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Florida State University · 2025 · ACC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#65
Efficiency
+9.6
37th FBS
Record
5-7
Conf. record
2-6
Conf. finish
T-13th
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Florida State went 5-7 and was ranked 65th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 33rd-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 59th-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 56% of offensive plays with a 13th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 44% of plays with a 7th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
1-2
Q2
0-4
Q3
1-1
Q4
3-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 5.0 wins
Strength of Record
81st
-3.0 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
49th
full season
49th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
27th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~4.9 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
1vs AlabamaSEC#10W 3117-4.6100%30.4Q1
2vs East Texas A&MSouthlandW 773+45.7100%18.4Q4
4vs Kent StateMid-American#108W 6610+32.9100%20.0Q4
5@ VirginiaACC#23L 3846-4.10%12.7Q1
6vs Miami-FLACC#3L 2228-12.40%10.2Q1
7vs PittsburghACC#40L 3134+2.20%2.9Q2
8@ StanfordACC#91L 1320+12.30%-10.0Q3
10vs Wake ForestACC#43W 427+8.6100%32.8Q3
11@ ClemsonACC#53L 1024-1.00%-3.0Q2
12vs Virginia TechACC#102W 3414+18.8100%15.8Q4
13@ NC StateACC#35L 1121-1.60%1.0Q2
14@ FloridaSEC#70L 2140+1.30%-18.9Q2

12 played · 5-7. 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 Florida 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.

-14.8+6.9+28.630182013103-1033-3161-19Week 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 7th
SR 24thYPP 1stEPA 8th
RushingEff 13th
SR 4thYPP 17thEPA 15th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 58th
SR 58thYPP 58thEPA 56th
Rush defenseEff 26th
SR 42ndYPP 15thEPA 30th
Dropback rate 44%Tempo -0.7 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 46th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 48%1st · Defense allowed: 41%1st2nd · Offense: 47%2nd · Defense allowed: 41%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 51%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 43%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 73.0Q1 · Allowed: 62.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 134.0Q2 · Allowed: 62.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 80.0Q3 · Allowed: 62.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 99.0Q4 · Allowed: 77.0Q4
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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Florida State Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 33rd
+5.8
Field position: -1.7Finishing drives: +7.5
Field position -1.7Finishing drives +7.5= +5.8
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 116th · Finishing 22nd

Defensive EffRanked 59th
+0.8
Field position: +0.9Finishing drives: -0.1
Field position +0.9Finishing drives -0.1= +0.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 39th · Finishing 68th

3.07 points per drive on offense, 1.96 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(178)33% / 67%50%8.1
Q2(224)45% / 55%49%6.7
Q3(177)38% / 62%53%6.9
Q4(245)52% / 48%44%6.6
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(141)9.952%10.4
2nd(112)8.637%5.7
3rd(84)8.540%9.0
4th(18)6.850%8.8
All (355)44%8.5
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(229)9.846%5.9
2nd(157)6.754%5.8
3rd(70)4.661%6.2
4th(13)2.169%4.7
All (469)52%5.9

Florida State, all games.