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Navy

United States Naval Academy · 2024 · American Athletic

FanBoardHQ CFP
#35
Efficiency
+7.6
41st FBS
Record
10-3
Conf. record
7-2
Conf. finish
T-2nd
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Navy went 10-3 and was ranked 35th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 37th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 45th-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 73% of offensive plays with an 8th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 27% of plays with a 20th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 10.0 wins
Strength of Record
32nd
-0.1 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
77th
full season
77th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
119th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.4 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 BucknellPatriotW 4921+40.3100%-3.9Q4
2vs TempleAmerican Athletic#123W 3811+29.9100%10.7Q4
4vs MemphisAmerican Athletic#38W 5644+7.7100%15.0Q3
5@ UABAmerican Athletic#121W 4118+19.8100%21.1Q4
6@ Air ForceMountain West#103W 347+17.2100%19.5Q4
8vs CharlotteAmerican Athletic#104W 5117+26.4100%18.9Q4
9vs Notre DameFBS Independents#2L 1451-18.00%-7.3Q1
10@ RiceAmerican Athletic#109L 1024+14.30%-20.4Q4
11@ South FloridaAmerican Athletic#82W 287+11.8100%17.2Q4
12vs TulaneAmerican Athletic#42L 035-0.40%-25.2Q2
14@ East CarolinaAmerican Athletic#78W 3420+13.0100%10.0Q4
16vs ArmyAmerican Athletic#28W 3113-4.3100%31.5Q2
Postseason
vs OklahomaSEC#45W 2120-2.1100%11.1Q2

13 played · 10-3. 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 Navy, 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.

-20.6+3.2+27.0-41115211919-7-2017-251032Week 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 20th
SR 71stYPP 7thEPA 14th
RushingEff 8th
SR 38thYPP 1stEPA 7th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 81st
SR 88thYPP 94thEPA 73rd
Rush defenseEff 68th
SR 91stYPP 57thEPA 64th
Dropback rate 27%Tempo -6.9 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 72nd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 43%1st · Defense allowed: 44%1st2nd · Offense: 43%2nd · Defense allowed: 38%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 42%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 44%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 87.0Q1 · Allowed: 70.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 119.0Q2 · Allowed: 63.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 87.0Q3 · Allowed: 59.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 93.0Q4 · Allowed: 90.0Q4
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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Navy Offense vs Defense, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 37th
+4.6
Field position: +1.0Finishing drives: +3.6
Field position +1.0Finishing drives +3.6= +4.6
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 33rd · Finishing 38th

Defensive EffRanked 45th
+3.5
Field position: +2.2Finishing drives: +1.3
Field position +2.2Finishing drives +1.3= +3.5
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 4th · Finishing 58th

2.52 points per drive on offense, 1.88 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 32.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(197)23% / 77%49%6.1
Q2(197)32% / 68%42%7.1
Q3(183)26% / 74%40%7.0
Q4(178)18% / 82%39%5.8
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(61)9.849%11.0
2nd(56)9.032%7.0
3rd(66)8.533%7.1
4th(6)7.217%4.0
All (189)38%8.3
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(257)9.842%5.8
2nd(202)7.246%7.0
3rd(90)5.643%3.8
4th(17)1.976%6.7
All (566)45%5.9

Navy, all games.