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Auburn

Auburn University · 2024 · SEC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#67
Efficiency
+7.1
44th FBS
Record
5-7
Conf. record
2-6
Conf. finish
T-13th
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Auburn went 5-7 and was ranked 67th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 36th-ranked defense carried them, with a 66th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 52% of offensive plays with a 43rd-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 48% of plays with a 29th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 5.0 wins
Strength of Record
82nd
-2.9 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
49th
full season
49th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
15th
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 Alabama A&MSWACW 733+43.3100%12.3Q4
2vs CaliforniaACC#75L 1421+8.20%-5.3Q3
3vs New MexicoMountain West#107W 4519+24.0100%11.3Q4
4vs ArkansasSEC#44L 1424+2.40%-5.1Q3
5vs OklahomaSEC#45L 2127+0.30%-0.5Q2
6@ GeorgiaSEC#4L 1331-16.00%3.5Q1
8@ MissouriSEC#17L 1721-6.90%4.6Q2
9@ KentuckySEC#77W 2410+0.5100%21.8Q2
10vs VanderbiltSEC#41L 717+2.30%-5.2Q2
12vs ULMSun Belt#99W 4814+20.6100%25.3Q4
13vs Texas A&MSEC#27W 4341-5.2100%12.3Q1
14@ AlabamaSEC#15L 1428-15.20%7.7Q1

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.

-2.8+10.0+22.812-511-5-14522-525128Week 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 43rd
SR 53rdYPP 31stEPA 42nd
RushingEff 29th
SR 20thYPP 25thEPA 37th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 45th
SR 22ndYPP 59thEPA 52nd
Rush defenseEff 4th
SR 8thYPP 2ndEPA 6th
Dropback rate 52%Tempo +0.2 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 50th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 46%1st · Defense allowed: 37%1st2nd · Offense: 48%2nd · Defense allowed: 35%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 43%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 42%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 76.0Q1 · Allowed: 58.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 88.0Q2 · Allowed: 41.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 77.0Q3 · Allowed: 58.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 72.0Q4 · Allowed: 89.0Q4
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, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 66th
-0.1
Field position: -1.4Finishing drives: +1.3
Field position -1.4Finishing drives +1.3= -0.1
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 109th · Finishing 55th

Defensive EffRanked 36th
+4.9
Field position: -0.9Finishing drives: +5.9
Field position -0.9Finishing drives +5.9= +4.9
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 102nd · Finishing 28th

2.24 points per drive on offense, 1.73 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(175)59% / 41%43%6.9
Q2(212)50% / 50%46%7.1
Q3(170)46% / 54%51%7.1
Q4(201)52% / 48%45%5.9
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(167)10.243%7.9
2nd(123)8.945%8.0
3rd(89)8.239%6.5
4th(12)7.142%12.8
All (391)43%7.8
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(184)9.749%5.5
2nd(120)6.851%6.2
3rd(56)5.248%5.4
4th(7)2.457%4.3
All (367)50%5.7

Auburn, all games.