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Hawai'i

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · 2025 · Mountain West

FanBoardHQ CFP
#63
Efficiency
-4.6
84th FBS
Record
9-4
Conf. record
5-3
Conf. finish
T-5th
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Hawai'i went 9-4 and was ranked 63rd in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 71st-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 98th-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 64% of offensive plays with a 64th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 36% of plays with an 119th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-1
Q2
0-0
Q3
1-1
Q4
8-2

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 9.0 wins
Strength of Record
55th
-2.0 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
114th
full season
114th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
92nd
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.8 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
0vs StanfordACC#91W 2320+3.6100%-6.6Q4
1@ ArizonaBig 12#27L 640-21.10%-14.4Q1
2vs Sam HoustonConference USA#133W 3720+25.0100%-13.2Q4
3vs Portland StateBig SkyW 233+31.2100%-17.0Q4
4vs Fresno StateMountain West#66L 2123+4.60%-11.1Q4
5@ Air ForceMountain West#105W 4435-0.4100%5.1Q4
7vs Utah StateMountain West#81W 4426+1.1100%8.9Q4
8@ Colorado StateMountain West#130W 3119+9.0100%-2.3Q4
10@ San José StateMountain West#123L 3845+7.30%-18.7Q4
11vs San Diego StateMountain West#47W 386-6.7100%32.6Q3
13@ UNLVMountain West#55L 1038-7.30%-26.0Q3
14vs WyomingMountain West#112W 277+9.5100%6.4Q4
Postseason
vs CaliforniaACC#77W 3531+2.6100%-3.4Q4

13 played · 9-4. 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 Hawai'i, 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.

-21.3+3.3+27.9-7-14-13-17-1159-2-1933-266Week 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 64th
SR 59thYPP 78thEPA 62nd
RushingEff 119th
SR 115thYPP 125thEPA 115th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 92nd
SR 64thYPP 104thEPA 99th
Rush defenseEff 103rd
SR 98thYPP 113thEPA 100th
Dropback rate 64%Tempo +4.7 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 72nd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 40%1st · Defense allowed: 45%1st2nd · Offense: 40%2nd · Defense allowed: 42%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 49%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 38%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 83.0Q1 · Allowed: 50.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 94.0Q2 · Allowed: 95.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 59.0Q3 · Allowed: 45.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 111.0Q4 · Allowed: 93.0Q4
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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Hawai'i Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 71st
-0.9
Field position: -0.8Finishing drives: -0.1
Field position -0.8Finishing drives -0.1= -0.9
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 93rd · Finishing 66th

Defensive EffRanked 98th
-4.0
Field position: -1.7Finishing drives: -2.3
Field position -1.7Finishing drives -2.3= -4.0
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 116th · Finishing 88th

2.24 points per drive on offense, 1.75 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 30.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(197)63% / 37%46%6.6
Q2(236)66% / 34%38%6.0
Q3(226)62% / 38%41%5.2
Q4(242)60% / 40%45%5.7
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(207)10.143%6.1
2nd(188)8.043%6.5
3rd(161)7.547%7.5
4th(9)4.767%8.4
All (565)44%6.7
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(171)10.238%4.6
2nd(120)7.735%4.3
3rd(34)4.556%4.0
4th(11)3.055%6.5
All (336)39%4.5

Hawai'i, all games.