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Charlotte

University of North Carolina at Charlotte · 2025 · American Athletic

FanBoardHQ CFP
#135
Efficiency
-24.1
134th FBS
Record
1-11
Conf. record
0-8
Conf. finish
14th
of 14
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Charlotte went 1-11 and was ranked 135th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 120th-ranked defense carried them, with a 135th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 56% of offensive plays with a 129th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 44% of plays with a 138th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 1.0 wins
Strength of Record
134th
-7.5 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
66th
full season
66th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
48th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.4 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 Appalachian StateSun Belt#110L 1134-9.40%-42.0Q4
2vs North CarolinaACC#103L 320-11.40%-29.9Q4
3vs MonmouthCoastal AthleticW 4235-3.4100%-11.8Q4
4vs RiceAmerican Athletic#106L 1728-5.00%-28.6Q4
6@ South FloridaAmerican Athletic#30L 2654-41.10%-9.0Q1
7@ ArmyAmerican Athletic#67L 724-28.40%-25.2Q3
8vs TempleAmerican Athletic#93L 1449-14.00%-49.3Q4
9vs North TexasAmerican Athletic#21L 2054-35.00%-14.2Q2
11@ East CarolinaAmerican Athletic#42L 2248-33.90%-20.7Q2
12vs UTSAAmerican Athletic#64L 728-24.10%-27.2Q4
13@ GeorgiaSEC#5L 335-47.80%-12.1Q1
14@ TulaneAmerican Athletic#26L 027-31.70%-18.9Q2

12 played · 1-11. 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.

-45.4-24.7-3.9-42-30-12-29-9-25-49-14-21-27-12-19Week 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 129th
SR 129thYPP 130thEPA 126th
RushingEff 138th
SR 138thYPP 138thEPA 138th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 117th
SR 135thYPP 107thEPA 87th
Rush defenseEff 135th
SR 138thYPP 119thEPA 134th
Dropback rate 56%Tempo -8.9 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 69th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 38%1st · Defense allowed: 58%1st2nd · Offense: 34%2nd · Defense allowed: 49%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 37%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 46%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 23.0Q1 · Allowed: 115.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 47.0Q2 · Allowed: 110.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 34.0Q3 · Allowed: 79.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 56.0Q4 · Allowed: 96.0Q4
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, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 135th
-14.7
Field position: -1.7Finishing drives: -13.0
Field position -1.7Finishing drives -13.0= -14.7
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 117th · Finishing 135th

Defensive EffRanked 120th
-8.2
Field position: -2.2Finishing drives: -6.0
Field position -2.2Finishing drives -6.0= -8.2
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 126th · Finishing 116th

1.16 points per drive on offense, 2.78 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 28.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(181)50% / 50%32%3.9
Q2(174)56% / 44%36%5.5
Q3(167)59% / 41%35%4.7
Q4(188)59% / 41%43%5.0
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(141)10.241%6.2
2nd(122)9.035%4.9
3rd(117)8.632%5.7
4th(17)4.659%9.9
All (397)38%5.8
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(159)10.336%4.0
2nd(98)7.532%2.9
3rd(50)5.640%3.4
4th(6)2.733%0.7
All (313)35%3.5

Charlotte, all games.