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Liberty

Liberty University · 2024 · Conference USA

FanBoardHQ CFP
#85
Efficiency
-11.0
104th FBS
Record
8-4
Conf. record
5-3
Conf. finish
4th
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Liberty went 8-4 and was ranked 85th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 101st-ranked defense carried them, with a 106th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 61% of offensive plays with a 44th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 39% of plays with an 119th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
Q2
0-0
Q3
0-0
Q4
8-4

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 8.5 wins
Strength of Record
69th
-3.3 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
134th
full season
134th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
126th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.5 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 CampbellCoastal AthleticW 4124+25.5100%-15.5Q4
2@ New Mexico StateConference USA#127W 3024+10.3100%-15.7Q4
3vs UTEPConference USA#126W 2810+13.9100%-7.8Q4
4vs East CarolinaAmerican Athletic#78W 3524-0.1100%1.5Q4
5@ Appalachian StateSun Belt#97Preview-2.145%
7vs FIUConference USA#115W 3124+3.4100%-13.4Q4
9@ Kennesaw StateConference USA#132L 2427+10.20%-25.8Q4
10vs Jacksonville StateConference USA#69L 2131-5.00%-15.8Q4
11@ Middle TennesseeConference USA#130W 3717+15.3100%0.6Q4
12@ MassachusettsFBS Independents#128W 3534+4.2100%-12.1Q4
13vs Western KentuckyConference USA#80W 3821-1.6100%7.5Q4
14@ Sam HoustonConference USA#56L 1820-6.40%-6.0Q4
Postseason
vs BuffaloMid-American#64L 726-4.10%-30.1Q4

12 played · 8-4. 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 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.

-23.1-8.9+5.4-15-16-81-13-26-161-127-6Week 0Week 20
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 119th
SR 116thYPP 129thEPA 107th
RushingEff 44th
SR 30thYPP 36thEPA 52nd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 111th
SR 110thYPP 117thEPA 104th
Rush defenseEff 90th
SR 96thYPP 83rdEPA 89th
Dropback rate 39%Tempo +3.8 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 101st on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 50%1st · Defense allowed: 37%1st2nd · Offense: 51%2nd · Defense allowed: 41%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 46%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 40%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 41.0Q1 · Allowed: 70.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 114.0Q2 · Allowed: 75.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 51.0Q3 · Allowed: 62.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 132.0Q4 · Allowed: 68.0Q4
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, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 106th
-5.1
Field position: -2.2Finishing drives: -2.9
Field position -2.2Finishing drives -2.9= -5.1
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 127th · Finishing 89th

Defensive EffRanked 101st
-5.0
Field position: -1.5Finishing drives: -3.6
Field position -1.5Finishing drives -3.6= -5.0
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 121st · Finishing 98th

2.42 points per drive on offense, 1.96 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(176)36% / 64%41%5.3
Q2(227)37% / 63%52%6.4
Q3(154)37% / 63%48%6.3
Q4(242)40% / 60%53%6.5
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(121)10.448%7.1
2nd(82)8.339%6.2
3rd(88)8.534%4.8
4th(11)6.136%8.3
All (302)41%6.2
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(246)9.850%6.1
2nd(179)6.756%6.4
3rd(63)4.357%6.2
4th(9)1.289%2.7
All (497)54%6.2

Liberty, all games.