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UTEP

University of Texas at El Paso · 2022 · Conference USA

FanBoardHQ CFP
#107
Efficiency
-13.1
108th FBS
Record
5-7
Conf. record
3-5
Conf. finish
T-7th
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UTEP went 5-7 and was ranked 107th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 99th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by an 116th-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 51% of offensive plays with a 98th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 49% of plays with a 96th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-1
Q2
0-1
Q3
1-0
Q4
4-5

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 5.0 wins
Strength of Record
102nd
-5.1 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
120th
full season
120th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
111th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.0 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 North TexasConference USA#80L 1331-6.60%-31.1Q4
1@ OklahomaBig 12#48L 1345-26.20%-18.3Q1
2vs New Mexico StateFBS Independents#93W 2013+5.0100%-12.3Q4
3@ New MexicoMountain West#128L 1027+5.40%-33.3Q4
4vs Boise StateMountain West#50W 2710-13.8100%9.1Q3
5@ CharlotteConference USA#123W 4135+5.2100%-9.6Q4
6@ Louisiana TechConference USA#119L 3141-0.50%-26.4Q4
8vs Florida AtlanticConference USA#97W 2421-4.4100%-7.7Q4
9vs Middle TennesseeConference USA#77L 1324-2.40%-22.6Q4
10@ RiceConference USA#109L 3037-1.30%-20.4Q4
12vs FIUConference USA#121W 406+16.5100%13.4Q4
13@ UTSAConference USA#33L 3134-19.60%2.4Q2

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 UTEP, 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.

-29.6-10.0+9.7-18-12-339-10-26-8-23-20132Week 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 96th
SR 82ndYPP 97thEPA 99th
RushingEff 98th
SR 87thYPP 96thEPA 103rd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 129th
SR 114thYPP 118thEPA 133rd
Rush defenseEff 109th
SR 116thYPP 107thEPA 101st
Dropback rate 49%Tempo +3.2 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 86th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 41%1st · Defense allowed: 44%1st2nd · Offense: 44%2nd · Defense allowed: 42%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 41%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 42%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 51.0Q1 · Allowed: 75.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 124.0Q2 · Allowed: 58.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 33.0Q3 · Allowed: 87.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 61.0Q4 · Allowed: 71.0Q4
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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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UTEP Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 99th
-5.7
Field position: -1.6Finishing drives: -4.1
Field position -1.6Finishing drives -4.1= -5.7
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 118th · Finishing 90th

Defensive EffRanked 116th
-8.7
Field position: -1.3Finishing drives: -7.4
Field position -1.3Finishing drives -7.4= -8.7
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 105th · Finishing 118th

1.84 points per drive on offense, 2.32 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(195)42% / 58%48%5.8
Q2(223)57% / 43%42%5.8
Q3(190)47% / 53%38%4.9
Q4(176)53% / 47%38%5.4
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(143)10.344%6.9
2nd(123)9.041%5.8
3rd(105)8.732%4.5
4th(19)6.347%6.8
All (390)40%5.9
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(194)10.138%4.4
2nd(134)7.146%6.1
3rd(56)5.748%4.9
4th(10)3.870%5.2
All (394)43%5.1

UTEP, all games.