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University of Houston · 2025 · Big 12

FanBoardHQ CFP
#28
Efficiency
+6.9
44th FBS
Record
10-3
Conf. record
6-3
Conf. finish
T-5th
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Houston went 10-3 and was ranked 28th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 40th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 52nd-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 57% of offensive plays with a 101st-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 43% of plays with a 40th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-1
Q2
3-1
Q3
2-0
Q4
5-1

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 10.0 wins
Strength of Record
24th
+0.6 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
67th
full season
67th
CFP committee
#21
FanBoardHQ has them 7 spots lower
Conf. sched. difficulty
72nd
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.1 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 Stephen F. AustinSouthlandW 270+14.8100%20.6Q4
2@ RiceAmerican Athletic#106W 359+20.5100%6.9Q4
3vs ColoradoBig 12#101W 3620+12.7100%10.2Q4
5@ Oregon StatePac-12#127W 2724+17.7100%-10.3Q4
6vs Texas TechBig 12#8L 1135-15.80%-2.1Q1
7@ Oklahoma StateBig 12#131W 3917+15.8100%15.7Q4
8vs ArizonaBig 12#27W 3128-4.1100%11.9Q2
9@ Arizona StateBig 12#38W 2416-1.7100%19.9Q2
10vs West VirginiaBig 12#92L 3545+15.70%-18.2Q4
11@ UCFBig 12#82W 3027+6.1100%4.0Q3
13vs TCUBig 12#25L 1417-0.60%4.7Q2
14@ BaylorBig 12#73W 3124+2.3100%9.7Q3
Postseason
vs LSUSEC#41W 3835-2.9100%16.5Q2

13 played · 10-3. 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.

-15.1+1.2+17.521710-10-2161220-184510Week 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 40th
SR 19thYPP 47thEPA 45th
RushingEff 101st
SR 86thYPP 89thEPA 111th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 49th
SR 43rdYPP 66thEPA 54th
Rush defenseEff 84th
SR 126thYPP 51stEPA 76th
Dropback rate 43%Tempo +11.5 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 48th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 46%1st · Defense allowed: 43%1st2nd · Offense: 39%2nd · Defense allowed: 43%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 43%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 38%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 68.0Q1 · Allowed: 82.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 102.0Q2 · Allowed: 70.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 93.0Q3 · Allowed: 19.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 80.0Q4 · Allowed: 111.0Q4
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, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 40th
+4.6
Field position: -0.2Finishing drives: +4.8
Field position -0.2Finishing drives +4.8= +4.6
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 68th · Finishing 35th

Defensive EffRanked 52nd
+2.7
Field position: -0.2Finishing drives: +2.8
Field position -0.2Finishing drives +2.8= +2.7
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 75th · Finishing 47th

2.16 points per drive on offense, 1.78 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(228)46% / 54%39%5.2
Q2(244)45% / 55%42%5.8
Q3(244)41% / 59%49%5.5
Q4(226)37% / 63%42%5.3
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(146)10.155%7.7
2nd(113)8.342%7.2
3rd(119)7.937%5.6
4th(23)4.652%7.1
All (401)46%6.9
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(261)9.841%4.5
2nd(188)7.437%3.8
3rd(81)5.646%6.4
4th(11)1.173%1.5
All (541)41%4.5

Houston, all games.

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