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Ohio State University · 2023 · Big Ten

FanBoardHQ CFP
#7
Efficiency
+25.3
4th FBS
Record
11-2
Conf. record
8-1
Conf. finish
2nd
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Ohio State went 11-2 and was ranked 7th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 2nd-ranked defense carried them, with a 15th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 51% of offensive plays with a 6th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 49% of plays with a 26th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 11.0 wins
Strength of Record
8th
+3.1 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
20th
full season
20th
Conf. sched. difficulty
58th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.6 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@ IndianaBig Ten#104W 233+27.7100%19.0Q3
2vs Youngstown StateMVFCW 357+34.4100%19.6Q4
3vs Western KentuckyConference USA#69W 6310+31.7100%33.3Q4
4@ Notre DameFBS Independents#13W 1714+0.5100%28.2Q1
6vs MarylandBig Ten#35W 3717+18.6100%26.5Q2
7@ PurdueBig Ten#92W 417+25.0100%32.1Q3
8vs Penn StateBig Ten#12W 2012+5.7100%27.5Q1
9@ WisconsinBig Ten#60W 2410+19.8100%19.5Q2
10@ RutgersBig Ten#46W 3516+19.7100%25.5Q2
11vs Michigan StateBig Ten#90W 383+34.7100%27.5Q4
12vs MinnesotaBig Ten#74W 373+30.7100%29.3Q4
13@ MichiganBig Ten#2L 2430-6.70%24.1Q1
Postseason
vs MissouriSEC#8L 314+6.90%7.0Q1

13 played · 11-2. 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 Ohio State, 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.

+2.7+16.6+30.6192033282632282025282924Week 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 6th
SR 7thYPP 5thEPA 8th
RushingEff 26th
SR 18thYPP 34thEPA 31st
Defense
Pass defenseEff 5th
SR 17thYPP 4thEPA 2nd
Rush defenseEff 16th
SR 9thYPP 21stEPA 19th
Dropback rate 51%Tempo -4.1 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 47th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 47%1st · Defense allowed: 37%1st2nd · Offense: 45%2nd · Defense allowed: 38%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 46%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 33%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 82.0Q1 · Allowed: 27.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 113.0Q2 · Allowed: 38.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 89.0Q3 · Allowed: 31.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 86.0Q4 · Allowed: 51.0Q4
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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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Ohio State Offense vs Defense, 2023
Offensive EffRanked 15th
+10.1
Field position: +0.5Finishing drives: +9.6
Field position +0.5Finishing drives +9.6= +10.1
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 48th · Finishing 15th

Defensive EffRanked 2nd
+14.7
Field position: +2.3Finishing drives: +12.4
Field position +2.3Finishing drives +12.4= +14.7
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 8th · Finishing 2nd

2.59 points per drive on offense, 0.98 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(222)55% / 45%49%6.2
Q2(230)53% / 47%47%6.8
Q3(176)47% / 53%47%7.3
Q4(192)46% / 54%40%6.4
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(149)10.054%9.9
2nd(136)8.646%7.5
3rd(116)7.242%7.6
4th(12)3.858%5.3
All (413)48%8.3
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(220)9.843%5.5
2nd(131)6.543%4.7
3rd(50)4.950%3.8
4th(6)1.867%1.7
All (407)44%5.0

Ohio State, all games.