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Appalachian State

Appalachian State University · 2024 · Sun Belt

FanBoardHQ CFP
#97
Efficiency
-11.7
109th FBS
Record
5-6
Conf. record
3-5
Conf. finish
T-9th
of 14
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Appalachian State went 5-6 and was ranked 97th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 75th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 125th-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 50% of offensive plays with a 97th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 50% of plays with a 54th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-1
Q2
0-1
Q3
1-2
Q4
4-2

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 5.5 wins
Strength of Record
88th
-3.6 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
83rd
full season
83rd
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
86th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.4 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 East Tennessee StateSouthernW 3810+8.1100%7.0Q4
2@ ClemsonACC#22L 2066-30.50%-35.5Q1
3@ East CarolinaAmerican Athletic#78W 2119-6.2100%-5.0Q4
4vs South AlabamaSun Belt#83L 1448-5.90%-41.3Q4
5vs LibertyConference USA#85Preview+2.155%
6@ MarshallSun Belt#37L 3752-18.70%-16.8Q2
7@ LouisianaSun Belt#51L 2434-14.60%-7.8Q3
9vs Georgia StateSun Belt#120W 3326+3.6100%-9.5Q4
10vs Old DominionSun Belt#91W 2820-7.5100%4.5Q4
11@ Coastal CarolinaSun Belt#96L 2438-6.30%-28.0Q4
13vs James MadisonSun Belt#54W 3420-10.8100%13.2Q3
14@ Georgia SouthernSun Belt#62L 2029-11.80%-9.8Q3

11 played · 5-6. 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 Appalachian State, 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.

-37.0-14.0+8.97-36-5-41-17-8-94-2813-10Week 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 54th
SR 68thYPP 43rdEPA 60th
RushingEff 97th
SR 73rdYPP 113thEPA 99th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 124th
SR 123rdYPP 121stEPA 122nd
Rush defenseEff 137th
SR 134thYPP 132ndEPA 137th
Dropback rate 50%Tempo +0.5 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 83rd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 44%1st · Defense allowed: 50%1st2nd · Offense: 44%2nd · Defense allowed: 50%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 46%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 47%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 20.0Q1 · Allowed: 100.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 126.0Q2 · Allowed: 121.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 59.0Q3 · Allowed: 67.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 80.0Q4 · Allowed: 62.0Q4
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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Appalachian State Offense vs Defense, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 75th
-1.4
Field position: -2.2Finishing drives: +0.7
Field position -2.2Finishing drives +0.7= -1.4
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 126th · Finishing 57th

Defensive EffRanked 125th
-10.4
Field position: -0.6Finishing drives: -9.8
Field position -0.6Finishing drives -9.8= -10.4
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 95th · Finishing 126th

2.24 points per drive on offense, 2.73 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 28.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(161)55% / 45%45%6.3
Q2(240)53% / 47%49%7.0
Q3(177)51% / 49%40%5.9
Q4(188)51% / 49%43%5.6
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(163)10.144%7.4
2nd(128)9.145%7.5
3rd(98)8.238%6.9
4th(13)10.238%8.8
All (402)43%7.4
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(192)9.744%4.9
2nd(117)7.344%5.3
3rd(44)5.257%6.4
4th(11)3.382%2.4
All (364)46%5.1

Appalachian State, all games.