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Alabama

University of Alabama · 2024 · SEC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#15
Efficiency
+19.6
8th FBS
Record
9-4
Conf. record
5-3
Conf. finish
T-4th
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Alabama went 9-4 and was ranked 15th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 13th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 16th-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 53% of offensive plays with a 13th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 47% of plays with a 28th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
3-1
Q2
2-3
Q3
1-0
Q4
3-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 9.0 wins
Strength of Record
17th
+1.1 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
23rd
full season
23rd
CFP committee
#11
FanBoardHQ has them 4 spots lower
Conf. sched. difficulty
13th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~4.0 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 Western KentuckyConference USA#80W 630+29.0100%31.8Q4
2vs South FloridaAmerican Athletic#82W 4216+29.4100%9.8Q4
3@ WisconsinBig Ten#60W 4210+11.7100%35.5Q2
5vs GeorgiaSEC#4W 4134+2.0100%23.2Q1
6@ VanderbiltSEC#41L 3540+9.30%1.9Q2
7vs South CarolinaSEC#16W 2725+6.3100%19.0Q1
8@ TennesseeSEC#11L 1724+0.70%12.1Q1
9vs MissouriSEC#17W 340+11.1100%36.3Q2
11@ LSUSEC#12W 4213+2.5100%39.3Q1
12vs MercerSouthernW 527+35.9100%26.2Q4
13@ OklahomaSEC#45L 324+7.30%-13.9Q2
14vs AuburnSEC#67W 2814+15.2100%19.1Q3
Postseason
vs MichiganBig Ten#23L 1319+8.50%5.1Q2

13 played · 9-4. 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.

-9.6+12.7+35.03210352321912363926-1419Week 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 28th
SR 13thYPP 17thEPA 50th
RushingEff 13th
SR 19thYPP 14thEPA 11th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 21st
SR 30thYPP 27thEPA 16th
Rush defenseEff 34th
SR 35thYPP 45thEPA 32nd
Dropback rate 47%Tempo -1.9 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 48th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 48%1st · Defense allowed: 39%1st2nd · Offense: 41%2nd · Defense allowed: 34%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 51%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 39%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 111.0Q1 · Allowed: 32.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 114.0Q2 · Allowed: 56.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 90.0Q3 · Allowed: 63.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 115.0Q4 · Allowed: 61.0Q4
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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Alabama Offense vs Defense, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 13th
+9.5
Field position: +1.3Finishing drives: +8.2
Field position +1.3Finishing drives +8.2= +9.5
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 25th · Finishing 15th

Defensive EffRanked 16th
+8.8
Field position: +0.0Finishing drives: +8.8
Field position +0.0Finishing drives +8.8= +8.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 68th · Finishing 10th

2.71 points per drive on offense, 1.32 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(209)47% / 53%47%6.2
Q2(208)48% / 52%46%6.8
Q3(203)44% / 56%49%6.2
Q4(215)42% / 58%44%6.4
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(153)10.259%8.9
2nd(116)9.043%7.4
3rd(102)8.938%6.7
4th(6)9.317%1.4
All (377)48%7.7
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(234)9.941%5.6
2nd(157)6.240%4.5
3rd(58)3.372%6.4
4th(9)1.078%5.1
All (458)45%5.3

Alabama, all games.

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