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Arizona State

Arizona State University · 2025 · Big 12

FanBoardHQ CFP
#38
Efficiency
+5.8
46th FBS
Record
8-5
Conf. record
6-3
Conf. finish
T-5th
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Arizona State went 8-5 and was ranked 38th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 22nd-ranked defense carried them, with an 80th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 51% of offensive plays with a 37th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 49% of plays with an 85th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 8.0 wins
Strength of Record
34th
-0.2 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
38th
full season
38th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
36th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.1 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 Northern ArizonaBig SkyW 3819+24.4100%-0.5Q4
2@ Mississippi StateSEC#76L 2024-0.40%0.2Q2
3vs Texas StateSun Belt#79W 3415+8.9100%25.4Q4
4@ BaylorBig 12#73W 2724+1.2100%7.1Q3
5vs TCUBig 12#25W 2724-1.7100%10.4Q2
7@ UtahBig 12#12L 1042-22.10%-12.8Q1
8vs Texas TechBig 12#8W 2622-16.8100%27.6Q1
9vs HoustonBig 12#28L 1624+1.70%-7.2Q3
10@ Iowa StateBig 12#32W 2419-7.0100%16.8Q2
12vs West VirginiaBig 12#92W 2523+14.6100%-7.8Q4
13@ ColoradoBig 12#101W 4217+6.1100%19.5Q3
14vs ArizonaBig 12#27L 723-5.20%-4.6Q2
Postseason
vs DukeACC#44L 3942+1.10%0.5Q3

13 played · 8-5. 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.

-9.6+7.4+24.3-1025710-1328-717-819-5Week 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 85th
SR 85thYPP 91stEPA 80th
RushingEff 37th
SR 77thYPP 22ndEPA 37th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 29th
SR 34thYPP 25thEPA 28th
Rush defenseEff 43rd
SR 53rdYPP 44thEPA 35th
Dropback rate 49%Tempo +8.4 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 54th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 42%1st · Defense allowed: 42%1st2nd · Offense: 40%2nd · Defense allowed: 40%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 37%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 39%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 46.0Q1 · Allowed: 67.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 112.0Q2 · Allowed: 89.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 76.0Q3 · Allowed: 79.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 98.0Q4 · Allowed: 87.0Q4
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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Arizona State Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 80th
-2.5
Field position: -1.3Finishing drives: -1.2
Field position -1.3Finishing drives -1.2= -2.5
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 112th · Finishing 78th

Defensive EffRanked 22nd
+7.4
Field position: -0.7Finishing drives: +8.0
Field position -0.7Finishing drives +8.0= +7.4
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 92nd · Finishing 18th

2.04 points per drive on offense, 1.91 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(207)50% / 50%33%5.4
Q2(264)55% / 45%44%5.8
Q3(208)47% / 53%43%7.2
Q4(236)47% / 53%41%5.1
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(158)10.346%6.6
2nd(163)9.037%5.3
3rd(110)8.328%6.3
4th(24)3.546%7.8
All (455)38%6.1
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(243)9.940%5.1
2nd(129)6.945%5.7
3rd(74)6.442%6.9
4th(14)2.371%6.0
All (460)43%5.6

Arizona State, all games.

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