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UAB

University of Alabama at Birmingham · 2026 · American Athletic

Efficiency
-13.8
119th FBS
Record
1-1
Conf. record
Conf. finish
12th
proj. of 14
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UAB is 1-1 and ranked 119th in overall efficiency. Their 83rd-ranked offense is the engine, backed by a 131st-ranked defense. They run the ball on 67% of offensive plays with a 92nd-ranked rushing attack and pass the ball on the remaining 33% of plays with a 125th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
Q2
0-1
+2 left
Q3
0-0
+4 left
Q4
1-0
+4 left

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 4.6 wins
Strength of Record
98th
-0.6 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
65th
full season
84th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
74th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.2 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#45L 2342-22.40%-20.3Q2
2vs ULMSun Belt#134W 2620+10.0100%-14.2Q4
3@ LouisianaSun Belt#73Preview-14.220%Q3
4vs NavyAmerican Athletic#101Preview-2.544%Q4
5vs SamfordSouthernPreview+23.792%Q4
6@ MemphisAmerican Athletic#69Preview-14.420%Q3
7vs East CarolinaAmerican Athletic#102Preview-2.245%Q4
9@ South FloridaAmerican Athletic#43Preview-22.69%Q2
10vs CharlotteAmerican Athletic#137Preview+14.280%Q4
11@ TempleAmerican Athletic#87Preview-11.924%Q3
12vs UTSAAmerican Athletic#42Preview-17.216%Q3
13@ North TexasAmerican Athletic#52Preview-21.910%Q2

2 played · 1-1. 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 UAB, 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.

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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 125th
SR 116thYPP 121stEPA 128th
RushingEff 92nd
SR 68thYPP 97thEPA 92nd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 123rd
SR 135thYPP 116thEPA 117th
Rush defenseEff 121st
SR 131stYPP 117thEPA 113th
Dropback rate 33%Tempo +7.1 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 131st on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 46%1st · Defense allowed: 50%1st2nd · Offense: 41%2nd · Defense allowed: 58%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 62%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 35%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 3.0Q1 · Allowed: 21.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 20.0Q2 · Allowed: 17.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 6.0Q3 · Allowed: 10.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 20.0Q4 · Allowed: 7.0Q4
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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UAB Offense vs Defense, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 83rd
-2.2
Field position: -0.7Finishing drives: -1.5
Field position -0.7Finishing drives -1.5= -2.2
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 89th · Finishing 76th

Defensive EffRanked 131st
-9.3
Field position: -3.0Finishing drives: -6.3
Field position -3.0Finishing drives -6.3= -9.3
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 135th · Finishing 119th

2.88 points per drive on offense, 3.06 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 30.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(43)28% / 72%47%4.5
Q2(32)34% / 66%47%6.0
Q3(28)32% / 68%54%6.3
Q4(43)44% / 56%49%5.6
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(20)10.855%7.9
2nd(14)8.836%3.7
3rd(15)7.547%7.3
4th(2)5.550%0.0
All (51)47%6.4
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(41)10.141%4.8
2nd(32)7.344%5.2
3rd(19)4.468%5.5
4th(3)1.0100%4.0
All (95)49%5.1

UAB, all games.