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Texas Christian University · 2023 · Big 12

FanBoardHQ CFP
#61
Efficiency
+8.0
37th FBS
Record
5-7
Conf. record
3-6
Conf. finish
T-9th
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TCU went 5-7 and was ranked 61st in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 35th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 48th-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 56% of offensive plays with a 33rd-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 44% of plays with a 51st-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 5.0 wins
Strength of Record
70th
-2.1 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
18th
full season
18th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
25th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~4.7 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 ColoradoPac-12#80L 4245+11.70%-6.5Q4
2vs NichollsSouthlandW 416+29.8100%-8.3Q4
3@ HoustonBig 12#93W 3613+10.1100%22.7Q3
4vs SMUAmerican Athletic#31W 3417+0.6100%24.8Q2
5vs West VirginiaBig 12#25L 2124-0.10%5.3Q2
6@ Iowa StateBig 12#39L 1427-5.50%-2.2Q1
7vs BYUBig 12#72W 4411+12.3100%29.6Q4
8@ Kansas StateBig 12#14L 341-17.20%-10.8Q1
10@ Texas TechBig 12#33L 2835-5.50%7.1Q1
11vs TexasBig 12#3L 2629-12.70%18.9Q1
12vs BaylorBig 12#110W 4217+19.2100%16.2Q4
13@ OklahomaBig 12#11L 4569-14.80%-1.8Q1

12 played · 5-7. 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 TCU, 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.

-7.6+9.4+26.3-7-823255-230-1171916-2Week 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 33rd
SR 20thYPP 41stEPA 43rd
RushingEff 51st
SR 24thYPP 53rdEPA 58th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 45th
SR 45thYPP 71stEPA 38th
Rush defenseEff 71st
SR 80thYPP 53rdEPA 75th
Dropback rate 56%Tempo +8.5 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 51st on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 47%1st · Defense allowed: 42%1st2nd · Offense: 45%2nd · Defense allowed: 46%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 50%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 42%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 65.0Q1 · Allowed: 83.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 96.0Q2 · Allowed: 110.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 96.0Q3 · Allowed: 72.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 104.0Q4 · Allowed: 54.0Q4
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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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TCU Offense vs Defense, 2023
Offensive EffRanked 35th
+4.7
Field position: +0.8Finishing drives: +3.9
Field position +0.8Finishing drives +3.9= +4.7
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 35th · Finishing 36th

Defensive EffRanked 48th
+1.8
Field position: +2.9Finishing drives: -1.1
Field position +2.9Finishing drives -1.1= +1.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 4th · Finishing 76th

2.44 points per drive on offense, 2.35 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 29.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(212)58% / 42%44%6.3
Q2(196)60% / 40%46%6.1
Q3(208)57% / 43%49%7.6
Q4(241)59% / 41%49%5.8
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(216)10.247%6.8
2nd(135)8.744%7.5
3rd(130)7.547%6.7
4th(19)4.647%8.4
All (500)46%7.0
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(166)9.946%5.6
2nd(143)6.746%5.4
3rd(38)4.158%6.7
4th(10)2.360%1.7
All (357)48%5.5

TCU, all games.

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