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Duke University · 2025 · ACC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#44
Efficiency
+4.7
51st FBS
Record
9-5
Conf. record
6-2
Conf. finish
T-1st
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Duke went 9-5 and was ranked 44th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 15th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 109th-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 54% of offensive plays with a 27th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 46% of plays with a 53rd-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
Q2
4-3
Q3
2-2
Q4
3-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 9.0 wins
Strength of Record
43rd
-1.0 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
65th
full season
65th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
76th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.3 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 ElonCoastal AthleticW 4517+31.4100%0.9Q4
2vs IllinoisBig Ten#18L 1945-4.70%-12.1Q2
3@ TulaneAmerican Athletic#26L 2734-2.90%-0.8Q2
4vs NC StateACC#35W 4533-1.0100%16.5Q2
5@ SyracuseACC#116W 383+14.3100%23.6Q4
6@ CaliforniaACC#77W 4521+6.4100%18.7Q3
8vs Georgia TechACC#36L 1827+0.20%-13.0Q3
10@ ClemsonACC#53W 4645-5.9100%8.3Q2
11@ UConnFBS Independents#69L 3437+5.90%-3.7Q3
12vs VirginiaACC#23L 1734-3.50%-15.7Q2
13@ North CarolinaACC#103W 3225+11.9100%3.9Q4
14vs Wake ForestACC#43W 4932+3.7100%17.4Q3
15vs VirginiaACC#23W 2720-6.3100%12.0Q2
Postseason
vs Arizona StateBig 12#38W 4239-1.1100%10.0Q2

14 played · 9-5. 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.

-12.6+3.9+20.41-12-1162419-138-4-1641712Week 0Week 20
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 27th
SR 30thYPP 38thEPA 18th
RushingEff 53rd
SR 48thYPP 50thEPA 62nd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 100th
SR 102ndYPP 92ndEPA 111th
Rush defenseEff 54th
SR 58thYPP 53rdEPA 55th
Dropback rate 54%Tempo +2.0 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 52nd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 46%1st · Defense allowed: 45%1st2nd · Offense: 47%2nd · Defense allowed: 41%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 46%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 47%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 100.0Q1 · Allowed: 93.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 141.0Q2 · Allowed: 123.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 97.0Q3 · Allowed: 82.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 124.0Q4 · Allowed: 106.0Q4
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, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 15th
+9.7
Field position: +0.2Finishing drives: +9.5
Field position +0.2Finishing drives +9.5= +9.7
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 53rd · Finishing 14th

Defensive EffRanked 109th
-6.0
Field position: +0.9Finishing drives: -6.9
Field position +0.9Finishing drives -6.9= -6.0
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 38th · Finishing 120th

2.99 points per drive on offense, 2.54 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(212)59% / 41%48%6.9
Q2(263)59% / 41%46%5.8
Q3(194)48% / 52%51%6.6
Q4(281)54% / 46%43%6.0
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(208)10.150%6.7
2nd(161)8.446%7.9
3rd(127)7.637%6.7
4th(30)3.970%10.0
All (526)47%7.3
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(210)9.542%4.5
2nd(150)6.647%5.4
3rd(52)5.044%5.9
4th(12)3.592%7.7
All (424)46%5.1

Duke, all games.