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Alabama

University of Alabama · 2022 · SEC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#3
Efficiency
+26.0
2nd FBS
Record
11-2
Conf. record
6-2
Conf. finish
T-2nd
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Alabama went 11-2 and was ranked 3rd in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 6th-ranked defense carried them, with a 7th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 56% of offensive plays with a 7th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 44% of plays with a 10th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
4-2
Q2
2-0
Q3
1-0
Q4
4-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 11.0 wins
Strength of Record
3rd
+3.5 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
19th
full season
19th
CFP committee
#5
FanBoardHQ has them 2 spots higher
Conf. sched. difficulty
16th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~4.1 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 Utah StateMountain West#98W 550+42.8100%28.1Q4
2@ TexasBig 12#17W 2019+3.1100%24.6Q1
3vs ULMSun Belt#112W 637+44.2100%24.4Q4
4vs VanderbiltSEC#73W 553+32.9100%30.9Q4
5@ ArkansasSEC#38W 4926+14.5100%33.5Q2
6vs Texas A&MSEC#68W 2420+23.5100%6.0Q3
7@ TennesseeSEC#4L 4952-0.00%27.1Q1
8vs Mississippi StateSEC#16W 306+14.4100%35.3Q1
10@ LSUSEC#9L 3132+5.70%18.8Q1
11@ Ole MissSEC#23W 3024+11.6100%20.0Q1
12vs Austin PeayAtlantic SunW 340+43.1100%18.4Q4
13vs AuburnSEC#56W 4927+22.4100%25.2Q2
Postseason
vs Kansas StateBig 12#7W 4520+7.3100%39.1Q1

13 played · 11-2. 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 Alabama, 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.

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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 7th
SR 10thYPP 8thEPA 7th
RushingEff 10th
SR 19thYPP 5thEPA 19th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 6th
SR 15thYPP 5thEPA 7th
Rush defenseEff 10th
SR 15thYPP 5thEPA 13th
Dropback rate 56%Tempo -7.9 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 49th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 47%1st · Defense allowed: 41%1st2nd · Offense: 48%2nd · Defense allowed: 39%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 47%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 33%3rd/4th
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Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 111.0Q1 · Allowed: 51.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 174.0Q2 · Allowed: 66.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 110.0Q3 · Allowed: 54.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 112.0Q4 · Allowed: 66.0Q4
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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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Alabama Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 7th
+13.7
Field position: +1.4Finishing drives: +12.3
Field position +1.4Finishing drives +12.3= +13.7
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 18th · Finishing 8th

Defensive EffRanked 6th
+11.5
Field position: +2.2Finishing drives: +9.3
Field position +2.2Finishing drives +9.3= +11.5
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 8th · Finishing 9th

3.12 points per drive on offense, 1.40 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 31.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(217)59% / 41%48%7.8
Q2(228)58% / 42%45%7.1
Q3(213)50% / 50%49%6.5
Q4(234)40% / 60%48%6.6
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(174)10.253%7.7
2nd(158)8.247%8.0
3rd(121)8.042%7.8
4th(7)4.157%7.4
All (460)48%7.8
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(248)9.844%6.0
2nd(132)6.950%6.8
3rd(43)5.058%7.0
4th(9)4.244%-2.2
All (432)47%6.2

Alabama, all games.

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