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Utah State

Utah State University · 2025 · Mountain West

FanBoardHQ CFP
#81
Efficiency
-2.9
77th FBS
Record
6-7
Conf. record
4-4
Conf. finish
7th
of 12
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Utah State went 6-7 and was ranked 81st in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 79th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by an 81st-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 54% of offensive plays with a 93rd-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 46% of plays with a 74th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-2
Q2
0-0
Q3
0-5
Q4
6-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 6.0 wins
Strength of Record
86th
-3.9 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
80th
full season
80th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
83rd
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 UTEPConference USA#132W 2816+19.4100%-12.2Q4
2@ Texas A&MSEC#7L 2244-24.40%-7.1Q1
3vs Air ForceMountain West#105W 4930+6.7100%9.3Q4
4vs McNeeseSouthlandW 487+28.7100%2.4Q4
5@ VanderbiltSEC#15L 3555-24.80%-3.2Q1
7@ Hawai'iMountain West#63L 2644-1.10%-16.4Q3
8vs San José StateMountain West#123W 3025+14.4100%-13.4Q4
9@ New MexicoMountain West#51L 1433-5.60%-18.2Q3
11vs NevadaMountain West#125W 5114+17.2100%22.7Q4
12@ UNLVMountain West#55L 2629-5.70%2.3Q3
13@ Fresno StateMountain West#66W 2817+0.7100%7.2Q4
14vs Boise StateMountain West#46L 2425-3.80%-0.8Q3
Postseason
vs Washington StatePac-12#56L 2134-7.50%-13.1Q3

13 played · 6-7. 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 Utah 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.

-15.0+2.2+19.4-12-792-3-16-13-182327-1Week 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 93rd
SR 88thYPP 100thEPA 88th
RushingEff 74th
SR 90thYPP 65thEPA 70th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 46th
SR 60thYPP 41stEPA 49th
Rush defenseEff 113th
SR 92ndYPP 124thEPA 111th
Dropback rate 54%Tempo +0.0 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 72nd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 44%1st · Defense allowed: 44%1st2nd · Offense: 41%2nd · Defense allowed: 41%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 37%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 43%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 100.0Q1 · Allowed: 64.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 110.0Q2 · Allowed: 130.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 97.0Q3 · Allowed: 71.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 92.0Q4 · Allowed: 107.0Q4
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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Utah State Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 79th
-2.5
Field position: -1.2Finishing drives: -1.3
Field position -1.2Finishing drives -1.3= -2.5
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 103rd · Finishing 79th

Defensive EffRanked 81st
-1.8
Field position: -0.1Finishing drives: -1.7
Field position -0.1Finishing drives -1.7= -1.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 71st · Finishing 79th

2.14 points per drive on offense, 2.07 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 29.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(218)51% / 49%41%5.6
Q2(235)60% / 40%42%5.7
Q3(188)51% / 49%44%7.1
Q4(212)48% / 52%39%6.1
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(187)10.547%7.6
2nd(136)9.341%6.5
3rd(119)8.131%5.1
4th(6)4.533%5.8
All (448)41%6.6
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(208)10.041%5.8
2nd(134)7.542%5.2
3rd(55)7.145%5.5
4th(8)1.363%4.4
All (405)42%5.6

Utah State, all games.