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Appalachian State

Appalachian State University · 2025 · Sun Belt

FanBoardHQ CFP
#110
Efficiency
-14.6
116th FBS
Record
5-8
Conf. record
2-6
Conf. finish
12th
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Appalachian State went 5-8 and was ranked 110th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 110th-ranked defense carried them, with an 117th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 56% of offensive plays with a 126th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 44% of plays with a 102nd-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 5.0 wins
Strength of Record
105th
-6.1 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
117th
full season
117th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
128th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.5 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 CharlotteAmerican Athletic#135W 3411+9.4100%3.3Q4
2vs LindenwoodOVC-Big SouthW 2013+13.1100%-20.4Q4
3@ Southern MissSun Belt#95L 2238-6.30%-31.1Q4
5@ Boise StateMountain West#46L 1447-21.00%-23.7Q2
6vs Oregon StatePac-12#127W 2723+1.7100%-13.4Q4
7@ Georgia StateSun Belt#134W 4120+2.3100%9.4Q4
8vs Coastal CarolinaSun Belt#99L 3745+2.00%-25.3Q4
9@ Old DominionSun Belt#37L 2124-25.80%7.1Q2
11vs Georgia SouthernSun Belt#87L 2325-0.10%-17.7Q4
12@ James MadisonSun Belt#22L 1058-27.00%-23.3Q2
13vs MarshallSun Belt#96W 2624-5.7100%-6.6Q4
14vs Arkansas StateSun Belt#90L 2930-0.40%-16.4Q4
Postseason
vs Georgia SouthernSun Belt#87L 1029-2.90%-32.2Q4

13 played · 5-8. 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 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.

-27.9-10.9+6.13-20-31-24-139-257-18-23-7-16Week 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 126th
SR 110thYPP 122ndEPA 128th
RushingEff 102nd
SR 102ndYPP 105thEPA 96th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 111th
SR 129thYPP 88thEPA 110th
Rush defenseEff 107th
SR 120thYPP 96thEPA 98th
Dropback rate 56%Tempo +7.3 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 88th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 40%1st · Defense allowed: 47%1st2nd · Offense: 46%2nd · Defense allowed: 44%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 39%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 46%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 65.0Q1 · Allowed: 68.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 88.0Q2 · Allowed: 108.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 85.0Q3 · Allowed: 103.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 70.0Q4 · Allowed: 83.0Q4
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, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 117th
-7.5
Field position: -2.0Finishing drives: -5.5
Field position -2.0Finishing drives -5.5= -7.5
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 126th · Finishing 105th

Defensive EffRanked 110th
-6.2
Field position: -1.2Finishing drives: -5.0
Field position -1.2Finishing drives -5.0= -6.2
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 108th · Finishing 106th

1.79 points per drive on offense, 2.26 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(219)56% / 44%43%6.0
Q2(239)60% / 40%41%5.5
Q3(217)52% / 48%43%5.5
Q4(232)65% / 35%38%4.6
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(184)10.239%6.1
2nd(177)8.446%6.6
3rd(143)8.033%4.7
4th(24)6.150%6.3
All (528)40%5.9
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(208)9.840%4.6
2nd(121)6.945%5.2
3rd(43)4.442%2.7
4th(7)1.7100%9.9
All (379)43%4.7

Appalachian State, all games.