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Auburn University · 2022 · SEC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#56
Efficiency
+6.4
40th FBS
Record
5-7
Conf. record
2-6
Conf. finish
T-12th
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Auburn went 5-7 and was ranked 56th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 32nd-ranked defense carried them, with a 57th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 59% of offensive plays with a 19th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 41% of plays with an 88th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-6
Q2
0-1
Q3
3-0
Q4
2-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 5.0 wins
Strength of Record
60th
-1.2 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
3rd
full season
3rd
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
6th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~3.4 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 MercerSouthernW 4216+13.4100%23.8Q4
2vs San José StateMountain West#78W 2416+15.5100%0.4Q4
3vs Penn StateBig Ten#8L 1241-9.50%-15.0Q1
4vs MissouriSEC#60W 1714+3.4100%4.5Q3
5vs LSUSEC#9L 1721-8.50%11.1Q1
6@ GeorgiaSEC#1L 1042-26.40%9.3Q1
7@ Ole MissSEC#23L 3448-8.00%-0.0Q1
9vs ArkansasSEC#38L 2741+0.40%-14.1Q2
10@ Mississippi StateSEC#16L 3339-10.70%18.5Q1
11vs Texas A&MSEC#68W 1310+3.9100%5.3Q3
12vs Western KentuckyConference USA#61W 4117+5.2100%25.0Q3
13@ AlabamaSEC#3L 2749-22.40%7.1Q1

12 played · 5-7. 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 Auburn, 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.

-11.8+5.0+21.8240-155119-0-14195257Week 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 88th
SR 111thYPP 81stEPA 80th
RushingEff 19th
SR 63rdYPP 8thEPA 15th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 13th
SR 13thYPP 17thEPA 14th
Rush defenseEff 65th
SR 73rdYPP 44thEPA 64th
Dropback rate 41%Tempo -3.0 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 33rd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 41%1st · Defense allowed: 39%1st2nd · Offense: 35%2nd · Defense allowed: 46%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 41%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 43%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 65.0Q1 · Allowed: 52.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 81.0Q2 · Allowed: 128.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 75.0Q3 · Allowed: 62.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 71.0Q4 · Allowed: 101.0Q4
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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Auburn Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 57th
+0.7
Field position: +0.7Finishing drives: -0.0
Field position +0.7Finishing drives -0.0= +0.7
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 35th · Finishing 60th

Defensive EffRanked 32nd
+5.2
Field position: +0.0Finishing drives: +5.2
Field position +0.0Finishing drives +5.2= +5.2
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 69th · Finishing 24th

1.92 points per drive on offense, 2.18 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(196)38% / 62%38%5.0
Q2(204)47% / 53%44%6.9
Q3(199)41% / 59%40%6.1
Q4(179)46% / 54%34%6.0
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(104)10.538%6.6
2nd(110)9.434%6.2
3rd(110)9.128%5.2
4th(9)6.756%5.1
All (333)34%6.0
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(233)9.842%5.9
2nd(132)7.936%5.0
3rd(65)6.457%9.3
4th(15)2.853%4.4
All (445)43%6.1

Auburn, all games.