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Arkansas

University of Arkansas · 2024 · SEC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#44
Efficiency
+7.5
43rd FBS
Record
7-6
Conf. record
3-5
Conf. finish
T-11th
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Arkansas went 7-6 and was ranked 44th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 37th-ranked defense carried them, with a 59th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 51% of offensive plays with a 6th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 49% of plays with a 25th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 7.0 wins
Strength of Record
47th
-1.3 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
32nd
full season
32nd
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
11th
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 Arkansas-Pine BluffSWACW 700+53.7100%9.5Q4
2@ Oklahoma StateBig 12#101L 3139+6.50%-4.5Q3
3vs UABAmerican Athletic#121W 3727+25.2100%-5.4Q4
4@ AuburnSEC#67W 2414-2.4100%19.7Q2
5vs Texas A&MSEC#27L 1721-7.70%12.1Q1
6vs TennesseeSEC#11W 1914-5.9100%19.7Q1
8vs LSUSEC#12L 1034-4.10%-13.1Q1
9@ Mississippi StateSEC#114W 5825+8.1100%31.4Q3
10vs Ole MissSEC#10L 3163-12.00%-16.8Q1
12vs TexasSEC#5L 1020-13.90%11.1Q1
13vs Louisiana TechConference USA#111W 3514+24.0100%5.9Q4
14@ MissouriSEC#17L 2128-6.60%7.4Q2
Postseason
vs Texas TechBig 12#40W 3926+1.0100%19.3Q2

13 played · 7-6. 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.

-13.0+7.3+27.69-4-5201220-1331-171167Week 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 25th
SR 30thYPP 20thEPA 24th
RushingEff 6th
SR 2ndYPP 13thEPA 9th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 60th
SR 54thYPP 51stEPA 65th
Rush defenseEff 3rd
SR 5thYPP 8thEPA 1st
Dropback rate 49%Tempo +3.4 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 47th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 51%1st · Defense allowed: 43%1st2nd · Offense: 49%2nd · Defense allowed: 42%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 48%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 39%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 103.0Q1 · Allowed: 51.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 104.0Q2 · Allowed: 71.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 86.0Q3 · Allowed: 82.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 108.0Q4 · Allowed: 100.0Q4
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, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 59th
+1.2
Field position: -1.9Finishing drives: +3.1
Field position -1.9Finishing drives +3.1= +1.2
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 122nd · Finishing 43rd

Defensive EffRanked 37th
+4.8
Field position: +0.2Finishing drives: +4.6
Field position +0.2Finishing drives +4.6= +4.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 57th · Finishing 36th

2.63 points per drive on offense, 1.98 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(208)48% / 52%50%7.5
Q2(252)55% / 45%52%6.3
Q3(207)49% / 51%53%7.1
Q4(210)48% / 52%45%6.5
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(198)10.454%7.7
2nd(131)9.944%7.3
3rd(103)9.337%8.0
4th(7)4.657%8.9
All (439)47%7.7
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(217)9.649%5.5
2nd(148)6.654%6.5
3rd(57)4.363%6.0
4th(16)4.863%8.1
All (438)53%6.0

Arkansas, all games.