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Louisville

University of Louisville · 2024 · ACC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#21
Efficiency
+16.3
13th FBS
Record
9-4
Conf. record
5-3
Conf. finish
T-4th
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Louisville went 9-4 and was ranked 21st in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 10th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 40th-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 55% of offensive plays with a 9th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 45% of plays with an 18th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 9.0 wins
Strength of Record
22nd
+0.7 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
35th
full season
35th
CFP committee
Unranked
FanBoardHQ has them 5 spots higher
Conf. sched. difficulty
32nd
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.0 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 Austin PeayUACW 620+42.8100%21.0Q4
2vs Jacksonville StateConference USA#69W 4914+22.3100%24.5Q4
4vs Georgia TechACC#47W 3119+13.3100%14.3Q3
5@ Notre DameFBS Independents#2L 2431-12.00%19.7Q1
6vs SMUACC#14L 2734+2.30%6.4Q1
7@ VirginiaACC#76W 2420+15.2100%5.2Q3
8vs Miami-FLACC#20L 4552+2.80%1.7Q1
9@ Boston CollegeACC#50W 3127+6.7100%13.6Q2
10@ ClemsonACC#22W 3321-2.5100%32.9Q1
12@ StanfordACC#106L 3538+18.80%-4.9Q3
13vs PittsburghACC#55W 379+15.7100%30.8Q3
14@ KentuckySEC#77W 4114+9.6100%33.6Q2
Postseason
vs WashingtonBig Ten#53W 3534+11.4100%7.8Q3

13 played · 9-4. 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.

-1.8+14.3+30.5212414206521433-53134Week 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 9th
SR 19thYPP 12thEPA 5th
RushingEff 18th
SR 24thYPP 9thEPA 23rd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 61st
SR 24thYPP 65thEPA 77th
Rush defenseEff 18th
SR 14thYPP 16thEPA 19th
Dropback rate 55%Tempo +1.0 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 50th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 45%1st · Defense allowed: 38%1st2nd · Offense: 50%2nd · Defense allowed: 42%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 41%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 41%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 82.0Q1 · Allowed: 90.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 151.0Q2 · Allowed: 72.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 116.0Q3 · Allowed: 54.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 83.0Q4 · Allowed: 87.0Q4
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, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 10th
+10.3
Field position: +2.2Finishing drives: +8.1
Field position +2.2Finishing drives +8.1= +10.3
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 11th · Finishing 16th

Defensive EffRanked 40th
+4.1
Field position: +1.9Finishing drives: +2.3
Field position +1.9Finishing drives +2.3= +4.1
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 13th · Finishing 51st

2.87 points per drive on offense, 1.96 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(194)52% / 48%47%6.6
Q2(234)53% / 47%50%7.4
Q3(191)54% / 46%45%8.0
Q4(212)50% / 50%42%6.2
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(170)10.245%6.7
2nd(149)9.250%8.0
3rd(105)8.737%8.5
4th(10)5.350%8.9
All (434)45%7.6
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(211)9.545%7.0
2nd(127)6.350%6.3
3rd(49)4.749%5.1
4th(10)2.040%2.5
All (397)47%6.4

Louisville, all games.