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San Diego State

San Diego State University · 2024 · Mountain West

FanBoardHQ CFP
#125
Efficiency
-18.5
125th FBS
Record
3-9
Conf. record
2-5
Conf. finish
T-10th
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San Diego State went 3-9 and was ranked 125th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 121st-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 126th-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 54% of offensive plays with a 124th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 46% of plays with a 124th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-1
Q2
0-2
Q3
0-0
Q4
3-6

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 3.0 wins
Strength of Record
122nd
-7.0 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
102nd
full season
102nd
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
51st
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.6 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 East Texas A&MSouthlandW 4514+18.2100%-7.2Q4
2vs Oregon StatePac-12#100L 021-4.40%-35.6Q4
3@ CaliforniaACC#75L 1031-22.90%-17.9Q2
5@ Central MichiganMid-American#116L 2122-4.60%-16.2Q4
6vs Hawai'iMountain West#105W 2724-2.8100%-12.6Q4
7@ WyomingMountain West#118W 2724-8.9100%-5.9Q4
9vs Washington StatePac-12#61L 2629-17.00%-4.8Q4
10@ Boise StateMountain West#19L 2456-34.40%-24.8Q1
11vs New MexicoMountain West#107L 1621-1.60%-23.3Q4
12@ UNLVMountain West#31L 2041-30.90%-13.0Q2
13@ Utah StateMountain West#110L 2041-10.00%-28.8Q4
14vs Air ForceMountain West#103L 2031-3.40%-32.0Q4

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 San Diego 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.

-32.8-17.8-2.8-7-36-18-16-13-6-5-25-23-13-29-32Week 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 124th
SR 121stYPP 127thEPA 123rd
RushingEff 124th
SR 131stYPP 120thEPA 122nd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 101st
SR 116thYPP 79thEPA 99th
Rush defenseEff 109th
SR 113thYPP 116thEPA 107th
Dropback rate 54%Tempo +1.9 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 74th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 37%1st · Defense allowed: 44%1st2nd · Offense: 36%2nd · Defense allowed: 48%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 40%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 49%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 38.0Q1 · Allowed: 90.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 86.0Q2 · Allowed: 83.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 34.0Q3 · Allowed: 76.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 80.0Q4 · Allowed: 97.0Q4
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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San Diego State Offense vs Defense, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 121st
-9.0
Field position: +0.4Finishing drives: -9.4
Field position +0.4Finishing drives -9.4= -9.0
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 47th · Finishing 124th

Defensive EffRanked 126th
-10.4
Field position: +0.5Finishing drives: -10.9
Field position +0.5Finishing drives -10.9= -10.4
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 45th · Finishing 130th

1.70 points per drive on offense, 2.52 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 31.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(210)56% / 44%32%4.6
Q2(216)51% / 49%45%5.8
Q3(164)54% / 46%36%5.2
Q4(204)47% / 53%36%5.5
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(162)10.540%5.2
2nd(116)9.737%6.0
3rd(115)9.632%6.3
4th(17)5.553%5.1
All (410)38%5.7
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(169)10.333%4.7
2nd(137)8.636%5.1
3rd(61)5.449%4.8
4th(17)3.247%3.2
All (384)37%4.8

San Diego State, all games.