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San José State

San José State University · 2022 · Mountain West

FanBoardHQ CFP
#78
Efficiency
-6.4
89th FBS
Record
7-5
Conf. record
5-3
Conf. finish
T-3rd
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San José State went 7-5 and was ranked 78th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 78th-ranked defense carried them, with an 88th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 63% of offensive plays with a 100th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 37% of plays with an 83rd-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
Q2
0-2
Q3
0-0
Q4
7-3

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 7.0 wins
Strength of Record
77th
-3.4 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
129th
full season
129th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
112th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.0 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 Portland StateBig SkyW 2117+22.1100%-24.6Q4
2@ AuburnSEC#56L 1624-15.50%-0.5Q2
4vs Western MichiganMid-American#110W 346+12.9100%11.3Q4
5@ WyomingMountain West#83W 3316+0.9100%8.8Q4
6vs UNLVMountain West#103W 407+7.8100%23.6Q4
7@ Fresno StateMountain West#41L 1017-14.80%1.5Q2
9vs NevadaMountain West#126W 3528+15.0100%-12.9Q4
10vs Colorado StateMountain West#120W 2816+15.5100%-10.0Q4
11@ San Diego StateMountain West#79L 2743-2.10%-23.1Q4
12@ Utah StateMountain West#98L 3135+4.80%-17.5Q4
13vs Hawai'iMountain West#125W 2714+20.2100%-12.0Q4
Postseason
vs Eastern MichiganMid-American#75L 2741+3.50%-22.3Q4

12 played · 7-5. 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.

-20.7-0.5+19.8-25-0119242-13-10-23-17-12Week 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 100th
SR 68thYPP 110thEPA 110th
RushingEff 83rd
SR 54thYPP 90thEPA 98th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 111th
SR 115thYPP 110thEPA 112th
Rush defenseEff 89th
SR 97thYPP 54thEPA 96th
Dropback rate 63%Tempo +0.8 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 84th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 44%1st · Defense allowed: 41%1st2nd · Offense: 48%2nd · Defense allowed: 36%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 41%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 43%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 59.0Q1 · Allowed: 38.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 103.0Q2 · Allowed: 82.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 76.0Q3 · Allowed: 72.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 92.0Q4 · Allowed: 48.0Q4
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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, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 88th
-4.0
Field position: -0.1Finishing drives: -3.9
Field position -0.1Finishing drives -3.9= -4.0
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 63rd · Finishing 88th

Defensive EffRanked 78th
-1.4
Field position: +1.1Finishing drives: -2.5
Field position +1.1Finishing drives -2.5= -1.4
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 33rd · Finishing 87th

2.26 points per drive on offense, 1.70 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(223)58% / 42%44%5.7
Q2(181)65% / 35%39%5.5
Q3(184)63% / 37%53%6.7
Q4(175)60% / 40%42%5.3
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(195)10.443%6.2
2nd(152)9.147%7.4
3rd(109)7.338%5.1
4th(12)3.358%5.3
All (468)43%6.3
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(156)9.447%5.1
2nd(95)7.049%4.7
3rd(39)5.546%5.7
4th(5)1.220%0.2
All (295)47%4.9

San José State, all games.