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North Texas

University of North Texas · 2025 · American Athletic

FanBoardHQ CFP
#21
Efficiency
+13.7
23rd FBS
Record
12-2
Conf. record
7-1
Conf. finish
3rd
of 14
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North Texas went 12-2 and was ranked 21st in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 5th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by an 82nd-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 53% of offensive plays with a 6th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 47% of plays with a 22nd-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-1
Q2
1-1
Q3
4-0
Q4
7-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 12.0 wins
Strength of Record
23rd
+0.8 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
90th
full season
90th
CFP committee
#25
FanBoardHQ has them 4 spots higher
Conf. sched. difficulty
101st
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.1 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 LamarSouthlandW 510+38.9100%23.6Q4
2@ Western MichiganMid-American#50W 3330+11.3100%10.0Q3
3vs Washington StatePac-12#56W 5910+11.9100%36.7Q3
4@ ArmyAmerican Athletic#67W 4538+9.4100%5.3Q3
5vs South AlabamaSun Belt#114W 3622+28.3100%-0.9Q4
7vs South FloridaAmerican Athletic#30L 3663+2.20%-11.0Q1
8vs UTSAAmerican Athletic#64W 5517+13.7100%30.0Q4
9@ CharlotteAmerican Athletic#135W 5420+35.0100%3.8Q4
10vs NavyAmerican Athletic#24W 3117+12.7100%17.2Q3
12@ UABAmerican Athletic#118W 5324+27.3100%23.9Q4
13@ RiceAmerican Athletic#106W 5624+27.3100%17.5Q4
14vs TempleAmerican Athletic#93W 5225+23.8100%25.2Q4
15@ TulaneAmerican Athletic#26L 2134+6.10%-11.3Q2
Postseason
vs San Diego StateMountain West#47W 4947+8.8100%13.8Q2

14 played · 12-2. 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 Texas, 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.

-7.5+12.7+32.82410375-1-1130417241725-11Week 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 6th
SR 8thYPP 6thEPA 6th
RushingEff 22nd
SR 26thYPP 33rdEPA 16th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 61st
SR 69thYPP 50thEPA 69th
Rush defenseEff 111th
SR 113thYPP 112thEPA 101st
Dropback rate 53%Tempo +2.2 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 71st on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 54%1st · Defense allowed: 39%1st2nd · Offense: 51%2nd · Defense allowed: 46%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 51%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 48%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 178.0Q1 · Allowed: 76.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 159.0Q2 · Allowed: 93.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 158.0Q3 · Allowed: 79.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 132.0Q4 · Allowed: 98.0Q4
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 Texas Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 5th
+16.4
Field position: +2.2Finishing drives: +14.2
Field position +2.2Finishing drives +14.2= +16.4
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 13th · Finishing 4th

Defensive EffRanked 82nd
-2.0
Field position: -0.2Finishing drives: -1.8
Field position -0.2Finishing drives -1.8= -2.0
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 76th · Finishing 81st

3.79 points per drive on offense, 2.10 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 34.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(254)51% / 49%55%7.6
Q2(262)58% / 42%47%6.9
Q3(248)55% / 45%59%8.4
Q4(230)34% / 66%48%6.6
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(208)9.958%9.2
2nd(170)7.554%9.4
3rd(96)7.240%7.0
4th(22)4.564%11.9
All (496)53%9.0
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(263)9.551%5.8
2nd(144)6.947%4.9
3rd(75)5.657%7.7
4th(15)2.380%5.7
All (498)52%5.8

North Texas, all games.