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University of Houston · 2022 · American Athletic

FanBoardHQ CFP
#55
Efficiency
+3.3
59th FBS
Record
8-5
Conf. record
5-3
Conf. finish
T-4th
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Houston went 8-5 and was ranked 55th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 28th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by an 84th-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 58% of offensive plays with a 23rd-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 42% of plays with a 50th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-2
Q2
2-1
Q3
2-1
Q4
4-1

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 8.0 wins
Strength of Record
50th
-1.3 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
69th
full season
69th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
74th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.9 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@ UTSAConference USA#33W 3735-3.3100%7.6Q2
2@ Texas TechBig 12#20L 3033-9.60%12.3Q1
3vs KansasBig 12#49L 3048-1.10%-15.9Q2
4vs RiceConference USA#109W 3427+20.6100%-9.1Q4
5vs TulaneAmerican Athletic#19L 2427-6.00%7.6Q1
6@ MemphisAmerican Athletic#65W 3332-2.2100%5.7Q3
8@ NavyAmerican Athletic#95W 3820+3.3100%21.2Q3
9vs South FloridaAmerican Athletic#130W 4227+21.5100%1.0Q4
10@ SMUAmerican Athletic#64L 6377-2.00%-12.1Q3
11vs TempleAmerican Athletic#116W 4336+16.8100%-7.9Q4
12@ East CarolinaAmerican Athletic#58W 423-2.6100%36.2Q2
13vs TulsaAmerican Athletic#90L 3037+10.80%-13.1Q4
Postseason
vs LouisianaSun Belt#88W 2316+7.2100%6.7Q4

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 Houston, 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.

-11.7+10.2+32.0812-16-986211-12-836-13Week 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 23rd
SR 25thYPP 42ndEPA 17th
RushingEff 50th
SR 29thYPP 40thEPA 54th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 72nd
SR 64thYPP 58thEPA 82nd
Rush defenseEff 87th
SR 94thYPP 89thEPA 84th
Dropback rate 58%Tempo +3.5 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 77th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 47%1st · Defense allowed: 40%1st2nd · Offense: 45%2nd · Defense allowed: 44%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 49%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 45%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 77.0Q1 · Allowed: 83.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 117.0Q2 · Allowed: 148.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 104.0Q3 · Allowed: 65.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 136.0Q4 · Allowed: 104.0Q4
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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Houston Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 28th
+6.8
Field position: +0.4Finishing drives: +6.3
Field position +0.4Finishing drives +6.3= +6.8
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 45th · Finishing 27th

Defensive EffRanked 84th
-2.6
Field position: -0.3Finishing drives: -2.3
Field position -0.3Finishing drives -2.3= -2.6
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 79th · Finishing 85th

2.88 points per drive on offense, 2.58 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(195)57% / 43%47%6.9
Q2(228)66% / 34%43%6.3
Q3(219)56% / 44%52%6.6
Q4(238)54% / 46%46%6.9
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(217)10.249%7.7
2nd(169)8.948%7.1
3rd(113)8.143%7.0
4th(14)5.971%12.6
All (513)48%7.5
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(188)10.045%5.9
2nd(108)7.540%4.6
3rd(60)5.652%5.6
4th(11)2.264%5.6
All (367)45%5.4

Houston, all games.