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UNLV

University of Nevada, Las Vegas · 2025 · Mountain West

FanBoardHQ CFP
#55
Efficiency
-0.0
67th FBS
Record
10-4
Conf. record
6-2
Conf. finish
T-2nd
of 12
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UNLV went 10-4 and was ranked 55th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 30th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by an 114th-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 51% of offensive plays with a 37th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 49% of plays with a 29th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
Q2
0-2
Q3
1-0
Q4
9-2

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 10.0 wins
Strength of Record
50th
-2.0 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
115th
full season
115th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
127th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.5 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
0vs Idaho StateBig SkyW 3831+12.6100%-6.5Q4
1vs Sam HoustonConference USA#133W 3821+26.8100%-6.0Q4
2vs UCLABig Ten#97W 3023+7.1100%3.3Q4
4@ Miami-OHMid-American#88W 4138+3.5100%3.0Q3
6@ WyomingMountain West#112W 3117+8.5100%10.3Q4
7vs Air ForceMountain West#105W 5148+9.6100%-9.0Q4
8@ Boise StateMountain West#46L 3156-6.40%-20.5Q2
10vs New MexicoMountain West#51L 3540+2.90%-6.8Q4
11@ Colorado StateMountain West#130W 4210+13.6100%15.0Q4
12vs Utah StateMountain West#81W 2926+5.7100%-5.2Q4
13vs Hawai'iMountain West#63W 3810+7.3100%21.4Q4
14@ NevadaMountain West#125W 4217+14.6100%22.5Q4
15@ Boise StateMountain West#46L 2138-6.40%-10.3Q2
Postseason
vs OhioMid-American#60L 1017+3.60%-14.0Q4

14 played · 10-4. 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.

-17.1+1.0+19.0-6-63310-9-21-715-52122-10Week 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 37th
SR 49thYPP 41stEPA 34th
RushingEff 29th
SR 37thYPP 28thEPA 27th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 106th
SR 118thYPP 114thEPA 95th
Rush defenseEff 129th
SR 111thYPP 136thEPA 132nd
Dropback rate 51%Tempo -0.1 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 79th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 47%1st · Defense allowed: 46%1st2nd · Offense: 47%2nd · Defense allowed: 46%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 47%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 39%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 64.0Q1 · Allowed: 100.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 152.0Q2 · Allowed: 106.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 86.0Q3 · Allowed: 65.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 128.0Q4 · 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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UNLV Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 30th
+6.4
Field position: -0.6Finishing drives: +7.0
Field position -0.6Finishing drives +7.0= +6.4
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 87th · Finishing 23rd

Defensive EffRanked 114th
-6.7
Field position: +0.0Finishing drives: -6.8
Field position +0.0Finishing drives -6.8= -6.7
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 65th · Finishing 119th

2.52 points per drive on offense, 2.11 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(225)50% / 50%48%6.5
Q2(244)53% / 47%47%7.4
Q3(181)52% / 48%49%7.7
Q4(251)43% / 57%47%6.5
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(191)10.151%8.5
2nd(142)8.946%7.7
3rd(97)8.139%6.5
4th(13)4.846%6.1
All (443)47%7.7
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(230)9.844%6.4
2nd(151)7.649%6.7
3rd(67)5.955%5.3
4th(10)3.070%3.9
All (458)48%6.3

UNLV, all games.

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