FanBoardHQ

UCF

University of Central Florida · 2024 · Big 12

FanBoardHQ CFP
#86
Efficiency
+5.7
47th FBS
Record
4-8
Conf. record
2-7
Conf. finish
T-14th
of 16
UCF Fanboard →

UCF went 4-8 and was ranked 86th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 33rd-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 73rd-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 59% of offensive plays with a 4th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 41% of plays with a 58th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Expected: 4.0 wins
Strength of Record
100th
-3.7 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
38th
full season
38th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
45th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.4 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 New HampshireCoastal AthleticW 573+29.0100%11.2Q4
2vs Sam HoustonConference USA#56W 4514+15.9100%23.4Q4
3@ TCUBig 12#30W 3534-7.4100%14.2Q2
5vs ColoradoBig 12#26L 2148-3.80%-14.5Q2
6@ FloridaSEC#25L 1324-9.50%4.7Q1
7vs CincinnatiBig 12#70L 1319+3.70%-4.7Q3
8@ Iowa StateBig 12#13L 3538-9.90%13.8Q1
9vs BYUBig 12#7L 2437-8.20%-8.1Q1
10vs ArizonaBig 12#98W 5612+15.3100%29.7Q4
11@ Arizona StateBig 12#8L 3135-14.70%18.7Q1
13@ West VirginiaBig 12#68L 2131+3.70%-8.8Q3
14vs UtahBig 12#66L 1428+0.90%-12.1Q3

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 UCF, 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.

-10.9+7.6+26.2112314-145-514-83019-9-12Week 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 58th
SR 64thYPP 35thEPA 67th
RushingEff 4th
SR 15thYPP 3rdEPA 5th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 84th
SR 97thYPP 73rdEPA 87th
Rush defenseEff 23rd
SR 18thYPP 33rdEPA 25th
Dropback rate 41%Tempo -0.9 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 48th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 51%1st · Defense allowed: 37%1st2nd · Offense: 46%2nd · Defense allowed: 39%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 44%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 46%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 58.0Q1 · Allowed: 76.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 110.0Q2 · Allowed: 95.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 108.0Q3 · Allowed: 72.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 80.0Q4 · Allowed: 47.0Q4
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.

elite bothdefense-ledrebuildingoffense-ledUCFOffenseDefense
UCF Offense vs Defense, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 33rd
+5.4
Field position: +1.6Finishing drives: +3.8
Field position +1.6Finishing drives +3.8= +5.4
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 18th · Finishing 36th

Defensive EffRanked 73rd
-0.4
Field position: +0.1Finishing drives: -0.6
Field position +0.1Finishing drives -0.6= -0.4
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 59th · Finishing 74th

2.58 points per drive on offense, 2.02 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(200)37% / 64%47%6.1
Q2(224)42% / 58%46%6.6
Q3(154)36% / 64%54%8.5
Q4(228)49% / 51%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(134)10.053%9.3
2nd(101)8.834%6.2
3rd(85)8.227%3.4
4th(13)6.031%3.5
All (333)40%6.6
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(244)9.950%6.8
2nd(149)6.955%6.4
3rd(66)3.862%6.7
4th(14)2.971%5.6
All (473)54%6.6

UCF, all games.