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Duke University · 2022 · ACC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#35
Efficiency
+8.8
34th FBS
Record
9-4
Conf. record
5-3
Conf. finish
T-3rd
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Duke went 9-4 and was ranked 35th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 22nd-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 61st-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 51% of offensive plays with a 25th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 49% of plays with a 34th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-1
Q2
2-1
Q3
1-2
Q4
6-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 9.0 wins
Strength of Record
41st
-0.8 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
78th
full season
78th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
78th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.0 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 TempleAmerican Athletic#116W 300+22.3100%21.0Q4
2@ NorthwesternBig Ten#124W 3123+13.8100%2.4Q4
3vs North Carolina A&TBig SouthW 4920+32.8100%13.4Q4
4@ KansasBig 12#49L 2735-1.00%-0.4Q2
5vs VirginiaACC#100W 3817+17.7100%17.4Q4
6@ Georgia TechACC#76L 2023+11.00%-1.8Q3
7vs North CarolinaACC#37L 3538+7.30%-1.5Q3
8@ Miami-FLACC#86W 4521+10.7100%16.2Q3
10@ Boston CollegeACC#113W 3831+16.5100%-0.1Q4
11vs Virginia TechACC#111W 247+19.9100%5.9Q4
12@ PittsburghACC#26L 2628-3.70%11.9Q1
13vs Wake ForestACC#31W 3431+2.0100%9.9Q2
Postseason
vs UCFAmerican Athletic#44W 3013+3.4100%19.9Q2

13 played · 9-4. 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 Duke, 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.

-12.9+2.6+18.021213-017-2-116-061210Week 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 34th
SR 32ndYPP 29thEPA 41st
RushingEff 25th
SR 40thYPP 29thEPA 18th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 79th
SR 71stYPP 61stEPA 85th
Rush defenseEff 50th
SR 81stYPP 48thEPA 39th
Dropback rate 49%Tempo +2.2 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 65th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

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

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 96.0Q1 · Allowed: 65.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 133.0Q2 · Allowed: 78.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 58.0Q3 · Allowed: 66.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 121.0Q4 · Allowed: 79.0Q4
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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Duke Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 22nd
+8.0
Field position: +0.2Finishing drives: +7.8
Field position +0.2Finishing drives +7.8= +8.0
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 50th · Finishing 20th

Defensive EffRanked 61st
+0.8
Field position: +1.5Finishing drives: -0.7
Field position +1.5Finishing drives -0.7= +0.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 19th · Finishing 73rd

2.55 points per drive on offense, 1.78 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 34.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(191)40% / 60%50%7.1
Q2(235)53% / 47%46%6.3
Q3(206)52% / 48%44%6.2
Q4(223)46% / 54%38%6.0
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(183)10.446%7.4
2nd(123)8.541%6.6
3rd(89)8.236%6.7
4th(16)6.150%6.8
All (412)42%7.0
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(200)9.644%5.3
2nd(156)7.247%7.1
3rd(75)5.349%4.2
4th(9)2.389%3.7
All (443)46%5.8

Duke, all games.

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