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Fresno State

California State University, Fresno · 2024 · Mountain West

FanBoardHQ CFP
#93
Efficiency
-5.2
86th FBS
Record
6-7
Conf. record
4-3
Conf. finish
4th
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Fresno State went 6-7 and was ranked 93rd in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 68th-ranked defense carried them, with a 96th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 58% of offensive plays with an 81st-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 42% of plays with a 133rd-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
Q2
0-2
Q3
0-2
Q4
6-3

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 6.0 wins
Strength of Record
91st
-4.8 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
101st
full season
101st
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
65th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.0 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#23L 1030-19.10%-6.6Q2
2vs Sacramento StateBig SkyW 4630+19.5100%-6.9Q4
3vs New Mexico StateConference USA#127W 480+21.6100%9.3Q4
4@ New MexicoMountain West#107W 3821+6.2100%8.9Q4
5@ UNLVMountain West#31L 1459-17.60%-28.4Q2
7vs Washington StatePac-12#61L 1725-3.70%-11.6Q4
8@ NevadaMountain West#119W 2421+2.2100%-3.4Q4
9vs San José StateMountain West#88W 3310+4.5100%17.5Q4
10vs Hawai'iMountain West#105L 2021+10.50%-15.5Q4
11@ Air ForceMountain West#103L 2836+4.40%-19.5Q4
13vs Colorado StateMountain West#74W 2822+6.3100%-5.4Q4
14@ UCLABig Ten#58L 1320-9.50%-2.9Q3
Postseason
vs Northern IllinoisMid-American#65L 2028-3.30%-3.3Q3

13 played · 6-7. 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 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.

-24.8-5.4+13.9-7-799-28-12-318-16-20-5-3Week 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 81st
SR 72ndYPP 76thEPA 93rd
RushingEff 133rd
SR 128thYPP 132ndEPA 132nd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 40th
SR 56thYPP 57thEPA 34th
Rush defenseEff 39th
SR 61stYPP 27thEPA 39th
Dropback rate 58%Tempo -4.1 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 77th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 40%1st · Defense allowed: 40%1st2nd · Offense: 42%2nd · Defense allowed: 43%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 39%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 40%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 79.0Q1 · Allowed: 75.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 127.0Q2 · Allowed: 51.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 62.0Q3 · Allowed: 57.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 58.0Q4 · Allowed: 113.0Q4
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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Fresno State Offense vs Defense, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 96th
-4.2
Field position: -0.0Finishing drives: -4.2
Field position -0.0Finishing drives -4.2= -4.2
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 64th · Finishing 98th

Defensive EffRanked 68th
-0.1
Field position: -0.2Finishing drives: +0.2
Field position -0.2Finishing drives +0.2= -0.1
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 84th · Finishing 66th

2.18 points per drive on offense, 1.94 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(176)57% / 43%41%6.4
Q2(229)60% / 40%44%6.1
Q3(187)58% / 42%36%4.8
Q4(209)52% / 48%40%4.5
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(182)10.246%6.9
2nd(142)9.142%6.7
3rd(119)7.635%5.9
4th(13)6.938%0.2
All (456)42%6.4
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(177)9.534%4.3
2nd(119)6.841%4.5
3rd(43)3.649%3.6
4th(6)2.050%1.7
All (345)39%4.2

Fresno State, all games.