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North Carolina

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 2022 · ACC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#37
Efficiency
+4.2
53rd FBS
Record
9-5
Conf. record
6-3
Conf. finish
2nd
of 14
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North Carolina went 9-5 and was ranked 37th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 16th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 104th-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 56% of offensive plays with a 14th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 44% of plays with a 32nd-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 9.0 wins
Strength of Record
32nd
-0.4 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
57th
full season
57th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
77th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.9 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 Florida A&MSWACW 5624+30.6100%-3.6Q4
1@ Appalachian StateSun Belt#81W 6361+4.0100%-0.2Q3
2@ Georgia StateSun Belt#105W 3528+7.7100%3.7Q3
4vs Notre DameFBS Independents#21L 3245-4.70%-10.7Q2
5vs Virginia TechACC#111W 4110+15.3100%17.5Q4
6@ Miami-FLACC#86W 2724+6.1100%5.3Q3
7@ DukeACC#35W 3835-7.3100%14.5Q2
9vs PittsburghACC#26W 4224-2.8100%24.6Q2
10@ VirginiaACC#100W 3128+7.6100%1.5Q3
11@ Wake ForestACC#31W 3634-8.1100%16.1Q2
12vs Georgia TechACC#76L 1721+11.90%-11.8Q4
13vs NC StateACC#36L 2730+0.80%2.4Q3
14vs ClemsonACC#15L 1039-10.70%-14.3Q1
Postseason
vs OregonPac-12#11L 2728-12.20%13.8Q1

14 played · 9-5. 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 North Carolina, 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.

-11.2+5.1+21.5-04-111751525216-122-14Week 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 14th
SR 17thYPP 32ndEPA 11th
RushingEff 32nd
SR 26thYPP 30thEPA 36th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 120th
SR 123rdYPP 113thEPA 122nd
Rush defenseEff 96th
SR 115thYPP 72ndEPA 93rd
Dropback rate 56%Tempo +8.2 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 47th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 45%1st · Defense allowed: 51%1st2nd · Offense: 45%2nd · Defense allowed: 47%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 51%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 44%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 107.0Q1 · Allowed: 83.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 156.0Q2 · Allowed: 148.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 96.0Q3 · Allowed: 83.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 120.0Q4 · Allowed: 111.0Q4
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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North Carolina Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 16th
+9.5
Field position: -1.3Finishing drives: +10.8
Field position -1.3Finishing drives +10.8= +9.5
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 112th · Finishing 9th

Defensive EffRanked 104th
-5.3
Field position: +1.1Finishing drives: -6.3
Field position +1.1Finishing drives -6.3= -5.3
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 34th · Finishing 113th

2.79 points per drive on offense, 2.52 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(243)52% / 48%47%6.5
Q2(274)62% / 38%47%6.5
Q3(240)57% / 43%49%6.7
Q4(262)50% / 50%43%6.1
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(221)9.952%8.3
2nd(185)8.444%6.7
3rd(136)8.043%6.7
4th(21)5.357%8.5
All (563)47%7.4
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(236)9.639%5.6
2nd(138)6.846%4.9
3rd(67)4.757%5.1
4th(15)1.987%5.5
All (456)45%5.3

North Carolina, all games.