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Tulsa

University of Tulsa · 2025 · American Athletic

FanBoardHQ CFP
#109
Efficiency
-9.6
98th FBS
Record
4-8
Conf. record
1-7
Conf. finish
13th
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Tulsa went 4-8 and was ranked 109th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 70th-ranked defense carried them, with an 112th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 52% of offensive plays with a 99th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 48% of plays with an 111th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
Q2
0-2
Q3
1-2
Q4
3-4

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 4.0 wins
Strength of Record
111th
-5.8 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
96th
full season
96th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
73rd
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.1 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 Abilene ChristianUACW 357+2.3100%14.2Q4
2@ New Mexico StateConference USA#119L 1421+2.40%-19.8Q4
3vs NavyAmerican Athletic#24L 2342-10.60%-18.6Q3
4@ Oklahoma StateBig 12#131W 1912-0.7100%-2.0Q4
5vs TulaneAmerican Athletic#26L 1431-11.70%-12.7Q3
6@ MemphisAmerican Athletic#58L 745-15.40%-27.7Q2
8@ East CarolinaAmerican Athletic#42L 2741-19.50%-2.8Q2
9vs TempleAmerican Athletic#93L 3738+0.50%-12.3Q4
11@ Florida AtlanticAmerican Athletic#107L 2140-2.20%-29.4Q4
12vs Oregon StatePac-12#127W 3114+6.7100%10.2Q4
13@ ArmyAmerican Athletic#67W 2625-13.9100%11.6Q3
14vs UABAmerican Athletic#118L 2431+9.50%-26.0Q4

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 Tulsa, 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.

-26.0-7.6+10.714-20-19-2-13-28-3-12-291012-26Week 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 111th
SR 116thYPP 115thEPA 112th
RushingEff 99th
SR 93rdYPP 107thEPA 94th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 71st
SR 59thYPP 60thEPA 76th
Rush defenseEff 70th
SR 84thYPP 81stEPA 61st
Dropback rate 48%Tempo +10.4 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 88th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 44%1st · Defense allowed: 44%1st2nd · Offense: 39%2nd · Defense allowed: 40%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 41%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 46%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 72.0Q1 · Allowed: 71.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 77.0Q2 · Allowed: 104.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 51.0Q3 · Allowed: 72.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 82.0Q4 · Allowed: 99.0Q4
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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Tulsa Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 112th
-7.4
Field position: -1.7Finishing drives: -5.7
Field position -1.7Finishing drives -5.7= -7.4
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 118th · Finishing 106th

Defensive EffRanked 70th
-0.7
Field position: -3.1Finishing drives: +2.4
Field position -3.1Finishing drives +2.4= -0.7
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 136th · Finishing 51st

1.63 points per drive on offense, 1.99 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 28.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(258)54% / 46%38%5.4
Q2(233)47% / 53%47%5.9
Q3(205)44% / 56%42%5.6
Q4(220)45% / 55%40%4.8
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(161)10.043%5.9
2nd(145)8.241%6.4
3rd(113)8.033%5.9
4th(22)4.645%4.6
All (441)40%6.0
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(224)9.745%5.6
2nd(145)7.337%3.9
3rd(82)5.045%4.9
4th(24)2.858%3.4
All (475)43%4.9

Tulsa, all games.