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East Carolina

East Carolina University · 2024 · American Athletic

FanBoardHQ CFP
#78
Efficiency
-8.2
98th FBS
Record
8-5
Conf. record
5-3
Conf. finish
5th
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East Carolina went 8-5 and was ranked 78th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 93rd-ranked defense carried them, with an 110th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 50% of offensive plays with a 49th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 50% of plays with a 101st-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
Q2
0-1
Q3
2-1
Q4
6-3

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 8.0 wins
Strength of Record
67th
-3.2 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
119th
full season
119th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
97th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.7 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 Norfolk StateMEACW 423+31.8100%-8.1Q4
2@ Old DominionSun Belt#91W 2014-9.5100%6.1Q3
3vs Appalachian StateSun Belt#97L 1921+6.20%-15.0Q4
4@ LibertyConference USA#85L 2435+0.10%-20.7Q4
5vs UTSAAmerican Athletic#81W 3020-0.6100%0.7Q4
6@ CharlotteAmerican Athletic#104L 2455+5.10%-38.7Q4
8@ ArmyAmerican Athletic#28L 2845-22.90%-21.0Q2
9vs TempleAmerican Athletic#123W 5634+14.1100%-3.9Q4
11vs Florida AtlanticAmerican Athletic#124W 4914+11.5100%15.1Q4
12@ TulsaAmerican Athletic#131W 3831+20.4100%-21.6Q4
13@ North TexasAmerican Athletic#92W 4028-4.8100%7.8Q3
14vs NavyAmerican Athletic#35L 2034-13.00%-10.6Q3
Postseason
vs NC StateACC#87W 2621-4.7100%2.5Q4

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 East Carolina, 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.

-34.4-11.8+10.8-86-15-211-39-21-415-228-11Week 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 101st
SR 90thYPP 72ndEPA 110th
RushingEff 49th
SR 57thYPP 58thEPA 44th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 122nd
SR 119thYPP 103rdEPA 126th
Rush defenseEff 31st
SR 46thYPP 31stEPA 27th
Dropback rate 50%Tempo +0.6 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 98th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 45%1st · Defense allowed: 36%1st2nd · Offense: 43%2nd · Defense allowed: 42%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 49%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 41%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 100.0Q1 · Allowed: 65.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 78.0Q2 · Allowed: 99.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 118.0Q3 · Allowed: 87.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 95.0Q4 · Allowed: 98.0Q4
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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East Carolina Offense vs Defense, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 110th
-6.2
Field position: -0.3Finishing drives: -5.9
Field position -0.3Finishing drives -5.9= -6.2
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 70th · Finishing 111th

Defensive EffRanked 93rd
-3.2
Field position: -0.2Finishing drives: -3.1
Field position -0.2Finishing drives -3.1= -3.2
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 80th · Finishing 94th

2.34 points per drive on offense, 1.93 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(205)49% / 51%45%7.1
Q2(236)56% / 44%44%6.0
Q3(187)45% / 55%50%8.0
Q4(246)48% / 52%42%5.8
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(185)10.148%8.7
2nd(121)8.344%8.5
3rd(118)7.243%6.6
4th(10)4.230%3.0
All (434)45%7.9
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(211)9.842%5.0
2nd(159)7.242%5.2
3rd(62)5.358%7.3
4th(8)1.888%6.4
All (440)45%5.4

East Carolina, all games.