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Troy

Troy University · 2023 · Sun Belt

FanBoardHQ CFP
#28
Efficiency
+9.3
32nd FBS
Record
11-3
Conf. record
8-1
Conf. finish
1st
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Troy went 11-3 and was ranked 28th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 10th-ranked defense carried them, with a 65th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 53% of offensive plays with an 80th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 47% of plays with a 108th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-2
Q2
0-1
Q3
4-0
Q4
7-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 11.0 wins
Strength of Record
30th
+0.3 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
79th
full season
79th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
127th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.3 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 Stephen F. AustinUACW 4830+33.1100%-2.0Q4
2@ Kansas StateBig 12#14L 1342-15.80%2.0Q1
3vs James MadisonSun Belt#27L 1416+3.60%3.4Q2
4vs Western KentuckyConference USA#69W 2724+15.7100%-5.7Q4
5@ Georgia StateSun Belt#77W 287+12.8100%18.7Q3
6vs Arkansas StateSun Belt#91W 373+21.5100%15.8Q4
7@ ArmyFBS Independents#83W 190+14.3100%14.5Q4
9@ Texas StateSun Belt#71W 3113+9.5100%16.8Q3
10vs South AlabamaSun Belt#70W 2810+8.1100%18.3Q3
11@ ULMSun Belt#130W 4514+25.1100%12.0Q4
12vs LouisianaSun Belt#87W 3124+16.8100%-0.3Q4
13@ Southern MissSun Belt#119W 3517+22.4100%5.8Q4
14vs Appalachian StateSun Belt#52W 4923+9.2100%24.9Q3
Postseason
vs DukeACC#32L 1017-2.00%6.4Q1

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 Troy, 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.

-3.3+9.6+22.4-223-6191615171812-0625Week 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 80th
SR 98thYPP 66thEPA 78th
RushingEff 108th
SR 106thYPP 105thEPA 110th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 16th
SR 38thYPP 15thEPA 14th
Rush defenseEff 12th
SR 30thYPP 14thEPA 8th
Dropback rate 53%Tempo +4.1 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 90th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 44%1st · Defense allowed: 41%1st2nd · Offense: 38%2nd · Defense allowed: 38%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 42%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 33%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 41.0Q1 · Allowed: 48.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 139.0Q2 · Allowed: 70.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 67.0Q3 · Allowed: 51.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 146.0Q4 · Allowed: 64.0Q4
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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Troy Offense vs Defense, 2023
Offensive EffRanked 65th
-0.1
Field position: +0.4Finishing drives: -0.5
Field position +0.4Finishing drives -0.5= -0.1
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 49th · Finishing 69th

Defensive EffRanked 10th
+10.0
Field position: +0.6Finishing drives: +9.4
Field position +0.6Finishing drives +9.4= +10.0
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 42nd · Finishing 9th

2.45 points per drive on offense, 1.39 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(219)57% / 43%39%5.9
Q2(256)60% / 40%41%6.4
Q3(215)51% / 49%44%5.9
Q4(232)38% / 62%43%6.6
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(176)9.950%8.3
2nd(159)8.533%6.6
3rd(126)7.838%6.2
4th(17)6.141%6.2
All (478)41%7.1
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(239)9.939%5.1
2nd(136)7.043%5.4
3rd(57)5.749%6.2
4th(12)1.958%1.3
All (444)42%5.2

Troy, all games.