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Temple University · 2022 · American Athletic

FanBoardHQ CFP
#116
Efficiency
-10.8
104th FBS
Record
3-9
Conf. record
1-7
Conf. finish
10th
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Temple went 3-9 and was ranked 116th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 92nd-ranked defense carried them, with a 102nd-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 63% of offensive plays with an 86th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 37% of plays with a 137th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 3.0 wins
Strength of Record
118th
-6.1 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
80th
full season
80th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
72nd
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@ DukeACC#35L 030-22.30%-22.9Q2
2vs LafayettePatriotW 3014+26.5100%-23.6Q4
3vs RutgersBig Ten#96L 1416+0.70%-14.1Q4
4vs MassachusettsFBS Independents#131W 280+18.7100%-2.3Q4
5@ MemphisAmerican Athletic#65L 324-16.30%-14.2Q3
7@ UCFAmerican Athletic#44L 1370-18.90%-25.7Q2
8vs TulsaAmerican Athletic#90L 1627-3.30%-16.2Q4
9@ NavyAmerican Athletic#95L 2027-10.80%-0.9Q3
10vs South FloridaAmerican Athletic#130W 5428+7.5100%7.9Q4
11@ HoustonAmerican Athletic#55L 3643-16.80%0.4Q2
12vs CincinnatiAmerican Athletic#39L 323-12.90%-16.5Q3
13vs East CarolinaAmerican Athletic#58L 4649-11.10%-1.4Q3

12 played · 3-9. 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 Temple, 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.

-23.0-8.9+5.2-23-24-14-2-14-26-16-180-16-1Week 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 86th
SR 92ndYPP 79thEPA 90th
RushingEff 137th
SR 137thYPP 138thEPA 137th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 91st
SR 119thYPP 81stEPA 79th
Rush defenseEff 112th
SR 100thYPP 123rdEPA 105th
Dropback rate 63%Tempo +4.9 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 74th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 38%1st · Defense allowed: 47%1st2nd · Offense: 39%2nd · Defense allowed: 38%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 37%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 40%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 40.0Q1 · Allowed: 68.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 81.0Q2 · Allowed: 94.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 45.0Q3 · Allowed: 93.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 76.0Q4 · Allowed: 81.0Q4
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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Temple Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 102nd
-6.4
Field position: -1.5Finishing drives: -4.9
Field position -1.5Finishing drives -4.9= -6.4
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 115th · Finishing 97th

Defensive EffRanked 92nd
-3.6
Field position: -2.1Finishing drives: -1.5
Field position -2.1Finishing drives -1.5= -3.6
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 122nd · Finishing 82nd

1.64 points per drive on offense, 2.24 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 28.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(177)62% / 38%38%5.6
Q2(227)58% / 42%37%5.3
Q3(183)59% / 41%37%5.7
Q4(204)71% / 29%39%6.0
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(166)10.246%6.8
2nd(162)8.841%6.9
3rd(136)8.035%6.5
4th(28)4.543%5.2
All (492)41%6.7
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(174)9.830%4.5
2nd(87)7.334%3.3
3rd(33)4.939%2.9
4th(5)3.040%2.0
All (299)32%3.9

Temple, all games.