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Arkansas State

Arkansas State University · 2024 · Sun Belt

FanBoardHQ CFP
#79
Efficiency
-13.0
115th FBS
Record
8-5
Conf. record
5-3
Conf. finish
T-4th
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Arkansas State went 8-5 and was ranked 79th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 101st-ranked offense was the engine, backed by an 115th-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 52% of offensive plays with a 105th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 48% of plays with a 98th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-1
Q2
0-2
Q3
1-1
Q4
7-1

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 8.0 wins
Strength of Record
59th
-2.6 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
94th
full season
94th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
102nd
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.9 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 Central ArkansasUACW 3431+6.1100%-16.5Q4
2vs TulsaAmerican Athletic#131W 2824+21.1100%-28.0Q4
3@ MichiganBig Ten#23L 1828-26.90%-7.5Q2
4@ Iowa StateBig 12#13L 752-28.70%-24.8Q1
6vs South AlabamaSun Belt#83W 1816-7.2100%-3.0Q4
7@ Texas StateSun Belt#63L 941-18.50%-25.9Q2
8@ Southern MissSun Belt#133W 4428+10.1100%-5.4Q4
9vs TroySun Belt#113W 3431+1.0100%-11.7Q4
11@ LouisianaSun Belt#51L 1955-15.90%-35.3Q3
12@ Georgia StateSun Belt#120W 2720-3.2100%-2.2Q4
13vs ULMSun Belt#99W 2821+0.5100%-4.7Q4
14vs Old DominionSun Belt#91L 3240-8.80%-11.8Q4
Postseason
vs Bowling GreenMid-American#72W 3831-11.8100%7.1Q3

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 Arkansas 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.

-32.5-17.7-2.8-16-28-8-25-3-26-5-12-35-2-5-12Week 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 105th
SR 93rdYPP 112thEPA 101st
RushingEff 98th
SR 102ndYPP 99thEPA 91st
Defense
Pass defenseEff 126th
SR 125thYPP 131stEPA 120th
Rush defenseEff 133rd
SR 129thYPP 136thEPA 129th
Dropback rate 52%Tempo +4.3 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 71st on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 40%1st · Defense allowed: 50%1st2nd · Offense: 41%2nd · Defense allowed: 47%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 45%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 50%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 84.0Q1 · Allowed: 90.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 64.0Q2 · Allowed: 110.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 85.0Q3 · Allowed: 121.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 89.0Q4 · Allowed: 100.0Q4
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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Arkansas State Offense vs Defense, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 101st
-4.5
Field position: -1.2Finishing drives: -3.2
Field position -1.2Finishing drives -3.2= -4.5
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 103rd · Finishing 93rd

Defensive EffRanked 115th
-7.5
Field position: +0.5Finishing drives: -7.9
Field position +0.5Finishing drives -7.9= -7.5
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 44th · Finishing 120th

2.12 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(236)53% / 47%43%6.4
Q2(226)60% / 40%37%5.2
Q3(226)49% / 51%44%5.5
Q4(222)45% / 55%42%5.2
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(179)10.242%5.7
2nd(151)8.740%6.6
3rd(134)7.435%5.0
4th(8)5.388%19.1
All (472)40%6.0
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(213)9.838%5.2
2nd(154)7.342%5.4
3rd(59)5.456%5.1
4th(12)1.375%2.4
All (438)43%5.2

Arkansas State, all games.