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Georgia State

Georgia State University · 2024 · Sun Belt

FanBoardHQ CFP
#120
Efficiency
-12.5
112th FBS
Record
3-9
Conf. record
1-7
Conf. finish
13th
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Georgia State went 3-9 and was ranked 120th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 98th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 121st-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 58% of offensive plays with a 77th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 42% of plays with an 117th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
Q2
2-3
Q3
0-1
Q4
1-5

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 3.0 wins
Strength of Record
119th
-6.5 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
86th
full season
86th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
88th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.5 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@ Georgia TechACC#47L 1235-21.00%-15.3Q2
2vs ChattanoogaSouthernW 2421+6.0100%-15.0Q4
3vs VanderbiltSEC#41W 3632-17.4100%8.3Q2
5vs Georgia SouthernSun Belt#62L 2138-7.10%-21.4Q4
7vs Old DominionSun Belt#91L 1421-8.30%-11.6Q4
8@ MarshallSun Belt#37L 2035-19.50%-7.9Q2
9@ Appalachian StateSun Belt#97L 2633-3.60%-14.8Q4
10@ UConnFBS Independents#57L 2734-14.20%-6.0Q3
11@ James MadisonSun Belt#54L 738-17.10%-29.3Q2
12vs Arkansas StateSun Belt#79L 2027+3.20%-23.4Q4
13@ Texas StateSun Belt#63W 5244-18.0100%17.1Q2
14vs Coastal CarolinaSun Belt#96L 2748-1.70%-31.2Q4

12 played · 3-9. 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.

-27.4-7.1+13.2-15-158-21-12-8-15-6-29-2317-31Week 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 77th
SR 86thYPP 93rdEPA 71st
RushingEff 117th
SR 94thYPP 114thEPA 123rd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 116th
SR 122ndYPP 116thEPA 119th
Rush defenseEff 128th
SR 123rdYPP 124thEPA 122nd
Dropback rate 58%Tempo +3.2 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 82nd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 44%1st · Defense allowed: 48%1st2nd · Offense: 42%2nd · Defense allowed: 48%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 37%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 49%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 34.0Q1 · Allowed: 97.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 102.0Q2 · Allowed: 92.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 82.0Q3 · Allowed: 76.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 68.0Q4 · Allowed: 114.0Q4
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, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 98th
-4.3
Field position: -0.0Finishing drives: -4.2
Field position -0.0Finishing drives -4.2= -4.3
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 63rd · Finishing 99th

Defensive EffRanked 121st
-8.5
Field position: -0.1Finishing drives: -8.4
Field position -0.1Finishing drives -8.4= -8.5
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 72nd · Finishing 122nd

1.86 points per drive on offense, 2.51 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 27.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(170)48% / 52%38%5.4
Q2(225)61% / 39%50%6.1
Q3(197)61% / 39%37%6.0
Q4(207)61% / 39%40%6.0
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(178)10.046%6.2
2nd(149)8.943%7.8
3rd(121)8.133%5.0
4th(18)6.639%3.9
All (466)41%6.3
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(178)9.842%5.2
2nd(112)6.940%5.6
3rd(36)5.150%4.7
4th(7)1.943%9.0
All (333)42%5.3

Georgia State, all games.