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Michigan

University of Michigan · 2024 · Big Ten

FanBoardHQ CFP
#23
Efficiency
+11.1
33rd FBS
Record
8-5
Conf. record
5-4
Conf. finish
T-7th
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Michigan went 8-5 and was ranked 23rd in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 8th-ranked defense carried them, with a 57th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 60% of offensive plays with a 53rd-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 40% of plays with a 79th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 8.0 wins
Strength of Record
20th
+0.7 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
4th
full season
4th
CFP committee
Unranked
FanBoardHQ has them 3 spots higher
Conf. sched. difficulty
25th
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
1vs Fresno StateMountain West#93W 3010+19.1100%12.5Q4
2vs TexasSEC#5L 1231-10.20%-6.1Q1
3vs Arkansas StateSun Belt#79W 2818+26.9100%5.6Q4
4vs USCBig Ten#34W 2724-0.3100%16.2Q1
5vs MinnesotaBig Ten#32W 2724+0.2100%16.8Q2
6@ WashingtonBig Ten#53L 1727+3.50%-2.1Q2
8@ IllinoisBig Ten#18L 721+0.30%-3.0Q2
9vs Michigan StateBig Ten#73W 2417+16.7100%0.8Q4
10vs OregonBig Ten#3L 1738-7.90%-3.7Q1
11@ IndianaBig Ten#9L 1520-10.40%17.1Q1
13vs NorthwesternBig Ten#94W 506+18.0100%28.2Q4
14@ Ohio StateBig Ten#1W 1310-21.6100%35.4Q1
Postseason
vs AlabamaSEC#15W 1913-8.5100%25.7Q1

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 Michigan, 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.

-2.8+14.6+32.113-661617-2-31-4172835Week 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 79th
SR 56thYPP 107thEPA 81st
RushingEff 53rd
SR 68thYPP 62ndEPA 50th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 6th
SR 6thYPP 4thEPA 10th
Rush defenseEff 7th
SR 3rdYPP 9thEPA 10th
Dropback rate 40%Tempo +1.3 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 50th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 38%1st · Defense allowed: 37%1st2nd · Offense: 41%2nd · Defense allowed: 37%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 48%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 44%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 64.0Q1 · Allowed: 41.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 88.0Q2 · Allowed: 97.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 50.0Q3 · Allowed: 34.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 71.0Q4 · Allowed: 82.0Q4
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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Michigan Offense vs Defense, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 57th
+1.3
Field position: +0.9Finishing drives: +0.3
Field position +0.9Finishing drives +0.3= +1.3
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 34th · Finishing 61st

Defensive EffRanked 8th
+10.1
Field position: +0.3Finishing drives: +9.8
Field position +0.3Finishing drives +9.8= +10.1
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 49th · Finishing 5th

1.79 points per drive on offense, 1.77 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(165)41% / 59%40%5.0
Q2(209)43% / 57%47%5.1
Q3(192)36% / 64%38%4.6
Q4(216)44% / 56%41%5.1
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(118)10.342%4.3
2nd(99)8.443%5.9
3rd(99)7.938%5.2
4th(7)9.343%8.0
All (323)41%5.1
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(214)9.836%4.6
2nd(162)7.240%5.0
3rd(73)4.355%5.8
4th(10)1.190%1.5
All (459)42%4.8

Michigan, all games.