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Duke

Duke University · 2023 · ACC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#32
Efficiency
+11.3
24th FBS
Record
8-5
Conf. record
4-4
Conf. finish
T-6th
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Duke went 8-5 and was ranked 32nd in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 28th-ranked defense carried them, with a 30th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 53% of offensive plays with a 44th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 47% of plays with a 52nd-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 8.0 wins
Strength of Record
34th
-0.5 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
52nd
full season
52nd
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
33rd
a 25th-ranked team would win ~4.9 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 ClemsonACC#24W 287+2.6100%28.7Q2
2vs LafayettePatriotW 427+27.5100%21.8Q4
3vs NorthwesternBig Ten#47W 3814+14.9100%27.7Q4
4@ UConnFBS Independents#122W 417+25.0100%21.0Q4
5vs Notre DameFBS Independents#13L 1421-8.00%12.3Q1
7vs NC StateACC#26W 243+4.6100%29.6Q2
8@ Florida StateACC#9L 2038-6.80%0.4Q1
9@ LouisvilleACC#21L 023-4.50%-15.9Q1
10vs Wake ForestACC#96W 2421+18.6100%-5.4Q4
11@ North CarolinaACC#40L 4547+0.60%9.1Q2
12@ VirginiaACC#101L 2730+12.50%-5.2Q3
13vs PittsburghACC#103W 3019+17.3100%6.4Q4
Postseason
vs TroySun Belt#28W 1710+2.0100%14.3Q2

13 played · 8-5. 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.

-12.2+6.8+25.92922282112300-16-59-56Week 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 52nd
SR 49thYPP 71stEPA 49th
RushingEff 44th
SR 43rdYPP 33rdEPA 48th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 48th
SR 76thYPP 29thEPA 48th
Rush defenseEff 45th
SR 45thYPP 45thEPA 54th
Dropback rate 47%Tempo -6.0 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 47th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 42%1st · Defense allowed: 45%1st2nd · Offense: 42%2nd · Defense allowed: 42%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 42%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 40%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 51.0Q1 · Allowed: 65.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 114.0Q2 · Allowed: 46.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 69.0Q3 · Allowed: 39.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 93.0Q4 · 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, 2023
Offensive EffRanked 30th
+5.5
Field position: -0.7Finishing drives: +6.2
Field position -0.7Finishing drives +6.2= +5.5
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 89th · Finishing 22nd

Defensive EffRanked 28th
+5.4
Field position: +1.1Finishing drives: +4.3
Field position +1.1Finishing drives +4.3= +5.4
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 30th · Finishing 29th

2.24 points per drive on offense, 1.62 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 31.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(169)49% / 51%42%5.9
Q2(236)47% / 53%47%5.3
Q3(174)54% / 46%39%6.4
Q4(202)38% / 62%39%5.6
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(156)10.444%6.1
2nd(102)9.145%7.2
3rd(95)8.136%5.2
4th(11)4.564%7.7
All (364)43%6.2
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(200)9.840%5.6
2nd(146)7.740%5.2
3rd(63)5.146%5.4
4th(8)2.450%1.8
All (417)41%5.4

Duke, all games.