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Arkansas

University of Arkansas · 2023 · SEC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#85
Efficiency
-0.1
63rd FBS
Record
4-8
Conf. record
1-7
Conf. finish
T-12th
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Arkansas went 4-8 and was ranked 85th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 41st-ranked defense carried them, with a 98th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 50% of offensive plays with a 79th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 50% of plays with an 116th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-5
Q2
1-0
Q3
0-1
Q4
3-2

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 4.0 wins
Strength of Record
94th
-3.6 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
42nd
full season
42nd
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
4th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~3.9 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 CarolinaSouthernW 5613+18.4100%19.2Q4
2vs Kent StateMid-American#133W 286+33.1100%-5.8Q4
3vs BYUBig 12#72L 3138+4.20%-10.3Q4
4@ LSUSEC#16L 3134-19.50%15.6Q1
5vs Texas A&MSEC#38L 2234-14.40%-0.3Q1
6@ Ole MissSEC#10L 2027-18.20%11.2Q1
7@ AlabamaSEC#4L 2124-24.70%21.1Q1
8vs Mississippi StateSEC#76L 37+6.90%-11.1Q4
10@ FloridaSEC#66W 3936-7.0100%8.2Q2
11vs AuburnSEC#59L 1048-3.00%-30.6Q3
12vs FIUConference USA#123W 4420+25.5100%-2.5Q4
13vs MissouriSEC#8L 1448-15.80%-16.6Q1

12 played · 4-8. 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 Arkansas, 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.

-26.5-4.7+17.019-6-1016-01121-118-31-2-17Week 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 116th
SR 118thYPP 123rdEPA 107th
RushingEff 79th
SR 81stYPP 90thEPA 70th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 50th
SR 51stYPP 66thEPA 54th
Rush defenseEff 32nd
SR 35thYPP 82ndEPA 23rd
Dropback rate 50%Tempo +4.6 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 57th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 37%1st · Defense allowed: 44%1st2nd · Offense: 41%2nd · Defense allowed: 39%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 43%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 40%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 67.0Q1 · Allowed: 96.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 64.0Q2 · Allowed: 77.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 50.0Q3 · Allowed: 86.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 96.0Q4 · Allowed: 50.0Q4
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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Arkansas Offense vs Defense, 2023
Offensive EffRanked 98th
-4.9
Field position: +0.8Finishing drives: -5.6
Field position +0.8Finishing drives -5.6= -4.9
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 36th · Finishing 104th

Defensive EffRanked 41st
+3.2
Field position: -0.7Finishing drives: +3.9
Field position -0.7Finishing drives +3.9= +3.2
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 92nd · Finishing 32nd

1.91 points per drive on offense, 2.13 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 28.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(185)55% / 45%34%5.1
Q2(187)45% / 55%37%5.3
Q3(215)38% / 62%45%5.2
Q4(196)49% / 51%43%5.7
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(124)10.540%6.1
2nd(122)8.836%4.7
3rd(112)8.332%5.6
4th(6)7.267%11.7
All (364)37%5.6
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(202)9.836%3.9
2nd(148)7.246%6.2
3rd(60)4.953%6.5
4th(9)1.289%6.7
All (419)43%5.2

Arkansas, all games.