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Mississippi State

Mississippi State University · 2024 · SEC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#114
Efficiency
-3.4
82nd FBS
Record
2-10
Conf. record
0-8
Conf. finish
16th
of 16
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Mississippi State went 2-10 and was ranked 114th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 49th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by an 116th-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 52% of offensive plays with a 33rd-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 48% of plays with a 60th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-6
Q2
0-2
Q3
0-1
Q4
2-1

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 2.0 wins
Strength of Record
121st
-4.6 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
2nd
full season
2nd
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
6th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~3.5 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 Eastern KentuckyUACW 567+19.9100%16.0Q4
2@ Arizona StateBig 12#8L 2330-23.80%8.5Q1
3vs ToledoMid-American#71L 1741+2.10%-44.3Q4
4vs FloridaSEC#25L 2845-13.10%-10.1Q2
5@ TexasSEC#5L 1335-30.30%1.4Q1
7@ GeorgiaSEC#4L 3141-26.50%6.5Q1
8vs Texas A&MSEC#27L 2434-15.80%-0.6Q1
9vs ArkansasSEC#44L 2558-8.10%-27.7Q3
10vs MassachusettsFBS Independents#128W 4520+17.3100%7.0Q4
11@ TennesseeSEC#11L 1433-22.30%2.3Q1
13vs MissouriSEC#17L 2039-12.00%-13.7Q2
14@ Ole MissSEC#10L 1426-28.30%13.8Q1

12 played · 2-10. 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 Mississippi 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.

-39.5-14.2+11.2168-44-1017-1-2872-1414Week 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 60th
SR 87thYPP 61stEPA 52nd
RushingEff 33rd
SR 72ndYPP 31stEPA 20th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 117th
SR 117thYPP 99thEPA 125th
Rush defenseEff 77th
SR 88thYPP 93rdEPA 67th
Dropback rate 48%Tempo -4.5 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 39th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 40%1st · Defense allowed: 49%1st2nd · Offense: 39%2nd · Defense allowed: 51%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 42%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 51%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 62.0Q1 · Allowed: 99.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 91.0Q2 · Allowed: 145.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 84.0Q3 · Allowed: 67.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 52.0Q4 · Allowed: 84.0Q4
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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Mississippi State Offense vs Defense, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 49th
+2.2
Field position: -0.6Finishing drives: +2.9
Field position -0.6Finishing drives +2.9= +2.2
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 82nd · Finishing 46th

Defensive EffRanked 116th
-7.7
Field position: -0.2Finishing drives: -7.5
Field position -0.2Finishing drives -7.5= -7.7
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 82nd · Finishing 116th

2.22 points per drive on offense, 2.93 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(192)48% / 52%36%5.3
Q2(224)50% / 50%38%5.6
Q3(166)44% / 56%45%6.9
Q4(170)64% / 36%42%6.1
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(164)10.243%7.9
2nd(111)9.442%7.1
3rd(89)8.722%3.8
4th(21)5.657%6.7
All (385)39%6.7
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(164)9.837%4.7
2nd(127)7.835%5.9
3rd(63)4.760%5.5
4th(13)1.862%2.3
All (367)41%5.1

Mississippi State, all games.