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Purdue University · 2024 · Big Ten

FanBoardHQ CFP
#129
Efficiency
-13.2
116th FBS
Record
1-11
Conf. record
0-9
Conf. finish
18th
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Purdue went 1-11 and was ranked 129th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 106th-ranked defense carried them, with a 107th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 53% of offensive plays with a 108th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 47% of plays with an 82nd-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-5
Q2
0-3
Q3
0-1
Q4
1-2

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 1.0 wins
Strength of Record
132nd
-5.8 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
5th
full season
5th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
21st
a 25th-ranked team would win ~4.6 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 Indiana StateMVFCW 490+20.8100%8.7Q4
3vs Notre DameFBS Independents#2L 766-36.00%-26.0Q1
4@ Oregon StatePac-12#100L 2138-4.60%-26.0Q4
5vs NebraskaBig Ten#43L 1028-20.10%-16.7Q2
6@ WisconsinBig Ten#60L 652-21.10%-25.5Q2
7@ IllinoisBig Ten#18L 4950-24.10%4.5Q2
8vs OregonBig Ten#3L 035-32.30%-14.1Q1
10vs NorthwesternBig Ten#94L 2026-6.40%-7.8Q4
11@ Ohio StateBig Ten#1L 045-46.00%-9.7Q1
12vs Penn StateBig Ten#6L 1049-33.00%-17.9Q1
13@ Michigan StateBig Ten#73L 1724-13.10%-6.3Q3
14@ IndianaBig Ten#9L 066-34.70%-22.0Q1

12 played · 1-11. 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 Purdue, 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.

-23.2-8.7+5.99-26-26-17-264-14-8-10-18-6-22Week 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 108th
SR 95thYPP 106thEPA 112th
RushingEff 82nd
SR 59thYPP 67thEPA 98th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 105th
SR 112thYPP 96thEPA 103rd
Rush defenseEff 95th
SR 78thYPP 85thEPA 103rd
Dropback rate 53%Tempo -10.2 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 50th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 46%1st · Defense allowed: 46%1st2nd · Offense: 36%2nd · Defense allowed: 48%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 33%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 52%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 13.0Q1 · Allowed: 97.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 40.0Q2 · Allowed: 125.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 44.0Q3 · Allowed: 96.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 84.0Q4 · Allowed: 135.0Q4
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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Purdue Offense vs Defense, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 107th
-5.1
Field position: -1.9Finishing drives: -3.2
Field position -1.9Finishing drives -3.2= -5.1
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 123rd · Finishing 92nd

Defensive EffRanked 106th
-6.0
Field position: -0.3Finishing drives: -5.6
Field position -0.3Finishing drives -5.6= -6.0
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 87th · Finishing 109th

1.32 points per drive on offense, 3.30 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 27.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(148)48% / 52%41%4.9
Q2(184)51% / 49%39%5.3
Q3(142)56% / 44%36%5.6
Q4(185)59% / 41%43%6.0
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(118)10.248%6.1
2nd(116)8.737%6.4
3rd(106)7.928%4.6
4th(14)4.829%4.6
All (354)38%5.7
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(172)9.845%5.1
2nd(93)8.235%5.6
3rd(37)6.946%5.0
4th(3)2.733%3.0
All (305)42%5.3

Purdue, all games.