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Georgia State

Georgia State University · 2023 · Sun Belt

FanBoardHQ CFP
#77
Efficiency
-6.2
90th FBS
Record
7-6
Conf. record
3-5
Conf. finish
T-9th
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Georgia State went 7-6 and was ranked 77th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 77th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 99th-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 55% of offensive plays with a 62nd-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 45% of plays with a 53rd-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 7.0 wins
Strength of Record
71st
-3.2 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
88th
full season
88th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
67th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.1 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 Rhode IslandCoastal AthleticW 4235+16.5100%-13.1Q4
2vs UConnFBS Independents#122W 3514+13.0100%9.6Q4
3@ CharlotteAmerican Athletic#125W 4125+9.4100%1.4Q4
4@ Coastal CarolinaSun Belt#63W 3017-8.6100%15.1Q3
5vs TroySun Belt#28L 728-12.80%-15.6Q2
7vs MarshallSun Belt#86W 4124+5.0100%7.0Q4
8@ LouisianaSun Belt#87W 2017-4.2100%2.4Q3
9@ Georgia SouthernSun Belt#95L 2744-0.20%-27.0Q4
10vs James MadisonSun Belt#27L 1442-11.90%-25.0Q2
11vs Appalachian StateSun Belt#52L 1442-6.30%-29.3Q3
12@ LSUSEC#16L 1456-25.60%-19.2Q1
13@ Old DominionSun Belt#89L 2425-0.10%-5.4Q4
Postseason
vs Utah StateMountain West#94W 4522+3.0100%18.0Q4

13 played · 7-6. 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 Georgia 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.

-25.7-7.1+11.6-1310115-1672-27-25-29-19-5Week 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 53rd
SR 68thYPP 55thEPA 48th
RushingEff 62nd
SR 98thYPP 51stEPA 54th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 94th
SR 91stYPP 98thEPA 93rd
Rush defenseEff 74th
SR 50thYPP 88thEPA 71st
Dropback rate 45%Tempo -4.3 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 82nd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 41%1st · Defense allowed: 44%1st2nd · Offense: 40%2nd · Defense allowed: 39%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 48%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 44%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 91.0Q1 · Allowed: 65.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 116.0Q2 · Allowed: 103.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 59.0Q3 · Allowed: 101.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 76.0Q4 · Allowed: 97.0Q4
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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Georgia State Offense vs Defense, 2023
Offensive EffRanked 77th
-1.5
Field position: -1.0Finishing drives: -0.5
Field position -1.0Finishing drives -0.5= -1.5
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 100th · Finishing 68th

Defensive EffRanked 99th
-4.1
Field position: -0.5Finishing drives: -3.6
Field position -0.5Finishing drives -3.6= -4.1
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 85th · Finishing 102nd

2.13 points per drive on offense, 2.37 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 30.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(249)47% / 53%49%6.3
Q2(222)53% / 47%41%6.6
Q3(182)41% / 59%38%5.7
Q4(202)35% / 65%39%5.6
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(153)10.046%7.5
2nd(114)8.246%5.3
3rd(100)8.041%8.2
4th(12)4.733%1.5
All (379)44%6.8
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(223)9.637%5.5
2nd(164)7.137%4.5
3rd(83)5.455%6.9
4th(6)2.083%7.2
All (476)41%5.4

Georgia State, all games.