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San Diego State

San Diego State University · 2025 · Mountain West

FanBoardHQ CFP
#47
Efficiency
+4.9
49th FBS
Record
9-4
Conf. record
6-2
Conf. finish
T-2nd
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San Diego State went 9-4 and was ranked 47th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 21st-ranked defense carried them, with an 89th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 62% of offensive plays with a 55th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 38% of plays with an 114th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-1
Q2
0-1
Q3
1-2
Q4
8-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 9.0 wins
Strength of Record
51st
-1.8 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
106th
full season
106th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
96th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.9 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 Stony BrookCoastal AthleticW 420+29.1100%8.0Q4
2@ Washington StatePac-12#56L 1336-2.50%-12.6Q2
4vs CaliforniaACC#77W 340+12.1100%26.3Q4
5@ Northern IllinoisMid-American#126W 63+19.5100%-11.8Q4
6vs Colorado StateMountain West#130W 4524+23.9100%12.2Q4
7@ NevadaMountain West#125W 4410+19.5100%24.7Q4
9@ Fresno StateMountain West#66W 230+8.5100%22.4Q4
10vs WyomingMountain West#112W 247+18.9100%0.6Q4
11@ Hawai'iMountain West#63L 638+6.70%-32.3Q3
12vs Boise StateMountain West#46W 177+4.0100%12.1Q3
13vs San José StateMountain West#123W 253+22.2100%4.5Q4
14@ New MexicoMountain West#51L 1723+2.20%1.6Q3
Postseason
vs North TexasAmerican Athletic#21L 4749-8.80%4.9Q1

13 played · 9-4. 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.

-27.6-3.0+21.68-1326-121225221-321242Week 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 114th
SR 126thYPP 95thEPA 119th
RushingEff 55th
SR 35thYPP 49thEPA 72nd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 18th
SR 23rdYPP 18thEPA 19th
Rush defenseEff 53rd
SR 35thYPP 70thEPA 56th
Dropback rate 38%Tempo -2.1 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 66th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 46%1st · Defense allowed: 37%1st2nd · Offense: 42%2nd · Defense allowed: 35%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 36%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 38%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 62.0Q1 · Allowed: 55.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 132.0Q2 · Allowed: 54.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 36.0Q3 · Allowed: 31.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 72.0Q4 · Allowed: 52.0Q4
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, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 89th
-3.4
Field position: +1.6Finishing drives: -5.0
Field position +1.6Finishing drives -5.0= -3.4
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 23rd · Finishing 99th

Defensive EffRanked 21st
+7.4
Field position: +1.8Finishing drives: +5.6
Field position +1.8Finishing drives +5.6= +7.4
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 16th · Finishing 28th

1.87 points per drive on offense, 1.09 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(201)41% / 59%43%5.5
Q2(223)41% / 59%48%7.6
Q3(211)35% / 65%45%5.3
Q4(209)32% / 68%34%4.7
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(121)10.343%7.9
2nd(95)7.942%8.3
3rd(82)7.921%3.0
4th(16)7.131%4.5
All (314)36%6.6
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(249)10.047%6.1
2nd(182)7.242%5.2
3rd(87)6.045%4.1
4th(12)1.783%3.6
All (530)46%5.4

San Diego State, all games.