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NC State

North Carolina State University · 2022 · ACC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#36
Efficiency
+6.2
43rd FBS
Record
8-5
Conf. record
4-4
Conf. finish
T-6th
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NC State went 8-5 and was ranked 36th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 19th-ranked defense carried them, with an 85th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 56% of offensive plays with a 78th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 44% of plays with a 95th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 8.0 wins
Strength of Record
34th
-0.5 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
52nd
full season
52nd
CFP committee
#23
FanBoardHQ has them 13 spots lower
Conf. sched. difficulty
40th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~4.7 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
1@ East CarolinaAmerican Athletic#58W 2120+0.3100%7.4Q2
2vs Charleston SouthernBig SouthW 553+38.2100%15.5Q4
3vs Texas TechBig 12#20W 2714-1.2100%19.8Q2
4vs UConnFBS Independents#99W 4110+23.8100%20.6Q4
5@ ClemsonACC#15L 2030-11.50%4.5Q1
6vs Florida StateACC#18W 1917-8.1100%17.5Q1
7@ SyracuseACC#52L 924-2.80%-9.0Q2
9vs Virginia TechACC#111W 2221+17.2100%-10.6Q4
10vs Wake ForestACC#31W 3021-0.6100%15.6Q2
11vs Boston CollegeACC#113L 2021+19.40%-14.6Q4
12@ LouisvilleACC#27L 1025-7.80%1.8Q1
13@ North CarolinaACC#37W 3027-0.8100%8.0Q2
Postseason
vs MarylandBig Ten#32L 1216-0.80%3.4Q2

13 played · 8-5. 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.

-11.8+3.0+17.87162021517-9-1116-1528Week 0Week 17
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 78th
SR 98thYPP 80thEPA 64th
RushingEff 95th
SR 103rdYPP 103rdEPA 87th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 34th
SR 22ndYPP 44thEPA 37th
Rush defenseEff 6th
SR 4thYPP 16thEPA 6th
Dropback rate 56%Tempo +3.6 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 60th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 43%1st · Defense allowed: 34%1st2nd · Offense: 38%2nd · Defense allowed: 36%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 39%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 35%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 76.0Q1 · Allowed: 30.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 102.0Q2 · Allowed: 74.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 60.0Q3 · Allowed: 55.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 66.0Q4 · Allowed: 85.0Q4
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, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 85th
-3.5
Field position: +0.6Finishing drives: -4.0
Field position +0.6Finishing drives -4.0= -3.5
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 41st · Finishing 89th

Defensive EffRanked 19th
+7.8
Field position: +0.9Finishing drives: +6.9
Field position +0.9Finishing drives +6.9= +7.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 41st · Finishing 17th

1.80 points per drive on offense, 1.48 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 32.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(191)52% / 48%40%5.7
Q2(254)57% / 43%43%5.7
Q3(219)54% / 46%44%5.3
Q4(236)56% / 44%33%4.2
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(187)10.045%6.7
2nd(169)8.933%5.3
3rd(132)8.933%5.7
4th(8)4.025%3.1
All (496)38%5.9
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(201)10.040%4.1
2nd(131)7.444%5.2
3rd(60)6.148%4.0
4th(12)1.858%2.4
All (404)43%4.4

NC State, all games.