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Alabama

University of Alabama · 2026 · SEC

Efficiency
+22.6
6th FBS
Record
2-0
Conf. record
1-0
Conf. finish
1st
proj. of 16
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Alabama is 2-0 and ranked 6th in overall efficiency. Their 4th-ranked offense is the engine, backed by a 17th-ranked defense. They run the ball on 58% of offensive plays with a 22nd-ranked rushing attack and pass the ball on the remaining 42% of plays with a 36th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
+5 left
Q2
1-0
+3 left
Q3
0-0
+1 left
Q4
1-0
+1 left

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 9.2 wins
Strength of Record
6th
+0.5 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
56th
full season
9th
AP poll
#10
FanBoardHQ has them 4 spots higher
Conf. sched. difficulty
10th
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 East CarolinaAmerican Athletic#102W 4810+34.1100%27.2Q4
2@ KentuckySEC#55W 4517+15.1100%31.0Q2
3vs Florida StateACC#49Preview+19.587%Q3
4vs South CarolinaSEC#39Preview+18.386%Q2
5@ Mississippi StateSEC#18Preview+4.661%Q1
6vs GeorgiaSEC#9Preview+6.364%Q1
7@ TennesseeSEC#14Preview+2.456%Q1
8vs Texas A&MSEC#4Preview+2.255%Q1
10@ LSUSEC#13Preview+2.055%Q1
11@ VanderbiltSEC#34Preview+11.375%Q2
12vs ChattanoogaSouthernPreview+60.1100%Q4
13vs AuburnSEC#23Preview+12.377%Q2

2 played · 2-0. 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.

+2.5+15.5+28.52731Week 0Week 2
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 36th
SR 39thYPP 30thEPA 43rd
RushingEff 22nd
SR 18thYPP 42ndEPA 21st
Defense
Pass defenseEff 6th
SR 25thYPP 4thEPA 4th
Rush defenseEff 2nd
SR 2ndYPP 9thEPA 2nd
Dropback rate 42%Tempo -1.6 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 94th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 57%1st · Defense allowed: 28%1st2nd · Offense: 43%2nd · Defense allowed: 46%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 54%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 12%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 10.0Q1 · Allowed: 0.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 27.0Q2 · Allowed: 17.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 17.0Q3 · Allowed: 3.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 24.0Q4 · Allowed: 0.0Q4
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, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 4th
+15.7
Field position: +3.1Finishing drives: +12.7
Field position +3.1Finishing drives +12.7= +15.7
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 6th · Finishing 6th

Defensive EffRanked 17th
+6.9
Field position: -0.1Finishing drives: +7.1
Field position -0.1Finishing drives +7.1= +6.9
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 73rd · Finishing 13th

3.43 points per drive on offense, 0.83 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 35.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(28)43% / 57%50%6.0
Q2(42)48% / 52%48%6.8
Q3(34)50% / 50%47%5.2
Q4(37)24% / 76%62%5.6
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(20)9.960%7.7
2nd(24)8.838%4.5
3rd(13)9.931%11.1
4th(1)2.0100%16.0
All (58)45%7.2
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(47)9.155%5.0
2nd(22)5.950%3.8
3rd(13)4.269%7.6
4th(1)1.0100%5.0
All (83)57%5.1

Alabama, all games.

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