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UNLV

University of Nevada, Las Vegas · 2024 · Mountain West

FanBoardHQ CFP
#31
Efficiency
+9.7
36th FBS
Record
11-3
Conf. record
6-2
Conf. finish
T-2nd
of 12
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UNLV went 11-3 and was ranked 31st in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 27th-ranked defense carried them, with a 45th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 60% of offensive plays with a 27th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 40% of plays with a 63rd-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-1
Q2
1-1
Q3
2-1
Q4
8-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 11.0 wins
Strength of Record
31st
-0.1 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
89th
full season
89th
CFP committee
#24
FanBoardHQ has them 7 spots lower
Conf. sched. difficulty
85th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.4 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
1@ HoustonBig 12#90W 277+9.1100%25.8Q3
2vs Utah TechUACW 7214+46.5100%5.8Q4
3vs KansasBig 12#48W 2320-2.8100%15.5Q2
5vs Fresno StateMountain West#93W 5914+17.6100%30.8Q4
6vs SyracuseACC#29L 4144+7.00%3.5Q3
7@ Utah StateMountain West#110W 5034+18.1100%18.6Q4
8@ Oregon StatePac-12#100W 3325+18.3100%-0.3Q4
9vs Boise StateMountain West#19L 2429-0.80%6.2Q2
11@ Hawai'iMountain West#105W 2927+19.9100%-9.2Q4
12vs San Diego StateMountain West#125W 4120+30.9100%4.2Q4
13@ San José StateMountain West#88W 2716+13.9100%5.5Q4
14vs NevadaMountain West#119W 3814+22.6100%20.1Q4
15@ Boise StateMountain West#19L 721-6.30%-4.8Q1
Postseason
vs CaliforniaACC#75W 2413+8.0100%11.6Q3

14 played · 11-3. 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 UNLV, 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.

-6.0+10.8+27.62661631319-06-94520-5Week 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 63rd
SR 66thYPP 51stEPA 66th
RushingEff 27th
SR 80thYPP 8thEPA 26th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 25th
SR 8thYPP 25thEPA 37th
Rush defenseEff 30th
SR 43rdYPP 26thEPA 29th
Dropback rate 40%Tempo -3.1 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 70th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 47%1st · Defense allowed: 41%1st2nd · Offense: 37%2nd · Defense allowed: 39%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 43%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 37%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 109.0Q1 · Allowed: 72.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 143.0Q2 · Allowed: 78.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 98.0Q3 · Allowed: 62.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 109.0Q4 · 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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UNLV Offense vs Defense, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 45th
+2.6
Field position: +3.4Finishing drives: -0.9
Field position +3.4Finishing drives -0.9= +2.6
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 3rd · Finishing 75th

Defensive EffRanked 27th
+6.4
Field position: +2.2Finishing drives: +4.2
Field position +2.2Finishing drives +4.2= +6.4
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 3rd · Finishing 38th

2.65 points per drive on offense, 1.66 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 36.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(217)44% / 56%42%6.9
Q2(238)44% / 56%40%6.8
Q3(222)37% / 63%45%6.2
Q4(230)23% / 77%45%5.9
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(137)9.850%8.5
2nd(104)8.237%5.7
3rd(86)7.831%4.6
4th(7)9.757%10.7
All (334)41%6.7
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(267)9.945%7.1
2nd(185)7.438%5.2
3rd(106)5.649%6.8
4th(15)1.067%2.3
All (573)44%6.3

UNLV, all games.

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