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Baylor University · 2025 · Big 12

FanBoardHQ CFP
#73
Efficiency
+1.8
64th FBS
Record
5-7
Conf. record
3-6
Conf. finish
T-11th
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Baylor went 5-7 and was ranked 73rd in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 28th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 104th-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 60% of offensive plays with a 46th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 40% of plays with a 48th-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
74th
-2.6 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
37th
full season
37th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
52nd
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.5 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 AuburnSEC#57L 2438-6.60%-4.9Q2
2@ SMUACC#31W 4845-12.9100%11.6Q1
3vs SamfordSouthernW 427+44.5100%-6.2Q4
4vs Arizona StateBig 12#38L 2427-1.20%0.5Q3
5@ Oklahoma StateBig 12#131W 4527+10.7100%8.0Q4
6vs Kansas StateBig 12#45W 3534-6.5100%11.2Q2
8@ TCUBig 12#25L 3642-11.20%8.7Q2
9@ CincinnatiBig 12#54L 2041-4.90%-14.9Q2
10vs UCFBig 12#82W 303+6.6100%24.0Q4
12vs UtahBig 12#12L 2855-20.50%-4.6Q1
13@ ArizonaBig 12#27L 1741-14.70%-10.6Q1
14vs HoustonBig 12#28L 2431-2.30%-1.0Q3

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 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.

-11.8+4.5+20.9-512-618119-1524-5-11-1Week 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 46th
SR 28thYPP 52ndEPA 54th
RushingEff 48th
SR 38thYPP 60thEPA 45th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 70th
SR 76thYPP 57thEPA 71st
Rush defenseEff 82nd
SR 108thYPP 77thEPA 69th
Dropback rate 60%Tempo +7.0 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 45th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 45%1st · Defense allowed: 46%1st2nd · Offense: 48%2nd · Defense allowed: 45%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 44%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 43%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 65.0Q1 · Allowed: 76.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 136.0Q2 · Allowed: 112.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 37.0Q3 · Allowed: 55.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 100.0Q4 · Allowed: 107.0Q4
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, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 28th
+6.6
Field position: +0.4Finishing drives: +6.3
Field position +0.4Finishing drives +6.3= +6.6
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 49th · Finishing 26th

Defensive EffRanked 104th
-4.9
Field position: -0.8Finishing drives: -4.1
Field position -0.8Finishing drives -4.1= -4.9
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 98th · Finishing 103rd

2.41 points per drive on offense, 2.36 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 30.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(214)58% / 42%49%6.1
Q2(278)63% / 37%46%6.5
Q3(201)55% / 45%43%4.9
Q4(212)58% / 42%45%6.0
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(236)10.449%6.8
2nd(160)8.948%8.1
3rd(106)8.032%5.5
4th(32)4.544%4.9
All (534)45%6.8
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(167)9.739%4.1
2nd(126)6.248%4.7
3rd(60)4.155%6.2
4th(18)1.872%4.3
All (371)46%4.7

Baylor, all games.

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