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Ohio State University · 2024 · Big Ten

FanBoardHQ CFP
#1
Efficiency
+30.0
1st FBS
Record
14-2
Conf. record
7-2
Conf. finish
T-2nd
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Ohio State went 14-2 and was ranked 1st in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Offense (2nd) and defense (2nd) were about even. They passed the ball on 52% of offensive plays with a 1st-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 48% of plays with a 3rd-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
6-1
Q2
2-1
Q3
2-0
Q4
4-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 14.0 wins
Strength of Record
1st
+4.8 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
11th
full season
11th
CFP committee
#6
FanBoardHQ has them 5 spots higher
Conf. sched. difficulty
50th
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
1vs AkronMid-American#112W 526+46.7100%21.8Q4
2vs Western MichiganMid-American#95W 560+43.2100%29.9Q4
4vs MarshallSun Belt#37W 4914+28.5100%32.0Q3
5@ Michigan StateBig Ten#73W 387+30.1100%30.8Q3
6vs IowaBig Ten#36W 357+19.6100%35.7Q2
7@ OregonBig Ten#3L 3132+5.40%22.5Q1
9vs NebraskaBig Ten#43W 2117+23.1100%11.9Q2
10@ Penn StateBig Ten#6W 2013+4.7100%33.4Q1
11vs PurdueBig Ten#129W 450+46.0100%26.5Q4
12vs NorthwesternBig Ten#94W 317+34.1100%27.5Q4
13vs IndianaBig Ten#9W 3815+14.0100%37.0Q1
14vs MichiganBig Ten#23L 1013+21.60%4.6Q2
Postseason
vs TennesseeSEC#11W 4217+16.6100%36.4Q1
vs OregonBig Ten#3W 4121+8.2100%38.4Q1
vs TexasSEC#5W 2814+5.9100%36.6Q1
vs Notre DameFBS Independents#2W 3423+4.5100%35.8Q1

16 played · 14-2. 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.

+3.0+18.5+34.022303231362212332627375Week 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 1st
SR 1stYPP 1stEPA 1st
RushingEff 3rd
SR 10thYPP 6thEPA 3rd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 3rd
SR 3rdYPP 2ndEPA 5th
Rush defenseEff 6th
SR 10thYPP 3rdEPA 8th
Dropback rate 52%Tempo -5.1 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 52nd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 49%1st · Defense allowed: 37%1st2nd · Offense: 50%2nd · Defense allowed: 32%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 51%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 39%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 118.0Q1 · Allowed: 34.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 198.0Q2 · Allowed: 78.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 145.0Q3 · Allowed: 30.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 75.0Q4 · Allowed: 62.0Q4
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, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 2nd
+17.2
Field position: +1.4Finishing drives: +15.8
Field position +1.4Finishing drives +15.8= +17.2
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 21st · Finishing 2nd

Defensive EffRanked 2nd
+14.1
Field position: +2.1Finishing drives: +12.0
Field position +2.1Finishing drives +12.0= +14.1
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 6th · Finishing 2nd

3.20 points per drive on offense, 1.14 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 30.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(225)58% / 42%56%8.2
Q2(282)53% / 47%54%7.9
Q3(232)44% / 56%52%7.7
Q4(243)37% / 63%39%5.1
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(194)10.156%9.2
2nd(140)8.456%9.0
3rd(121)7.345%7.4
4th(18)4.761%12.6
All (473)53%8.8
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(255)9.744%6.1
2nd(179)7.146%5.7
3rd(63)4.454%4.4
4th(12)1.383%4.1
All (509)47%5.7

Ohio State, all games.

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