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UAB

University of Alabama at Birmingham · 2022 · Conference USA

FanBoardHQ CFP
#74
Efficiency
-0.2
67th FBS
Record
7-6
Conf. record
4-4
Conf. finish
T-4th
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UAB went 7-6 and was ranked 74th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 55th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 72nd-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 59% of offensive plays with a 24th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 41% of plays with a 50th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-1
Q2
0-1
Q3
0-3
Q4
7-1

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 7.0 wins
Strength of Record
79th
-3.5 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
99th
full season
99th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
96th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.7 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 Alabama A&MSWACW 590+36.3100%9.7Q4
2@ LibertyFBS Independents#71L 1421+1.70%-8.4Q3
3vs Georgia SouthernSun Belt#92W 3521+10.0100%4.4Q4
5@ RiceConference USA#109L 2428+11.60%-17.9Q4
6vs Middle TennesseeConference USA#77W 4114+10.5100%24.9Q4
7vs CharlotteConference USA#123W 3420+23.6100%-9.0Q4
8@ Western KentuckyConference USA#61L 1720-6.80%3.1Q2
9@ Florida AtlanticConference USA#97L 1724+3.00%-10.0Q3
10vs UTSAConference USA#33L 3844-1.30%2.4Q3
11vs North TexasConference USA#80W 4121+6.2100%15.3Q4
12@ LSUSEC#9L 1041-20.50%-10.9Q1
13@ Louisiana TechConference USA#119W 3727+12.4100%-1.5Q4
Postseason
vs Miami-OHMid-American#101W 2420+13.2100%-6.6Q4

13 played · 7-6. 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.

-14.5+3.5+21.510-84-1825-93-10215-11-2Week 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 50th
SR 85thYPP 38thEPA 43rd
RushingEff 24th
SR 47thYPP 11thEPA 27th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 41st
SR 56thYPP 43rdEPA 34th
Rush defenseEff 120th
SR 113thYPP 113thEPA 125th
Dropback rate 41%Tempo -3.9 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 80th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 48%1st · Defense allowed: 46%1st2nd · Offense: 40%2nd · Defense allowed: 39%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 47%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 43%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 101.0Q1 · Allowed: 62.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 104.0Q2 · Allowed: 78.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 82.0Q3 · Allowed: 87.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 77.0Q4 · Allowed: 56.0Q4
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, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 55th
+0.9
Field position: -0.9Finishing drives: +1.8
Field position -0.9Finishing drives +1.8= +0.9
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 99th · Finishing 52nd

Defensive EffRanked 72nd
-0.1
Field position: -0.6Finishing drives: +0.5
Field position -0.6Finishing drives +0.5= -0.1
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 88th · Finishing 57th

2.39 points per drive on offense, 1.81 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 29.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(189)47% / 53%49%7.4
Q2(224)46% / 54%42%7.8
Q3(209)33% / 67%44%6.9
Q4(195)33% / 67%46%6.0
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(121)10.553%9.4
2nd(106)8.835%6.6
3rd(87)9.438%7.6
4th(14)7.136%2.5
All (328)42%7.7
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(249)9.945%6.7
2nd(152)6.844%7.1
3rd(74)6.154%5.7
4th(14)2.971%4.9
All (489)47%6.6

UAB, all games.