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West Virginia

West Virginia University · 2025 · Big 12

FanBoardHQ CFP
#92
Efficiency
-6.0
87th FBS
Record
4-8
Conf. record
2-7
Conf. finish
T-13th
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West Virginia went 4-8 and was ranked 92nd in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 61st-ranked defense carried them, with a 108th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 57% of offensive plays with a 125th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 43% of plays with a 103rd-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 4.0 wins
Strength of Record
94th
-3.3 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
22nd
full season
22nd
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
26th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~4.9 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 Robert MorrisNECW 453+35.1100%-13.5Q4
2@ OhioMid-American#60L 1017-5.20%-8.1Q3
3vs PittsburghACC#40W 3124-13.5100%8.8Q2
4@ KansasBig 12#71L 1041-13.60%-17.4Q2
5vs UtahBig 12#12L 1448-28.40%-21.5Q1
6@ BYUBig 12#6L 2438-26.50%-2.1Q1
8@ UCFBig 12#82L 1345-6.80%-27.0Q3
9vs TCUBig 12#25L 1723-13.60%1.4Q2
10@ HoustonBig 12#28W 4535-15.7100%19.0Q2
11vs ColoradoBig 12#101W 2922-0.3100%0.1Q4
12@ Arizona StateBig 12#38L 2325-14.60%7.6Q2
14vs Texas TechBig 12#8L 049-28.70%-20.1Q1

12 played · 4-8. 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.

-23.3-4.0+15.4-13-89-17-22-2-2711908-20Week 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 103rd
SR 120thYPP 97thEPA 102nd
RushingEff 125th
SR 111thYPP 130thEPA 127th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 81st
SR 56thYPP 98thEPA 75th
Rush defenseEff 29th
SR 48thYPP 30thEPA 18th
Dropback rate 43%Tempo -0.5 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 43rd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 40%1st · Defense allowed: 40%1st2nd · Offense: 39%2nd · Defense allowed: 41%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 34%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 45%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 38.0Q1 · Allowed: 90.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 61.0Q2 · Allowed: 123.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 47.0Q3 · Allowed: 72.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 108.0Q4 · Allowed: 70.0Q4
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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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West Virginia Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 108th
-6.8
Field position: -0.3Finishing drives: -6.5
Field position -0.3Finishing drives -6.5= -6.8
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 77th · Finishing 112th

Defensive EffRanked 61st
+0.7
Field position: -0.9Finishing drives: +1.6
Field position -0.9Finishing drives +1.6= +0.7
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 101st · Finishing 58th

1.61 points per drive on offense, 2.38 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(215)34% / 66%40%4.6
Q2(202)50% / 50%33%4.7
Q3(200)43% / 57%36%4.7
Q4(212)43% / 57%42%6.4
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(95)10.047%7.8
2nd(133)8.836%5.4
3rd(106)9.124%5.7
4th(18)4.222%4.5
All (352)35%6.1
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(246)9.837%4.7
2nd(134)6.142%4.2
3rd(72)4.243%4.2
4th(24)2.563%4.0
All (477)40%4.4

West Virginia, all games.