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UTSA

University of Texas at San Antonio · 2023 · American Athletic

FanBoardHQ CFP
#55
Efficiency
+0.3
61st FBS
Record
9-4
Conf. record
7-1
Conf. finish
3rd
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UTSA went 9-4 and was ranked 55th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 57th-ranked defense carried them, with a 71st-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 50% of offensive plays with a 92nd-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 50% of plays with a 64th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 9.0 wins
Strength of Record
52nd
-1.8 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
118th
full season
118th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
114th
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
1@ HoustonBig 12#93L 1417+2.40%-5.0Q3
2vs Texas StateSun Belt#71W 2013+6.0100%2.1Q4
3vs ArmyFBS Independents#83L 2937+10.70%-25.0Q4
4@ TennesseeSEC#19L 1445-16.20%-17.2Q1
6@ TempleAmerican Athletic#129W 4934+18.8100%-2.9Q4
7vs UABAmerican Athletic#114W 4120+16.7100%3.9Q4
8@ Florida AtlanticAmerican Athletic#111W 3610+7.3100%13.8Q4
9vs East CarolinaAmerican Athletic#128W 4127+14.4100%2.2Q4
10@ North TexasAmerican Athletic#99W 3729+8.4100%0.6Q4
11vs RiceAmerican Athletic#88W 3414+9.9100%18.4Q4
12vs South FloridaAmerican Athletic#82W 4921+11.8100%15.3Q4
13@ TulaneAmerican Athletic#37L 1629-4.50%-9.4Q2
Postseason
vs MarshallSun Belt#86W 3517+8.8100%6.8Q4

13 played · 9-4. 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 UTSA, 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.

-21.5-3.3+14.9-52-25-17-3414211815-9Week 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 64th
SR 56thYPP 83rdEPA 60th
RushingEff 92nd
SR 100thYPP 96thEPA 86th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 41st
SR 35thYPP 48thEPA 51st
Rush defenseEff 51st
SR 33rdYPP 67thEPA 64th
Dropback rate 50%Tempo +5.7 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 89th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 37%1st · Defense allowed: 40%1st2nd · Offense: 44%2nd · Defense allowed: 32%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 50%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 44%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 86.0Q1 · Allowed: 90.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 144.0Q2 · Allowed: 98.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 90.0Q3 · Allowed: 31.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 86.0Q4 · Allowed: 73.0Q4
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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UTSA Offense vs Defense, 2023
Offensive EffRanked 71st
-0.7
Field position: -0.6Finishing drives: -0.0
Field position -0.6Finishing drives -0.0= -0.7
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 88th · Finishing 63rd

Defensive EffRanked 57th
+0.8
Field position: +0.3Finishing drives: +0.5
Field position +0.3Finishing drives +0.5= +0.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 57th · Finishing 62nd

2.45 points per drive on offense, 1.81 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(219)53% / 47%43%5.8
Q2(289)52% / 48%45%6.2
Q3(234)49% / 51%39%5.5
Q4(205)40% / 60%41%5.4
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(183)10.042%5.2
2nd(154)8.448%8.7
3rd(115)7.943%6.5
4th(13)2.954%4.2
All (465)45%6.7
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(231)9.834%4.9
2nd(164)7.540%5.0
3rd(73)6.158%5.3
4th(14)2.764%2.9
All (482)40%4.9

UTSA, all games.