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Fresno State

California State University, Fresno · 2025 · Mountain West

FanBoardHQ CFP
#66
Efficiency
-6.4
91st FBS
Record
9-4
Conf. record
5-3
Conf. finish
T-5th
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Fresno State went 9-4 and was ranked 66th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 77th-ranked defense carried them, with a 101st-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 55% of offensive plays with an 110th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 45% of plays with an 80th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
Q2
1-1
Q3
1-1
Q4
7-2

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 9.0 wins
Strength of Record
56th
-2.1 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
119th
full season
119th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
89th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.8 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
0@ KansasBig 12#71L 731-13.90%-24.3Q2
1vs Georgia SouthernSun Belt#87W 4214+8.1100%9.2Q4
2@ Oregon StatePac-12#127W 3627+4.4100%-11.6Q4
3vs SouthernSWACW 567+45.3100%-10.2Q4
4@ Hawai'iMountain West#63W 2321-4.6100%0.1Q3
6vs NevadaMountain West#125W 2017+13.7100%-17.9Q4
7@ Colorado StateMountain West#130L 2149+7.20%-37.6Q4
9vs San Diego StateMountain West#47L 023-8.50%-23.9Q3
10@ Boise StateMountain West#46W 307-12.7100%25.9Q2
12vs WyomingMountain West#112W 243+7.7100%5.5Q4
13vs Utah StateMountain West#81L 1728-0.70%-16.5Q4
14@ San José StateMountain West#123W 4114+5.5100%8.3Q4
Postseason
vs Miami-OHMid-American#88W 183-0.1100%9.6Q4

13 played · 9-4. 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.

-32.5-5.8+20.8-249-12-100-18-38-24266-178Week 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 80th
SR 80thYPP 103rdEPA 66th
RushingEff 110th
SR 118thYPP 78thEPA 114th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 44th
SR 40thYPP 39thEPA 62nd
Rush defenseEff 91st
SR 89thYPP 95thEPA 93rd
Dropback rate 45%Tempo -1.0 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 73rd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 40%1st · Defense allowed: 39%1st2nd · Offense: 43%2nd · Defense allowed: 37%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 40%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 40%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 62.0Q1 · Allowed: 65.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 114.0Q2 · Allowed: 64.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 52.0Q3 · Allowed: 34.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 84.0Q4 · 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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Fresno State Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 101st
-6.1
Field position: +0.5Finishing drives: -6.5
Field position +0.5Finishing drives -6.5= -6.1
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 44th · Finishing 113th

Defensive EffRanked 77th
-1.5
Field position: -1.0Finishing drives: -0.5
Field position -1.0Finishing drives -0.5= -1.5
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 104th · Finishing 71st

1.88 points per drive on offense, 1.11 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 34.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(207)45% / 55%39%5.5
Q2(235)57% / 43%43%6.5
Q3(173)42% / 58%41%4.8
Q4(232)38% / 62%40%4.8
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(117)10.550%7.1
2nd(145)9.041%5.5
3rd(111)8.238%5.7
4th(15)7.327%1.9
All (388)42%5.9
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(248)10.035%4.9
2nd(141)6.945%6.2
3rd(62)5.244%3.4
4th(8)1.963%6.4
All (459)40%5.1

Fresno State, all games.

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