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Liberty University · 2025 · Conference USA

FanBoardHQ CFP
#115
Efficiency
-10.3
102nd FBS
Record
4-8
Conf. record
3-5
Conf. finish
8th
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Liberty went 4-8 and was ranked 115th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 95th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 107th-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 61% of offensive plays with a 60th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 39% of plays with a 104th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
Q2
0-2
Q3
0-1
Q4
4-5

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 4.0 wins
Strength of Record
119th
-6.4 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
124th
full season
124th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
113th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.3 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 MaineCoastal AthleticW 287+16.6100%-6.8Q4
2@ Jacksonville StateConference USA#83L 2434-1.40%-20.3Q4
3@ Bowling GreenMid-American#120L 1323+4.30%-23.9Q4
4vs James MadisonSun Belt#22L 1331-17.20%-17.9Q2
5@ Old DominionSun Belt#37L 721-21.50%-2.0Q2
7@ UTEPConference USA#132W 198+6.5100%-2.7Q4
8vs New Mexico StateConference USA#119W 3027+7.2100%-21.3Q4
10vs DelawareConference USA#98W 5930+7.7100%14.1Q4
11vs Missouri StateConference USA#85L 1721+1.40%-17.3Q4
12@ FIUConference USA#89L 2734-0.90%-12.4Q4
13@ Louisiana TechConference USA#75L 2834-8.80%-3.0Q3
14vs Kennesaw StateConference USA#61L 4248-0.90%-10.4Q4

12 played · 4-8. 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.

-20.9-4.9+11.1-7-20-24-18-2-3-2114-17-12-3-10Week 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 104th
SR 112thYPP 99thEPA 107th
RushingEff 60th
SR 51stYPP 61stEPA 61st
Defense
Pass defenseEff 84th
SR 92ndYPP 73rdEPA 90th
Rush defenseEff 123rd
SR 123rdYPP 117thEPA 126th
Dropback rate 39%Tempo +3.6 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 92nd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 44%1st · Defense allowed: 41%1st2nd · Offense: 44%2nd · Defense allowed: 41%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 43%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 48%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 51.0Q1 · Allowed: 37.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 81.0Q2 · Allowed: 67.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 65.0Q3 · Allowed: 73.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 96.0Q4 · Allowed: 128.0Q4
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, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 95th
-4.7
Field position: -1.8Finishing drives: -2.9
Field position -1.8Finishing drives -2.9= -4.7
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 121st · Finishing 87th

Defensive EffRanked 107th
-5.6
Field position: -0.3Finishing drives: -5.3
Field position -0.3Finishing drives -5.3= -5.6
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 79th · Finishing 110th

1.99 points per drive on offense, 1.93 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 30.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(183)37% / 63%49%6.2
Q2(211)46% / 54%43%4.6
Q3(176)38% / 62%44%6.5
Q4(220)43% / 57%42%6.3
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(99)10.246%6.6
2nd(121)8.641%7.4
3rd(94)8.437%6.7
4th(12)7.425%3.5
All (326)41%6.8
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(246)9.843%4.9
2nd(142)6.747%6.3
3rd(65)5.049%4.5
4th(11)1.382%1.4
All (464)46%5.2

Liberty, all games.

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