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Toledo

University of Toledo · 2023 · Mid-American

FanBoardHQ CFP
#43
Efficiency
+0.8
60th FBS
Record
11-3
Conf. record
8-1
Conf. finish
T-1st
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Toledo went 11-3 and was ranked 43rd in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 61st-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 62nd-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 56% of offensive plays with a 33rd-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 44% of plays with a 37th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
Q2
0-0
Q3
3-3
Q4
8-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 11.0 wins
Strength of Record
40th
-1.2 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
130th
full season
130th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
132nd
a 25th-ranked team would win ~8.0 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@ IllinoisBig Ten#78L 2830+1.10%-4.3Q3
2vs Texas SouthernSWACW 713+38.6100%15.3Q4
3vs San José StateMountain West#67W 2117+1.8100%4.8Q3
4vs Western MichiganMid-American#117W 4931+21.3100%-4.8Q4
5vs Northern IllinoisMid-American#84W 3533+11.2100%-10.0Q4
6@ MassachusettsFBS Independents#127W 4124+17.8100%0.4Q4
7@ Ball StateMid-American#116W 136+13.2100%-3.9Q4
8@ Miami-OHMid-American#44W 2117+0.2100%4.6Q3
10vs BuffaloMid-American#124W 3113+20.6100%-6.0Q4
11vs Eastern MichiganMid-American#112W 4923+24.8100%18.0Q4
12@ Bowling GreenMid-American#75W 3231+2.6100%-0.2Q3
13@ Central MichiganMid-American#107W 3217+13.4100%3.9Q4
14vs Miami-OHMid-American#44L 1423+2.90%-11.4Q3
Postseason
vs WyomingMountain West#42L 1516+0.80%1.3Q3

14 played · 11-3. 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 Toledo, 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.

-9.1+3.3+15.7-4155-5-100-45-618-04-11Week 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 37th
SR 53rdYPP 44thEPA 23rd
RushingEff 33rd
SR 71stYPP 10thEPA 32nd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 22nd
SR 24thYPP 22ndEPA 23rd
Rush defenseEff 41st
SR 71stYPP 34thEPA 46th
Dropback rate 44%Tempo -0.1 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 93rd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 48%1st · Defense allowed: 37%1st2nd · Offense: 44%2nd · Defense allowed: 40%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 46%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 40%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 100.0Q1 · Allowed: 62.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 127.0Q2 · Allowed: 63.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 108.0Q3 · Allowed: 54.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 100.0Q4 · Allowed: 88.0Q4
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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Toledo Offense vs Defense, 2023
Offensive EffRanked 61st
+0.1
Field position: -0.3Finishing drives: +0.4
Field position -0.3Finishing drives +0.4= +0.1
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 78th · Finishing 59th

Defensive EffRanked 62nd
+0.5
Field position: -0.2Finishing drives: +0.7
Field position -0.2Finishing drives +0.7= +0.5
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 74th · Finishing 58th

2.64 points per drive on offense, 1.58 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(207)44% / 56%50%7.5
Q2(235)47% / 53%46%6.7
Q3(220)42% / 58%47%6.5
Q4(223)39% / 61%43%5.9
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(125)10.350%8.3
2nd(134)8.046%7.5
3rd(112)7.542%6.2
4th(12)5.350%12.0
All (383)46%7.5
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(275)9.848%5.8
2nd(150)7.941%5.5
3rd(67)6.348%6.7
4th(10)1.280%9.6
All (502)46%5.9

Toledo, all games.