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San José State

San José State University · 2026 · Mountain West

Efficiency
-15.2
124th FBS
Record
2-1
Conf. record
Conf. finish
6th
proj. of 10
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San José State is 2-1 and ranked 124th in overall efficiency. Their 105th-ranked defense carries them, with a 125th-ranked offense. They run the ball on 51% of offensive plays with a 128th-ranked rushing attack and pass the ball on the remaining 49% of plays with a 69th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-1
Q2
0-0
+1 left
Q3
0-0
Q4
2-0
+9 left

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 5.9 wins
Strength of Record
53rd
-0.2 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
41st
full season
107th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
135th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.9 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
0@ USCBig Ten#8L 2642-40.00%-12.6Q1
1@ Eastern MichiganMid-American#127W 2721-0.8100%-9.6Q4
2vs Cal PolyBig SkyW 3020+15.5100%-21.4Q4
3vs Fresno StatePac-12#79Preview-9.429%Q4
5@ Hawai'iMountain West#116Preview-4.839%Q4
6vs WyomingMountain West#132Preview+6.765%Q4
7@ UTEPMountain West#136Preview+4.661%Q4
8@ NevadaMountain West#114Preview-6.735%Q4
9vs New MexicoMountain West#61Preview-15.119%Q4
10vs Northern IllinoisMountain West#129Preview+5.462%Q4
11@ Air ForceMountain West#95Preview-11.525%Q4
12vs UNLVMountain West#104Preview-3.243%Q4
13vs North Dakota StateMountain West#40Preview-19.113%Q2

3 played · 2-1. 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 José 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.

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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 69th
SR 61stYPP 78thEPA 70th
RushingEff 128th
SR 116thYPP 102ndEPA 134th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 29th
SR 69thYPP 34thEPA 20th
Rush defenseEff 114th
SR 134thYPP 88thEPA 107th
Dropback rate 49%Tempo +7.3 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 60th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 42%1st · Defense allowed: 51%1st2nd · Offense: 46%2nd · Defense allowed: 49%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 36%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 42%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 0.0Q1 · Allowed: 7.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 23.0Q2 · Allowed: 35.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 17.0Q3 · Allowed: 21.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 41.0Q4 · Allowed: 14.0Q4
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 José State Offense vs Defense, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 125th
-9.2
Field position: -1.5Finishing drives: -7.8
Field position -1.5Finishing drives -7.8= -9.2
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 112th · Finishing 124th

Defensive EffRanked 105th
-4.4
Field position: -0.9Finishing drives: -3.6
Field position -0.9Finishing drives -3.6= -4.4
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 108th · Finishing 97th

2.24 points per drive on offense, 2.11 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(36)56% / 44%33%4.1
Q2(68)51% / 49%46%6.6
Q3(51)61% / 39%47%5.0
Q4(53)42% / 58%40%6.8
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(47)10.151%5.4
2nd(35)8.243%9.3
3rd(24)7.533%5.3
4th(2)2.0100%4.0
All (108)45%6.6
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(48)10.333%4.7
2nd(36)7.650%5.1
3rd(14)8.536%6.4
4th(2)1.00%-1.5
All (100)39%5.0

San José State, all games.