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Tulane

Tulane University · 2024 · American Athletic

FanBoardHQ CFP
#42
Efficiency
+10.7
34th FBS
Record
9-5
Conf. record
7-2
Conf. finish
T-2nd
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Tulane went 9-5 and was ranked 42nd in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 26th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 54th-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 59% of offensive plays with a 70th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 41% of plays with an 11th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
Q2
1-4
Q3
2-1
Q4
6-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 9.0 wins
Strength of Record
44th
-1.6 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
69th
full season
69th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
117th
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 SE LouisianaSouthlandW 520+35.3100%24.2Q4
2vs Kansas StateBig 12#24L 2734+0.30%2.8Q2
3@ OklahomaSEC#45L 1934-1.60%-0.8Q2
4@ LouisianaSun Belt#51W 4133+7.8100%13.0Q3
5vs South FloridaAmerican Athletic#82W 4510+20.5100%27.4Q4
6@ UABAmerican Athletic#121W 7120+23.0100%30.1Q4
8vs RiceAmerican Athletic#109W 2410+22.9100%1.8Q4
9@ North TexasAmerican Athletic#92W 4537+14.2100%2.4Q3
10@ CharlotteAmerican Athletic#104W 343+24.0100%24.6Q4
11vs TempleAmerican Athletic#123W 526+33.0100%19.7Q4
12@ NavyAmerican Athletic#35W 350+0.4100%37.4Q2
14vs MemphisAmerican Athletic#38L 2434+10.90%-13.1Q3
15@ ArmyAmerican Athletic#28L 1435-3.90%-17.9Q2
Postseason
vs FloridaSEC#25L 833-1.80%-12.2Q2

14 played · 9-5. 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 Tulane, 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.

-13.5+9.8+33.0243-113273022252037-13-18Week 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 11th
SR 26thYPP 15thEPA 7th
RushingEff 70th
SR 82ndYPP 74thEPA 60th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 41st
SR 73rdYPP 49thEPA 28th
Rush defenseEff 58th
SR 48thYPP 74thEPA 54th
Dropback rate 41%Tempo -8.4 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 71st on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 46%1st · Defense allowed: 38%1st2nd · Offense: 47%2nd · Defense allowed: 40%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 51%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 36%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 93.0Q1 · Allowed: 43.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 130.0Q2 · Allowed: 85.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 87.0Q3 · Allowed: 64.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 128.0Q4 · Allowed: 93.0Q4
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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Tulane Offense vs Defense, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 26th
+6.2
Field position: +3.4Finishing drives: +2.8
Field position +3.4Finishing drives +2.8= +6.2
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 4th · Finishing 47th

Defensive EffRanked 54th
+2.3
Field position: +0.8Finishing drives: +1.5
Field position +0.8Finishing drives +1.5= +2.3
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 37th · Finishing 55th

2.77 points per drive on offense, 1.73 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 32.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(208)36% / 64%43%6.3
Q2(239)40% / 60%46%6.4
Q3(198)39% / 61%52%7.4
Q4(236)39% / 61%47%5.9
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(141)9.948%7.8
2nd(104)8.353%10.0
3rd(85)7.940%7.4
4th(10)6.140%3.8
All (340)47%8.3
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(259)9.744%5.0
2nd(184)7.243%5.8
3rd(86)4.862%5.8
4th(12)1.858%4.2
All (541)47%5.4

Tulane, all games.