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Purdue University · 2025 · Big Ten

FanBoardHQ CFP
#111
Efficiency
-2.6
76th FBS
Record
2-10
Conf. record
0-9
Conf. finish
18th
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Purdue went 2-10 and was ranked 111th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 60th-ranked defense carried them, with an 81st-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 53% of offensive plays with a 78th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 47% of plays with a 70th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 2.0 wins
Strength of Record
121st
-4.4 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
5th
full season
5th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
15th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~4.3 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 Ball StateMid-American#122W 310+21.8100%10.4Q4
2vs Southern IllinoisMVFCW 3417+8.9100%8.2Q4
3vs USCBig Ten#17L 1733-18.00%-3.8Q1
4@ Notre DameFBS Independents#11L 3056-32.80%1.3Q1
6vs IllinoisBig Ten#18L 2743-12.00%-3.7Q2
7@ MinnesotaBig Ten#48L 2027-4.60%-5.0Q3
8@ NorthwesternBig Ten#49L 019-9.00%-14.8Q2
9vs RutgersBig Ten#72L 2427+0.70%-5.1Q4
10@ MichiganBig Ten#19L 1621-18.70%11.2Q1
11vs Ohio StateBig Ten#4L 1034-28.60%-4.4Q1
12@ WashingtonBig Ten#20L 1349-23.40%-16.2Q1
14vs IndianaBig Ten#1L 356-31.50%-9.2Q1

12 played · 2-10. 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.

-14.0-2.5+9.0108-41-4-5-15-511-4-16-9Week 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 78th
SR 60thYPP 63rdEPA 93rd
RushingEff 70th
SR 74thYPP 81stEPA 63rd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 50th
SR 50thYPP 81stEPA 43rd
Rush defenseEff 96th
SR 83rdYPP 102ndEPA 99th
Dropback rate 53%Tempo -0.3 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 60th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 43%1st · Defense allowed: 49%1st2nd · Offense: 45%2nd · Defense allowed: 47%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 43%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 47%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 65.0Q1 · Allowed: 55.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 60.0Q2 · Allowed: 151.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 40.0Q3 · Allowed: 89.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 62.0Q4 · Allowed: 60.0Q4
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, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 81st
-2.7
Field position: +0.4Finishing drives: -3.0
Field position +0.4Finishing drives -3.0= -2.7
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 47th · Finishing 88th

Defensive EffRanked 60th
+0.7
Field position: +1.4Finishing drives: -0.7
Field position +1.4Finishing drives -0.7= +0.7
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 26th · Finishing 73rd

1.77 points per drive on offense, 2.69 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(191)51% / 49%46%6.6
Q2(197)53% / 47%43%4.6
Q3(172)49% / 51%46%5.8
Q4(208)62% / 38%39%4.7
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(172)10.245%5.9
2nd(141)8.446%6.4
3rd(94)7.634%5.9
4th(10)4.060%3.2
All (417)43%6.0
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(162)9.940%4.4
2nd(115)7.543%4.8
3rd(59)5.551%5.0
4th(15)1.960%5.5
All (351)43%4.7

Purdue, all games.

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