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Nevada

University of Nevada, Reno · 2025 · Mountain West

FanBoardHQ CFP
#125
Efficiency
-17.3
123rd FBS
Record
3-9
Conf. record
2-6
Conf. finish
T-9th
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Nevada went 3-9 and was ranked 125th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 106th-ranked defense carried them, with a 127th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 57% of offensive plays with a 121st-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 43% of plays with a 133rd-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-1
Q2
0-0
Q3
0-5
Q4
3-3

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 3.0 wins
Strength of Record
122nd
-6.6 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
91st
full season
91st
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
79th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.5 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
1@ Penn StateBig Ten#39L 1146-35.40%-21.9Q1
2vs Sacramento StateBig SkyW 2017-4.2100%-9.3Q4
3vs Middle TennesseeConference USA#129L 1314+5.50%-23.8Q4
4@ Western KentuckyConference USA#68L 1631-14.20%-16.2Q3
6@ Fresno StateMountain West#66L 1720-13.70%-5.8Q4
7vs San Diego StateMountain West#47L 1044-19.50%-44.9Q3
8@ New MexicoMountain West#51L 2224-20.00%-2.9Q3
9vs Boise StateMountain West#46L 324-18.20%-19.1Q3
11@ Utah StateMountain West#81L 1451-17.20%-46.2Q3
12vs San José StateMountain West#123W 5510+0.0100%26.1Q4
13@ WyomingMountain West#112W 137-8.8100%-1.6Q4
14vs UNLVMountain West#55L 1742-14.60%-42.5Q4

12 played · 3-9. 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 Nevada, 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.

-40.4-10.0+20.3-22-9-24-16-6-45-3-19-4626-2-42Week 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 133rd
SR 117thYPP 123rdEPA 138th
RushingEff 121st
SR 134thYPP 109thEPA 117th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 79th
SR 107thYPP 87thEPA 53rd
Rush defenseEff 119th
SR 110thYPP 97thEPA 129th
Dropback rate 43%Tempo -9.6 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 67th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 40%1st · Defense allowed: 48%1st2nd · Offense: 35%2nd · Defense allowed: 38%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 37%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 44%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 22.0Q1 · Allowed: 54.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 73.0Q2 · Allowed: 120.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 41.0Q3 · Allowed: 70.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 57.0Q4 · Allowed: 59.0Q4
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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Nevada Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 127th
-11.0
Field position: +0.3Finishing drives: -11.3
Field position +0.3Finishing drives -11.3= -11.0
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 50th · Finishing 128th

Defensive EffRanked 106th
-5.5
Field position: -1.7Finishing drives: -3.9
Field position -1.7Finishing drives -3.9= -5.5
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 115th · Finishing 100th

1.44 points per drive on offense, 2.16 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(154)43% / 57%36%3.9
Q2(197)46% / 54%36%5.7
Q3(179)43% / 57%40%5.8
Q4(177)49% / 51%39%5.5
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(112)10.344%7.0
2nd(96)8.238%5.2
3rd(97)7.830%4.2
4th(15)6.927%4.1
All (320)37%5.5
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(205)10.038%5.6
2nd(118)8.533%4.5
3rd(54)6.143%4.6
4th(10)2.390%5.7
All (387)39%5.1

Nevada, all games.

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