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Kansas

University of Kansas · 2023 · Big 12

FanBoardHQ CFP
#18
Efficiency
+13.8
19th FBS
Record
9-4
Conf. record
5-4
Conf. finish
T-7th
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Kansas went 9-4 and was ranked 18th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 10th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 43rd-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 57% of offensive plays with a 16th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 43% of plays with a 10th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 9.0 wins
Strength of Record
18th
+0.9 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
30th
full season
30th
CFP committee
Unranked
FanBoardHQ has them 8 spots higher
Conf. sched. difficulty
21st
a 25th-ranked team would win ~4.7 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 Missouri StateMVFCW 4817+26.2100%15.4Q4
2vs IllinoisBig Ten#78W 3423+19.5100%9.6Q4
3@ NevadaMountain West#131W 3124+31.5100%-10.1Q4
4vs BYUBig 12#72W 3827+18.1100%12.3Q4
5@ TexasBig 12#3L 1440-12.40%0.3Q1
6vs UCFBig 12#56W 5122+9.0100%33.1Q2
7@ Oklahoma StateBig 12#17L 3239+3.80%4.5Q2
9vs OklahomaBig 12#11W 3833-3.5100%23.4Q1
10@ Iowa StateBig 12#39W 2821+0.3100%25.5Q1
11vs Texas TechBig 12#33L 1316+5.80%5.1Q2
12vs Kansas StateBig 12#14L 2731-5.80%17.6Q1
13@ CincinnatiBig 12#106W 4916+14.0100%24.3Q3
Postseason
vs UNLVMountain West#50W 4936+11.4100%14.5Q3

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 Kansas, 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.

-6.6+11.5+29.71510-10120334232651824Week 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 10th
SR 13thYPP 10thEPA 6th
RushingEff 16th
SR 28thYPP 13thEPA 16th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 55th
SR 79thYPP 72ndEPA 36th
Rush defenseEff 77th
SR 99thYPP 48thEPA 76th
Dropback rate 43%Tempo -0.7 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 63rd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 51%1st · Defense allowed: 45%1st2nd · Offense: 46%2nd · Defense allowed: 46%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 48%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 48%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 66.0Q1 · Allowed: 68.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 135.0Q2 · Allowed: 81.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 96.0Q3 · Allowed: 79.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 128.0Q4 · Allowed: 117.0Q4
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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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Kansas Offense vs Defense, 2023
Offensive EffRanked 10th
+11.9
Field position: +1.2Finishing drives: +10.7
Field position +1.2Finishing drives +10.7= +11.9
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 25th · Finishing 13th

Defensive EffRanked 43rd
+2.6
Field position: +0.9Finishing drives: +1.7
Field position +0.9Finishing drives +1.7= +2.6
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 35th · Finishing 51st

2.87 points per drive on offense, 2.30 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 28.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(190)45% / 55%51%7.0
Q2(213)46% / 54%49%7.1
Q3(177)41% / 59%47%8.5
Q4(219)32% / 68%48%7.1
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(120)10.053%9.9
2nd(106)8.144%8.8
3rd(90)7.749%8.5
4th(11)4.355%11.4
All (327)49%9.2
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(252)9.750%6.3
2nd(156)7.147%6.5
3rd(58)6.647%5.3
4th(6)2.850%1.2
All (472)49%6.1

Kansas, all games.