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Colorado State

Colorado State University · 2025 · Mountain West

FanBoardHQ CFP
#130
Efficiency
-16.3
120th FBS
Record
2-10
Conf. record
1-7
Conf. finish
12th
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Colorado State went 2-10 and was ranked 130th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 114th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 128th-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 53% of offensive plays with a 100th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 47% of plays with an 117th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 2.0 wins
Strength of Record
130th
-7.2 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
82nd
full season
82nd
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
77th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.4 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@ WashingtonBig Ten#20L 2138-37.10%1.2Q1
2vs Northern ColoradoBig SkyW 2117+9.0100%-19.7Q4
4vs UTSAAmerican Athletic#64L 1617-16.40%-0.4Q4
5vs Washington StatePac-12#56L 320-18.20%-16.6Q3
6@ San Diego StateMountain West#47L 2445-23.90%-23.6Q2
7vs Fresno StateMountain West#66W 4921-7.2100%14.9Q4
8vs Hawai'iMountain West#63L 1931-9.00%-18.6Q4
9@ WyomingMountain West#112L 028-7.80%-46.1Q4
11vs UNLVMountain West#55L 1042-13.60%-31.3Q4
12@ New MexicoMountain West#51L 1720-19.00%0.0Q3
13@ Boise StateMountain West#46L 2149-22.70%-18.9Q2
14vs Air ForceMountain West#105L 2142-6.70%-36.9Q4

12 played · 2-10. 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.

-41.2-15.6+10.01-20-0-17-2415-19-46-310-19-37Week 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 100th
SR 101stYPP 110thEPA 92nd
RushingEff 117th
SR 99thYPP 119thEPA 124th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 114th
SR 114thYPP 119thEPA 117th
Rush defenseEff 118th
SR 104thYPP 126thEPA 118th
Dropback rate 53%Tempo -1.2 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 54th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 41%1st · Defense allowed: 41%1st2nd · Offense: 41%2nd · Defense allowed: 49%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 37%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 51%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 38.0Q1 · Allowed: 66.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 44.0Q2 · Allowed: 144.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 38.0Q3 · Allowed: 83.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 98.0Q4 · Allowed: 76.0Q4
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, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 114th
-7.5
Field position: -1.5Finishing drives: -6.0
Field position -1.5Finishing drives -6.0= -7.5
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 114th · Finishing 110th

Defensive EffRanked 128th
-10.2
Field position: +0.3Finishing drives: -10.5
Field position +0.3Finishing drives -10.5= -10.2
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 58th · Finishing 131st

1.59 points per drive on offense, 2.64 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 28.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(152)44% / 56%38%5.4
Q2(191)55% / 45%35%4.8
Q3(181)56% / 44%40%5.0
Q4(221)67% / 33%45%6.1
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(159)10.440%6.3
2nd(143)8.840%5.7
3rd(100)8.530%5.5
4th(20)8.745%5.3
All (422)38%5.9
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(159)9.943%4.6
2nd(100)7.542%5.4
3rd(54)6.144%3.9
4th(10)1.450%0.8
All (323)43%4.6

Colorado State, all games.