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University of Louisville · 2023 · ACC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#21
Efficiency
+13.0
22nd FBS
Record
10-4
Conf. record
7-2
Conf. finish
2nd
of 14
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Louisville went 10-4 and was ranked 21st in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 22nd-ranked defense carried them, with a 23rd-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 51% of offensive plays with a 13th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 49% of plays with a 14th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 10.0 wins
Strength of Record
21st
+0.9 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
51st
full season
51st
CFP committee
#15
FanBoardHQ has them 6 spots lower
Conf. sched. difficulty
64th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.9 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 Georgia TechACC#51W 3934+10.8100%6.9Q3
2vs Murray StateMVFCW 560+42.5100%10.5Q4
3vs IndianaBig Ten#104W 2114+18.2100%4.8Q4
4vs Boston CollegeACC#73W 5628+20.8100%26.6Q4
5@ NC StateACC#26W 1310+0.8100%16.5Q2
6vs Notre DameFBS Independents#13W 3320-6.3100%33.6Q1
7@ PittsburghACC#103L 2138+13.60%-17.0Q3
9vs DukeACC#32W 230+4.5100%33.3Q2
10vs Virginia TechACC#58W 343+9.9100%32.8Q3
11vs VirginiaACC#101W 3124+19.7100%0.5Q4
12@ Miami-FLACC#48W 3831+2.8100%16.8Q2
13vs KentuckySEC#41L 3138+8.70%-2.4Q3
14vs Florida StateACC#9L 616-2.40%6.8Q1
Postseason
vs USCPac-12#22L 2842-0.30%0.9Q1

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 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.

-12.9+8.3+29.67105271734-173333117-27Week 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 14th
SR 11thYPP 18thEPA 16th
RushingEff 13th
SR 6thYPP 22ndEPA 34th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 15th
SR 20thYPP 17thEPA 17th
Rush defenseEff 13th
SR 16thYPP 17thEPA 10th
Dropback rate 49%Tempo +1.1 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 49th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 53%1st · Defense allowed: 42%1st2nd · Offense: 48%2nd · Defense allowed: 33%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 41%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 33%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 104.0Q1 · Allowed: 28.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 111.0Q2 · Allowed: 107.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 105.0Q3 · Allowed: 79.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 105.0Q4 · Allowed: 64.0Q4
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, 2023
Offensive EffRanked 23rd
+6.6
Field position: +0.0Finishing drives: +6.6
Field position +0.0Finishing drives +6.6= +6.6
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 64th · Finishing 20th

Defensive EffRanked 22nd
+7.0
Field position: -1.5Finishing drives: +8.5
Field position -1.5Finishing drives +8.5= +7.0
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 117th · Finishing 12th

2.49 points per drive on offense, 1.60 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 31.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(217)44% / 56%54%6.3
Q2(233)52% / 48%53%7.2
Q3(223)43% / 57%51%6.7
Q4(248)47% / 53%40%5.6
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(169)10.251%7.5
2nd(138)8.552%7.9
3rd(112)7.434%6.0
4th(12)4.242%7.0
All (431)47%7.2
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(249)9.655%6.7
2nd(169)6.045%4.8
3rd(60)4.150%5.2
4th(12)1.967%1.0
All (490)51%5.7

Louisville, all games.

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