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Temple University · 2025 · American Athletic

FanBoardHQ CFP
#93
Efficiency
-7.3
94th FBS
Record
5-7
Conf. record
3-5
Conf. finish
T-9th
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Temple went 5-7 and was ranked 93rd in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 54th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 126th-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 50% of offensive plays with a 95th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 50% of plays with a 44th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-2
Q2
0-1
Q3
0-4
Q4
5-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 5.0 wins
Strength of Record
92nd
-3.9 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
72nd
full season
72nd
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
67th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.9 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@ MassachusettsMid-American#136W 4210+26.8100%-4.7Q4
2vs HowardMEACW 557+33.3100%0.7Q4
3vs OklahomaSEC#13L 342-21.70%-19.4Q1
4@ Georgia TechACC#36L 2445-17.30%-11.5Q2
6vs UTSAAmerican Athletic#64W 2721-7.4100%1.1Q4
7vs NavyAmerican Athletic#24L 3132-8.40%-1.7Q3
8@ CharlotteAmerican Athletic#135W 4914+14.0100%17.9Q4
9@ TulsaAmerican Athletic#109W 3837-0.5100%-4.6Q4
10vs East CarolinaAmerican Athletic#42L 1445-11.70%-25.7Q3
11@ ArmyAmerican Athletic#67L 1314-11.60%2.9Q3
13vs TulaneAmerican Athletic#26L 1337-9.50%-19.9Q3
14@ North TexasAmerican Athletic#21L 2552-23.80%-23.4Q1

12 played · 5-7. 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.

-22.2-3.9+14.4-51-19-121-218-5-263-20-23Week 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 44th
SR 53rdYPP 85thEPA 31st
RushingEff 95th
SR 70thYPP 97thEPA 103rd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 93rd
SR 74thYPP 117thEPA 91st
Rush defenseEff 131st
SR 132ndYPP 128thEPA 127th
Dropback rate 50%Tempo -10.2 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 73rd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 45%1st · Defense allowed: 45%1st2nd · Offense: 41%2nd · Defense allowed: 46%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 42%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 45%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 73.0Q1 · Allowed: 103.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 82.0Q2 · Allowed: 97.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 73.0Q3 · Allowed: 86.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 61.0Q4 · Allowed: 54.0Q4
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, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 54th
+1.7
Field position: -1.7Finishing drives: +3.4
Field position -1.7Finishing drives +3.4= +1.7
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 120th · Finishing 44th

Defensive EffRanked 126th
-9.6
Field position: +1.6Finishing drives: -11.3
Field position +1.6Finishing drives -11.3= -9.6
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 20th · Finishing 133rd

2.06 points per drive on offense, 2.48 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(189)48% / 52%48%6.1
Q2(193)54% / 46%42%5.5
Q3(152)42% / 58%46%6.3
Q4(167)48% / 52%36%4.1
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(121)9.449%7.2
2nd(102)7.843%6.0
3rd(108)7.640%6.0
4th(9)4.267%3.6
All (340)45%6.4
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(185)9.843%5.4
2nd(130)6.939%4.7
3rd(37)4.635%2.2
4th(9)1.267%1.6
All (361)41%4.7

Temple, all games.