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Boise State

Boise State University · 2023 · Mountain West

FanBoardHQ CFP
#49
Efficiency
+6.8
43rd FBS
Record
8-6
Conf. record
7-2
Conf. finish
1st
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Boise State went 8-6 and was ranked 49th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 29th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 52nd-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 55% of offensive plays with a 7th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 45% of plays with a 35th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-1
Q2
1-3
Q3
2-1
Q4
5-1

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 8.0 wins
Strength of Record
58th
-2.1 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
66th
full season
66th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
120th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.2 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
1@ WashingtonPac-12#1L 1956-17.60%-2.8Q1
2vs UCFBig 12#56L 1618+2.10%3.9Q2
3vs North DakotaMVFCW 4218+19.1100%6.4Q4
4@ San Diego StateMountain West#108W 3431+14.3100%-4.6Q4
5@ MemphisAmerican Athletic#36L 3235+0.20%1.9Q2
6vs San José StateMountain West#67W 3527+7.8100%6.5Q3
7@ Colorado StateMountain West#97L 3031+13.30%-5.5Q4
9vs WyomingMountain West#42W 327+9.6100%23.8Q4
10@ Fresno StateMountain West#57L 3037+5.50%-3.4Q3
11vs New MexicoMountain West#115W 4214+24.0100%12.1Q4
12@ Utah StateMountain West#94W 4510+13.4100%22.4Q4
13vs Air ForceMountain West#45W 2719+5.8100%9.7Q3
14@ UNLVMountain West#50W 4420+1.7100%27.2Q2
Postseason
vs UCLAPac-12#34L 2235-3.80%-2.1Q2

14 played · 8-6. 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 Boise 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.

-2.9+10.9+24.6-346-527-524-312221027Week 0Week 17
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 35th
SR 62ndYPP 15thEPA 42nd
RushingEff 7th
SR 15thYPP 12thEPA 6th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 79th
SR 46thYPP 108thEPA 77th
Rush defenseEff 59th
SR 51stYPP 66thEPA 60th
Dropback rate 45%Tempo -0.9 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 78th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 46%1st · Defense allowed: 42%1st2nd · Offense: 45%2nd · Defense allowed: 39%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 51%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 41%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 78.0Q1 · Allowed: 69.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 181.0Q2 · Allowed: 100.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 83.0Q3 · Allowed: 76.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 108.0Q4 · Allowed: 97.0Q4
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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Boise State Offense vs Defense, 2023
Offensive EffRanked 29th
+5.6
Field position: -0.3Finishing drives: +5.9
Field position -0.3Finishing drives +5.9= +5.6
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 77th · Finishing 24th

Defensive EffRanked 52nd
+1.4
Field position: +1.2Finishing drives: +0.2
Field position +1.2Finishing drives +0.2= +1.4
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 23rd · Finishing 66th

2.71 points per drive on offense, 2.02 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 30.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(209)46% / 54%48%6.3
Q2(259)42% / 58%49%8.1
Q3(208)46% / 54%46%6.6
Q4(230)36% / 64%43%5.8
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(151)10.240%7.9
2nd(112)8.843%8.4
3rd(116)7.742%7.4
4th(3)7.0100%11.0
All (383)42%8.0
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(259)9.750%6.3
2nd(193)6.746%5.2
3rd(63)5.060%6.2
4th(8)2.575%5.1
All (523)50%5.9

Boise State, all games.