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East Carolina University · 2023 · American Athletic

FanBoardHQ CFP
#128
Efficiency
-11.4
110th FBS
Record
2-10
Conf. record
1-7
Conf. finish
T-13th
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East Carolina went 2-10 and was ranked 128th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 66th-ranked defense carried them, with a 125th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 53% of offensive plays with a 126th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 47% of plays with a 128th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-1
Q2
0-2
Q3
0-2
Q4
2-5

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 2.0 wins
Strength of Record
130th
-7.2 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
81st
full season
81st
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
93rd
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.6 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
1@ MichiganBig Ten#2L 330-43.40%-7.9Q1
2vs MarshallSun Belt#86L 1331-0.20%-28.1Q4
3@ Appalachian StateSun Belt#52L 2843-17.00%-13.4Q2
4vs Gardner-WebbBig South-OVCW 440+10.3100%10.1Q4
5@ RiceAmerican Athletic#88L 1724-7.30%-12.1Q4
7vs SMUAmerican Athletic#31L 1031-18.80%-11.1Q2
8vs CharlotteAmerican Athletic#125L 710+9.70%-24.6Q4
9@ UTSAAmerican Athletic#55L 2741-14.40%-13.4Q3
10vs TulaneAmerican Athletic#37L 1013-10.70%-3.2Q3
11@ Florida AtlanticAmerican Athletic#111W 227-4.4100%6.1Q4
12@ NavyAmerican Athletic#102L 010+0.00%-20.2Q4
13vs TulsaAmerican Athletic#113L 2729+6.80%-19.5Q4

12 played · 2-10. 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.

-25.0-9.0+7.0-8-28-1310-12-11-25-13-36-20-19Week 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 126th
SR 125thYPP 127thEPA 124th
RushingEff 128th
SR 126thYPP 123rdEPA 131st
Defense
Pass defenseEff 82nd
SR 52ndYPP 97thEPA 89th
Rush defenseEff 24th
SR 6thYPP 58thEPA 30th
Dropback rate 53%Tempo +0.5 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 66th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 37%1st · Defense allowed: 34%1st2nd · Offense: 34%2nd · Defense allowed: 30%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 33%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 41%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 65.0Q1 · Allowed: 72.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 62.0Q2 · Allowed: 82.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 10.0Q3 · Allowed: 51.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 50.0Q4 · Allowed: 61.0Q4
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, 2023
Offensive EffRanked 125th
-11.7
Field position: +0.2Finishing drives: -11.8
Field position +0.2Finishing drives -11.8= -11.7
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 58th · Finishing 125th

Defensive EffRanked 66th
+0.0
Field position: -0.6Finishing drives: +0.6
Field position -0.6Finishing drives +0.6= +0.0
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 88th · Finishing 61st

1.32 points per drive on offense, 1.69 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(192)48% / 52%36%5.4
Q2(198)56% / 44%34%4.7
Q3(150)47% / 53%32%4.2
Q4(218)63% / 37%36%4.0
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(151)10.138%4.9
2nd(118)9.032%5.2
3rd(123)8.528%4.2
4th(18)7.333%1.6
All (410)33%4.6
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(160)10.236%4.6
2nd(133)7.635%4.8
3rd(48)5.742%4.3
4th(7)2.343%2.0
All (348)36%4.6

East Carolina, all games.

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