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Kennesaw State

Kennesaw State University · 2026 · Conference USA

Efficiency
-15.5
125th FBS
Record
1-1
Conf. record
Conf. finish
9th
proj. of 10
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Kennesaw State is 1-1 and ranked 125th in overall efficiency. Their 109th-ranked defense carries them, with a 132nd-ranked offense. They run the ball on 51% of offensive plays with a 54th-ranked rushing attack and pass the ball on the remaining 49% of plays with an 115th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
+1 left
Q2
0-0
Q3
0-0
Q4
1-1
+9 left

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 4.4 wins
Strength of Record
117th
-0.9 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
116th
full season
117th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
119th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.2 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 West GeorgiaUACW 470+33.4100%-6.6Q4
2vs Georgia StateSun Belt#78L 1731-9.80%-27.9Q4
3@ TennesseeSEC#14Preview-35.72%Q1
4@ Arkansas StateSun Belt#109Preview-8.331%Q4
6vs Jacksonville StateConference USA#85Preview-8.431%Q4
7@ Missouri StateConference USA#99Preview-10.726%Q4
8vs LibertyConference USA#117Preview+0.752%Q4
9@ Middle TennesseeConference USA#111Preview-7.832%Q4
10vs DelawareConference USA#82Preview-9.229%Q4
11@ Sam HoustonConference USA#123Preview-3.442%Q4
12vs FIUConference USA#100Preview-4.739%Q4
13@ Western KentuckyConference USA#133Preview+1.954%Q4

2 played · 1-1. 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 Kennesaw 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.

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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 90thYPP 107thEPA 129th
RushingEff 54th
SR 96thYPP 33rdEPA 50th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 115th
SR 96thYPP 122ndEPA 115th
Rush defenseEff 125th
SR 113thYPP 118thEPA 129th
Dropback rate 49%Tempo -2.8 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 56th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 58%1st · Defense allowed: 42%1st2nd · Offense: 49%2nd · Defense allowed: 32%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 42%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 25%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 24.0Q1 · Allowed: 6.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 21.0Q2 · Allowed: 14.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 14.0Q3 · Allowed: 7.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 7.0Q4 · Allowed: 3.0Q4
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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Kennesaw State Offense vs Defense, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 132nd
-11.8
Field position: -2.0Finishing drives: -9.9
Field position -2.0Finishing drives -9.9= -11.8
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 126th · Finishing 132nd

Defensive EffRanked 109th
-5.0
Field position: -0.4Finishing drives: -4.6
Field position -0.4Finishing drives -4.6= -5.0
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 88th · Finishing 108th

2.56 points per drive on offense, 1.29 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 33.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(29)38% / 62%45%8.4
Q2(39)54% / 46%51%6.7
Q3(37)57% / 43%62%7.0
Q4(31)61% / 39%48%4.0
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(38)10.850%7.3
2nd(23)7.057%7.6
3rd(10)9.340%4.4
4th(1)4.00%0.0
All (72)50%6.9
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(29)9.869%8.9
2nd(20)7.340%4.7
3rd(13)5.646%2.8
4th(2)2.050%0.5
All (64)55%6.1

Kennesaw State, all games.