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Iowa

University of Iowa · 2022 · Big Ten

FanBoardHQ CFP
#22
Efficiency
+11.1
25th FBS
Record
8-5
Conf. record
5-4
Conf. finish
T-5th
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Iowa went 8-5 and was ranked 22nd in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 1st-ranked defense carried them, with an 89th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 53% of offensive plays with an 114th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 47% of plays with a 96th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
1-3
Q2
3-1
Q3
0-0
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
24th
+0.2 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
31st
full season
31st
CFP committee
Unranked
FanBoardHQ has them 4 spots higher
Conf. sched. difficulty
45th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.0 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 South Dakota StateMVFCW 73+6.5100%8.0Q4
2vs Iowa StateBig 12#70L 710+5.10%3.2Q2
3vs NevadaMountain West#126W 270+32.5100%1.9Q4
4@ RutgersBig Ten#96W 2710+17.1100%19.5Q4
5vs MichiganBig Ten#6L 1427-9.50%2.9Q1
6@ IllinoisBig Ten#30L 69-5.00%12.7Q1
8@ Ohio StateBig Ten#5L 1054-17.50%-2.7Q1
9vs NorthwesternBig Ten#124W 3313+21.5100%15.9Q4
10@ PurdueBig Ten#34W 243+4.7100%29.2Q2
11vs WisconsinBig Ten#47W 2410+4.2100%19.7Q2
12@ MinnesotaBig Ten#24W 1310-3.4100%18.6Q1
13vs NebraskaBig Ten#91L 1724+15.80%-13.1Q4
Postseason
vs KentuckySEC#43W 210+4.8100%28.1Q2

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 Iowa, 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.

-9.7+8.0+25.883219313-316292019-13Week 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 114th
SR 88thYPP 117thEPA 114th
RushingEff 96th
SR 81stYPP 86thEPA 109th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 1st
SR 5thYPP 1stEPA 2nd
Rush defenseEff 9th
SR 18thYPP 4thEPA 9th
Dropback rate 53%Tempo -3.5 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 41st on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 40%1st · Defense allowed: 38%1st2nd · Offense: 35%2nd · Defense allowed: 34%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 29%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 37%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 47.0Q1 · Allowed: 42.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 53.0Q2 · Allowed: 42.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 27.0Q3 · Allowed: 38.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 57.0Q4 · Allowed: 45.0Q4
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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Iowa Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 89th
-4.3
Field position: +3.4Finishing drives: -7.8
Field position +3.4Finishing drives -7.8= -4.3
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 2nd · Finishing 110th

Defensive EffRanked 1st
+15.8
Field position: +1.8Finishing drives: +14.0
Field position +1.8Finishing drives +14.0= +15.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 13th · Finishing 1st

1.22 points per drive on offense, 1.02 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 32.

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)47% / 53%38%4.3
Q2(200)55% / 45%43%4.8
Q3(170)50% / 50%32%4.4
Q4(197)53% / 47%30%4.0
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(134)10.546%5.9
2nd(118)10.131%4.6
3rd(125)8.526%3.5
4th(13)6.315%2.3
All (390)34%4.6
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(185)9.736%4.3
2nd(132)6.539%4.6
3rd(48)5.738%2.8
4th(4)2.375%2.8
All (369)38%4.2

Iowa, all games.