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San Diego State

San Diego State University · 2022 · Mountain West

FanBoardHQ CFP
#79
Efficiency
-7.0
91st FBS
Record
7-6
Conf. record
5-3
Conf. finish
T-3rd
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San Diego State went 7-6 and was ranked 79th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 37th-ranked defense carried them, with a 120th-ranked offense. They ran the ball on 53% of offensive plays with a 120th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 47% of plays with a 97th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-1
Q2
0-2
Q3
0-1
Q4
7-2

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 7.0 wins
Strength of Record
75th
-3.3 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
88th
full season
88th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
92nd
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
1vs ArizonaPac-12#72L 2038-3.40%-20.6Q4
2vs Idaho StateBig SkyW 387+31.9100%-14.7Q4
3@ UtahPac-12#14L 735-29.60%-8.9Q1
4vs ToledoMid-American#69W 1714-0.4100%-3.5Q4
5@ Boise StateMountain West#50L 1335-13.30%-20.7Q2
6vs Hawai'iMountain West#125W 1614+19.6100%-24.6Q4
8@ NevadaMountain West#126W 237+8.8100%1.4Q4
9@ Fresno StateMountain West#41L 2832-15.40%7.5Q2
10vs UNLVMountain West#103W 1410+7.2100%-10.5Q4
11vs San José StateMountain West#78W 4327+2.1100%9.7Q4
12@ New MexicoMountain West#128W 3410+11.4100%9.3Q4
13vs Air ForceMountain West#45L 313-10.20%-6.6Q3
Postseason
vs Middle TennesseeConference USA#77L 2325+0.90%-9.9Q4

13 played · 7-6. 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.

-21.8-7.5+6.9-21-15-9-4-21-2518-10109-7Week 0Week 17
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 97th
SR 109thYPP 102ndEPA 92nd
RushingEff 120th
SR 128thYPP 97thEPA 119th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 67th
SR 75thYPP 57thEPA 69th
Rush defenseEff 33rd
SR 30thYPP 60thEPA 31st
Dropback rate 47%Tempo -1.1 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 81st on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 37%1st · Defense allowed: 39%1st2nd · Offense: 38%2nd · Defense allowed: 39%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 37%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 36%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 51.0Q1 · Allowed: 48.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 82.0Q2 · Allowed: 65.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 70.0Q3 · Allowed: 76.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 46.0Q4 · Allowed: 79.0Q4
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, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 120th
-10.4
Field position: +0.5Finishing drives: -10.9
Field position +0.5Finishing drives -10.9= -10.4
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 42nd · Finishing 125th

Defensive EffRanked 37th
+3.8
Field position: +0.2Finishing drives: +3.6
Field position +0.2Finishing drives +3.6= +3.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 66th · Finishing 35th

1.59 points per drive on offense, 1.66 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(170)48% / 52%33%5.6
Q2(207)51% / 49%41%5.5
Q3(197)42% / 58%43%5.7
Q4(210)46% / 54%33%5.2
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(121)10.438%4.8
2nd(134)9.143%5.9
3rd(105)9.331%7.4
4th(6)4.767%12.5
All (366)38%6.1
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(211)10.036%4.7
2nd(124)7.834%4.6
3rd(69)6.635%5.1
4th(14)2.879%11.1
All (418)37%4.9

San Diego State, all games.