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LSU

Louisiana State University · 2022 · SEC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#9
Efficiency
+17.6
11th FBS
Record
10-4
Conf. record
6-3
Conf. finish
T-2nd
of 14
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LSU went 10-4 and was ranked 9th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 13th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 28th-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 53% of offensive plays with a 25th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 47% of plays with a 3rd-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
2-3
Q2
4-1
Q3
1-0
Q4
3-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 10.0 wins
Strength of Record
9th
+2.5 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
6th
full season
6th
CFP committee
#17
FanBoardHQ has them 8 spots higher
Conf. sched. difficulty
12th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~3.7 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 Florida StateACC#18L 2324+0.60%18.3Q1
2vs SouthernSWACW 6517+44.0100%22.3Q4
3vs Mississippi StateSEC#16W 3116+6.0100%24.2Q1
4vs New MexicoMountain West#128W 380+41.5100%12.5Q4
5@ AuburnSEC#56W 2117+8.5100%12.9Q2
6vs TennesseeSEC#4L 1340-3.00%-6.4Q1
7@ FloridaSEC#46W 4535+5.9100%26.6Q2
8vs Ole MissSEC#23W 4520+8.7100%33.1Q2
10vs AlabamaSEC#3W 3231-5.7100%24.7Q1
11@ ArkansasSEC#38W 1310+6.1100%14.6Q2
12vs UABConference USA#74W 4110+20.5100%28.3Q4
13@ Texas A&MSEC#68L 2338+9.60%-14.0Q2
14vs GeorgiaSEC#1L 3050-12.50%6.1Q1
Postseason
vs PurdueBig Ten#34W 637+13.9100%38.3Q3

14 played · 10-4. 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 LSU, 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.

-10.3+9.5+29.31822241313-62733251528-146Week 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 25th
SR 13thYPP 48thEPA 27th
RushingEff 3rd
SR 4thYPP 12thEPA 4th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 27th
SR 19thYPP 30thEPA 33rd
Rush defenseEff 18th
SR 29thYPP 11thEPA 22nd
Dropback rate 53%Tempo +0.2 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 40th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 52%1st · Defense allowed: 40%1st2nd · Offense: 51%2nd · Defense allowed: 41%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 49%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 40%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 86.0Q1 · Allowed: 79.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 138.0Q2 · Allowed: 87.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 115.0Q3 · Allowed: 37.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 125.0Q4 · Allowed: 93.0Q4
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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LSU Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 13th
+10.2
Field position: -0.0Finishing drives: +10.2
Field position -0.0Finishing drives +10.2= +10.2
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 61st · Finishing 11th

Defensive EffRanked 28th
+6.0
Field position: +0.9Finishing drives: +5.0
Field position +0.9Finishing drives +5.0= +6.0
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 38th · Finishing 30th

2.70 points per drive on offense, 1.66 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(237)52% / 48%50%6.1
Q2(259)61% / 39%53%7.1
Q3(243)51% / 49%53%6.9
Q4(253)49% / 51%49%6.0
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(215)10.154%7.7
2nd(185)7.748%6.4
3rd(118)8.340%6.4
4th(10)6.640%7.4
All (528)48%6.9
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(244)9.550%6.0
2nd(146)6.356%6.1
3rd(61)4.767%6.7
4th(13)3.554%5.3
All (464)54%6.1

LSU, all games.