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Tennessee

University of Tennessee · 2024 · SEC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#11
Efficiency
+16.1
15th FBS
Record
10-3
Conf. record
6-2
Conf. finish
3rd
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Tennessee went 10-3 and was ranked 11th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 20th-ranked defense carried them, with a 41st-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 56% of offensive plays with a 20th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 44% of plays with a 26th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
1-2
Q2
3-1
Q3
1-0
Q4
5-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 10.0 wins
Strength of Record
12th
+1.6 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
41st
full season
41st
CFP committee
#7
FanBoardHQ has them 4 spots lower
Conf. sched. difficulty
19th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~4.5 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 ChattanoogaSouthernW 693+34.7100%27.2Q4
2vs NC StateACC#87W 5110+19.6100%31.1Q4
3vs Kent StateMid-American#134W 710+53.2100%18.0Q4
4@ OklahomaSEC#45W 2515+3.8100%20.5Q2
6@ ArkansasSEC#44L 1419+5.90%3.9Q2
7vs FloridaSEC#25W 2317+6.4100%10.7Q2
8vs AlabamaSEC#15W 2417-0.7100%23.7Q1
10vs KentuckySEC#77W 2818+15.0100%12.0Q3
11vs Mississippi StateSEC#114W 3314+22.3100%10.4Q4
12@ GeorgiaSEC#4L 1731-7.00%9.8Q1
13vs UTEPConference USA#126W 560+41.1100%12.4Q4
14@ VanderbiltSEC#41W 3623+5.8100%23.1Q2
Postseason
@ Ohio StateBig Ten#1L 1742-16.60%1.7Q1

13 played · 10-3. 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.

+2.5+15.6+28.727311820411241210101223Week 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 26th
SR 14thYPP 23rdEPA 36th
RushingEff 20th
SR 25thYPP 38thEPA 15th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 14th
SR 40thYPP 16thEPA 9th
Rush defenseEff 5th
SR 4thYPP 10thEPA 4th
Dropback rate 44%Tempo +0.4 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 62nd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 49%1st · Defense allowed: 37%1st2nd · Offense: 47%2nd · Defense allowed: 40%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 48%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 32%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 100.0Q1 · Allowed: 47.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 144.0Q2 · Allowed: 37.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 123.0Q3 · Allowed: 48.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 78.0Q4 · Allowed: 66.0Q4
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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, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 41st
+3.9
Field position: +0.9Finishing drives: +3.0
Field position +0.9Finishing drives +3.0= +3.9
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 35th · Finishing 45th

Defensive EffRanked 20th
+8.4
Field position: +1.8Finishing drives: +6.6
Field position +1.8Finishing drives +6.6= +8.4
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 14th · Finishing 24th

2.66 points per drive on offense, 1.25 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 33.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(215)49% / 51%46%6.5
Q2(256)49% / 51%53%7.3
Q3(232)41% / 59%51%6.3
Q4(247)31% / 69%43%4.7
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(171)10.151%7.2
2nd(133)7.849%7.2
3rd(96)7.941%6.7
4th(3)6.333%11.3
All (403)48%7.1
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(249)9.848%5.7
2nd(180)7.446%5.5
3rd(102)4.954%5.1
4th(16)2.463%6.6
All (547)49%5.6

Tennessee, all games.