.4Q4
9@ BuffaloMid-American#113W 2416-5.3100%-5.0Q4
11vs MassachusettsMid-American#136W 4410+21.5100%-8.8Q4
12vs Kent StateMid-American#108L 3542+5.10%-25.8Q4
13@ Bowling GreenMid-American#120W 1916-3.6100%-11.0Q4

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 Akron, 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.

-34.9-17.5+0.0-24-38-153-35-6-25-29-5-9-26-11Week 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 110th
SR 123rdYPP 119thEPA 105th
RushingEff 131st
SR 113thYPP 124thEPA 135th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 99th
SR 93rdYPP 109thEPA 96th
Rush defenseEff 122nd
SR 124thYPP 123rdEPA 119th
Dropback rate 54%Tempo +5.5 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 90th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 41%1st · Defense allowed: 41%1st2nd · Offense: 43%2nd · Defense allowed: 43%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 36%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 36%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 57.0Q1 · Allowed: 65.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 79.0Q2 · Allowed: 92.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 58.0Q3 · Allowed: 86.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 57.0Q4 · Allowed: 68.0Q4
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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Akron Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 128th
-11.1
Field position: -1.3Finishing drives: -9.8
Field position -1.3Finishing drives -9.8= -11.1
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 108th · Finishing 127th

Defensive EffRanked 108th
-5.9
Field position: -1.5Finishing drives: -4.4
Field position -1.5Finishing drives -4.4= -5.9
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 114th · Finishing 104th

1.62 points per drive on offense, 2.04 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 30.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(178)53% / 47%35%4.9
Q2(225)52% / 48%42%5.5
Q3(208)54% / 46%45%5.9
Q4(210)51% / 49%38%4.5
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(159)10.241%7.0
2nd(148)8.941%5.4
3rd(113)8.031%4.8
4th(11)6.745%5.2
All (431)39%5.8
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(205)9.941%4.4
2nd(122)6.644%4.9
3rd(52)6.438%4.4
4th(11)1.564%4.5
All (390)42%4.6

Akron, all games.