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Ohio State University · 2022 · Big Ten

FanBoardHQ CFP
#5
Efficiency
+25.8
3rd FBS
Record
11-2
Conf. record
8-1
Conf. finish
2nd
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Ohio State went 11-2 and was ranked 5th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 1st-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 31st-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 50% of offensive plays with a 1st-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 50% of plays with a 1st-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
1-2
Q2
4-0
Q3
1-0
Q4
5-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 11.0 wins
Strength of Record
6th
+3.1 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
32nd
full season
32nd
CFP committee
#4
FanBoardHQ has them 1 spots lower
Conf. sched. difficulty
60th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.5 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 Notre DameFBS Independents#21W 2110+16.9100%20.9Q2
2vs Arkansas StateSun Belt#118W 4512+42.2100%19.7Q4
3vs ToledoMid-American#69W 7721+32.5100%33.2Q4
4vs WisconsinBig Ten#47W 5221+19.0100%34.7Q2
5vs RutgersBig Ten#96W 4910+37.3100%23.0Q4
6@ Michigan StateBig Ten#67W 4920+23.1100%32.1Q3
8vs IowaBig Ten#22W 5410+17.5100%38.7Q2
9@ Penn StateBig Ten#8W 4431+4.4100%34.7Q1
10@ NorthwesternBig Ten#124W 217+30.8100%8.4Q4
11vs IndianaBig Ten#89W 5614+32.0100%25.1Q4
12@ MarylandBig Ten#32W 4330+16.1100%25.8Q2
13vs MichiganBig Ten#6L 2345+5.20%1.5Q1
Postseason
vs GeorgiaSEC#1L 4142-4.20%29.5Q1

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.

+3.1+19.3+35.62120333523323935825261Week 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 1st
SR 2ndYPP 1stEPA 1st
RushingEff 1st
SR 1stYPP 3rdEPA 1st
Defense
Pass defenseEff 26th
SR 11thYPP 55thEPA 22nd
Rush defenseEff 23rd
SR 8thYPP 31stEPA 36th
Dropback rate 50%Tempo -4.3 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 45th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 55%1st · Defense allowed: 39%1st2nd · Offense: 48%2nd · Defense allowed: 31%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 48%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 33%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 169.0Q1 · Allowed: 50.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 123.0Q2 · Allowed: 89.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 149.0Q3 · Allowed: 20.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 114.0Q4 · Allowed: 97.0Q4
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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Ohio State Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 1st
+20.3
Field position: +1.9Finishing drives: +18.4
Field position +1.9Finishing drives +18.4= +20.3
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 13th · Finishing 2nd

Defensive EffRanked 31st
+5.4
Field position: +2.1Finishing drives: +3.3
Field position +2.1Finishing drives +3.3= +5.4
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 10th · Finishing 37th

3.38 points per drive on offense, 1.54 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 32.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(228)51% / 49%59%8.8
Q2(230)53% / 47%49%6.8
Q3(202)51% / 49%50%7.3
Q4(213)37% / 63%48%7.2
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(175)9.859%10.5
2nd(140)7.549%8.2
3rd(100)7.546%8.7
4th(6)2.567%5.8
All (421)53%9.2
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(237)9.852%6.4
2nd(139)6.147%5.5
3rd(65)3.646%5.6
4th(11)1.273%5.1
All (452)50%6.0

Ohio State, all games.