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Auburn University · 2025 · SEC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#57
Efficiency
+11.2
27th FBS
Record
5-7
Conf. record
1-7
Conf. finish
T-13th
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Auburn went 5-7 and was ranked 57th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 24th-ranked defense carried them, with a 50th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 51% of offensive plays with a 7th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 49% of plays with an 88th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-5
Q2
0-1
Q3
2-1
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
73rd
-2.3 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
25th
full season
25th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
5th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~3.8 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
1@ BaylorBig 12#73W 3824+6.6100%17.9Q3
2vs Ball StateMid-American#122W 423+35.6100%12.4Q4
3vs South AlabamaSun Belt#114W 3115+25.8100%3.9Q4
4@ OklahomaSEC#13L 1724-8.60%12.8Q1
5@ Texas A&MSEC#7L 1016-10.30%14.5Q1
7vs GeorgiaSEC#5L 1020-7.00%8.6Q1
8vs MissouriSEC#34L 1723+3.30%6.1Q2
9@ ArkansasSEC#104W 3324+5.6100%15.4Q3
10vs KentuckySEC#62L 310+10.70%-6.7Q3
11@ VanderbiltSEC#15L 3845-10.60%18.6Q1
13vs MercerSouthernW 6217+26.5100%23.8Q4
14vs AlabamaSEC#10L 2027-3.00%7.0Q1

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.

-4.2+8.6+21.41812413149615-719247Week 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 88th
SR 51stYPP 86thEPA 100th
RushingEff 7th
SR 20thYPP 10thEPA 6th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 74th
SR 77thYPP 54thEPA 79th
Rush defenseEff 1st
SR 3rdYPP 2ndEPA 1st
Dropback rate 49%Tempo +7.1 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 55th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 47%1st · Defense allowed: 38%1st2nd · Offense: 43%2nd · Defense allowed: 36%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 42%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 42%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 73.0Q1 · Allowed: 43.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 97.0Q2 · Allowed: 74.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 54.0Q3 · Allowed: 57.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 74.0Q4 · Allowed: 76.0Q4
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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, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 50th
+2.7
Field position: -0.2Finishing drives: +2.9
Field position -0.2Finishing drives +2.9= +2.7
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 70th · Finishing 46th

Defensive EffRanked 24th
+6.9
Field position: +0.6Finishing drives: +6.2
Field position +0.6Finishing drives +6.2= +6.9
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 47th · Finishing 24th

2.12 points per drive on offense, 1.50 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(188)49% / 51%47%5.9
Q2(242)50% / 50%46%5.9
Q3(179)48% / 52%46%6.5
Q4(198)50% / 50%38%4.7
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(156)10.148%6.5
2nd(131)8.638%5.6
3rd(100)7.636%5.2
4th(10)6.920%-0.1
All (397)41%5.7
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(200)9.946%5.9
2nd(134)6.748%5.7
3rd(63)6.348%4.8
4th(13)5.577%6.9
All (410)48%5.7

Auburn, all games.