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Louisiana State University · 2025 · SEC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#41
Efficiency
+9.8
35th FBS
Record
7-6
Conf. record
3-5
Conf. finish
10th
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LSU went 7-6 and was ranked 41st in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 11th-ranked defense carried them, with a 68th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 59% of offensive plays with a 71st-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 41% of plays with a 54th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-5
Q2
1-1
Q3
2-0
Q4
4-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 7.0 wins
Strength of Record
41st
-0.7 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
14th
full season
14th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
8th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~3.8 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@ ClemsonACC#53W 1710-0.8100%17.8Q2
2vs Louisiana TechConference USA#75W 237+16.9100%9.4Q4
3vs FloridaSEC#70W 2010+7.0100%11.3Q3
4vs SE LouisianaSouthlandW 5610+26.2100%26.8Q4
5@ Ole MissSEC#9L 1924-11.80%17.1Q1
7vs South CarolinaSEC#78W 2010+5.5100%15.1Q3
8@ VanderbiltSEC#15L 2431-12.00%13.1Q1
9vs Texas A&MSEC#7L 2549-6.20%-11.8Q1
11@ AlabamaSEC#10L 920-9.90%8.5Q1
12vs ArkansasSEC#104W 2322+9.7100%7.6Q4
13vs Western KentuckyConference USA#68W 1310+18.5100%-5.9Q4
14@ OklahomaSEC#13L 1317-10.00%16.0Q1
Postseason
vs HoustonBig 12#28L 3538+2.90%0.3Q2

13 played · 7-6. 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 LSU, 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.

-8.7+7.5+23.71891127171513-1288-616Week 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 71st
SR 58thYPP 81stEPA 79th
RushingEff 54th
SR 75thYPP 47thEPA 48th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 22nd
SR 31stYPP 13thEPA 27th
Rush defenseEff 18th
SR 19thYPP 22ndEPA 15th
Dropback rate 59%Tempo -1.2 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 47th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 40%1st · Defense allowed: 41%1st2nd · Offense: 41%2nd · Defense allowed: 39%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 39%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 39%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 41.0Q1 · Allowed: 60.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 103.0Q2 · Allowed: 66.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 61.0Q3 · Allowed: 59.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 77.0Q4 · Allowed: 51.0Q4
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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LSU Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 68th
-0.5
Field position: +0.7Finishing drives: -1.1
Field position +0.7Finishing drives -1.1= -0.5
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 36th · Finishing 76th

Defensive EffRanked 11th
+9.0
Field position: +0.8Finishing drives: +8.2
Field position +0.8Finishing drives +8.2= +9.0
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 42nd · Finishing 14th

1.87 points per drive on offense, 1.60 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(193)57% / 43%41%5.0
Q2(222)62% / 38%40%5.5
Q3(184)61% / 39%43%6.2
Q4(209)52% / 48%38%5.4
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(186)10.244%6.5
2nd(164)8.545%6.0
3rd(110)9.432%5.7
4th(9)3.844%3.9
All (469)41%6.1
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(174)9.736%4.3
2nd(101)7.835%4.4
3rd(60)5.748%6.0
4th(4)3.8100%6.8
All (339)39%4.7

LSU, all games.