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Cincinnati

University of Cincinnati · 2023 · Big 12

FanBoardHQ CFP
#106
Efficiency
-3.0
74th FBS
Record
3-9
Conf. record
1-8
Conf. finish
14th
of 14
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Cincinnati went 3-9 and was ranked 106th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 64th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 96th-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 57% of offensive plays with a 22nd-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 43% of plays with a 97th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 3.0 wins
Strength of Record
118th
-5.1 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
59th
full season
59th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
56th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.5 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 Eastern KentuckyUACW 6613+16.7100%26.7Q4
2@ PittsburghACC#103W 2721-2.4100%5.3Q3
3vs Miami-OHMid-American#44L 2431+1.90%-5.2Q4
4vs OklahomaBig 12#11L 620-20.30%3.6Q1
5@ BYUBig 12#72L 2735-4.10%-6.7Q3
7vs Iowa StateBig 12#39L 1030-10.90%-13.0Q2
8vs BaylorBig 12#110L 2932+8.20%-11.7Q4
9@ Oklahoma StateBig 12#17L 1345-13.00%-18.0Q2
10vs UCFBig 12#56L 2628-7.70%1.6Q2
11@ HoustonBig 12#93W 2414-0.9100%10.2Q3
12@ West VirginiaBig 12#25L 2142-16.50%-17.1Q1
13vs KansasBig 12#18L 1649-14.00%-13.4Q1

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 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.

-14.4+4.3+23.1275-54-7-13-12-18210-17-13Week 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 97th
SR 84thYPP 102ndEPA 97th
RushingEff 22nd
SR 37thYPP 27thEPA 15th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 105th
SR 56thYPP 109thEPA 120th
Rush defenseEff 105th
SR 58thYPP 120thEPA 110th
Dropback rate 43%Tempo +4.8 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 66th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 43%1st · Defense allowed: 42%1st2nd · Offense: 45%2nd · Defense allowed: 39%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 44%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 46%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 71.0Q1 · Allowed: 48.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 86.0Q2 · Allowed: 107.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 46.0Q3 · Allowed: 96.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 87.0Q4 · Allowed: 89.0Q4
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, 2023
Offensive EffRanked 64th
-0.1
Field position: -2.8Finishing drives: +2.7
Field position -2.8Finishing drives +2.7= -0.1
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 131st · Finishing 43rd

Defensive EffRanked 96th
-3.2
Field position: +0.3Finishing drives: -3.5
Field position +0.3Finishing drives -3.5= -3.2
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 53rd · Finishing 99th

2.13 points per drive on offense, 2.51 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(209)37% / 63%48%6.9
Q2(237)49% / 51%45%6.2
Q3(218)45% / 55%43%5.0
Q4(193)46% / 54%40%5.8
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(158)10.242%7.0
2nd(113)7.543%5.7
3rd(94)8.237%5.4
4th(13)5.223%5.5
All (378)41%6.1
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(206)9.844%5.3
2nd(178)7.947%6.5
3rd(78)5.251%5.7
4th(17)1.865%4.3
All (479)47%5.8

Cincinnati, all games.