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Old Dominion

Old Dominion University · 2023 · Sun Belt

FanBoardHQ CFP
#89
Efficiency
-8.9
102nd FBS
Record
6-7
Conf. record
5-3
Conf. finish
T-4th
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Old Dominion went 6-7 and was ranked 89th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 72nd-ranked defense carried them, with an 114th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 51% of offensive plays with an 117th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 49% of plays with a 59th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
Q2
0-3
Q3
1-0
Q4
5-4

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 6.0 wins
Strength of Record
85th
-4.2 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
86th
full season
86th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
85th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.4 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@ Virginia TechACC#58L 1736-17.50%-10.9Q2
2vs LouisianaSun Belt#87W 3831-1.4100%1.9Q4
3vs Wake ForestACC#96L 2427-1.60%-9.7Q4
4vs East Texas A&MSouthlandW 109+31.8100%-39.5Q4
5@ MarshallSun Belt#86L 3541-3.20%-12.3Q4
6@ Southern MissSun Belt#119W 1713+4.2100%-9.8Q4
8vs Appalachian StateSun Belt#52W 2821-9.0100%6.7Q3
9@ James MadisonSun Belt#27L 2730-20.10%7.6Q2
10vs Coastal CarolinaSun Belt#63L 2428-5.80%-6.3Q4
11@ LibertyConference USA#23L 1038-20.60%-28.8Q2
12@ Georgia SouthernSun Belt#95W 2017-2.9100%-3.9Q4
13vs Georgia StateSun Belt#77W 2524+0.1100%-9.7Q4
Postseason
vs Western KentuckyConference USA#69L 3538-5.30%-1.3Q4

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 Old Dominion, 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.

-35.8-16.0+3.8-112-10-40-12-1078-6-29-4-10Week 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 117th
SR 105thYPP 121stEPA 117th
RushingEff 59th
SR 84thYPP 14thEPA 69th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 102nd
SR 129thYPP 90thEPA 92nd
Rush defenseEff 21st
SR 75thYPP 9thEPA 15th
Dropback rate 51%Tempo +1.1 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 82nd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 40%1st · Defense allowed: 45%1st2nd · Offense: 37%2nd · Defense allowed: 44%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 38%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 44%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 38.0Q1 · Allowed: 51.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 95.0Q2 · Allowed: 104.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 90.0Q3 · Allowed: 88.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 57.0Q4 · Allowed: 92.0Q4
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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Old Dominion Offense vs Defense, 2023
Offensive EffRanked 114th
-7.3
Field position: -1.0Finishing drives: -6.3
Field position -1.0Finishing drives -6.3= -7.3
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 99th · Finishing 112th

Defensive EffRanked 72nd
-0.8
Field position: -1.5Finishing drives: +0.6
Field position -1.5Finishing drives +0.6= -0.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 115th · Finishing 59th

1.65 points per drive on offense, 1.96 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(175)50% / 50%31%4.6
Q2(224)51% / 49%45%6.4
Q3(201)50% / 50%40%6.8
Q4(210)49% / 51%35%4.8
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(141)10.140%4.7
2nd(133)8.738%4.8
3rd(113)8.935%7.7
4th(19)7.116%1.8
All (406)36%5.4
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(195)10.039%5.5
2nd(135)7.736%5.6
3rd(69)6.751%8.3
4th(5)2.840%3.0
All (404)40%6.0

Old Dominion, all games.