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Ole Miss

University of Mississippi · 2023 · SEC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#10
Efficiency
+15.3
17th FBS
Record
11-2
Conf. record
6-2
Conf. finish
T-3rd
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Ole Miss went 11-2 and was ranked 10th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 16th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 29th-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 55% of offensive plays with a 39th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 45% of plays with a 21st-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
3-2
Q2
2-0
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
9th
+3.0 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
27th
full season
27th
CFP committee
#11
FanBoardHQ has them 1 spots higher
Conf. sched. difficulty
16th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~4.4 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
1vs MercerSouthernW 737+38.4100%17.0Q4
2@ TulaneAmerican Athletic#37W 3720+10.5100%21.2Q2
3vs Georgia TechACC#51W 4823+15.9100%20.4Q3
4@ AlabamaSEC#4L 1024-9.20%9.4Q1
5vs LSUSEC#16W 5549+1.4100%21.7Q1
6vs ArkansasSEC#85W 2720+18.2100%3.9Q4
8@ AuburnSEC#59W 2821+6.9100%15.6Q2
9vs VanderbiltSEC#120W 337+29.4100%18.2Q4
10vs Texas A&MSEC#38W 3835+3.8100%19.8Q1
11@ GeorgiaSEC#5L 1752-13.00%-4.5Q1
12vs ULMSun Belt#130W 353+36.6100%9.1Q4
13@ Mississippi StateSEC#76W 177+16.9100%8.5Q3
Postseason
vs Penn StateBig Ten#12W 3825-7.1100%35.2Q1

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 Ole Miss, 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.

-2.4+8.6+19.61721209224161820-498Week 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 21st
SR 46thYPP 16thEPA 21st
RushingEff 39th
SR 33rdYPP 69thEPA 24th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 34th
SR 37thYPP 31stEPA 34th
Rush defenseEff 53rd
SR 55thYPP 56thEPA 52nd
Dropback rate 45%Tempo +6.5 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 54th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 49%1st · Defense allowed: 44%1st2nd · Offense: 45%2nd · Defense allowed: 41%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 43%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 41%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 141.0Q1 · Allowed: 55.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 78.0Q2 · Allowed: 82.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 103.0Q3 · Allowed: 75.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 120.0Q4 · Allowed: 80.0Q4
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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Ole Miss Offense vs Defense, 2023
Offensive EffRanked 16th
+9.7
Field position: -0.1Finishing drives: +9.8
Field position -0.1Finishing drives +9.8= +9.7
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 69th · Finishing 14th

Defensive EffRanked 29th
+5.3
Field position: +1.5Finishing drives: +3.8
Field position +1.5Finishing drives +3.8= +5.3
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 21st · Finishing 35th

2.83 points per drive on offense, 1.85 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(251)50% / 50%48%7.0
Q2(236)53% / 47%45%6.5
Q3(212)44% / 56%47%6.7
Q4(219)32% / 68%44%6.4
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(153)10.255%10.4
2nd(144)9.144%8.5
3rd(100)8.335%6.7
4th(18)5.844%5.1
All (415)46%8.6
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(268)9.945%5.5
2nd(145)7.045%4.5
3rd(74)5.842%4.6
4th(16)1.494%5.1
All (503)46%5.1

Ole Miss, all games.