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Memphis

University of Memphis · 2025 · American Athletic

FanBoardHQ CFP
#58
Efficiency
+3.1
60th FBS
Record
8-5
Conf. record
4-4
Conf. finish
T-6th
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Memphis went 8-5 and was ranked 58th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 51st-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 73rd-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 52% of offensive plays with an 81st-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 48% of plays with a 16th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
1-0
Q2
0-2
Q3
0-2
Q4
7-1

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 8.0 wins
Strength of Record
62nd
-2.4 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
92nd
full season
92nd
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
74th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.2 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 ChattanoogaSouthernW 4510+36.2100%8.4Q4
2@ Georgia StateSun Belt#134W 3816+19.9100%0.7Q4
3@ TroySun Belt#80W 287+9.4100%13.3Q4
4vs ArkansasSEC#104W 3231+2.9100%1.9Q4
5@ Florida AtlanticAmerican Athletic#107W 5526+10.4100%14.0Q4
6vs TulsaAmerican Athletic#109W 457+15.4100%21.2Q4
8@ UABAmerican Athletic#118L 2431+16.70%-24.7Q4
9vs South FloridaAmerican Athletic#30W 3431-8.4100%15.4Q1
10@ RiceAmerican Athletic#106W 3814+16.6100%19.4Q4
11vs TulaneAmerican Athletic#26L 3238+0.90%-4.2Q3
12@ East CarolinaAmerican Athletic#42L 2731-6.80%4.9Q2
14vs NavyAmerican Athletic#24L 1728+2.00%-9.3Q3
Postseason
vs NC StateACC#35L 731-5.40%-21.5Q2

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 Memphis, 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.

-21.0-1.8+17.5811321421-251519-45-9Week 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 81st
SR 74thYPP 82ndEPA 83rd
RushingEff 16th
SR 27thYPP 11thEPA 17th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 123rd
SR 109thYPP 94thEPA 130th
Rush defenseEff 42nd
SR 32ndYPP 40thEPA 51st
Dropback rate 52%Tempo +2.3 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 79th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 43%1st · Defense allowed: 44%1st2nd · Offense: 49%2nd · Defense allowed: 37%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 44%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 42%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 86.0Q1 · Allowed: 77.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 149.0Q2 · Allowed: 130.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 64.0Q3 · Allowed: 44.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 100.0Q4 · Allowed: 42.0Q4
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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Memphis Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 51st
+2.6
Field position: -1.1Finishing drives: +3.6
Field position -1.1Finishing drives +3.6= +2.6
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 99th · Finishing 41st

Defensive EffRanked 73rd
-1.0
Field position: +0.4Finishing drives: -1.4
Field position +0.4Finishing drives -1.4= -1.0
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 55th · Finishing 75th

2.40 points per drive on offense, 1.76 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(215)51% / 49%45%6.2
Q2(247)51% / 49%53%7.1
Q3(194)49% / 51%41%5.2
Q4(222)52% / 48%42%6.4
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(169)10.643%6.6
2nd(162)9.343%6.2
3rd(102)9.035%6.7
4th(13)5.838%4.2
All (446)41%6.4
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(228)9.643%5.7
2nd(130)6.957%6.8
3rd(62)4.955%7.3
4th(12)1.675%3.3
All (432)50%6.2

Memphis, all games.