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Utah

University of Utah · 2026 · Big 12

Efficiency
+18.7
10th FBS
Record
2-0
Conf. record
Conf. finish
2nd
proj. of 16
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Utah is 2-0 and ranked 10th in overall efficiency. Their 11th-ranked offense is the engine, backed by a 22nd-ranked defense. They run the ball on 56% of offensive plays with a 14th-ranked rushing attack and pass the ball on the remaining 44% of plays with a 7th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
+1 left
Q2
0-0
+5 left
Q3
0-0
+1 left
Q4
2-0
+3 left

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 10.0 wins
Strength of Record
40th
+0.1 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
125th
full season
68th
AP poll
#17
FanBoardHQ has them 7 spots higher
Conf. sched. difficulty
66th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.0 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 IdahoBig SkyW 6614+51.2100%7.5Q4
2vs ArkansasSEC#94W 4310+27.6100%27.2Q4
3vs Utah StatePac-12#92Preview+27.595%Q4
4@ Iowa StateBig 12#60Preview+13.078%Q2
6vs KansasBig 12#77Preview+24.492%Q4
7@ ColoradoBig 12#81Preview+19.487%Q3
8vs HoustonBig 12#26Preview+9.972%Q2
9@ CincinnatiBig 12#57Preview+12.176%Q2
10vs BYUBig 12#19Preview+7.066%Q1
11@ ArizonaBig 12#35Preview+7.767%Q2
12@ TCUBig 12#59Preview+12.276%Q2
13vs West VirginiaBig 12#68Preview+23.392%Q4

2 played · 2-0. 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 Utah, 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.

+2.2+13.6+25.1827Week 0Week 2
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 7th
SR 3rdYPP 9thEPA 13th
RushingEff 14th
SR 23rdYPP 38thEPA 12th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 4th
SR 3rdYPP 10thEPA 7th
Rush defenseEff 60th
SR 46thYPP 59thEPA 66th
Dropback rate 44%Tempo -6.8 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 97th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 53%1st · Defense allowed: 26%1st2nd · Offense: 57%2nd · Defense allowed: 37%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 60%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 35%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 24.0Q1 · Allowed: 3.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 35.0Q2 · Allowed: 7.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 21.0Q3 · Allowed: 7.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 28.0Q4 · Allowed: 7.0Q4
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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Utah Offense vs Defense, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 11th
+11.5
Field position: +2.0Finishing drives: +9.5
Field position +2.0Finishing drives +9.5= +11.5
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 14th · Finishing 11th

Defensive EffRanked 22nd
+6.4
Field position: +1.0Finishing drives: +5.4
Field position +1.0Finishing drives +5.4= +6.4
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 34th · Finishing 26th

3.92 points per drive on offense, 1.00 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 39.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(31)42% / 58%55%7.3
Q2(37)46% / 54%62%8.0
Q3(36)53% / 47%53%9.1
Q4(31)19% / 81%52%7.3
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(29)9.762%13.6
2nd(15)7.160%6.4
3rd(8)6.363%6.0
4th(3)2.733%11.7
All (55)60%10.4
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(41)9.446%5.8
2nd(25)6.856%5.8
3rd(13)4.262%9.2
4th(1)2.0100%4.0
All (80)53%6.3

Utah, all games.