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Fresno State

California State University, Fresno · 2022 · Mountain West

FanBoardHQ CFP
#41
Efficiency
+5.6
47th FBS
Record
10-4
Conf. record
8-1
Conf. finish
T-1st
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Fresno State went 10-4 and was ranked 41st in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 38th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 52nd-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 58% of offensive plays with a 67th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 42% of plays with an 80th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-2
Q2
2-1
Q3
0-0
Q4
8-1

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 10.0 wins
Strength of Record
39th
-0.8 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
81st
full season
81st
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
128th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.7 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
1vs Cal PolyBig SkyW 357+44.1100%-11.7Q4
2vs Oregon StatePac-12#12L 3235-8.90%12.1Q1
3@ USCPac-12#10L 1745-12.80%-9.4Q1
5@ UConnFBS Independents#99L 1419+17.80%-17.2Q4
6@ Boise StateMountain West#50L 2040-0.60%-13.3Q2
7vs San José StateMountain West#78W 1710+14.8100%-2.3Q4
8@ New MexicoMountain West#128W 419+24.1100%13.4Q4
9vs San Diego StateMountain West#79W 3228+15.4100%-8.9Q4
10vs Hawai'iMountain West#125W 5513+32.3100%20.7Q4
11@ UNLVMountain West#103W 3730+14.4100%2.1Q4
12@ NevadaMountain West#126W 4114+21.5100%20.1Q4
13vs WyomingMountain West#83W 300+18.5100%17.0Q4
14@ Boise StateMountain West#50W 2816-0.6100%19.9Q2
Postseason
vs Washington StatePac-12#42W 296-3.7100%33.7Q2

14 played · 10-4. 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 Fresno 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.

-14.2+1.7+17.7-1212-9-17-13-213-9212201720Week 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 67th
SR 40thYPP 87thEPA 74th
RushingEff 80th
SR 65thYPP 109thEPA 78th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 42nd
SR 47thYPP 27thEPA 51st
Rush defenseEff 70th
SR 51stYPP 79thEPA 73rd
Dropback rate 58%Tempo -5.7 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 77th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 46%1st · Defense allowed: 41%1st2nd · Offense: 51%2nd · Defense allowed: 35%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 47%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 41%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 103.0Q1 · Allowed: 51.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 92.0Q2 · Allowed: 76.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 99.0Q3 · Allowed: 65.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 110.0Q4 · Allowed: 82.0Q4
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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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Fresno State Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 38th
+4.5
Field position: +2.2Finishing drives: +2.3
Field position +2.2Finishing drives +2.3= +4.5
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 9th · Finishing 49th

Defensive EffRanked 52nd
+1.4
Field position: +1.8Finishing drives: -0.5
Field position +1.8Finishing drives -0.5= +1.4
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 12th · Finishing 71st

2.33 points per drive on offense, 1.51 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 32.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(206)59% / 41%49%6.5
Q2(261)62% / 38%47%5.3
Q3(229)54% / 46%46%6.4
Q4(216)42% / 58%50%6.3
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(209)10.048%7.9
2nd(169)8.751%6.4
3rd(115)8.239%5.9
4th(5)7.040%4.4
All (498)47%6.9
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(213)9.844%5.3
2nd(131)6.250%5.3
3rd(59)4.059%4.6
4th(11)1.264%2.2
All (414)49%5.1

Fresno State, all games.