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Louisville

University of Louisville · 2022 · ACC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#27
Efficiency
+11.2
24th FBS
Record
8-5
Conf. record
4-4
Conf. finish
T-6th
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Louisville went 8-5 and was ranked 27th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 13th-ranked defense carried them, with a 60th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 56% of offensive plays with a 23rd-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 44% of plays with a 56th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 8.0 wins
Strength of Record
31st
-0.2 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
44th
full season
44th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
41st
a 25th-ranked team would win ~4.8 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
1@ SyracuseACC#52L 731+2.20%-16.5Q2
2@ UCFAmerican Athletic#44W 2014+3.0100%14.3Q2
3vs Florida StateACC#18L 3135-3.10%10.6Q1
4vs South FloridaAmerican Athletic#130W 413+29.5100%18.2Q4
5@ Boston CollegeACC#113L 3334+18.90%-9.3Q4
6@ VirginiaACC#100W 3417+14.6100%11.4Q3
8vs PittsburghACC#26W 2410+4.2100%20.1Q2
9vs Wake ForestACC#31W 4821+4.4100%33.7Q2
10vs James MadisonSun Belt#51W 3410+9.0100%26.8Q3
11@ ClemsonACC#15L 1631-6.50%4.1Q1
12vs NC StateACC#36W 2510+7.8100%15.6Q3
13@ KentuckySEC#43L 1326+2.10%-5.3Q2
Postseason
vs CincinnatiAmerican Athletic#39W 247+6.3100%21.2Q3

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 Louisville, 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.

-12.5+8.6+29.6-17141118-911203427416-5Week 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 56th
SR 45thYPP 47thEPA 69th
RushingEff 23rd
SR 51stYPP 7thEPA 25th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 24th
SR 32ndYPP 25thEPA 23rd
Rush defenseEff 34th
SR 52ndYPP 67thEPA 19th
Dropback rate 44%Tempo +2.4 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 49th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 42%1st · Defense allowed: 44%1st2nd · Offense: 43%2nd · Defense allowed: 40%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 39%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 34%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 69.0Q1 · Allowed: 75.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 102.0Q2 · Allowed: 72.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 74.0Q3 · Allowed: 48.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 81.0Q4 · Allowed: 54.0Q4
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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Louisville Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 60th
+0.5
Field position: +0.2Finishing drives: +0.3
Field position +0.2Finishing drives +0.3= +0.5
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 51st · Finishing 59th

Defensive EffRanked 13th
+9.1
Field position: +0.7Finishing drives: +8.4
Field position +0.7Finishing drives +8.4= +9.1
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 47th · Finishing 11th

2.01 points per drive on offense, 1.51 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(205)38% / 62%43%6.2
Q2(250)50% / 50%45%6.1
Q3(183)44% / 56%38%6.0
Q4(232)45% / 55%38%6.2
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(140)10.442%7.3
2nd(131)8.745%6.9
3rd(99)7.833%4.9
4th(19)6.637%4.8
All (389)41%6.4
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(244)9.941%5.6
2nd(150)7.941%5.8
3rd(75)6.744%6.7
4th(12)4.750%8.8
All (481)42%5.9

Louisville, all games.