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Texas Christian University · 2026 · Big 12

Efficiency
+3.7
59th FBS
Record
1-1
Conf. record
Conf. finish
11th
proj. of 16
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TCU is 1-1 and ranked 59th in overall efficiency. Their 42nd-ranked defense carries them, with a 74th-ranked offense. They run the ball on 52% of offensive plays with a 39th-ranked rushing attack and pass the ball on the remaining 48% of plays with a 76th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
+4 left
Q2
0-0
+3 left
Q3
0-1
Q4
1-0
+3 left

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 5.4 wins
Strength of Record
107th
-0.7 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
90th
full season
39th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
32nd
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.2 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
0vs North CarolinaACC#62L 1015+2.20%-3.9Q3
2vs GramblingSWACW 637+32.6100%8.6Q4
3vs Arkansas StateSun Belt#109Preview+16.583%Q4
4@ UCFBig 12#51Preview-4.739%Q2
5vs BYUBig 12#19Preview-8.032%Q1
7@ BaylorBig 12#36Preview-6.735%Q2
8vs West VirginiaBig 12#68Preview+8.369%Q4
9vs KansasBig 12#77Preview+9.471%Q4
10@ ArizonaBig 12#35Preview-7.333%Q2
11vs Kansas StateBig 12#11Preview-11.824%Q1
12vs UtahBig 12#10Preview-12.224%Q1
13@ Texas TechBig 12#30Preview-9.728%Q1

2 played · 1-1. 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.

-2.9+2.3+7.6-49Week 0Week 2
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 76th
SR 64thYPP 66thEPA 82nd
RushingEff 39th
SR 37thYPP 47thEPA 43rd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 87th
SR 77thYPP 87thEPA 97th
Rush defenseEff 18th
SR 21stYPP 7thEPA 20th
Dropback rate 48%Tempo +2.7 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 55th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 60%1st · Defense allowed: 37%1st2nd · Offense: 46%2nd · Defense allowed: 40%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 40%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 23%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 17.0Q1 · Allowed: 10.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 21.0Q2 · Allowed: 7.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 14.0Q3 · Allowed: 3.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 14.0Q4 · Allowed: 0.0Q4
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, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 74th
-1.0
Field position: +0.2Finishing drives: -1.2
Field position +0.2Finishing drives -1.2= -1.0
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 60th · Finishing 75th

Defensive EffRanked 42nd
+3.7
Field position: -0.1Finishing drives: +3.8
Field position -0.1Finishing drives +3.8= +3.7
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 74th · Finishing 40th

2.75 points per drive on offense, 0.71 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 37.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(28)54% / 46%61%9.0
Q2(40)48% / 53%53%7.2
Q3(37)57% / 43%38%6.0
Q4(31)39% / 61%58%6.5
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(32)10.259%12.1
2nd(17)8.441%7.1
3rd(15)8.227%2.4
4th(3)4.733%1.3
All (67)46%8.2
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(33)9.261%6.0
2nd(24)6.650%5.9
3rd(9)4.856%5.2
4th(3)1.767%11.0
All (69)57%6.1

TCU, all games.

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