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North Carolina

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 2024 · ACC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#84
Efficiency
-0.1
66th FBS
Record
6-7
Conf. record
3-5
Conf. finish
T-10th
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North Carolina went 6-7 and was ranked 84th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 67th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 78th-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 52% of offensive plays with a 37th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 48% of plays with a 93rd-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
1-0
Q2
0-1
Q3
1-5
Q4
4-1

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 6.0 wins
Strength of Record
86th
-4.1 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
75th
full season
75th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
70th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.1 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
1@ MinnesotaBig Ten#32W 1917-16.6100%19.3Q1
2vs CharlotteAmerican Athletic#104W 3820+18.7100%4.8Q4
3vs North Carolina CentralMEACW 4510+17.3100%7.8Q4
4vs James MadisonSun Belt#54L 5070+0.80%-27.3Q3
5@ DukeACC#39L 2021-4.40%2.7Q3
6vs PittsburghACC#55L 2434-0.60%-9.7Q3
7vs Georgia TechACC#47L 3441-3.00%-2.5Q3
9@ VirginiaACC#76W 4114-1.2100%30.8Q3
10@ Florida StateACC#117W 3511+4.3100%24.0Q4
12vs Wake ForestACC#102W 3124+9.2100%-5.0Q4
13@ Boston CollegeACC#50L 2141-9.70%-20.8Q2
14vs NC StateACC#87L 3035+6.10%-12.4Q4
Postseason
vs UConnFBS Independents#57L 1427+1.00%-14.4Q3

13 played · 6-7. 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.

-22.7+1.7+26.11958-273-10-33124-5-21-12Week 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 93rd
SR 109thYPP 74thEPA 91st
RushingEff 37th
SR 44thYPP 27thEPA 34th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 50th
SR 18thYPP 61stEPA 62nd
Rush defenseEff 86th
SR 92ndYPP 73rdEPA 88th
Dropback rate 48%Tempo +0.4 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 65th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 45%1st · Defense allowed: 43%1st2nd · Offense: 43%2nd · Defense allowed: 41%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 41%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 37%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 52.0Q1 · Allowed: 66.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 110.0Q2 · Allowed: 106.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 81.0Q3 · Allowed: 68.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 113.0Q4 · Allowed: 103.0Q4
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, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 67th
-0.3
Field position: -0.3Finishing drives: +0.0
Field position -0.3Finishing drives +0.0= -0.3
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 73rd · Finishing 67th

Defensive EffRanked 78th
-1.3
Field position: -1.1Finishing drives: -0.2
Field position -1.1Finishing drives -0.2= -1.3
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 108th · Finishing 71st

2.30 points per drive on offense, 2.14 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 29.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(190)46% / 54%43%6.5
Q2(243)49% / 51%45%6.0
Q3(211)52% / 48%39%6.3
Q4(230)44% / 56%46%6.8
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(140)10.747%8.3
2nd(146)8.540%6.6
3rd(116)8.732%5.7
4th(17)4.524%4.3
All (419)39%6.8
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(248)9.844%5.9
2nd(141)7.646%5.9
3rd(53)3.858%7.0
4th(13)1.969%4.2
All (455)47%6.0

North Carolina, all games.