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Iowa State

Iowa State University · 2022 · Big 12

FanBoardHQ CFP
#70
Efficiency
+8.8
35th FBS
Record
4-8
Conf. record
1-8
Conf. finish
10th
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Iowa State went 4-8 and was ranked 70th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 3rd-ranked defense carried them, with an 83rd-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 60% of offensive plays with an 83rd-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 40% of plays with a 100th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 4.0 wins
Strength of Record
86th
-2.6 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
12th
full season
12th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
29th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~4.4 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 Southeast Missouri StateOVCW 4210+19.4100%19.8Q4
2@ IowaBig Ten#22W 107-5.1100%16.6Q1
3vs OhioMid-American#62W 4310+15.6100%23.5Q4
4vs BaylorBig 12#54L 2431+3.10%-3.3Q2
5@ KansasBig 12#49L 1114-1.10%6.8Q2
6vs Kansas StateBig 12#7L 910-7.20%14.5Q1
7@ TexasBig 12#17L 2124-14.10%19.6Q1
9vs OklahomaBig 12#48L 1327+1.10%-5.9Q2
10vs West VirginiaBig 12#63W 3114+7.3100%21.4Q3
11@ Oklahoma StateBig 12#40L 1420+0.00%3.5Q2
12vs Texas TechBig 12#20L 1014+1.40%5.4Q2
13@ TCUBig 12#2L 1462-12.30%-17.2Q1

12 played · 4-8. 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 Iowa 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.

-13.9+3.2+20.3201724-371520-62135-17Week 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 83rd
SR 57thYPP 95thEPA 87th
RushingEff 100th
SR 104thYPP 85thEPA 100th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 49th
SR 54thYPP 14thEPA 71st
Rush defenseEff 4th
SR 13thYPP 3rdEPA 3rd
Dropback rate 60%Tempo +5.6 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 56th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 40%1st · Defense allowed: 44%1st2nd · Offense: 36%2nd · Defense allowed: 42%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 43%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 32%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 44.0Q1 · Allowed: 41.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 78.0Q2 · Allowed: 95.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 34.0Q3 · Allowed: 31.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 86.0Q4 · Allowed: 55.0Q4
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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Iowa State Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 83rd
-3.0
Field position: -0.4Finishing drives: -2.5
Field position -0.4Finishing drives -2.5= -3.0
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 80th · Finishing 82nd

Defensive EffRanked 3rd
+12.6
Field position: +1.0Finishing drives: +11.6
Field position +1.0Finishing drives +11.6= +12.6
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 37th · Finishing 3rd

1.65 points per drive on offense, 1.53 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(227)62% / 38%40%5.2
Q2(200)64% / 36%36%5.3
Q3(198)55% / 45%43%5.1
Q4(225)56% / 44%39%5.0
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(155)10.347%5.9
2nd(173)8.836%5.6
3rd(154)7.638%5.4
4th(20)5.060%7.6
All (502)41%5.7
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(200)9.734%4.4
2nd(109)6.137%4.6
3rd(34)4.250%3.9
4th(5)1.060%0.4
All (348)37%4.4

Iowa State, all games.