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University of Kentucky · 2022 · SEC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#43
Efficiency
+6.3
41st FBS
Record
7-6
Conf. record
3-5
Conf. finish
T-8th
of 14
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Kentucky went 7-6 and was ranked 43rd in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 21st-ranked defense carried them, with a 68th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 53% of offensive plays with a 66th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 47% of plays with an 81st-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
1-4
Q2
3-0
Q3
0-1
Q4
3-1

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 7.0 wins
Strength of Record
44th
-0.7 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
29th
full season
29th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
13th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~3.8 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
1vs Miami-OHMid-American#101W 3713+22.4100%5.8Q4
2@ FloridaSEC#46W 2616-5.4100%22.3Q2
3vs Youngstown StateMVFCW 310+24.8100%13.6Q4
4vs Northern IllinoisMid-American#122W 3123+27.9100%-12.1Q4
5@ Ole MissSEC#23L 1922-8.10%12.4Q1
6vs South CarolinaSEC#29L 1424+3.80%-7.2Q3
7vs Mississippi StateSEC#16W 2717-5.3100%21.7Q1
9@ TennesseeSEC#4L 644-19.70%-6.6Q1
10@ MissouriSEC#60W 2117-2.2100%12.2Q2
11vs VanderbiltSEC#73L 2124+13.20%-9.0Q4
12vs GeorgiaSEC#1L 616-21.00%16.4Q1
13vs LouisvilleACC#27W 2613-2.1100%22.8Q2
Postseason
vs IowaBig Ten#22L 021-4.80%-10.7Q1

13 played · 7-6. 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 Kentucky, 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.

-9.3+5.3+20.062214-1212-722-712-91623Week 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 81st
SR 73rdYPP 70thEPA 86th
RushingEff 66th
SR 61stYPP 66thEPA 79th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 39th
SR 39thYPP 40thEPA 39th
Rush defenseEff 13th
SR 14thYPP 19thEPA 11th
Dropback rate 47%Tempo -3.6 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 55th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 41%1st · Defense allowed: 37%1st2nd · Offense: 39%2nd · Defense allowed: 40%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 42%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 34%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 48.0Q1 · Allowed: 58.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 71.0Q2 · Allowed: 67.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 67.0Q3 · Allowed: 47.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 72.0Q4 · Allowed: 55.0Q4
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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Kentucky Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 68th
-1.0
Field position: +0.1Finishing drives: -1.1
Field position +0.1Finishing drives -1.1= -1.0
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 56th · Finishing 71st

Defensive EffRanked 21st
+7.4
Field position: -0.3Finishing drives: +7.7
Field position -0.3Finishing drives +7.7= +7.4
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 77th · Finishing 14th

1.66 points per drive on offense, 1.56 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 29.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(206)47% / 53%44%5.6
Q2(202)50% / 50%41%5.1
Q3(181)46% / 54%38%4.7
Q4(215)53% / 47%40%6.2
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(114)9.843%6.3
2nd(144)8.933%5.4
3rd(120)8.338%7.6
4th(16)4.256%4.1
All (394)38%6.3
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(231)9.940%5.1
2nd(123)6.946%4.3
3rd(47)6.038%3.9
4th(9)1.189%3.0
All (410)43%4.7

Kentucky, all games.

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