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ULM

University of Louisiana at Monroe · 2024 · Sun Belt

FanBoardHQ CFP
#99
Efficiency
-10.7
103rd FBS
Record
5-7
Conf. record
3-5
Conf. finish
T-9th
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ULM went 5-7 and was ranked 99th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 87th-ranked defense carried them, with an 114th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 62% of offensive plays with a 93rd-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 38% of plays with an 113th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-1
Q2
0-2
Q3
1-2
Q4
4-2

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 5.0 wins
Strength of Record
96th
-4.3 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
78th
full season
78th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
93rd
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
1vs Jackson StateSWACW 3014+9.4100%-1.4Q4
2vs UABAmerican Athletic#121W 326+7.0100%9.8Q4
4@ TexasSEC#5L 351-37.60%-13.0Q1
5@ TroySun Belt#113W 139-2.2100%-2.7Q4
6vs James MadisonSun Belt#54W 2119-9.8100%2.5Q3
7vs Southern MissSun Belt#133W 3821+17.9100%-9.7Q4
9@ South AlabamaSun Belt#83L 1746-10.40%-24.5Q3
10@ MarshallSun Belt#37L 2328-17.70%1.2Q2
11vs Texas StateSun Belt#63L 1738-10.70%-21.9Q3
12@ AuburnSEC#67L 1448-20.60%-31.7Q2
13@ Arkansas StateSun Belt#79L 2128-0.50%-19.1Q4
14vs LouisianaSun Belt#51L 2337-8.20%-18.6Q4

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 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.

-28.4-11.0+6.5-110-13-33-10-251-22-32-19-19Week 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 113th
SR 127thYPP 95thEPA 104th
RushingEff 93rd
SR 109thYPP 94thEPA 86th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 42nd
SR 42ndYPP 39thEPA 43rd
Rush defenseEff 122nd
SR 131stYPP 99thEPA 127th
Dropback rate 38%Tempo -6.7 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 69th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 36%1st · Defense allowed: 47%1st2nd · Offense: 36%2nd · Defense allowed: 50%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 38%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 45%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 44.0Q1 · Allowed: 92.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 58.0Q2 · Allowed: 78.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 51.0Q3 · Allowed: 63.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 79.0Q4 · Allowed: 103.0Q4
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, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 114th
-7.3
Field position: +0.0Finishing drives: -7.4
Field position +0.0Finishing drives -7.4= -7.3
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 61st · Finishing 117th

Defensive EffRanked 87th
-2.6
Field position: +0.9Finishing drives: -3.5
Field position +0.9Finishing drives -3.5= -2.6
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 32nd · Finishing 97th

1.72 points per drive on offense, 2.45 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 30.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(173)40% / 60%40%5.1
Q2(184)39% / 61%35%5.6
Q3(165)37% / 63%36%5.7
Q4(163)37% / 63%36%5.3
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(100)10.737%8.0
2nd(69)8.733%4.7
3rd(87)8.228%4.6
4th(5)4.060%6.6
All (261)33%5.9
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(186)10.035%4.7
2nd(153)8.038%5.5
3rd(66)6.542%6.3
4th(19)2.168%2.6
All (424)39%5.1

ULM, all games.