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UCF

University of Central Florida · 2025 · Big 12

FanBoardHQ CFP
#82
Efficiency
-2.0
75th FBS
Record
5-7
Conf. record
2-7
Conf. finish
T-13th
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UCF went 5-7 and was ranked 82nd in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 49th-ranked defense carried them, with a 96th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 55% of offensive plays with a 94th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 45% of plays with an 87th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-3
Q2
0-1
Q3
0-3
Q4
5-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 5.0 wins
Strength of Record
89th
-3.4 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
60th
full season
60th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
51st
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.5 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 Jacksonville StateConference USA#83W 1710+12.5100%-6.3Q4
2vs North Carolina A&TCoastal AthleticW 687+48.3100%-5.0Q4
4vs North CarolinaACC#103W 349+10.7100%19.3Q4
5@ Kansas StateBig 12#45L 2034-15.80%-1.2Q1
6vs KansasBig 12#71L 2027-4.00%-6.1Q3
7@ CincinnatiBig 12#54L 1120-8.70%-4.2Q2
8vs West VirginiaBig 12#92W 4513+6.8100%19.0Q4
10@ BaylorBig 12#73L 330-6.60%-24.1Q3
11vs HoustonBig 12#28L 2730-6.10%0.9Q3
12@ Texas TechBig 12#8L 948-30.10%-12.5Q1
13vs Oklahoma StateBig 12#131W 1714+12.4100%-10.6Q4
14@ BYUBig 12#6L 2141-22.40%7.0Q1

12 played · 5-7. 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.

-20.6-2.4+15.8-6-519-1-6-419-241-13-117Week 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 94th
SR 78thYPP 87thEPA 99th
RushingEff 87th
SR 112thYPP 54thEPA 83rd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 32nd
SR 39thYPP 42ndEPA 24th
Rush defenseEff 93rd
SR 122ndYPP 59thEPA 86th
Dropback rate 55%Tempo -2.4 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 58th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 42%1st · Defense allowed: 46%1st2nd · Offense: 41%2nd · Defense allowed: 40%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 40%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 42%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 62.0Q1 · Allowed: 42.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 63.0Q2 · Allowed: 115.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 72.0Q3 · Allowed: 71.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 65.0Q4 · Allowed: 43.0Q4
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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UCF Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 96th
-5.0
Field position: -0.2Finishing drives: -4.8
Field position -0.2Finishing drives -4.8= -5.0
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 73rd · Finishing 98th

Defensive EffRanked 49th
+2.8
Field position: -0.4Finishing drives: +3.3
Field position -0.4Finishing drives +3.3= +2.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 84th · Finishing 43rd

1.87 points per drive on offense, 1.80 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(172)52% / 48%44%5.9
Q2(204)60% / 40%40%5.5
Q3(180)52% / 48%41%7.0
Q4(214)50% / 50%42%5.8
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(155)10.248%6.8
2nd(134)8.841%6.0
3rd(103)8.629%5.3
4th(23)4.552%10.8
All (415)41%6.4
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(163)10.036%5.6
2nd(117)7.142%5.8
3rd(61)5.449%6.0
4th(14)2.064%3.6
All (355)41%5.6

UCF, all games.