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Cincinnati

University of Cincinnati · 2026 · Big 12

Efficiency
+3.9
57th FBS
Record
2-0
Conf. record
Conf. finish
12th
proj. of 16
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Cincinnati is 2-0 and ranked 57th in overall efficiency. Their 27th-ranked offense is the engine, backed by a 75th-ranked defense. They run the ball on 63% of offensive plays with a 17th-ranked rushing attack and pass the ball on the remaining 37% of plays with a 54th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
+4 left
Q2
0-0
+3 left
Q3
0-0
+1 left
Q4
2-0
+2 left

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 6.2 wins
Strength of Record
46th
+0.1 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
132nd
full season
40th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
30th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.0 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 Boston CollegeACC#115W 3415+19.3100%9.9Q4
2vs Western CarolinaSouthernW 6210+36.3100%6.7Q4
3vs Miami-OHMid-American#96Preview+13.278%Q4
4vs Kansas StateBig 12#11Preview-11.725%Q1
5@ ArizonaBig 12#35Preview-7.234%Q2
7@ West VirginiaBig 12#68Preview+3.057%Q3
8vs Texas TechBig 12#30Preview-4.141%Q2
9vs UtahBig 12#10Preview-12.124%Q1
10@ HoustonBig 12#26Preview-10.527%Q1
11@ Iowa StateBig 12#60Preview-1.946%Q2
12vs ColoradoBig 12#81Preview+10.072%Q4
13@ BYUBig 12#19Preview-13.422%Q1

2 played · 2-0. 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 Cincinnati, 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.

-0.3+4.3+9.0107Week 0Week 2
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 54th
SR 29thYPP 108thEPA 56th
RushingEff 17th
SR 38thYPP 11thEPA 17th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 59th
SR 53rdYPP 30thEPA 72nd
Rush defenseEff 116th
SR 132ndYPP 107thEPA 111th
Dropback rate 37%Tempo -3.2 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 70th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 51%1st · Defense allowed: 42%1st2nd · Offense: 53%2nd · Defense allowed: 47%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 56%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 26%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 10.0Q1 · Allowed: 3.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 28.0Q2 · Allowed: 7.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 35.0Q3 · Allowed: 7.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 24.0Q4 · Allowed: 7.0Q4
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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Cincinnati Offense vs Defense, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 27th
+5.5
Field position: -2.0Finishing drives: +7.5
Field position -2.0Finishing drives +7.5= +5.5
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 128th · Finishing 19th

Defensive EffRanked 75th
-1.3
Field position: +0.7Finishing drives: -2.0
Field position +0.7Finishing drives -2.0= -1.3
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 43rd · Finishing 83rd

4.04 points per drive on offense, 1.09 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 35.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(29)34% / 66%59%6.0
Q2(35)49% / 51%49%7.8
Q3(36)33% / 67%58%10.3
Q4(39)21% / 79%46%5.1
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(23)9.861%10.0
2nd(14)7.643%4.4
3rd(8)5.650%5.8
4th(2)7.550%6.5
All (47)53%7.5
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(42)9.745%5.5
2nd(35)7.157%9.4
3rd(14)6.657%7.2
4th(1)1.0100%5.0
All (92)52%7.3

Cincinnati, all games.