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Old Dominion

Old Dominion University · 2025 · Sun Belt

FanBoardHQ CFP
#37
Efficiency
+8.4
39th FBS
Record
10-3
Conf. record
6-2
Conf. finish
T-2nd
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Old Dominion went 10-3 and was ranked 37th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 13th-ranked defense carried them, with a 62nd-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 57% of offensive plays with a 26th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 43% of plays with a 29th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
1-1
Q2
0-1
Q3
1-1
Q4
8-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 10.0 wins
Strength of Record
35th
-0.3 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
89th
full season
89th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
100th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.0 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#1L 1427-26.00%21.7Q1
2vs North Carolina CentralMEACW 546+35.4100%11.2Q4
3@ Virginia TechACC#102W 4526+12.1100%25.2Q3
5vs LibertyConference USA#115W 217+21.5100%0.1Q4
6vs Coastal CarolinaSun Belt#99W 477+25.1100%21.7Q4
7@ MarshallSun Belt#96L 2448+11.90%-21.8Q3
8@ James MadisonSun Belt#22L 2763-4.00%-17.4Q2
9vs Appalachian StateSun Belt#110W 2421+25.8100%-13.3Q4
10@ ULMSun Belt#128W 316+27.0100%11.7Q4
12vs TroySun Belt#80W 330+20.3100%18.1Q4
13@ Georgia SouthernSun Belt#87W 4510+17.4100%27.8Q4
14vs Georgia StateSun Belt#134W 2710+30.8100%-7.0Q4
Postseason
vs South FloridaAmerican Athletic#30W 2410-5.8100%26.2Q1

13 played · 10-3. 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.

-17.8+3.0+23.8221125022-22-17-13121828-7Week 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 29th
SR 61stYPP 14thEPA 26th
RushingEff 26th
SR 31stYPP 7thEPA 42nd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 24th
SR 21stYPP 28thEPA 26th
Rush defenseEff 57th
SR 102ndYPP 43rdEPA 54th
Dropback rate 43%Tempo -7.6 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 89th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 49%1st · Defense allowed: 38%1st2nd · Offense: 44%2nd · Defense allowed: 42%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 43%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 35%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 107.0Q1 · Allowed: 17.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 123.0Q2 · Allowed: 68.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 103.0Q3 · Allowed: 68.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 69.0Q4 · Allowed: 77.0Q4
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, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 62nd
+0.6
Field position: -0.4Finishing drives: +1.0
Field position -0.4Finishing drives +1.0= +0.6
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 81st · Finishing 55th

Defensive EffRanked 13th
+8.8
Field position: +0.5Finishing drives: +8.3
Field position +0.5Finishing drives +8.3= +8.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 50th · Finishing 12th

2.42 points per drive on offense, 1.20 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 31.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(215)41% / 59%49%8.1
Q2(233)48% / 52%47%7.3
Q3(214)39% / 61%46%6.5
Q4(205)32% / 68%42%5.8
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(144)10.248%9.1
2nd(110)8.143%8.0
3rd(87)7.138%6.7
4th(8)6.138%6.5
All (349)44%8.0
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(261)9.850%6.5
2nd(167)6.846%5.8
3rd(80)5.551%7.1
4th(10)2.520%0.3
All (518)48%6.3

Old Dominion, all games.