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Texas State University · 2025 · Sun Belt

FanBoardHQ CFP
#79
Efficiency
-0.4
71st FBS
Record
7-6
Conf. record
3-5
Conf. finish
T-9th
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Texas State went 7-6 and was ranked 79th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 27th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by an 116th-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 57% of offensive plays with a 35th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 43% of plays with a 34th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
Q2
0-2
Q3
1-1
Q4
6-3

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 7.0 wins
Strength of Record
82nd
-4.2 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
122nd
full season
122nd
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
98th
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 Eastern MichiganMid-American#121W 5227+20.3100%7.4Q4
2@ UTSAAmerican Athletic#64W 4336-5.9100%12.3Q3
3@ Arizona StateBig 12#38L 1534-8.90%-20.6Q2
4vs NichollsSouthlandW 353+31.7100%14.8Q4
6@ Arkansas StateSun Belt#90L 3031+8.40%-9.5Q4
7vs TroySun Belt#80L 4148+11.50%-6.8Q4
8@ MarshallSun Belt#96L 3740+3.10%-8.7Q3
10vs James MadisonSun Belt#22L 2052-7.20%-22.3Q2
11@ LouisianaSun Belt#100L 3942+9.30%-13.3Q4
12@ Southern MissSun Belt#95W 4114+8.0100%26.1Q4
13vs ULMSun Belt#128W 3114+23.7100%-7.5Q4
14vs South AlabamaSun Belt#114W 4926+14.2100%12.5Q4
Postseason
vs RiceAmerican Athletic#106W 4110+16.0100%8.3Q4

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 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.

-18.5+1.9+22.2712-2115-9-7-9-22-1326-713Week 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 34th
SR 43rdYPP 16thEPA 44th
RushingEff 35th
SR 55thYPP 38thEPA 28th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 118th
SR 113thYPP 95thEPA 126th
Rush defenseEff 83rd
SR 76thYPP 94thEPA 80th
Dropback rate 43%Tempo +2.6 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 89th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 41%1st · Defense allowed: 41%1st2nd · Offense: 50%2nd · Defense allowed: 41%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 48%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 43%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 96.0Q1 · Allowed: 58.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 124.0Q2 · Allowed: 110.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 93.0Q3 · Allowed: 76.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 135.0Q4 · Allowed: 138.0Q4
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, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 27th
+6.8
Field position: -2.6Finishing drives: +9.4
Field position -2.6Finishing drives +9.4= +6.8
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 133rd · Finishing 15th

Defensive EffRanked 116th
-6.9
Field position: -1.3Finishing drives: -5.6
Field position -1.3Finishing drives -5.6= -6.9
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 109th · Finishing 113th

2.72 points per drive on offense, 2.22 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 28.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(272)43% / 57%44%6.4
Q2(250)46% / 54%44%7.4
Q3(215)42% / 58%49%6.9
Q4(206)37% / 63%48%6.7
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(165)10.247%8.3
2nd(132)8.654%10.0
3rd(87)8.036%7.4
4th(14)4.643%5.3
All (398)47%8.6
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(248)9.937%5.5
2nd(194)7.148%5.6
3rd(92)5.157%5.8
4th(11)1.582%3.6
All (545)45%5.6

Texas State, all games.