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Temple University · 2023 · American Athletic

FanBoardHQ CFP
#129
Efficiency
-21.2
130th FBS
Record
3-9
Conf. record
1-7
Conf. finish
T-13th
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Temple went 3-9 and was ranked 129th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 120th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 126th-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 61% of offensive plays with a 108th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 39% of plays with a 135th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 3.0 wins
Strength of Record
126th
-6.9 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
114th
full season
114th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
97th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.6 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 AkronMid-American#132W 2421+4.4100%-22.8Q4
2@ RutgersBig Ten#46L 736-26.80%-18.3Q2
3vs Norfolk StateMEACW 419+21.9100%-8.2Q4
4vs Miami-FLACC#48L 741-25.90%-30.8Q2
5@ TulsaAmerican Athletic#113L 2648-8.50%-37.5Q4
6vs UTSAAmerican Athletic#55L 3449-18.80%-18.0Q4
7@ North TexasAmerican Athletic#99L 1445-13.10%-33.7Q4
8vs SMUAmerican Athletic#31L 055-28.60%-29.7Q2
10vs NavyAmerican Athletic#102W 3218-4.3100%-0.8Q4
11@ South FloridaAmerican Athletic#82L 2327-15.20%-9.3Q4
12@ UABAmerican Athletic#114L 2434-10.30%-21.2Q4
13vs MemphisAmerican Athletic#36L 2145-22.30%-24.7Q3

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.

-34.5-18.7-3.0-23-18-8-31-37-18-34-30-1-9-21-25Week 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 108th
SR 90thYPP 105thEPA 110th
RushingEff 135th
SR 133rdYPP 135thEPA 134th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 133rd
SR 125thYPP 131stEPA 135th
Rush defenseEff 114th
SR 127thYPP 106thEPA 107th
Dropback rate 61%Tempo +1.3 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 71st on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 39%1st · Defense allowed: 45%1st2nd · Offense: 36%2nd · Defense allowed: 44%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 42%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 50%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 62.0Q1 · Allowed: 101.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 69.0Q2 · Allowed: 119.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 34.0Q3 · Allowed: 69.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 80.0Q4 · Allowed: 123.0Q4
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, 2023
Offensive EffRanked 120th
-9.2
Field position: -3.0Finishing drives: -6.2
Field position -3.0Finishing drives -6.2= -9.2
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 132nd · Finishing 110th

Defensive EffRanked 126th
-11.2
Field position: -0.2Finishing drives: -11.1
Field position -0.2Finishing drives -11.1= -11.2
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 72nd · Finishing 128th

1.77 points per drive on offense, 2.93 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 27.

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)54% / 46%43%5.9
Q2(222)65% / 35%40%5.4
Q3(207)61% / 39%36%4.6
Q4(193)70% / 30%37%5.6
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(176)10.143%5.9
2nd(175)8.137%6.6
3rd(137)7.439%5.9
4th(29)4.638%3.9
All (517)39%6.0
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(172)9.736%4.1
2nd(89)7.634%4.1
3rd(31)4.842%6.1
4th(14)1.386%4.1
All (306)38%4.3

Temple, all games.