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North Carolina State University · 2024 · ACC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#87
Efficiency
-3.5
83rd FBS
Record
6-7
Conf. record
3-5
Conf. finish
T-10th
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NC State went 6-7 and was ranked 87th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 58th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 105th-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 54% of offensive plays with a 24th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 46% of plays with a 76th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-2
Q2
1-1
Q3
1-1
Q4
4-3

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 6.0 wins
Strength of Record
85th
-3.8 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
68th
full season
68th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
56th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.7 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 Western CarolinaSouthernW 3821+18.6100%-6.4Q4
2vs TennesseeSEC#11L 1051-19.60%-18.5Q1
3vs Louisiana TechConference USA#111W 3020+13.1100%-4.3Q4
4@ ClemsonACC#22L 3559-22.20%-15.6Q1
5vs Northern IllinoisMid-American#65W 2417+1.2100%3.0Q4
6vs Wake ForestACC#102L 3034+5.80%-14.4Q4
7vs SyracuseACC#29L 1724-6.10%-7.7Q3
8@ CaliforniaACC#75W 2423-7.9100%7.1Q2
10vs StanfordACC#106W 5928+4.5100%21.1Q4
11vs DukeACC#39L 1929-2.30%-10.7Q4
13@ Georgia TechACC#47L 2930-11.90%6.3Q2
14@ North CarolinaACC#84W 3530-6.1100%8.8Q3
Postseason
vs East CarolinaAmerican Athletic#78L 2126+4.70%-14.2Q4

13 played · 6-7. 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 NC 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.

-15.3+1.3+17.9-6-18-4-163-14-8721-1169Week 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 24th
SR 21stYPP 19thEPA 30th
RushingEff 76th
SR 75thYPP 77thEPA 84th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 80th
SR 84thYPP 84thEPA 74th
Rush defenseEff 116th
SR 64thYPP 129thEPA 132nd
Dropback rate 54%Tempo -5.3 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 59th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 48%1st · Defense allowed: 41%1st2nd · Offense: 41%2nd · Defense allowed: 41%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 44%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 41%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 51.0Q1 · Allowed: 93.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 83.0Q2 · Allowed: 93.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 61.0Q3 · Allowed: 92.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 156.0Q4 · Allowed: 86.0Q4
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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NC State Offense vs Defense, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 58th
+1.3
Field position: +0.2Finishing drives: +1.1
Field position +0.2Finishing drives +1.1= +1.3
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 53rd · Finishing 56th

Defensive EffRanked 105th
-5.6
Field position: -1.6Finishing drives: -4.0
Field position -1.6Finishing drives -4.0= -5.6
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 123rd · Finishing 101st

2.32 points per drive on offense, 2.29 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(189)51% / 49%42%5.7
Q2(213)55% / 45%47%5.6
Q3(183)55% / 45%45%5.9
Q4(195)47% / 53%47%8.7
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(167)10.356%8.6
2nd(137)8.342%7.0
3rd(90)8.238%5.4
4th(11)4.555%9.1
All (405)47%7.4
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(197)9.442%5.1
2nd(112)6.941%6.0
3rd(58)5.348%6.1
4th(8)1.675%3.6
All (375)43%5.5

NC State, all games.

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