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South Florida

University of South Florida · 2025 · American Athletic

FanBoardHQ CFP
#30
Efficiency
+14.2
20th FBS
Record
9-4
Conf. record
6-2
Conf. finish
T-4th
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South Florida went 9-4 and was ranked 30th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 25th-ranked defense carried them, with a 29th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 50% of offensive plays with a 32nd-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 50% of plays with a 19th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
1-1
Q2
1-3
Q3
1-0
Q4
6-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 9.0 wins
Strength of Record
37th
-0.4 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
68th
full season
68th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
75th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.3 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 Boise StateMountain West#46W 347+13.4100%27.6Q3
2@ FloridaSEC#70W 1816+6.0100%9.6Q2
3@ Miami-FLACC#3L 1249-13.20%-0.9Q1
4vs South Carolina StateMEACW 6314+39.5100%15.0Q4
6vs CharlotteAmerican Athletic#135W 5426+41.1100%-0.9Q4
7@ North TexasAmerican Athletic#21W 6336-2.2100%38.5Q1
8vs Florida AtlanticAmerican Athletic#107W 4813+27.1100%16.0Q4
9@ MemphisAmerican Athletic#58L 3134+8.40%2.0Q2
11vs UTSAAmerican Athletic#64W 5523+14.2100%31.5Q4
12@ NavyAmerican Athletic#24L 3841+7.70%3.8Q2
13@ UABAmerican Athletic#118W 4818+27.9100%17.2Q4
14vs RiceAmerican Athletic#106W 523+33.3100%25.9Q4
Postseason
vs Old DominionSun Belt#37L 1024+5.80%-3.6Q2

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 Florida, 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.

-1.8+16.6+35.02810-115-1381623241726Week 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 19th
SR 42ndYPP 15thEPA 14th
RushingEff 32nd
SR 42ndYPP 21stEPA 43rd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 26th
SR 44thYPP 31stEPA 13th
Rush defenseEff 31st
SR 23rdYPP 25thEPA 43rd
Dropback rate 50%Tempo +2.2 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 70th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 49%1st · Defense allowed: 38%1st2nd · Offense: 45%2nd · Defense allowed: 37%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 50%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 44%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 79.0Q1 · Allowed: 82.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 150.0Q2 · Allowed: 71.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 131.0Q3 · Allowed: 40.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 128.0Q4 · Allowed: 107.0Q4
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 Florida Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 29th
+6.6
Field position: +0.8Finishing drives: +5.7
Field position +0.8Finishing drives +5.7= +6.6
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 33rd · Finishing 30th

Defensive EffRanked 25th
+6.7
Field position: +0.2Finishing drives: +6.5
Field position +0.2Finishing drives +6.5= +6.7
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 63rd · Finishing 21st

2.93 points per drive on offense, 1.74 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(215)45% / 55%45%6.1
Q2(253)53% / 47%49%7.3
Q3(202)48% / 52%46%8.6
Q4(228)42% / 58%51%6.6
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(183)10.155%10.0
2nd(118)8.142%7.1
3rd(109)7.938%7.0
4th(11)3.555%10.4
All (421)47%8.4
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(218)9.743%5.7
2nd(176)6.747%6.1
3rd(72)3.965%6.6
4th(11)1.664%4.1
All (477)48%6.0

South Florida, all games.

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