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Baylor

Baylor University · 2024 · Big 12

FanBoardHQ CFP
#33
Efficiency
+12.8
26th FBS
Record
8-5
Conf. record
6-3
Conf. finish
T-5th
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Baylor went 8-5 and was ranked 33rd in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 19th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 38th-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 51% of offensive plays with a 47th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 49% of plays with a 29th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-4
Q2
3-1
Q3
2-0
Q4
3-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 8.0 wins
Strength of Record
36th
-0.4 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
42nd
full season
42nd
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
68th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.1 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 Tarleton StateUACW 453+27.9100%25.0Q4
2@ UtahBig 12#66L 1223+2.50%-0.9Q2
3vs Air ForceMountain West#103W 313+27.9100%13.4Q4
4@ ColoradoBig 12#26L 3138-2.20%13.0Q1
5vs BYUBig 12#7L 2834-1.10%8.3Q1
6@ Iowa StateBig 12#13L 2143-2.80%-8.7Q1
8@ Texas TechBig 12#40W 5935+3.6100%30.4Q2
9vs Oklahoma StateBig 12#101W 3828+17.4100%6.7Q4
10vs TCUBig 12#30W 3734+5.2100%11.3Q2
12@ West VirginiaBig 12#68W 4935+10.8100%19.0Q3
13@ HoustonBig 12#90W 2010+12.2100%10.1Q3
14vs KansasBig 12#48W 4517+3.1100%35.3Q2
Postseason
vs LSUSEC#12L 3144-1.50%1.2Q1

13 played · 8-5. 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 Baylor, 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.

-5.2+13.3+31.825-113138-930711191035Week 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 29th
SR 17thYPP 29thEPA 41st
RushingEff 47th
SR 37thYPP 48thEPA 54th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 64th
SR 49thYPP 66thEPA 68th
Rush defenseEff 41st
SR 15thYPP 48thEPA 53rd
Dropback rate 49%Tempo +4.2 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 53rd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 49%1st · Defense allowed: 38%1st2nd · Offense: 44%2nd · Defense allowed: 40%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 47%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 41%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 86.0Q1 · Allowed: 86.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 134.0Q2 · Allowed: 102.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 104.0Q3 · Allowed: 54.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 110.0Q4 · Allowed: 72.0Q4
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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Baylor Offense vs Defense, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 19th
+8.3
Field position: +1.4Finishing drives: +6.9
Field position +1.4Finishing drives +6.9= +8.3
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 22nd · Finishing 20th

Defensive EffRanked 38th
+4.7
Field position: +0.8Finishing drives: +3.9
Field position +0.8Finishing drives +3.9= +4.7
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 34th · Finishing 42nd

2.63 points per drive on offense, 2.11 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 33.

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)49% / 51%45%6.7
Q2(241)54% / 46%47%7.0
Q3(219)48% / 52%47%6.0
Q4(239)40% / 60%48%6.2
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(187)10.050%7.5
2nd(131)8.951%8.1
3rd(92)7.342%7.7
4th(18)4.844%6.1
All (428)48%7.7
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(214)9.848%6.1
2nd(150)6.739%5.0
3rd(85)5.146%3.8
4th(18)2.278%8.2
All (467)46%5.4

Baylor, all games.