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Kent State

Kent State University · 2026 · Mid-American

Efficiency
-18.5
131st FBS
Record
1-1
Conf. record
Conf. finish
9th
proj. of 13
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Kent State is 1-1 and ranked 131st in overall efficiency. Their 118th-ranked offense is the engine, backed by a 134th-ranked defense. They run the ball on 54% of offensive plays with a 99th-ranked rushing attack and pass the ball on the remaining 46% of plays with a 120th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 4.1 wins
Strength of Record
95th
-0.5 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
60th
full season
82nd
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
112th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.1 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@ South CarolinaSEC#39L 057-28.30%-38.6Q2
2vs WoffordSouthernW 3615+10.2100%-8.2Q4
3@ Ohio StateBig Ten#2Preview-46.30%Q1
4vs Ball StateMid-American#126Preview+0.250%Q4
5vs OhioMid-American#98Preview-8.930%Q4
6@ Western MichiganMid-American#38Preview-28.35%Q2
7@ South FloridaAmerican Athletic#43Preview-27.35%Q2
8vs AkronMid-American#107Preview-6.136%Q4
9@ Sacramento StateMid-American#135Preview+0.651%Q4
11@ Bowling GreenMid-American#138Preview+5.462%Q4
12vs Miami-OHMid-American#96Preview-9.130%Q4
13@ Eastern MichiganMid-American#127Preview-4.141%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 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.

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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 120th
SR 136thYPP 95thEPA 116th
RushingEff 99th
SR 95thYPP 89thEPA 100th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 111th
SR 130thYPP 98thEPA 100th
Rush defenseEff 131st
SR 135thYPP 132ndEPA 125th
Dropback rate 46%Tempo -2.0 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 71st on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 42%1st · Defense allowed: 57%1st2nd · Offense: 14%2nd · Defense allowed: 55%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 46%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 38%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 7.0Q1 · Allowed: 10.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 0.0Q2 · Allowed: 31.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 0.0Q3 · Allowed: 14.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 21.0Q4 · Allowed: 14.0Q4
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, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 118th
-7.4
Field position: -0.9Finishing drives: -6.5
Field position -0.9Finishing drives -6.5= -7.4
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 97th · Finishing 118th

Defensive EffRanked 134th
-9.8
Field position: +1.4Finishing drives: -11.3
Field position +1.4Finishing drives -11.3= -9.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 22nd · Finishing 138th

1.32 points per drive on offense, 2.92 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 26.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(32)47% / 53%41%5.3
Q2(35)51% / 49%23%3.9
Q3(26)46% / 54%31%6.1
Q4(26)27% / 73%46%7.2
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(14)10.443%4.7
2nd(17)8.412%2.8
3rd(20)6.545%11.2
4th(1)4.00%0.0
All (52)33%6.4
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(34)10.141%5.7
2nd(19)7.816%3.1
3rd(13)5.554%5.3
4th(1)0.00%-2.0
All (67)36%4.8

Kent State, all games.