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Auburn University · 2023 · SEC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#59
Efficiency
+5.6
45th FBS
Record
6-7
Conf. record
3-5
Conf. finish
T-8th
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Auburn went 6-7 and was ranked 59th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 27th-ranked defense carried them, with a 75th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 58% of offensive plays with a 58th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 42% of plays with a 103rd-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-5
Q2
1-1
Q3
1-0
Q4
4-1

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 6.0 wins
Strength of Record
66th
-2.1 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
33rd
full season
33rd
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
10th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~4.2 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 MassachusettsFBS Independents#127W 5914+28.1100%19.9Q4
2@ CaliforniaPac-12#53W 1410-1.3100%11.0Q2
3vs SamfordSouthernW 4513+29.1100%10.5Q4
4@ Texas A&MSEC#38L 1027-11.40%-1.0Q1
5vs GeorgiaSEC#5L 2027-17.20%15.6Q1
7@ LSUSEC#16L 1848-13.80%-11.5Q1
8vs Ole MissSEC#10L 2128-6.90%5.3Q1
9vs Mississippi StateSEC#76W 2713+12.7100%10.6Q4
10@ VanderbiltSEC#120W 3115+14.2100%9.9Q4
11@ ArkansasSEC#85W 4810+3.0100%34.3Q3
12vs New Mexico StateConference USA#65L 1031+12.80%-32.1Q4
13vs AlabamaSEC#4L 2427-13.40%16.0Q1
Postseason
vs MarylandBig Ten#35L 1331-3.80%-17.6Q2

13 played · 6-7. 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.

-26.8+1.1+29.0201110-116-115111034-3216Week 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 103rd
SR 104thYPP 114thEPA 96th
RushingEff 58th
SR 47thYPP 60thEPA 62nd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 28th
SR 22ndYPP 38thEPA 27th
Rush defenseEff 57th
SR 57thYPP 84thEPA 39th
Dropback rate 42%Tempo -6.2 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 62nd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 46%1st · Defense allowed: 41%1st2nd · Offense: 44%2nd · Defense allowed: 43%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 37%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 36%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 76.0Q1 · Allowed: 88.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 102.0Q2 · Allowed: 36.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 83.0Q3 · Allowed: 76.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 58.0Q4 · Allowed: 80.0Q4
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, 2023
Offensive EffRanked 75th
-1.0
Field position: -0.1Finishing drives: -1.0
Field position -0.1Finishing drives -1.0= -1.0
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 68th · Finishing 70th

Defensive EffRanked 27th
+5.6
Field position: +0.9Finishing drives: +4.6
Field position +0.9Finishing drives +4.6= +5.6
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 34th · Finishing 26th

2.13 points per drive on offense, 1.83 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 29.

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)43% / 57%47%6.4
Q2(247)47% / 53%38%5.1
Q3(176)35% / 65%49%5.9
Q4(216)44% / 56%41%5.5
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(133)10.245%6.6
2nd(113)8.635%6.1
3rd(94)8.029%3.8
4th(11)8.827%6.7
All (351)37%5.7
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(226)9.746%5.1
2nd(163)7.050%6.5
3rd(68)6.843%5.9
4th(16)2.169%3.8
All (473)48%5.6

Auburn, all games.