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Troy

Troy University · 2024 · Sun Belt

FanBoardHQ CFP
#113
Efficiency
-11.3
106th FBS
Record
4-8
Conf. record
3-5
Conf. finish
T-9th
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Troy went 4-8 and was ranked 113th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 90th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by an 117th-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 53% of offensive plays with a 121st-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 47% of plays with a 49th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 4.0 wins
Strength of Record
112th
-5.9 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
98th
full season
98th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
101st
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.8 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 NevadaMountain West#119L 2628+1.60%-14.5Q4
2@ MemphisAmerican Athletic#38L 1738-16.70%-23.1Q2
3@ IowaBig Ten#36L 2138-27.20%-1.9Q1
4vs Florida A&MSWACW 3412+22.4100%-11.3Q4
5vs ULMSun Belt#99L 913+2.20%-19.3Q4
6vs Texas StateSun Belt#63L 1738-11.30%-28.9Q3
8@ South AlabamaSun Belt#83L 925-11.00%-21.2Q3
9@ Arkansas StateSun Belt#79L 3134-1.00%-12.7Q4
10vs Coastal CarolinaSun Belt#96W 3824-0.4100%5.7Q4
12@ Georgia SouthernSun Belt#62W 2820-11.3100%11.9Q3
13@ LouisianaSun Belt#51L 3051-14.20%-14.6Q3
14vs Southern MissSun Belt#133W 5220+17.3100%-5.7Q4

12 played · 4-8. 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.

-25.6-8.5+8.6-15-23-2-11-19-29-21-13612-15-6Week 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 49th
SR 35thYPP 79thEPA 44th
RushingEff 121st
SR 119thYPP 117thEPA 121st
Defense
Pass defenseEff 113th
SR 98thYPP 122ndEPA 111th
Rush defenseEff 94th
SR 117thYPP 89thEPA 81st
Dropback rate 47%Tempo +1.4 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 86th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 42%1st · Defense allowed: 45%1st2nd · Offense: 45%2nd · Defense allowed: 43%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 51%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 40%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 48.0Q1 · Allowed: 74.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 82.0Q2 · Allowed: 102.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 83.0Q3 · Allowed: 90.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 86.0Q4 · Allowed: 59.0Q4
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, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 90th
-3.4
Field position: -2.2Finishing drives: -1.2
Field position -2.2Finishing drives -1.2= -3.4
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 129th · Finishing 78th

Defensive EffRanked 117th
-8.1
Field position: -1.3Finishing drives: -6.7
Field position -1.3Finishing drives -6.7= -8.1
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 118th · Finishing 111th

2.22 points per drive on offense, 2.39 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 27.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(176)44% / 56%49%6.0
Q2(211)53% / 47%40%5.5
Q3(177)48% / 52%49%7.6
Q4(187)43% / 57%43%5.3
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(143)10.148%7.3
2nd(108)8.551%6.9
3rd(88)7.345%7.4
4th(14)6.629%3.7
All (353)47%7.0
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(188)9.837%5.5
2nd(139)7.440%5.0
3rd(66)4.962%5.0
4th(5)3.480%5.8
All (398)43%5.3

Troy, all games.