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Texas State

Texas State University · 2024 · Sun Belt

FanBoardHQ CFP
#63
Efficiency
+2.7
57th FBS
Record
8-5
Conf. record
5-3
Conf. finish
T-4th
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Texas State went 8-5 and was ranked 63rd in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 43rd-ranked offense was the engine, backed by an 81st-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 52% of offensive plays with an 87th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 48% of plays with a 46th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

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

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 8.0 wins
Strength of Record
66th
-3.1 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
118th
full season
118th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
110th
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 LamarSouthlandW 3427+28.3100%-15.4Q4
2vs UTSAAmerican Athletic#81W 4910+10.3100%26.3Q4
3vs Arizona StateBig 12#8L 2831-12.20%7.6Q1
5vs Sam HoustonConference USA#56L 3940+10.10%-8.0Q4
6@ TroySun Belt#113W 3817+11.3100%20.3Q4
7vs Arkansas StateSun Belt#79W 419+18.5100%15.6Q4
8@ Old DominionSun Belt#91L 1424+1.40%-8.5Q3
10vs LouisianaSun Belt#51L 1723+5.30%-11.4Q4
11@ ULMSun Belt#99W 3817+10.7100%13.9Q4
12vs Southern MissSun Belt#133W 583+31.4100%18.4Q4
13vs Georgia StateSun Belt#120L 4452+18.00%-26.9Q4
14@ South AlabamaSun Belt#83W 4538+3.0100%7.5Q3
Postseason
vs North TexasAmerican Athletic#92W 3028+8.9100%-4.2Q4

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.

-22.7-0.3+22.1-15268-82016-8-111418-277Week 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 46th
SR 39thYPP 49thEPA 43rd
RushingEff 87th
SR 63rdYPP 90thEPA 96th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 57th
SR 68thYPP 45thEPA 53rd
Rush defenseEff 79th
SR 36thYPP 97thEPA 96th
Dropback rate 48%Tempo +1.9 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 91st on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 46%1st · Defense allowed: 39%1st2nd · Offense: 51%2nd · Defense allowed: 34%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 50%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 41%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 152.0Q1 · Allowed: 55.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 117.0Q2 · Allowed: 113.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 96.0Q3 · Allowed: 76.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 86.0Q4 · Allowed: 69.0Q4
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, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 43rd
+3.6
Field position: +0.5Finishing drives: +3.1
Field position +0.5Finishing drives +3.1= +3.6
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 44th · Finishing 41st

Defensive EffRanked 81st
-1.8
Field position: +0.6Finishing drives: -2.4
Field position +0.6Finishing drives -2.4= -1.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 41st · Finishing 84th

3.00 points per drive on offense, 1.97 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 32.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(277)47% / 53%54%7.1
Q2(240)58% / 42%46%6.9
Q3(224)47% / 53%46%6.7
Q4(191)33% / 67%46%5.8
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(203)9.954%8.2
2nd(127)9.144%7.5
3rd(99)8.043%7.2
4th(9)3.078%9.8
All (438)49%7.8
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(230)9.640%5.5
2nd(179)6.655%6.4
3rd(70)4.751%4.7
4th(15)1.367%5.2
All (494)48%5.7

Texas State, all games.