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Temple University · 2024 · American Athletic

FanBoardHQ CFP
#123
Efficiency
-19.5
127th FBS
Record
3-9
Conf. record
2-6
Conf. finish
T-11th
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Temple went 3-9 and was ranked 123rd in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 108th-ranked defense carried them, with a 128th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 54% of offensive plays with a 134th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 46% of plays with a 135th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 3.0 wins
Strength of Record
116th
-6.3 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
74th
full season
74th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
72nd
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.2 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
1@ OklahomaSEC#45L 351-31.90%-27.9Q2
2@ NavyAmerican Athletic#35L 1138-29.90%-22.7Q2
3vs Coastal CarolinaSun Belt#96L 2028-8.70%-21.8Q4
4vs Utah StateMountain West#110W 4529-5.6100%0.9Q4
5vs ArmyAmerican Athletic#28L 1442-28.70%-30.1Q2
6@ UConnFBS Independents#57L 2029-21.20%-5.9Q3
8vs TulsaAmerican Athletic#131W 2010+14.6100%-23.4Q4
9@ East CarolinaAmerican Athletic#78L 3456-14.10%-23.8Q4
11@ TulaneAmerican Athletic#42L 652-33.00%-28.5Q2
12vs Florida AtlanticAmerican Athletic#124W 1815+0.2100%-17.7Q4
13@ UTSAAmerican Athletic#81L 2751-17.50%-19.1Q3
14vs North TexasAmerican Athletic#92L 1724-10.60%-14.7Q4

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.

-27.6-14.6-1.6-28-23-221-30-6-23-24-29-18-19-15Week 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 134th
SR 134thYPP 136thEPA 132nd
RushingEff 135th
SR 137thYPP 135thEPA 133rd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 93rd
SR 70thYPP 87thEPA 105th
Rush defenseEff 103rd
SR 86thYPP 117thEPA 102nd
Dropback rate 54%Tempo -0.7 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 92nd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 33%1st · Defense allowed: 41%1st2nd · Offense: 32%2nd · Defense allowed: 44%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 34%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 38%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 29.0Q1 · Allowed: 86.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 76.0Q2 · Allowed: 135.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 47.0Q3 · Allowed: 100.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 78.0Q4 · Allowed: 65.0Q4
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, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 128th
-12.0
Field position: -1.4Finishing drives: -10.6
Field position -1.4Finishing drives -10.6= -12.0
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 108th · Finishing 128th

Defensive EffRanked 108th
-6.1
Field position: -0.7Finishing drives: -5.4
Field position -0.7Finishing drives -5.4= -6.1
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 98th · Finishing 108th

1.37 points per drive on offense, 2.46 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(166)52% / 48%30%3.9
Q2(223)58% / 42%33%4.7
Q3(184)58% / 42%29%5.3
Q4(201)57% / 43%39%5.0
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(150)10.438%5.8
2nd(138)9.333%4.3
3rd(131)8.927%5.6
4th(19)6.742%8.0
All (438)34%5.4
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(172)9.728%3.9
2nd(114)8.030%4.2
3rd(48)5.546%3.6
4th(2)1.0100%7.5
All (336)32%4.0

Temple, all games.