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Arkansas State

Arkansas State University · 2025 · Sun Belt

FanBoardHQ CFP
#90
Efficiency
-11.5
105th FBS
Record
7-6
Conf. record
5-3
Conf. finish
T-4th
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Arkansas State went 7-6 and was ranked 90th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 92nd-ranked defense carried them, with an 111th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 58% of offensive plays with an 113th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 42% of plays with a 126th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
Q2
0-1
Q3
0-1
Q4
7-4

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 7.0 wins
Strength of Record
85th
-4.4 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
128th
full season
128th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
116th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.3 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 Southeast Missouri StateOVC-Big SouthW 4224+20.2100%-5.2Q4
2vs ArkansasSEC#104L 1456-14.40%-33.5Q3
3vs Iowa StateBig 12#32L 1624-18.80%-1.3Q2
4@ Kennesaw StateConference USA#61L 2128-7.60%-10.2Q4
5@ ULMSun Belt#128L 1628+7.10%-36.0Q4
6vs Texas StateSun Belt#79W 3130-8.4100%-2.4Q4
8@ South AlabamaSun Belt#114W 1514-2.4100%-8.4Q4
9vs Georgia SouthernSun Belt#87W 3424+3.0100%-4.7Q4
10@ TroySun Belt#80W 2310-5.1100%7.0Q4
11vs Southern MissSun Belt#95L 2127+2.30%-19.1Q4
13vs LouisianaSun Belt#100L 3034+3.60%-22.9Q4
14@ Appalachian StateSun Belt#110W 3029+0.4100%-9.7Q4
Postseason
vs Missouri StateConference USA#85W 3428-2.5100%-3.4Q4

13 played · 7-6. 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 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.

-32.6-14.5+3.6-5-34-1-10-36-2-8-57-19-23-10Week 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 113th
SR 95thYPP 126thEPA 118th
RushingEff 126th
SR 119thYPP 126thEPA 125th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 89th
SR 115thYPP 80thEPA 89th
Rush defenseEff 117th
SR 116thYPP 120thEPA 117th
Dropback rate 58%Tempo +10.1 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 107th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 44%1st · Defense allowed: 45%1st2nd · Offense: 40%2nd · Defense allowed: 45%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 44%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 43%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 68.0Q1 · Allowed: 121.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 95.0Q2 · Allowed: 81.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 44.0Q3 · Allowed: 52.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 94.0Q4 · Allowed: 96.0Q4
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, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 111th
-7.2
Field position: -0.4Finishing drives: -6.8
Field position -0.4Finishing drives -6.8= -7.2
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 80th · Finishing 115th

Defensive EffRanked 92nd
-3.5
Field position: -0.4Finishing drives: -3.1
Field position -0.4Finishing drives -3.1= -3.5
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 80th · Finishing 94th

1.53 points per drive on offense, 1.78 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 31.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(186)55% / 45%39%6.7
Q2(273)60% / 40%42%4.8
Q3(228)57% / 43%43%4.9
Q4(268)56% / 44%45%5.1
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(196)9.952%6.4
2nd(195)7.942%5.6
3rd(138)8.436%6.0
4th(16)4.963%5.4
All (546)45%6.0
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(220)9.737%4.2
2nd(119)7.136%4.6
3rd(61)4.652%4.4
4th(9)1.467%1.9
All (409)40%4.3

Arkansas State, all games.