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TCU

Texas Christian University · 2025 · Big 12

FanBoardHQ CFP
#25
Efficiency
+10.3
32nd FBS
Record
9-4
Conf. record
5-4
Conf. finish
T-7th
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TCU went 9-4 and was ranked 25th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 31st-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 40th-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 55% of offensive plays with a 24th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 45% of plays with a 65th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 9.0 wins
Strength of Record
26th
+0.5 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
45th
full season
45th
CFP committee
Unranked
FanBoardHQ has them 1 spots higher
Conf. sched. difficulty
60th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.8 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
1@ North CarolinaACC#103W 4814+17.4100%25.4Q4
3vs Abilene ChristianUACW 4221+22.2100%22.0Q4
4vs SMUACC#31W 3524+1.1100%20.0Q2
5@ Arizona StateBig 12#38L 2427+1.70%5.8Q2
6vs ColoradoBig 12#101W 3521+16.1100%7.9Q4
7@ Kansas StateBig 12#45L 2841-3.60%-10.7Q1
8vs BaylorBig 12#73W 4236+11.2100%3.4Q4
9@ West VirginiaBig 12#92W 2317+13.6100%2.9Q3
11vs Iowa StateBig 12#32L 1720+3.00%9.1Q2
12@ BYUBig 12#6L 1344-10.20%-9.7Q1
13@ HoustonBig 12#28W 1714+0.6100%12.5Q2
14vs CincinnatiBig 12#54W 4523+9.0100%23.1Q3
Postseason
vs USCBig Ten#17W 3027-7.8100%19.7Q1

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 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.

-7.8+7.3+22.525222068-11339-101223Week 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 24th
SR 22ndYPP 30thEPA 22nd
RushingEff 65th
SR 66thYPP 68thEPA 64th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 51st
SR 52ndYPP 48thEPA 57th
Rush defenseEff 38th
SR 40thYPP 35thEPA 39th
Dropback rate 55%Tempo +3.4 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 52nd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 44%1st · Defense allowed: 42%1st2nd · Offense: 45%2nd · Defense allowed: 38%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 48%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 44%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 80.0Q1 · Allowed: 44.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 126.0Q2 · Allowed: 96.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 59.0Q3 · Allowed: 61.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 114.0Q4 · Allowed: 95.0Q4
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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TCU Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 31st
+6.3
Field position: +0.5Finishing drives: +5.8
Field position +0.5Finishing drives +5.8= +6.3
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 42nd · Finishing 29th

Defensive EffRanked 40th
+4.4
Field position: -0.1Finishing drives: +4.5
Field position -0.1Finishing drives +4.5= +4.4
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 70th · Finishing 34th

2.37 points per drive on offense, 1.80 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(201)58% / 42%46%6.5
Q2(254)54% / 46%52%6.2
Q3(205)60% / 40%41%6.4
Q4(228)46% / 54%40%5.5
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(198)10.246%7.0
2nd(147)9.148%7.5
3rd(120)8.346%9.1
4th(14)6.636%3.2
All (479)46%7.5
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(204)9.941%5.2
2nd(144)6.942%3.8
3rd(50)5.248%3.2
4th(11)1.791%5.9
All (409)44%4.5

TCU, all games.