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Texas State University · 2023 · Sun Belt

FanBoardHQ CFP
#71
Efficiency
-2.9
73rd FBS
Record
8-5
Conf. record
4-4
Conf. finish
T-6th
of 14
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Texas State went 8-5 and was ranked 71st in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 34th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 121st-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 51% of offensive plays with a 47th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 49% of plays with a 42nd-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
Q2
0-1
Q3
1-3
Q4
7-1

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 8.0 wins
Strength of Record
65th
-2.9 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
120th
full season
120th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
91st
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
1@ BaylorBig 12#110W 4231+2.8100%5.5Q4
2@ UTSAAmerican Athletic#55L 1320-6.00%-4.8Q3
3vs Jackson StateSWACW 7734+28.9100%6.0Q4
4vs NevadaMountain West#131W 3524+20.3100%-0.7Q4
5@ Southern MissSun Belt#119W 5036+10.2100%7.8Q4
6@ LouisianaSun Belt#87L 3034-0.90%-8.7Q3
7vs ULMSun Belt#130W 2120+18.4100%-20.0Q4
9vs TroySun Belt#28L 1331-9.50%-10.4Q2
10vs Georgia SouthernSun Belt#95W 4524+8.6100%18.7Q4
11@ Coastal CarolinaSun Belt#63L 2331-5.30%-9.8Q3
12@ Arkansas StateSun Belt#91L 3177+3.70%-40.6Q4
13vs South AlabamaSun Belt#70W 5244-4.1100%8.0Q3
Postseason
vs RiceAmerican Athletic#88W 4521+3.9100%10.6Q4

13 played · 8-5. 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 Texas 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.

-35.8-10.9+14.06-56-18-9-20-1019-10-418Week 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 47th
SR 32ndYPP 47thEPA 52nd
RushingEff 42nd
SR 50thYPP 47thEPA 27th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 92nd
SR 97thYPP 91stEPA 88th
Rush defenseEff 89th
SR 60thYPP 95thEPA 85th
Dropback rate 51%Tempo +6.0 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 87th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 47%1st · Defense allowed: 41%1st2nd · Offense: 48%2nd · Defense allowed: 38%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 51%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 49%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 134.0Q1 · Allowed: 74.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 126.0Q2 · Allowed: 115.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 76.0Q3 · Allowed: 83.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 108.0Q4 · Allowed: 103.0Q4
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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Texas State Offense vs Defense, 2023
Offensive EffRanked 34th
+4.7
Field position: +0.1Finishing drives: +4.6
Field position +0.1Finishing drives +4.6= +4.7
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 61st · Finishing 33rd

Defensive EffRanked 121st
-8.1
Field position: -1.8Finishing drives: -6.2
Field position -1.8Finishing drives -6.2= -8.1
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 121st · Finishing 114th

2.82 points per drive on offense, 2.40 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(254)50% / 50%52%7.6
Q2(260)59% / 41%45%6.2
Q3(187)43% / 57%48%6.4
Q4(228)37% / 63%49%5.5
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(185)10.054%8.0
2nd(143)8.648%8.0
3rd(104)8.238%6.0
4th(15)5.660%5.8
All (447)48%7.4
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(234)9.642%5.2
2nd(158)6.748%5.6
3rd(74)4.859%6.7
4th(16)1.588%5.1
All (482)48%5.6

Texas State, all games.

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