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California

University of California, Berkeley · 2022 · Pac-12

FanBoardHQ CFP
#85
Efficiency
-0.0
66th FBS
Record
4-8
Conf. record
2-7
Conf. finish
T-9th
of 12
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California went 4-8 and was ranked 85th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 34th-ranked defense carried them, with a 94th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 64% of offensive plays with an 84th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 36% of plays with a 127th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 4.0 wins
Strength of Record
98th
-3.4 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
39th
full season
39th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
53rd
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.2 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 UC DavisBig SkyW 3413+6.4100%13.6Q4
2vs UNLVMountain West#103W 2014+14.2100%-7.4Q4
3@ Notre DameFBS Independents#21L 1724-14.50%7.9Q1
4vs ArizonaPac-12#72W 4931+3.6100%13.9Q4
5@ Washington StatePac-12#42L 928-12.10%-7.3Q2
7@ ColoradoPac-12#129L 1320+16.30%-17.4Q4
8vs WashingtonPac-12#13L 2128-12.20%3.9Q1
9vs OregonPac-12#11L 2442-13.80%-10.1Q1
10@ USCPac-12#10L 3541-18.40%10.7Q1
11@ Oregon StatePac-12#12L 1038-20.10%-8.7Q1
12vs StanfordPac-12#102W 2720+9.2100%-1.9Q4
13vs UCLAPac-12#25L 2835-7.00%1.9Q2

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 California, 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.

-14.9-1.7+11.414-7814-7-174-1011-9-22Week 0Week 17
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 84th
SR 101stYPP 73rdEPA 71st
RushingEff 127th
SR 127thYPP 121stEPA 122nd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 66th
SR 95thYPP 49thEPA 55th
Rush defenseEff 66th
SR 102ndYPP 53rdEPA 41st
Dropback rate 64%Tempo +3.6 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 66th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 39%1st · Defense allowed: 54%1st2nd · Offense: 39%2nd · Defense allowed: 49%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 38%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 43%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 44.0Q1 · Allowed: 65.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 68.0Q2 · Allowed: 79.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 55.0Q3 · Allowed: 80.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 100.0Q4 · Allowed: 103.0Q4
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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California Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 94th
-5.0
Field position: -0.5Finishing drives: -4.4
Field position -0.5Finishing drives -4.4= -5.0
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 84th · Finishing 94th

Defensive EffRanked 34th
+4.7
Field position: +1.3Finishing drives: +3.4
Field position +1.3Finishing drives +3.4= +4.7
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 26th · Finishing 36th

1.87 points per drive on offense, 2.22 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 27.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(163)63% / 37%31%5.2
Q2(215)65% / 35%40%6.0
Q3(187)59% / 41%42%5.6
Q4(211)66% / 34%42%6.0
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(186)10.040%6.2
2nd(152)9.238%6.8
3rd(137)8.933%5.5
4th(18)4.850%4.2
All (493)38%6.1
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(146)10.238%4.7
2nd(104)7.141%5.9
3rd(29)5.852%4.6
4th(4)2.875%5.3
All (283)41%5.1

California, all games.