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Tennessee

University of Tennessee · 2022 · SEC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#4
Efficiency
+23.3
5th FBS
Record
11-2
Conf. record
6-2
Conf. finish
T-2nd
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Tennessee went 11-2 and was ranked 4th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 4th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 39th-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 50% of offensive plays with a 9th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 50% of plays with a 4th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 11.0 wins
Strength of Record
4th
+3.3 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
23rd
full season
23rd
CFP committee
#6
FanBoardHQ has them 2 spots higher
Conf. sched. difficulty
14th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~3.9 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
1vs Ball StateMid-American#108W 5910+40.1100%27.3Q4
2@ PittsburghACC#26W 3427+10.8100%12.3Q1
3vs AkronMid-American#127W 636+44.6100%25.8Q4
4vs FloridaSEC#46W 3833+17.1100%12.4Q2
6@ LSUSEC#9W 4013+3.0100%40.4Q1
7vs AlabamaSEC#3W 5249+0.0100%22.1Q1
8vs UT MartinOVCW 6524+44.8100%23.0Q4
9vs KentuckySEC#43W 446+19.7100%34.8Q3
10@ GeorgiaSEC#1L 1327-9.50%14.0Q1
11vs MissouriSEC#60W 6624+20.3100%32.6Q3
12@ South CarolinaSEC#29L 3863+15.20%-18.8Q2
13@ VanderbiltSEC#73W 560+24.7100%35.8Q3
Postseason
vs ClemsonACC#15W 3114+8.3100%30.7Q1

13 played · 11-2. 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 Tennessee, 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.

-14.1+10.8+35.727122612402223351433-1936Week 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 4th
SR 4thYPP 3rdEPA 6th
RushingEff 9th
SR 6thYPP 28thEPA 6th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 71st
SR 68thYPP 69thEPA 74th
Rush defenseEff 5th
SR 17thYPP 6thEPA 4th
Dropback rate 50%Tempo -2.8 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 42nd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 52%1st · Defense allowed: 44%1st2nd · Offense: 52%2nd · Defense allowed: 43%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 48%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 37%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 141.0Q1 · Allowed: 73.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 190.0Q2 · Allowed: 78.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 136.0Q3 · Allowed: 58.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 127.0Q4 · Allowed: 82.0Q4
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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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Tennessee Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 4th
+16.8
Field position: +0.6Finishing drives: +16.2
Field position +0.6Finishing drives +16.2= +16.8
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 40th · Finishing 4th

Defensive EffRanked 39th
+3.4
Field position: +1.8Finishing drives: +1.6
Field position +1.8Finishing drives +1.6= +3.4
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 15th · Finishing 51st

3.57 points per drive on offense, 1.73 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 31.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(273)48% / 52%49%6.5
Q2(250)56% / 44%55%7.8
Q3(216)44% / 56%50%7.7
Q4(198)41% / 59%48%7.8
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(216)10.355%10.2
2nd(130)7.955%8.9
3rd(86)8.636%8.1
4th(16)4.850%6.6
All (448)51%9.3
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(216)9.348%5.9
2nd(178)6.549%6.1
3rd(76)4.451%4.0
4th(19)1.384%4.9
All (489)50%5.6

Tennessee, all games.

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