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Nebraska

University of Nebraska–Lincoln · 2022 · Big Ten

FanBoardHQ CFP
#91
Efficiency
-1.9
71st FBS
Record
4-8
Conf. record
3-6
Conf. finish
T-10th
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Nebraska went 4-8 and was ranked 91st in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 63rd-ranked defense carried them, with an 84th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 50% of offensive plays with a 70th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 50% of plays with a 31st-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 4.0 wins
Strength of Record
100th
-3.8 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
51st
full season
51st
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
56th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.4 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
0vs NorthwesternBig Ten#124L 2831+5.80%-10.4Q4
1vs North DakotaMVFCW 3817+13.7100%4.9Q4
2vs Georgia SouthernSun Belt#92L 4245+8.20%-13.1Q4
3vs OklahomaBig 12#48L 1449-9.60%-25.5Q2
5vs IndianaBig Ten#89W 3521+4.2100%6.3Q4
6@ RutgersBig Ten#96W 1413+4.1100%-4.7Q4
7@ PurdueBig Ten#34L 3743-8.30%-0.9Q2
9vs IllinoisBig Ten#30L 926-12.50%-4.9Q1
10vs MinnesotaBig Ten#24L 1320-10.90%1.2Q2
11@ MichiganBig Ten#6L 334-28.00%-3.0Q1
12vs WisconsinBig Ten#47L 1415-8.80%4.6Q2
13@ IowaBig Ten#22W 2417-15.8100%22.3Q1

12 played · 4-8. 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 Nebraska, 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.

-21.7-1.6+18.4-105-13-256-5-1-51-3522Week 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 31st
SR 50thYPP 37thEPA 28th
RushingEff 70th
SR 73rdYPP 81stEPA 67th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 75th
SR 74thYPP 54thEPA 81st
Rush defenseEff 113th
SR 119thYPP 103rdEPA 113th
Dropback rate 50%Tempo -0.9 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 44th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 42%1st · Defense allowed: 48%1st2nd · Offense: 40%2nd · Defense allowed: 49%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 43%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 46%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 58.0Q1 · Allowed: 65.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 72.0Q2 · Allowed: 114.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 76.0Q3 · Allowed: 75.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 59.0Q4 · Allowed: 74.0Q4
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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Nebraska Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 84th
-3.0
Field position: -1.0Finishing drives: -2.0
Field position -1.0Finishing drives -2.0= -3.0
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 103rd · Finishing 76th

Defensive EffRanked 63rd
+0.5
Field position: +1.0Finishing drives: -0.5
Field position +1.0Finishing drives -0.5= +0.5
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 35th · Finishing 72nd

1.74 points per drive on offense, 2.17 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 27.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(192)52% / 48%44%6.4
Q2(192)49% / 51%42%5.7
Q3(169)51% / 49%40%6.2
Q4(188)43% / 57%41%5.2
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(144)10.044%7.2
2nd(103)8.840%6.1
3rd(112)7.843%7.5
4th(3)5.333%10.7
All (362)43%7.0
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(178)10.039%5.0
2nd(145)7.941%4.9
3rd(51)6.945%4.2
4th(5)2.240%2.2
All (379)41%4.8

Nebraska, all games.

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