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Boise State

Boise State University · 2025 · Mountain West

FanBoardHQ CFP
#46
Efficiency
+3.6
57th FBS
Record
9-5
Conf. record
6-2
Conf. finish
1st
of 12
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Boise State went 9-5 and was ranked 46th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 50th-ranked defense carried them, with a 65th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 54% of offensive plays with a 61st-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 46% of plays with a 59th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-3
Q2
0-1
Q3
1-0
Q4
8-1

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 9.0 wins
Strength of Record
45th
-1.3 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
70th
full season
70th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
126th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.5 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@ South FloridaAmerican Athletic#30L 734-13.40%-9.8Q1
2vs Eastern WashingtonBig SkyW 5114+26.4100%10.0Q4
4@ Air ForceMountain West#105W 4937+7.7100%7.7Q4
5vs Appalachian StateSun Belt#110W 4714+21.0100%12.6Q4
6@ Notre DameFBS Independents#11L 728-26.60%6.6Q1
7vs New MexicoMountain West#51W 4125+6.5100%20.1Q4
8vs UNLVMountain West#55W 5631+6.4100%24.1Q4
9@ NevadaMountain West#125W 243+18.2100%5.4Q4
10vs Fresno StateMountain West#66L 730+12.70%-28.7Q4
12@ San Diego StateMountain West#47L 717-4.00%-3.6Q2
13vs Colorado StateMountain West#130W 4921+22.7100%6.2Q4
14@ Utah StateMountain West#81W 2524+3.8100%1.5Q3
15vs UNLVMountain West#55W 3821+6.4100%13.9Q4
Postseason
vs WashingtonBig Ten#20L 1038-14.50%-15.9Q1

14 played · 9-5. 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 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.

-24.5-2.3+19.9-1010813720245-29-46114Week 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 59th
SR 86thYPP 66thEPA 43rd
RushingEff 61st
SR 79thYPP 45thEPA 57th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 14th
SR 11thYPP 23rdEPA 12th
Rush defenseEff 80th
SR 43rdYPP 105thEPA 90th
Dropback rate 46%Tempo +2.5 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 77th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 38%1st · Defense allowed: 36%1st2nd · Offense: 41%2nd · Defense allowed: 38%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 47%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 35%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 110.0Q1 · Allowed: 51.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 113.0Q2 · Allowed: 125.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 69.0Q3 · Allowed: 72.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 101.0Q4 · Allowed: 82.0Q4
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, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 65th
+0.2
Field position: -0.1Finishing drives: +0.3
Field position -0.1Finishing drives +0.3= +0.2
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 64th · Finishing 63rd

Defensive EffRanked 50th
+2.7
Field position: +0.8Finishing drives: +1.9
Field position +0.8Finishing drives +1.9= +2.7
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 43rd · Finishing 53rd

2.23 points per drive on offense, 1.84 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(238)48% / 52%39%6.0
Q2(295)53% / 47%44%6.0
Q3(208)50% / 50%41%6.1
Q4(267)45% / 55%41%5.6
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(175)10.643%7.7
2nd(151)9.440%5.9
3rd(146)8.342%6.8
4th(21)5.629%3.1
All (493)41%6.7
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(254)9.935%4.7
2nd(180)7.042%5.6
3rd(67)4.557%6.4
4th(14)1.586%3.0
All (515)42%5.2

Boise State, all games.