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Charlotte

University of North Carolina at Charlotte · 2023 · American Athletic

FanBoardHQ CFP
#125
Efficiency
-18.4
125th FBS
Record
3-9
Conf. record
2-6
Conf. finish
T-11th
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Charlotte went 3-9 and was ranked 125th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 105th-ranked defense carried them, with a 130th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 54% of offensive plays with an 115th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 46% of plays with a 128th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-2
Q2
0-1
Q3
0-1
Q4
3-5

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 3.0 wins
Strength of Record
123rd
-6.6 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
100th
full season
100th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
94th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.6 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 South Carolina StateMEACW 243+19.8100%-16.8Q4
2@ MarylandBig Ten#35L 2038-30.60%-7.0Q1
3vs Georgia StateSun Belt#77L 2541-9.40%-26.0Q4
4@ FloridaSEC#66L 722-25.20%-8.9Q2
5@ SMUAmerican Athletic#31L 1634-31.20%-9.4Q1
7vs NavyAmerican Athletic#102L 014-1.50%-30.0Q4
8@ East CarolinaAmerican Athletic#128W 107-9.7100%-5.2Q4
9vs Florida AtlanticAmerican Athletic#111L 1638-5.90%-35.0Q4
10@ TulsaAmerican Athletic#113W 3326-5.7100%-13.3Q4
11vs MemphisAmerican Athletic#36L 3844-19.50%-1.8Q3
12vs RiceAmerican Athletic#88L 728-8.80%-35.8Q4
13@ South FloridaAmerican Athletic#82L 1448-12.30%-31.3Q4

12 played · 3-9. 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 Charlotte, 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.

-33.0-17.9-2.9-17-7-26-9-9-30-5-35-13-2-36-31Week 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 128th
SR 123rdYPP 129thEPA 134th
RushingEff 115th
SR 119thYPP 119thEPA 106th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 63rd
SR 55thYPP 89thEPA 60th
Rush defenseEff 101st
SR 98thYPP 104thEPA 90th
Dropback rate 46%Tempo +0.5 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 73rd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 37%1st · Defense allowed: 41%1st2nd · Offense: 36%2nd · Defense allowed: 40%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 32%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 42%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 20.0Q1 · Allowed: 76.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 67.0Q2 · Allowed: 75.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 48.0Q3 · Allowed: 78.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 59.0Q4 · Allowed: 100.0Q4
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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Charlotte Offense vs Defense, 2023
Offensive EffRanked 130th
-14.0
Field position: -0.4Finishing drives: -13.7
Field position -0.4Finishing drives -13.7= -14.0
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 81st · Finishing 132nd

Defensive EffRanked 105th
-5.1
Field position: -1.2Finishing drives: -3.9
Field position -1.2Finishing drives -3.9= -5.1
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 104th · Finishing 103rd

1.32 points per drive on offense, 2.21 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(166)41% / 59%23%3.8
Q2(217)47% / 53%37%5.4
Q3(166)42% / 58%39%4.8
Q4(221)50% / 50%40%5.5
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(118)10.238%5.0
2nd(114)8.934%5.3
3rd(102)8.825%5.4
4th(17)5.547%3.4
All (351)34%5.1
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(204)9.836%4.6
2nd(138)7.938%5.4
3rd(61)6.828%3.6
4th(15)1.573%6.7
All (419)37%4.8

Charlotte, all games.

Charlotte Football 2023 — Efficiency & Rankings · FanBoardHQ