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BYU

Brigham Young University · 2025 · Big 12

FanBoardHQ CFP
#6
Efficiency
+17.7
14th FBS
Record
12-2
Conf. record
8-1
Conf. finish
2nd
of 16
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BYU went 12-2 and was ranked 6th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 17th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 23rd-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 54% of offensive plays with a 25th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 46% of plays with a 26th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
2-2
Q2
5-0
Q3
1-0
Q4
4-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 12.0 wins
Strength of Record
5th
+3.6 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
17th
full season
17th
CFP committee
#12
FanBoardHQ has them 6 spots higher
Conf. sched. difficulty
40th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.3 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 Portland StateBig SkyW 690+53.5100%18.4Q4
2vs StanfordACC#91W 273+25.9100%18.6Q4
4@ East CarolinaAmerican Athletic#42W 3413+7.9100%32.9Q2
5@ ColoradoBig 12#101W 2421+18.0100%3.0Q3
6vs West VirginiaBig 12#92W 3824+26.5100%13.8Q4
7@ ArizonaBig 12#27W 3327+1.2100%18.9Q1
8vs UtahBig 12#12W 2421-4.6100%24.3Q1
9@ Iowa StateBig 12#32W 4127+4.9100%27.2Q2
11@ Texas TechBig 12#8L 729-10.40%4.8Q1
12vs TCUBig 12#25W 4413+10.2100%35.0Q2
13@ CincinnatiBig 12#54W 2614+11.0100%21.1Q2
14vs UCFBig 12#82W 4121+22.4100%8.8Q4
15vs Texas TechBig 12#8L 734-7.70%2.0Q1
Postseason
vs Georgia TechACC#36W 2521+10.5100%14.0Q2

14 played · 12-2. 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 BYU, 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+17.5+32.21819333141924275352192Week 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 26th
SR 17thYPP 23rdEPA 32nd
RushingEff 25th
SR 24thYPP 29thEPA 22nd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 27th
SR 33rdYPP 24thEPA 25th
Rush defenseEff 33rd
SR 29thYPP 48thEPA 28th
Dropback rate 46%Tempo +2.4 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 40th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 49%1st · Defense allowed: 42%1st2nd · Offense: 44%2nd · Defense allowed: 40%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 45%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 36%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 86.0Q1 · Allowed: 72.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 125.0Q2 · Allowed: 88.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 67.0Q3 · Allowed: 43.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 144.0Q4 · Allowed: 81.0Q4
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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BYU Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 17th
+9.3
Field position: +1.7Finishing drives: +7.5
Field position +1.7Finishing drives +7.5= +9.3
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 20th · Finishing 21st

Defensive EffRanked 23rd
+7.0
Field position: +1.4Finishing drives: +5.6
Field position +1.4Finishing drives +5.6= +7.0
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 24th · Finishing 29th

2.36 points per drive on offense, 1.47 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 31.

Play-calling & efficiency

What the offense did, by quarter and by down — raw, not opponent-adjusted.

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(205)43% / 57%45%7.0
Q2(261)50% / 50%46%6.3
Q3(230)48% / 52%50%5.9
Q4(228)37% / 63%46%5.8
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(182)10.253%8.2
2nd(113)8.840%7.4
3rd(105)7.339%6.8
4th(13)4.538%6.8
All (414)45%7.6
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(237)9.746%5.6
2nd(182)6.947%4.8
3rd(72)6.147%5.1
4th(18)2.372%2.7
All (510)47%5.1

BYU, all games.