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Colorado State

Colorado State University · 2022 · Mountain West

FanBoardHQ CFP
#120
Efficiency
-19.2
126th FBS
Record
3-9
Conf. record
3-5
Conf. finish
T-8th
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Colorado State went 3-9 and was ranked 120th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 88th-ranked defense carried them, with a 128th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 54% of offensive plays with a 134th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 46% of plays with a 122nd-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-1
Q2
0-3
Q3
0-1
Q4
3-4

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 3.0 wins
Strength of Record
117th
-6.1 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
77th
full season
77th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
99th
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@ MichiganBig Ten#6L 751-45.20%-13.4Q1
2vs Middle TennesseeConference USA#77L 1934-8.50%-32.0Q4
3@ Washington StatePac-12#42L 738-31.30%-31.0Q2
4vs Sacramento StateBig SkyL 1041-16.90%-28.8Q4
6@ NevadaMountain West#126W 1714-3.3100%-14.4Q4
7vs Utah StateMountain West#98L 1317-2.40%-20.8Q4
8vs Hawai'iMountain West#125W 1713+7.5100%-21.1Q4
9@ Boise StateMountain West#50L 1049-25.40%-25.0Q2
10@ San José StateMountain West#78L 1628-15.50%-15.6Q3
11vs WyomingMountain West#83L 1314-6.30%-13.1Q4
12@ Air ForceMountain West#45L 1224-27.80%-7.8Q2
13vs New MexicoMountain West#128W 170+4.8100%-7.3Q4

12 played · 3-9. 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 Colorado 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.

-29.5-16.0-2.6-13-32-31-29-14-21-21-25-16-13-8-7Week 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 134th
SR 134thYPP 130thEPA 134th
RushingEff 122nd
SR 129thYPP 101stEPA 114th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 119th
SR 128thYPP 99thEPA 115th
Rush defenseEff 94th
SR 85thYPP 86thEPA 104th
Dropback rate 54%Tempo -6.7 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 84th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 37%1st · Defense allowed: 42%1st2nd · Offense: 35%2nd · Defense allowed: 48%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 28%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 42%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 13.0Q1 · Allowed: 72.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 40.0Q2 · Allowed: 109.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 38.0Q3 · Allowed: 69.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 51.0Q4 · Allowed: 59.0Q4
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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Colorado State Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 128th
-14.7
Field position: -0.6Finishing drives: -14.1
Field position -0.6Finishing drives -14.1= -14.7
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 85th · Finishing 130th

Defensive EffRanked 88th
-3.3
Field position: -0.6Finishing drives: -2.7
Field position -0.6Finishing drives -2.7= -3.3
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 89th · Finishing 88th

0.99 points per drive on offense, 2.24 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 29.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(169)51% / 49%36%4.5
Q2(176)60% / 40%27%4.6
Q3(178)49% / 51%37%5.5
Q4(185)59% / 41%35%5.1
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(128)10.437%5.4
2nd(124)9.135%5.9
3rd(112)9.621%4.5
4th(23)5.330%3.9
All (387)31%5.2
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(170)10.136%5.2
2nd(105)7.735%3.8
3rd(38)6.332%4.2
4th(8)3.988%6.6
All (321)37%4.6

Colorado State, all games.