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Arizona

University of Arizona · 2023 · Pac-12

FanBoardHQ CFP
#15
Efficiency
+18.5
12th FBS
Record
10-3
Conf. record
7-2
Conf. finish
3rd
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Arizona went 10-3 and was ranked 15th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 12th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 21st-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 58% of offensive plays with a 12th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 42% of plays with a 54th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
2-2
Q2
3-0
Q3
1-1
Q4
4-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 10.0 wins
Strength of Record
14th
+1.7 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
43rd
full season
43rd
CFP committee
#14
FanBoardHQ has them 1 spots lower
Conf. sched. difficulty
51st
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.3 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 Northern ArizonaBig SkyW 383+38.0100%16.6Q4
2@ Mississippi StateSEC#76L 2431+20.10%-2.6Q3
3vs UTEPConference USA#121W 3110+36.2100%8.5Q4
4@ StanfordPac-12#98W 2120+23.8100%-3.1Q4
5vs WashingtonPac-12#1L 2431-0.40%9.1Q1
6@ USCPac-12#22L 4143+2.40%15.9Q1
7@ Washington StatePac-12#64W 446+7.7100%38.4Q2
9vs Oregon StatePac-12#20W 2724+5.4100%18.3Q1
10vs UCLAPac-12#34W 2710+10.6100%27.6Q2
11@ ColoradoPac-12#80W 3431+16.7100%4.6Q3
12vs UtahPac-12#29W 4218+12.9100%32.3Q2
13@ Arizona StatePac-12#100W 5923+22.8100%30.3Q4
Postseason
vs OklahomaBig 12#11W 3824-1.6100%33.2Q1

13 played · 10-3. 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 Arizona, 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.

+0.2+17.6+35.117-39-391638182853230Week 0Week 17
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 12th
SR 8thYPP 17thEPA 13th
RushingEff 54th
SR 21stYPP 42ndEPA 68th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 33rd
SR 40thYPP 28thEPA 30th
Rush defenseEff 33rd
SR 41stYPP 25thEPA 40th
Dropback rate 58%Tempo +1.6 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 41st on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 52%1st · Defense allowed: 41%1st2nd · Offense: 48%2nd · Defense allowed: 41%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 51%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 41%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 78.0Q1 · Allowed: 66.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 124.0Q2 · Allowed: 75.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 85.0Q3 · Allowed: 58.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 141.0Q4 · Allowed: 74.0Q4
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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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Arizona Offense vs Defense, 2023
Offensive EffRanked 12th
+11.0
Field position: +0.2Finishing drives: +10.8
Field position +0.2Finishing drives +10.8= +11.0
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 57th · Finishing 12th

Defensive EffRanked 21st
+7.6
Field position: +1.6Finishing drives: +6.1
Field position +1.6Finishing drives +6.1= +7.6
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 18th · Finishing 21st

2.91 points per drive on offense, 1.84 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(207)60% / 40%46%7.0
Q2(224)64% / 36%51%7.4
Q3(189)54% / 46%49%6.5
Q4(230)50% / 50%55%6.8
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(206)10.056%9.2
2nd(145)9.344%7.1
3rd(126)7.946%7.2
4th(7)1.957%2.1
All (484)50%7.9
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(196)9.647%5.7
2nd(128)6.052%5.1
3rd(35)4.260%7.5
4th(7)1.186%3.3
All (366)51%5.6

Arizona, all games.