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Arizona State

Arizona State University · 2024 · Big 12

FanBoardHQ CFP
#8
Efficiency
+17.6
10th FBS
Record
11-3
Conf. record
8-2
Conf. finish
T-1st
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Arizona State went 11-3 and was ranked 8th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 6th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 25th-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 57% of offensive plays with a 24th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 43% of plays with a 16th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
3-1
Q2
2-2
Q3
3-0
Q4
3-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 11.0 wins
Strength of Record
8th
+2.1 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
33rd
full season
33rd
CFP committee
#12
FanBoardHQ has them 4 spots higher
Conf. sched. difficulty
75th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.2 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 WyomingMountain West#118W 487+32.7100%26.2Q4
2vs Mississippi StateSEC#114W 3023+23.8100%5.8Q4
3@ Texas StateSun Belt#63W 3128+12.2100%12.8Q2
4@ Texas TechBig 12#40L 2230+8.40%2.3Q2
6vs KansasBig 12#48W 3531+8.0100%13.8Q2
7vs UtahBig 12#66W 2719+12.9100%13.5Q3
8@ CincinnatiBig 12#70L 1424+10.10%-2.3Q2
10@ Oklahoma StateBig 12#101W 4221+16.7100%23.9Q3
11vs UCFBig 12#86W 3531+14.7100%4.6Q3
12@ Kansas StateBig 12#24W 2414+1.7100%30.3Q1
13vs BYUBig 12#7W 2823+3.7100%18.7Q1
14@ ArizonaBig 12#98W 497+21.7100%32.0Q4
15vs Iowa StateBig 12#13W 4519+4.7100%36.5Q1
Postseason
vs TexasSEC#5L 3139-6.50%21.4Q1

14 played · 11-3. 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 Arizona 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.

+0.8+17.1+33.42661321414-224530193236Week 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 16th
SR 25thYPP 14thEPA 19th
RushingEff 24th
SR 9thYPP 57thEPA 22nd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 32nd
SR 72ndYPP 18thEPA 24th
Rush defenseEff 16th
SR 20thYPP 14thEPA 15th
Dropback rate 43%Tempo +2.8 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 56th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 48%1st · Defense allowed: 43%1st2nd · Offense: 47%2nd · Defense allowed: 38%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 48%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 46%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 96.0Q1 · Allowed: 65.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 142.0Q2 · Allowed: 77.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 93.0Q3 · Allowed: 66.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 94.0Q4 · Allowed: 103.0Q4
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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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Arizona State Offense vs Defense, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 6th
+11.5
Field position: +1.0Finishing drives: +10.4
Field position +1.0Finishing drives +10.4= +11.5
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 29th · Finishing 9th

Defensive EffRanked 25th
+6.9
Field position: +1.0Finishing drives: +5.9
Field position +1.0Finishing drives +5.9= +6.9
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 27th · Finishing 27th

2.88 points per drive on offense, 1.94 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(226)42% / 58%49%6.2
Q2(249)48% / 52%55%7.1
Q3(222)40% / 60%48%7.1
Q4(250)35% / 65%39%5.4
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(154)9.948%8.4
2nd(130)8.245%6.6
3rd(90)7.637%7.4
4th(16)7.844%14.8
All (390)44%7.9
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(266)9.748%5.7
2nd(172)7.048%5.4
3rd(99)5.357%5.3
4th(20)2.660%2.8
All (557)50%5.4

Arizona State, all games.