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Bowling Green

Bowling Green State University · 2025 · Mid-American

FanBoardHQ CFP
#120
Efficiency
-17.4
124th FBS
Record
4-8
Conf. record
2-6
Conf. finish
T-11th
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Bowling Green went 4-8 and was ranked 120th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 103rd-ranked defense carried them, with a 131st-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 60% of offensive plays with a 133rd-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 40% of plays with a 131st-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-1
Q2
0-1
Q3
1-1
Q4
3-5

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 4.0 wins
Strength of Record
117th
-6.3 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
118th
full season
118th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
107th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.3 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 LafayettePatriotW 267+7.9100%-7.5Q4
2@ CincinnatiBig 12#54L 2034-24.10%-16.1Q2
3vs LibertyConference USA#115W 2313-4.3100%-3.8Q4
4@ LouisvilleACC#29L 1740-31.20%-17.8Q1
5@ OhioMid-American#60L 2035-16.50%-16.5Q3
7vs ToledoMid-American#59W 2823-20.7100%7.1Q3
8vs Central MichiganMid-American#84L 627-6.20%-38.0Q4
9@ Kent StateMid-American#108L 2124+0.40%-22.2Q4
10vs BuffaloMid-American#113L 328+1.10%-39.9Q4
11@ Eastern MichiganMid-American#121L 2127-2.20%-22.9Q4
13vs AkronMid-American#117L 1619+3.60%-24.5Q4
14@ MassachusettsMid-American#136W 4514+16.8100%-6.6Q4

12 played · 4-8. 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 Bowling Green, 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.

-36.1-16.4+3.3-7-16-4-18-167-38-22-40-23-25-7Week 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 131st
SR 130thYPP 127thEPA 132nd
RushingEff 133rd
SR 131stYPP 120thEPA 132nd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 98th
SR 104thYPP 101stEPA 94th
Rush defenseEff 94th
SR 82ndYPP 103rdEPA 96th
Dropback rate 40%Tempo -6.0 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 87th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 37%1st · Defense allowed: 43%1st2nd · Offense: 38%2nd · Defense allowed: 40%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 37%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 36%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 50.0Q1 · Allowed: 55.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 64.0Q2 · Allowed: 86.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 44.0Q3 · Allowed: 81.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 81.0Q4 · Allowed: 47.0Q4
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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Bowling Green Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 131st
-13.0
Field position: -0.2Finishing drives: -12.8
Field position -0.2Finishing drives -12.8= -13.0
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 67th · Finishing 134th

Defensive EffRanked 103rd
-4.8
Field position: -1.8Finishing drives: -3.1
Field position -1.8Finishing drives -3.1= -4.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 118th · Finishing 93rd

1.72 points per drive on offense, 1.90 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 32.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(190)36% / 64%38%5.7
Q2(203)40% / 60%37%4.4
Q3(168)43% / 57%32%4.5
Q4(183)46% / 54%42%5.6
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(95)10.137%4.1
2nd(112)8.442%7.1
3rd(97)7.834%5.1
4th(3)11.30%3.3
All (307)37%5.5
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(220)9.837%4.8
2nd(128)7.534%4.6
3rd(72)5.940%5.0
4th(17)1.347%2.6
All (437)37%4.7

Bowling Green, all games.