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San José State

San José State University · 2025 · Mountain West

FanBoardHQ CFP
#123
Efficiency
-14.6
115th FBS
Record
3-9
Conf. record
2-6
Conf. finish
T-9th
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San José State went 3-9 and was ranked 123rd in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 97th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 122nd-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 62% of offensive plays with an 84th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 38% of plays with a 62nd-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-1
Q2
0-1
Q3
0-2
Q4
3-5

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 3.0 wins
Strength of Record
123rd
-6.8 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
95th
full season
95th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
84th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.7 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 Central MichiganMid-American#84L 1416-3.40%-13.7Q4
2@ TexasSEC#14L 738-32.80%-7.7Q1
4vs IdahoBig SkyW 3128+5.1100%-14.2Q4
5@ StanfordACC#91L 2930-12.00%-4.8Q3
6vs New MexicoMountain West#51W 3528-11.7100%7.9Q4
7@ WyomingMountain West#112L 2835-6.10%-16.3Q4
8@ Utah StateMountain West#81L 2530-14.40%-4.1Q3
10vs Hawai'iMountain West#63W 4538-7.3100%-0.5Q4
11vs Air ForceMountain West#105L 1626-5.00%-20.5Q4
12@ NevadaMountain West#125L 1055-0.00%-58.1Q4
13@ San Diego StateMountain West#47L 325-22.20%-14.2Q2
14vs Fresno StateMountain West#66L 1441-5.50%-29.3Q4

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 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.

-52.8-25.1+2.6-14-8-14-58-16-4-0-20-58-14-29Week 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 84th
SR 67thYPP 65thEPA 96th
RushingEff 62nd
SR 34thYPP 76thEPA 68th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 104th
SR 97thYPP 129thEPA 93rd
Rush defenseEff 76th
SR 101stYPP 52ndEPA 84th
Dropback rate 62%Tempo +3.3 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 63rd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 45%1st · Defense allowed: 41%1st2nd · Offense: 41%2nd · Defense allowed: 45%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 44%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 44%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 44.0Q1 · Allowed: 72.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 100.0Q2 · Allowed: 120.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 51.0Q3 · Allowed: 55.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 58.0Q4 · Allowed: 111.0Q4
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, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 97th
-5.1
Field position: -1.8Finishing drives: -3.3
Field position -1.8Finishing drives -3.3= -5.1
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 123rd · Finishing 91st

Defensive EffRanked 122nd
-8.5
Field position: -2.7Finishing drives: -5.7
Field position -2.7Finishing drives -5.7= -8.5
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 131st · Finishing 114th

1.56 points per drive on offense, 2.54 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 27.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(186)60% / 40%43%5.7
Q2(205)67% / 33%48%7.5
Q3(187)60% / 40%43%6.2
Q4(215)61% / 39%41%5.1
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(193)10.344%7.2
2nd(166)8.341%6.4
3rd(118)7.541%7.2
4th(16)5.831%1.8
All (493)42%6.8
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(157)9.848%4.9
2nd(94)6.841%4.6
3rd(41)5.459%6.5
4th(8)1.650%2.6
All (300)47%5.0

San José State, all games.