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Kent State

Kent State University · 2024 · Mid-American

FanBoardHQ CFP
#134
Efficiency
-34.3
134th FBS
Record
0-12
Conf. record
0-8
Conf. finish
12th
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Kent State went 0-12 and was ranked 134th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 127th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 133rd-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 51% of offensive plays with an 89th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 49% of plays with a 127th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 0.0 wins
Strength of Record
134th
-9.2 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
71st
full season
71st
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
107th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.0 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@ PittsburghACC#55L 2455-40.30%-30.9Q2
2vs Saint FrancisNECL 1723+6.40%-46.6Q4
3@ TennesseeSEC#11L 071-53.20%-39.5Q1
4@ Penn StateBig Ten#6L 056-59.60%-18.2Q1
5vs Eastern MichiganMid-American#108L 3352-18.60%-37.0Q4
7vs Ball StateMid-American#122L 3537-13.00%-23.3Q4
8@ Bowling GreenMid-American#72L 627-35.80%-20.8Q3
9@ Western MichiganMid-American#95L 2152-26.60%-44.7Q4
11vs OhioMid-American#46L 041-31.20%-36.8Q4
12@ Miami-OHMid-American#59L 734-34.30%-24.4Q3
13vs AkronMid-American#112L 1738-17.60%-43.9Q4
14@ BuffaloMid-American#64L 743-30.10%-45.5Q4

12 played · 0-12. 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 Kent 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.

-42.9-23.3-3.7-31-47-39-18-37-23-21-45-37-24-44-45Week 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 89th
SR 130thYPP 38thEPA 80th
RushingEff 127th
SR 126thYPP 127thEPA 129th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 132nd
SR 133rdYPP 133rdEPA 132nd
Rush defenseEff 138th
SR 132ndYPP 138thEPA 138th
Dropback rate 51%Tempo -7.0 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 82nd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 33%1st · Defense allowed: 51%1st2nd · Offense: 33%2nd · Defense allowed: 47%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 23%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 51%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 31.0Q1 · Allowed: 144.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 41.0Q2 · Allowed: 175.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 31.0Q3 · Allowed: 100.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 59.0Q4 · Allowed: 88.0Q4
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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Kent State Offense vs Defense, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 127th
-11.8
Field position: -2.0Finishing drives: -9.8
Field position -2.0Finishing drives -9.8= -11.8
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 125th · Finishing 126th

Defensive EffRanked 133rd
-18.7
Field position: -1.3Finishing drives: -17.4
Field position -1.3Finishing drives -17.4= -18.7
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 117th · Finishing 133rd

1.07 points per drive on offense, 3.38 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 28.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(158)47% / 53%32%5.0
Q2(170)45% / 55%29%4.0
Q3(149)47% / 53%34%4.8
Q4(180)58% / 42%28%4.2
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(113)9.933%4.6
2nd(103)9.337%6.5
3rd(95)8.815%4.1
4th(14)8.636%6.5
All (325)29%5.2
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(169)10.034%3.9
2nd(104)8.129%3.6
3rd(50)7.534%4.3
4th(8)1.938%2.0
All (332)32%3.8

Kent State, all games.