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Boise State

Boise State University · 2024 · Mountain West

FanBoardHQ CFP
#19
Efficiency
+13.2
22nd FBS
Record
12-2
Conf. record
8-0
Conf. finish
1st
of 12
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Boise State went 12-2 and was ranked 19th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 16th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 34th-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 54% of offensive plays with a 19th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 46% of plays with a 32nd-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-2
Q2
2-0
Q3
1-0
Q4
9-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 12.0 wins
Strength of Record
19th
+1.3 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
70th
full season
70th
CFP committee
#9
FanBoardHQ has them 10 spots lower
Conf. sched. difficulty
95th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.7 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@ Georgia SouthernSun Belt#62W 5645+13.1100%13.4Q3
2@ OregonBig Ten#3L 3437-11.40%22.8Q1
4vs Portland StateBig SkyW 5614+36.4100%11.0Q4
5vs Washington StatePac-12#61W 4524+14.7100%20.0Q4
6vs Utah StateMountain West#110W 6230+27.1100%17.7Q4
7@ Hawai'iMountain West#105W 287+23.4100%14.4Q4
9@ UNLVMountain West#31W 2924+0.8100%16.7Q2
10vs San Diego StateMountain West#125W 5624+34.4100%19.5Q4
11vs NevadaMountain West#119W 2821+26.1100%-5.3Q4
12@ San José StateMountain West#88W 4221+17.4100%21.1Q4
13@ WyomingMountain West#118W 1713+22.7100%-5.6Q4
14vs Oregon StatePac-12#100W 3418+27.3100%2.8Q4
15vs UNLVMountain West#31W 217+6.3100%27.7Q2
Postseason
vs Penn StateBig Ten#6L 1431-9.30%8.0Q1

14 played · 12-2. 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.

-3.0+11.0+25.01323112018141720-521-6328Week 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 32nd
SR 27thYPP 52ndEPA 26th
RushingEff 19th
SR 54thYPP 7thEPA 21st
Defense
Pass defenseEff 63rd
SR 32ndYPP 58thEPA 80th
Rush defenseEff 48th
SR 19thYPP 75thEPA 50th
Dropback rate 46%Tempo +1.8 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 71st on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 44%1st · Defense allowed: 41%1st2nd · Offense: 48%2nd · Defense allowed: 32%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 53%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 41%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 114.0Q1 · Allowed: 65.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 169.0Q2 · Allowed: 89.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 78.0Q3 · Allowed: 59.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 140.0Q4 · Allowed: 90.0Q4
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, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 16th
+8.9
Field position: +0.6Finishing drives: +8.3
Field position +0.6Finishing drives +8.3= +8.9
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 41st · Finishing 14th

Defensive EffRanked 34th
+5.0
Field position: +1.4Finishing drives: +3.6
Field position +1.4Finishing drives +3.6= +5.0
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 21st · Finishing 44th

3.09 points per drive on offense, 1.84 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(212)44% / 56%47%7.9
Q2(268)53% / 47%53%7.0
Q3(236)48% / 52%42%5.9
Q4(238)31% / 69%47%6.4
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(147)10.353%8.2
2nd(149)9.448%7.2
3rd(114)8.139%5.9
4th(13)3.762%10.4
All (423)48%7.3
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(286)9.840%6.4
2nd(169)6.649%6.9
3rd(67)3.772%5.5
4th(9)1.978%1.9
All (531)47%6.4

Boise State, all games.