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South Carolina

University of South Carolina · 2024 · SEC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#16
Efficiency
+16.1
16th FBS
Record
9-4
Conf. record
5-3
Conf. finish
T-4th
of 16
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South Carolina went 9-4 and was ranked 16th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 11th-ranked defense carried them, with a 36th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 58% of offensive plays with a 34th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 42% of plays with a 30th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
2-3
Q2
4-1
Q3
0-0
Q4
3-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 9.0 wins
Strength of Record
16th
+1.2 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
18th
full season
18th
CFP committee
#15
FanBoardHQ has them 1 spots lower
Conf. sched. difficulty
12th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~4.0 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
1vs Old DominionSun Belt#91W 2319+20.3100%-1.1Q4
2@ KentuckySEC#77W 316+9.5100%33.1Q2
3vs LSUSEC#12L 3336+4.50%8.6Q1
4vs AkronMid-American#112W 507+32.8100%13.9Q4
6vs Ole MissSEC#10L 327-3.30%-4.8Q1
7@ AlabamaSEC#15L 2527-6.30%16.7Q1
8@ OklahomaSEC#45W 359+3.7100%34.1Q2
10vs Texas A&MSEC#27W 4420+3.7100%30.6Q1
11@ VanderbiltSEC#41W 287+5.7100%33.2Q2
12vs MissouriSEC#17W 3430+7.5100%13.2Q2
13vs WoffordSouthernW 5612+46.6100%4.0Q4
14@ ClemsonACC#22W 1714-2.7100%22.2Q1
Postseason
vs IllinoisBig Ten#18L 1721+8.00%3.8Q2

13 played · 9-4. 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 South Carolina, 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.

-1.7+14.6+30.9-133914-51734313313422Week 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 30th
SR 46thYPP 34thEPA 20th
RushingEff 34th
SR 33rdYPP 33rdEPA 31st
Defense
Pass defenseEff 19th
SR 33rdYPP 23rdEPA 13th
Rush defenseEff 19th
SR 54thYPP 13thEPA 14th
Dropback rate 42%Tempo +2.4 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 52nd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 42%1st · Defense allowed: 45%1st2nd · Offense: 44%2nd · Defense allowed: 42%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 47%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 38%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 76.0Q1 · Allowed: 47.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 108.0Q2 · Allowed: 81.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 76.0Q3 · Allowed: 55.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 121.0Q4 · Allowed: 58.0Q4
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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South Carolina Offense vs Defense, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 36th
+4.9
Field position: +0.1Finishing drives: +4.8
Field position +0.1Finishing drives +4.8= +4.9
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 54th · Finishing 30th

Defensive EffRanked 11th
+9.2
Field position: +0.4Finishing drives: +8.7
Field position +0.4Finishing drives +8.7= +9.2
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 46th · Finishing 12th

2.48 points per drive on offense, 1.54 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(232)39% / 61%44%5.5
Q2(257)48% / 52%43%5.7
Q3(203)41% / 59%43%6.4
Q4(206)43% / 57%45%7.0
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(145)10.249%8.4
2nd(128)8.945%7.2
3rd(99)8.835%6.0
4th(13)4.823%2.9
All (385)43%7.2
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(248)9.839%4.9
2nd(167)7.143%5.4
3rd(85)4.960%6.3
4th(12)1.375%6.3
All (513)44%5.3

South Carolina, all games.