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West Virginia University · 2026 · Big 12

Efficiency
-1.8
68th FBS
Record
2-0
Conf. record
Conf. finish
13th
proj. of 16
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West Virginia is 2-0 and ranked 68th in overall efficiency. Their 57th-ranked defense carries them, with a 91st-ranked offense. They run the ball on 78% of offensive plays with a 96th-ranked rushing attack and pass the ball on the remaining 22% of plays with a 55th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
+3 left
Q2
0-0
+4 left
Q3
0-0
+1 left
Q4
2-0
+2 left

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 5.4 wins
Strength of Record
45th
+0.1 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
131st
full season
49th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
59th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.8 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#112W 3124+11.6100%-3.3Q4
2vs UT MartinOVCW 527+33.0100%6.9Q4
3vs VirginiaACC#22Preview-15.119%Q1
4vs Oklahoma StateBig 12#88Preview+6.064%Q4
5@ Iowa StateBig 12#60Preview-7.633%Q2
6vs ArizonaBig 12#35Preview-7.433%Q2
7vs CincinnatiBig 12#57Preview-3.043%Q3
8@ TCUBig 12#59Preview-8.331%Q2
10@ Texas TechBig 12#30Preview-15.318%Q1
11vs KansasBig 12#77Preview+3.859%Q4
12vs HoustonBig 12#26Preview-10.726%Q2
13@ UtahBig 12#10Preview-23.38%Q1

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 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.

-5.1+0.4+5.8-37Week 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 55th
SR 93rdYPP 73rdEPA 40th
RushingEff 96th
SR 89thYPP 95thEPA 98th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 106th
SR 114thYPP 105thEPA 102nd
Rush defenseEff 81st
SR 85thYPP 104thEPA 60th
Dropback rate 22%Tempo +6.9 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 106th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 44%1st · Defense allowed: 45%1st2nd · Offense: 45%2nd · Defense allowed: 42%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 62%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 35%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 35.0Q1 · Allowed: 0.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 17.0Q2 · Allowed: 0.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 17.0Q3 · Allowed: 7.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 14.0Q4 · Allowed: 17.0Q4
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, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 91st
-3.5
Field position: +0.3Finishing drives: -3.7
Field position +0.3Finishing drives -3.7= -3.5
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 55th · Finishing 94th

Defensive EffRanked 57th
+1.3
Field position: -0.4Finishing drives: +1.7
Field position -0.4Finishing drives +1.7= +1.3
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 89th · Finishing 55th

3.19 points per drive on offense, 1.00 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 31.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(32)25% / 75%56%11.4
Q2(35)20% / 80%57%6.2
Q3(28)29% / 71%43%7.4
Q4(40)10% / 90%38%4.0
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(5)10.060%15.0
2nd(9)8.856%9.9
3rd(13)6.654%13.2
4th(0)
All (27)56%12.4
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(54)9.843%6.8
2nd(38)6.442%4.6
3rd(15)4.167%4.8
4th(1)1.0100%2.0
All (108)46%5.7

West Virginia, all games.

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