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Georgia State

Georgia State University · 2026 · Sun Belt

Efficiency
-2.9
78th FBS
Record
2-0
Conf. record
Conf. finish
5th
proj. of 14
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Georgia State is 2-0 and ranked 78th in overall efficiency. Their 57th-ranked offense is the engine, backed by a 100th-ranked defense. They run the ball on 61% of offensive plays with a 51st-ranked rushing attack and pass the ball on the remaining 39% of plays with a 17th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 7.9 wins
Strength of Record
44th
+0.1 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
130th
full season
122nd
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
102nd
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.9 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 North Carolina A&TCoastal AthleticW 5910+38.1100%1.8Q4
2@ Kennesaw StateConference USA#125W 3117+9.8100%9.5Q4
3@ UCFBig 12#51Preview-11.425%Q2
4vs Northern IllinoisMountain West#129Preview+17.785%Q4
5vs Old DominionSun Belt#106Preview+9.371%Q4
7@ James MadisonSun Belt#75Preview-2.943%Q3
8@ Arkansas StateSun Belt#109Preview+4.360%Q4
9vs Coastal CarolinaSun Belt#112Preview+10.573%Q4
10@ Appalachian StateSun Belt#84Preview-1.846%Q3
11vs Georgia SouthernSun Belt#113Preview+10.673%Q4
12@ MarshallSun Belt#103Preview+3.658%Q4
13vs LouisianaSun Belt#73Preview+2.155%Q4

2 played · 2-0. 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.

-11.2-1.7+7.729Week 0Week 2
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 17th
SR 17thYPP 25thEPA 15th
RushingEff 51st
SR 39thYPP 68thEPA 51st
Defense
Pass defenseEff 58th
SR 56thYPP 73rdEPA 47th
Rush defenseEff 45th
SR 22ndYPP 35thEPA 73rd
Dropback rate 39%Tempo -1.7 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 96th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 53%1st · Defense allowed: 40%1st2nd · Offense: 56%2nd · Defense allowed: 36%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 54%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 24%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 20.0Q1 · Allowed: 3.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 35.0Q2 · Allowed: 7.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 31.0Q3 · Allowed: 7.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 3.0Q4 · Allowed: 10.0Q4
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, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 57th
+1.6
Field position: +0.5Finishing drives: +1.1
Field position +0.5Finishing drives +1.1= +1.6
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 44th · Finishing 59th

Defensive EffRanked 100th
-4.0
Field position: +2.0Finishing drives: -6.0
Field position +2.0Finishing drives -6.0= -4.0
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 8th · Finishing 116th

4.09 points per drive on offense, 1.17 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 36.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(38)45% / 55%53%7.0
Q2(41)49% / 51%61%8.5
Q3(32)34% / 66%63%9.9
Q4(28)29% / 71%36%3.7
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(27)10.959%9.9
2nd(13)8.754%10.3
3rd(14)6.550%8.6
4th(2)1.050%5.5
All (56)55%9.5
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(39)10.249%6.0
2nd(32)6.856%6.5
3rd(11)4.155%5.2
4th(1)1.0100%2.0
All (83)53%6.1

Georgia State, all games.