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ULM

University of Louisiana at Monroe · 2022 · Sun Belt

FanBoardHQ CFP
#112
Efficiency
-15.5
118th FBS
Record
4-8
Conf. record
3-5
Conf. finish
T-8th
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ULM went 4-8 and was ranked 112th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 90th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 123rd-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 51% of offensive plays with a 109th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 49% of plays with a 75th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-2
Q2
0-0
Q3
1-3
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
108th
-4.8 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
71st
full season
71st
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
94th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.6 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@ TexasBig 12#17L 1052-38.40%-18.1Q1
2vs NichollsSouthlandW 357+26.5100%-15.3Q4
3@ AlabamaSEC#3L 763-44.20%-13.9Q1
4vs LouisianaSun Belt#88W 2117-8.8100%-3.1Q4
5@ Arkansas StateSun Belt#118L 2845-4.70%-25.2Q4
6vs Coastal CarolinaSun Belt#66L 2128-4.10%-18.5Q4
7@ South AlabamaSun Belt#53L 3441-17.70%-5.1Q3
8@ ArmyFBS Independents#84L 2448-12.50%-26.1Q3
10vs Texas StateSun Belt#114W 3130+0.1100%-13.5Q4
11@ Georgia StateSun Belt#105W 3128-12.0100%0.3Q3
12@ TroySun Belt#28L 1634-20.40%-27.4Q3
13vs Southern MissSun Belt#82L 1020-5.40%-20.3Q4

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 ULM, 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.

-25.2-13.5-1.9-18-15-14-3-25-19-5-26-130-27-20Week 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 109th
SR 112thYPP 101stEPA 105th
RushingEff 75th
SR 89thYPP 77thEPA 71st
Defense
Pass defenseEff 106th
SR 111thYPP 108thEPA 103rd
Rush defenseEff 99th
SR 82ndYPP 114thEPA 97th
Dropback rate 51%Tempo -8.0 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 67th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 41%1st · Defense allowed: 48%1st2nd · Offense: 37%2nd · Defense allowed: 41%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 43%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 45%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 37.0Q1 · Allowed: 124.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 99.0Q2 · Allowed: 82.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 38.0Q3 · Allowed: 86.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 73.0Q4 · Allowed: 65.0Q4
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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ULM Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 90th
-4.8
Field position: -0.7Finishing drives: -4.2
Field position -0.7Finishing drives -4.2= -4.8
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 88th · Finishing 92nd

Defensive EffRanked 123rd
-9.5
Field position: -3.7Finishing drives: -5.8
Field position -3.7Finishing drives -5.8= -9.5
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 129th · Finishing 110th

1.68 points per drive on offense, 2.49 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(179)49% / 51%35%5.2
Q2(201)58% / 42%40%5.7
Q3(160)44% / 56%42%4.9
Q4(184)47% / 53%42%5.7
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(144)10.239%6.8
2nd(112)8.939%6.0
3rd(95)8.335%5.8
4th(10)5.030%3.9
All (361)38%6.2
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(172)9.742%4.8
2nd(123)7.735%4.6
3rd(65)4.657%4.2
4th(3)9.033%4.7
All (363)42%4.6

ULM, all games.