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UAB

University of Alabama at Birmingham · 2025 · American Athletic

FanBoardHQ CFP
#118
Efficiency
-16.4
122nd FBS
Record
4-8
Conf. record
2-6
Conf. finish
T-11th
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UAB went 4-8 and was ranked 118th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 86th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 134th-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 52% of offensive plays with a 62nd-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 48% of plays with a 93rd-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-2
Q2
0-2
Q3
1-1
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
106th
-5.1 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
78th
full season
78th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
70th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.9 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 StateSWACW 5242+4.3100%-7.3Q4
2@ NavyAmerican Athletic#24L 2438-22.90%-10.0Q2
3vs AkronMid-American#117W 3128+4.6100%-19.8Q4
4@ TennesseeSEC#33L 2456-33.20%-22.5Q1
6vs ArmyAmerican Athletic#67L 1331-15.20%-19.6Q4
7@ Florida AtlanticAmerican Athletic#107L 3353-9.00%-37.7Q4
8vs MemphisAmerican Athletic#58W 3124-16.7100%11.4Q3
10@ UConnFBS Independents#69L 1938-15.20%-25.6Q3
11@ RiceAmerican Athletic#106L 1724-2.80%-18.9Q4
12vs North TexasAmerican Athletic#21L 2453-27.30%-27.3Q2
13vs South FloridaAmerican Athletic#30L 1848-27.90%-19.4Q1
14@ TulsaAmerican Athletic#109W 3124-9.5100%0.0Q4

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 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.

-33.8-13.1+7.5-7-10-20-23-20-3811-26-19-27-190Week 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 62nd
SR 56thYPP 75thEPA 61st
RushingEff 93rd
SR 100thYPP 64thEPA 97th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 130th
SR 110thYPP 132ndEPA 122nd
Rush defenseEff 121st
SR 129thYPP 88thEPA 123rd
Dropback rate 52%Tempo -4.5 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 81st on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 44%1st · Defense allowed: 50%1st2nd · Offense: 42%2nd · Defense allowed: 46%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 47%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 53%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 55.0Q1 · Allowed: 125.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 99.0Q2 · Allowed: 130.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 62.0Q3 · Allowed: 93.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 80.0Q4 · Allowed: 80.0Q4
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, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 86th
-3.0
Field position: -1.8Finishing drives: -1.2
Field position -1.8Finishing drives -1.2= -3.0
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 122nd · Finishing 77th

Defensive EffRanked 134th
-12.8
Field position: -2.6Finishing drives: -10.2
Field position -2.6Finishing drives -10.2= -12.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 128th · Finishing 129th

2.30 points per drive on offense, 3.41 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(171)51% / 49%46%5.3
Q2(238)60% / 40%43%6.2
Q3(159)54% / 46%43%7.1
Q4(236)57% / 43%44%5.3
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(170)10.148%6.6
2nd(144)9.243%5.6
3rd(113)8.442%8.3
4th(23)5.526%2.8
All (450)44%6.5
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(179)9.740%5.0
2nd(113)6.442%5.3
3rd(47)3.464%5.8
4th(15)1.567%4.3
All (354)45%5.2

UAB, all games.