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West Virginia

West Virginia University · 2022 · Big 12

FanBoardHQ CFP
#63
Efficiency
+4.2
54th FBS
Record
5-7
Conf. record
3-6
Conf. finish
T-7th
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West Virginia went 5-7 and was ranked 63rd in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 29th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 94th-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 52% of offensive plays with a 69th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 48% of plays with a 22nd-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 5.0 wins
Strength of Record
67th
-1.6 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
11th
full season
11th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
24th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~4.3 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@ PittsburghACC#26L 3138-8.30%3.3Q1
2vs KansasBig 12#49L 4255-0.20%9.3Q2
3vs TowsonCAAW 657+35.7100%20.7Q4
4@ Virginia TechACC#111W 3310+9.7100%19.3Q4
5@ TexasBig 12#17L 2038-18.70%-10.6Q1
7vs BaylorBig 12#54W 4340-1.5100%8.5Q2
8@ Texas TechBig 12#20L 1048-8.70%-20.7Q1
9vs TCUBig 12#2L 3141-11.40%3.8Q1
10@ Iowa StateBig 12#70L 1431-7.30%-8.4Q2
11vs OklahomaBig 12#48W 2320-3.5100%11.5Q2
12vs Kansas StateBig 12#7L 3148-11.80%-0.6Q1
13@ Oklahoma StateBig 12#40W 2419-4.5100%13.2Q2

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 West 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.

-17.4+0.0+17.4392119-119-214-812-113Week 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 69th
SR 55thYPP 89thEPA 66th
RushingEff 22nd
SR 27thYPP 20thEPA 20th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 99th
SR 88thYPP 106thEPA 104th
Rush defenseEff 30th
SR 64thYPP 21stEPA 26th
Dropback rate 52%Tempo +3.8 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 43rd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 42%1st · Defense allowed: 44%1st2nd · Offense: 46%2nd · Defense allowed: 44%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 47%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 43%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 76.0Q1 · Allowed: 65.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 103.0Q2 · Allowed: 134.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 62.0Q3 · Allowed: 76.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 109.0Q4 · Allowed: 92.0Q4
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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West Virginia Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 29th
+6.7
Field position: +0.5Finishing drives: +6.2
Field position +0.5Finishing drives +6.2= +6.7
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 44th · Finishing 28th

Defensive EffRanked 94th
-3.8
Field position: +0.6Finishing drives: -4.4
Field position +0.6Finishing drives -4.4= -3.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 51st · Finishing 101st

2.33 points per drive on offense, 2.53 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(208)52% / 48%44%6.2
Q2(241)55% / 45%44%5.6
Q3(206)46% / 54%44%5.7
Q4(214)55% / 45%46%5.3
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(204)10.240%5.8
2nd(125)8.551%7.1
3rd(104)8.638%4.9
4th(19)6.063%6.4
All (452)43%6.0
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(180)9.745%6.3
2nd(154)7.142%5.0
3rd(70)3.351%4.7
4th(13)1.277%3.8
All (417)46%5.4

West Virginia, all games.