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Jacksonville State

Jacksonville State University · 2025 · Conference USA

FanBoardHQ CFP
#83
Efficiency
-11.7
107th FBS
Record
9-5
Conf. record
7-1
Conf. finish
2nd
of 12
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Jacksonville State went 9-5 and was ranked 83rd in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 96th-ranked defense carried them, with an 119th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 64% of offensive plays with a 75th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 36% of plays with an 115th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
Q2
0-0
Q3
0-1
Q4
9-4

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 9.0 wins
Strength of Record
70th
-3.8 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
136th
full season
136th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
134th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~8.4 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
1@ UCFBig 12#82L 1017-12.50%-7.4Q3
2vs LibertyConference USA#115W 3424+1.4100%-1.7Q4
3@ Georgia SouthernSun Belt#87L 3441-2.70%-16.1Q4
4vs Murray StateMVFCW 4510+24.6100%-9.5Q4
5@ Southern MissSun Belt#95L 2542-3.30%-31.6Q4
7vs Sam HoustonConference USA#133W 2927+15.1100%-25.9Q4
8vs DelawareConference USA#98W 3825+6.4100%1.8Q4
10@ Middle TennesseeConference USA#129W 2421+5.7100%-14.1Q4
11@ UTEPConference USA#132W 3027+5.1100%-13.2Q4
12vs Kennesaw StateConference USA#61W 3526-2.2100%-1.6Q4
13@ FIUConference USA#89L 2127-2.30%-15.4Q4
14vs Western KentuckyConference USA#68W 3734-3.0100%-7.2Q4
15vs Kennesaw StateConference USA#61L 1519-2.20%-16.3Q4
Postseason
vs TroySun Belt#80W 1713-2.5100%-5.6Q4

14 played · 9-5. 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 Jacksonville 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.

-28.9-14.9-0.9-7-2-16-10-32-262-14-13-2-15-7-16Week 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 115th
SR 128thYPP 116thEPA 106th
RushingEff 75th
SR 72ndYPP 75thEPA 75th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 108th
SR 117thYPP 113thEPA 104th
Rush defenseEff 109th
SR 106thYPP 104thEPA 109th
Dropback rate 36%Tempo +3.5 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 106th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 46%1st · Defense allowed: 43%1st2nd · Offense: 44%2nd · Defense allowed: 44%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 42%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 42%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 83.0Q1 · Allowed: 76.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 102.0Q2 · Allowed: 82.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 75.0Q3 · Allowed: 64.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 111.0Q4 · Allowed: 100.0Q4
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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Jacksonville State Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 119th
-7.9
Field position: -1.2Finishing drives: -6.7
Field position -1.2Finishing drives -6.7= -7.9
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 104th · Finishing 114th

Defensive EffRanked 96th
-3.8
Field position: -0.9Finishing drives: -2.9
Field position -0.9Finishing drives -2.9= -3.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 102nd · Finishing 91st

2.22 points per drive on offense, 1.87 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(232)34% / 66%49%6.1
Q2(250)43% / 57%43%5.9
Q3(216)34% / 66%42%6.0
Q4(247)33% / 67%45%6.0
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(128)10.445%7.5
2nd(103)8.548%6.7
3rd(107)8.226%4.9
4th(5)9.20%0.0
All (343)39%6.4
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(289)10.047%6.1
2nd(204)7.342%5.1
3rd(85)5.358%7.0
4th(24)2.067%4.3
All (602)48%5.8

Jacksonville State, all games.