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Sacramento State

California State University, Sacramento · 2026 · Mid-American

Efficiency
-21.9
135th FBS
Record
1-2
Conf. record
0-1
Conf. finish
12th
proj. of 13
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Sacramento State is 1-2 and ranked 135th in overall efficiency. Their 128th-ranked defense carries them, with a 134th-ranked offense. They pass the ball on 66% of offensive plays with a 134th-ranked passing attack and run the ball on the remaining 34% of plays with a 125th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
Q2
0-0
+1 left
Q3
0-1
+1 left
Q4
1-1
+7 left

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 3.7 wins
Strength of Record
124th
-1.7 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
109th
full season
134th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
133rd
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.4 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
0@ Eastern MichiganMid-American#127L 1728-7.50%-24.0Q4
1vs Mississippi Valley StateSWACW 520+25.3100%-8.3Q4
2@ Fresno StatePac-12#79L 349-21.60%-41.1Q3
3vs North Dakota StateMountain West#40Preview-25.86%Q2
4vs MassachusettsMid-American#121Preview-4.540%Q4
6@ Bowling GreenMid-American#138Preview+2.055%Q4
7vs OhioMid-American#98Preview-12.323%Q4
8@ Ball StateMid-American#126Preview-8.730%Q4
9vs Kent StateMid-American#131Preview-0.649%Q4
10vs ToledoMid-American#58Preview-22.99%Q3
11@ Central MichiganMid-American#128Preview-7.234%Q4
13@ Hawai'iMountain West#116Preview-11.525%Q4

3 played · 1-2. 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 Sacramento 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.

-37.8-20.5-3.3-24-8-41Week 0Week 2
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 134th
SR 129thYPP 131stEPA 135th
RushingEff 125th
SR 112thYPP 135thEPA 120th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 110th
SR 73rdYPP 125thEPA 116th
Rush defenseEff 79th
SR 50thYPP 95thEPA 78th
Dropback rate 66%Tempo -4.1 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 113th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 43%1st · Defense allowed: 46%1st2nd · Offense: 46%2nd · Defense allowed: 34%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 35%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 28%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 14.0Q1 · Allowed: 0.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 20.0Q2 · Allowed: 52.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 10.0Q3 · Allowed: 14.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 21.0Q4 · Allowed: 10.0Q4
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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Sacramento State Offense vs Defense, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 134th
-12.5
Field position: +1.1Finishing drives: -13.5
Field position +1.1Finishing drives -13.5= -12.5
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 34th · Finishing 136th

Defensive EffRanked 128th
-8.1
Field position: -0.4Finishing drives: -7.7
Field position -0.4Finishing drives -7.7= -8.1
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 90th · Finishing 128th

1.67 points per drive on offense, 2.03 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 34.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(39)51% / 49%26%3.4
Q2(60)72% / 28%37%3.8
Q3(50)54% / 46%56%7.2
Q4(48)40% / 60%48%6.4
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(35)10.440%6.2
2nd(41)9.344%6.8
3rd(28)9.321%4.4
4th(5)5.420%0.6
All (109)36%5.7
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(49)9.745%4.5
2nd(24)6.850%4.6
3rd(12)2.658%4.7
4th(3)1.0100%5.7
All (88)50%4.6

Sacramento State, all games.