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Virginia

University of Virginia · 2025 · ACC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#23
Efficiency
+11.0
30th FBS
Record
11-3
Conf. record
7-1
Conf. finish
T-1st
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Virginia went 11-3 and was ranked 23rd in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 14th-ranked defense carried them, with a 55th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 51% of offensive plays with a 63rd-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 49% of plays with a 40th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 11.0 wins
Strength of Record
25th
+0.6 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
71st
full season
71st
CFP committee
#19
FanBoardHQ has them 4 spots lower
Conf. sched. difficulty
102nd
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.1 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 Coastal CarolinaSun Belt#99W 487+27.6100%18.0Q4
2@ NC StateACC#35L 3135-0.20%5.1Q2
3vs William & MaryCoastal AthleticW 5516+37.2100%15.8Q4
4vs StanfordACC#91W 4820+19.1100%19.6Q4
5vs Florida StateACC#65W 4638+4.1100%7.9Q2
6@ LouisvilleACC#29W 3027-2.8100%15.9Q1
8vs Washington StatePac-12#56W 2220+9.1100%4.8Q3
9@ North CarolinaACC#103W 1716+18.1100%-6.8Q4
10@ CaliforniaACC#77W 3121+12.7100%9.1Q3
11vs Wake ForestACC#43L 916+10.00%-5.9Q3
12@ DukeACC#44W 3417+3.5100%29.7Q2
14vs Virginia TechACC#102W 277+20.1100%16.6Q4
15vs DukeACC#44L 2027+6.30%3.7Q3
Postseason
vs MissouriSEC#34W 137+0.3100%18.5Q2

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 Virginia, 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.

-3.8+11.5+26.818516208165-79-630174Week 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 62ndYPP 61stEPA 67th
RushingEff 40th
SR 56thYPP 40thEPA 36th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 21st
SR 27thYPP 32ndEPA 15th
Rush defenseEff 20th
SR 18thYPP 9thEPA 25th
Dropback rate 51%Tempo +5.4 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 53rd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 41%1st · Defense allowed: 41%1st2nd · Offense: 38%2nd · Defense allowed: 38%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 51%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 34%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 100.0Q1 · Allowed: 42.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 131.0Q2 · Allowed: 89.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 94.0Q3 · Allowed: 65.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 76.0Q4 · Allowed: 64.0Q4
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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Virginia Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 55th
+1.7
Field position: +0.4Finishing drives: +1.3
Field position +0.4Finishing drives +1.3= +1.7
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 48th · Finishing 53rd

Defensive EffRanked 14th
+8.5
Field position: +0.7Finishing drives: +7.8
Field position +0.7Finishing drives +7.8= +8.5
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 46th · Finishing 19th

2.24 points per drive on offense, 1.48 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 32.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(231)53% / 47%42%6.1
Q2(278)55% / 45%48%6.5
Q3(244)48% / 52%42%6.4
Q4(272)40% / 60%38%4.4
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(221)10.143%6.5
2nd(136)9.243%7.2
3rd(127)7.639%6.4
4th(17)3.241%3.1
All (501)42%6.5
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(213)9.739%5.1
2nd(194)7.034%3.7
3rd(105)4.166%7.7
4th(12)1.567%6.0
All (524)43%5.1

Virginia, all games.