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FIU

Florida International University · 2025 · Conference USA

FanBoardHQ CFP
#89
Efficiency
-12.2
110th FBS
Record
7-6
Conf. record
5-3
Conf. finish
T-4th
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FIU went 7-6 and was ranked 89th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 89th-ranked defense carried them, with an 116th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 52% of offensive plays with a 107th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 48% of plays with a 122nd-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 7.0 wins
Strength of Record
83rd
-4.2 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
123rd
full season
123rd
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
121st
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.4 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 Bethune-CookmanSWACW 429+27.7100%-4.7Q4
2@ Penn StateBig Ten#39L 034-30.20%-8.1Q1
3vs Florida AtlanticAmerican Athletic#107W 3828+0.7100%-3.8Q4
4vs DelawareConference USA#98L 1638+5.90%-47.4Q4
6@ UConnFBS Independents#69L 1051-11.00%-32.9Q3
8@ Western KentuckyConference USA#68W 256-9.0100%16.9Q3
9vs Kennesaw StateConference USA#61L 2645-2.70%-26.8Q4
10@ Missouri StateConference USA#85L 2128-5.90%-12.8Q4
11@ Middle TennesseeConference USA#129W 5630+5.2100%6.4Q4
12vs LibertyConference USA#115W 3427+0.9100%-10.1Q4
13vs Jacksonville StateConference USA#83W 2721+2.3100%-8.4Q4
14vs Sam HoustonConference USA#133W 5616+14.6100%1.2Q4
Postseason
vs UTSAAmerican Athletic#64L 2057-15.00%-27.8Q3

13 played · 7-6. 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 FIU, 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.

-42.3-15.3+11.7-5-8-4-47-3317-27-136-10-81Week 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 122nd
SR 98thYPP 124thEPA 124th
RushingEff 107th
SR 122ndYPP 86thEPA 107th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 109th
SR 100thYPP 124thEPA 112th
Rush defenseEff 114th
SR 117thYPP 114thEPA 107th
Dropback rate 48%Tempo -4.2 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 97th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 44%1st · Defense allowed: 46%1st2nd · Offense: 40%2nd · Defense allowed: 43%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 38%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 40%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 83.0Q1 · Allowed: 100.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 98.0Q2 · Allowed: 118.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 93.0Q3 · Allowed: 69.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 96.0Q4 · Allowed: 89.0Q4
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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FIU Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 116th
-7.5
Field position: +0.2Finishing drives: -7.7
Field position +0.2Finishing drives -7.7= -7.5
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 55th · Finishing 120th

Defensive EffRanked 89th
-3.1
Field position: -1.4Finishing drives: -1.7
Field position -1.4Finishing drives -1.7= -3.1
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 113th · Finishing 77th

2.08 points per drive on offense, 2.17 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(193)56% / 44%49%6.7
Q2(258)51% / 49%37%4.9
Q3(220)45% / 55%47%5.9
Q4(227)48% / 52%33%5.6
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(176)9.953%8.0
2nd(130)8.538%5.9
3rd(118)7.831%3.8
4th(26)3.838%2.2
All (450)42%6.0
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(210)9.936%5.5
2nd(151)7.240%5.0
3rd(73)6.244%6.6
4th(14)1.864%4.9
All (448)40%5.5

FIU, all games.