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Liberty University · 2022 · FBS Independents

FanBoardHQ CFP
#71
Efficiency
-4.6
81st FBS
Record
8-5
Conf. record
2-1
Conf. finish
T-1st
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Liberty went 8-5 and was ranked 71st in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 51st-ranked defense carried them, with a 96th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 52% of offensive plays with a 107th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 48% of plays with a 39th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
Q2
1-1
Q3
0-0
Q4
7-4

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 8.0 wins
Strength of Record
68th
-2.7 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
112th
full season
112th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
10th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~3.6 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
1@ Southern MissSun Belt#82W 2927-0.1100%-3.5Q4
2vs UABConference USA#74W 2114-1.7100%3.6Q4
3@ Wake ForestACC#31L 3637-16.90%9.8Q2
4vs AkronMid-American#127W 2112+16.7100%-12.9Q4
5@ Old DominionSun Belt#117W 3824+4.7100%3.3Q4
6@ MassachusettsFBS Independents#131W 4224+19.3100%-1.8Q4
7vs Gardner-WebbBig SouthW 2120+9.7100%-12.9Q4
8vs BYUFBS Independents#57W 4114-2.2100%25.0Q4
10@ ArkansasSEC#38W 2119-16.1100%14.8Q2
11@ UConnFBS Independents#99L 3336+7.50%-16.1Q4
12vs Virginia TechACC#111L 2223+6.40%-14.8Q4
13vs New Mexico StateFBS Independents#93L 1449+13.50%-50.6Q4
Postseason
vs ToledoMid-American#69L 1921-0.70%-4.4Q4

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 Liberty, 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.

-44.5-12.8+19.0-4410-133-2-132515-16-15-51Week 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 107th
SR 113thYPP 112thEPA 102nd
RushingEff 39th
SR 35thYPP 25thEPA 46th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 35th
SR 30thYPP 38thEPA 38th
Rush defenseEff 63rd
SR 54thYPP 65thEPA 62nd
Dropback rate 52%Tempo +3.2 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 80th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 46%1st · Defense allowed: 36%1st2nd · Offense: 39%2nd · Defense allowed: 36%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 38%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 36%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 62.0Q1 · Allowed: 66.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 113.0Q2 · Allowed: 83.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 72.0Q3 · Allowed: 48.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 103.0Q4 · Allowed: 104.0Q4
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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Liberty Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 96th
-5.2
Field position: -0.1Finishing drives: -5.1
Field position -0.1Finishing drives -5.1= -5.2
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 65th · Finishing 98th

Defensive EffRanked 51st
+1.4
Field position: -1.2Finishing drives: +2.7
Field position -1.2Finishing drives +2.7= +1.4
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 103rd · Finishing 42nd

1.97 points per drive on offense, 1.79 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(219)54% / 46%36%5.2
Q2(221)55% / 45%45%6.1
Q3(212)47% / 53%42%5.5
Q4(223)45% / 55%43%6.2
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(180)10.443%6.7
2nd(146)9.336%5.4
3rd(98)7.932%5.1
4th(16)4.938%4.0
All (440)38%5.8
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(214)9.648%5.9
2nd(136)6.742%5.4
3rd(76)7.343%6.1
4th(9)1.956%3.7
All (435)46%5.7

Liberty, all games.