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Delaware

University of Delaware · 2026 · Conference USA

Efficiency
-3.5
82nd FBS
Record
1-1
Conf. record
Conf. finish
1st
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Delaware is 1-1 and ranked 82nd in overall efficiency. Offense (81st) and defense (81st) are about even. They pass the ball on 60% of offensive plays with a 95th-ranked passing attack and run the ball on the remaining 40% of plays with an 89th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
+1 left
Q2
0-1
Q3
0-0
Q4
1-0
+9 left

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 7.3 wins
Strength of Record
92nd
-0.5 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
54th
full season
114th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
131st
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.3 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 MerrimackFCS IndependentsW 427+32.9100%-0.6Q4
2@ VanderbiltSEC#34L 2635-14.80%2.9Q2
3vs Coastal CarolinaSun Belt#112Preview+9.972%Q4
4@ VirginiaACC#22Preview-19.513%Q1
5vs LibertyConference USA#117Preview+12.777%Q4
7@ Middle TennesseeConference USA#111Preview+4.260%Q4
8vs Missouri StateConference USA#99Preview+6.866%Q4
9@ Western KentuckyConference USA#133Preview+13.979%Q4
10@ Kennesaw StateConference USA#125Preview+9.271%Q4
11vs FIUConference USA#100Preview+7.367%Q4
12@ New Mexico StateConference USA#120Preview+8.369%Q4
13vs Jacksonville StateConference USA#85Preview+3.658%Q4

2 played · 1-1. 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 Delaware, 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.

-7.9-3.0+1.9-13Week 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 95th
SR 99thYPP 81stEPA 97th
RushingEff 89th
SR 56thYPP 123rdEPA 74th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 69th
SR 60thYPP 66thEPA 80th
Rush defenseEff 80th
SR 64thYPP 62ndEPA 94th
Dropback rate 60%Tempo +1.4 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 23rd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 46%1st · Defense allowed: 36%1st2nd · Offense: 37%2nd · Defense allowed: 30%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 40%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 31%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 7.0Q1 · Allowed: 14.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 24.0Q2 · Allowed: 0.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 14.0Q3 · Allowed: 21.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 17.0Q4 · Allowed: 0.0Q4
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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Delaware Offense vs Defense, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 81st
-1.8
Field position: +0.1Finishing drives: -1.9
Field position +0.1Finishing drives -1.9= -1.8
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 61st · Finishing 82nd

Defensive EffRanked 81st
-1.7
Field position: -1.6Finishing drives: -0.0
Field position -1.6Finishing drives -0.0= -1.7
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 124th · Finishing 72nd

2.18 points per drive on offense, 1.30 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 32.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(24)50% / 50%38%3.0
Q2(45)62% / 38%44%7.8
Q3(33)52% / 48%48%7.0
Q4(34)68% / 32%35%7.2
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(33)10.039%7.5
2nd(27)8.241%8.4
3rd(19)10.626%7.1
4th(1)15.0100%20.0
All (80)38%7.8
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(30)9.553%4.9
2nd(16)7.931%5.2
3rd(8)6.350%4.6
4th(2)1.0100%3.5
All (56)48%4.9

Delaware, all games.

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