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Washington State

Washington State University · 2022 · Pac-12

FanBoardHQ CFP
#42
Efficiency
+9.4
32nd FBS
Record
7-6
Conf. record
4-5
Conf. finish
7th
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Washington State went 7-6 and was ranked 42nd in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 15th-ranked defense carried them, with a 52nd-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 67% of offensive plays with a 70th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 33% of plays with a 42nd-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
1-5
Q2
0-1
Q3
2-0
Q4
4-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 7.0 wins
Strength of Record
47th
-1.0 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
35th
full season
35th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
47th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.0 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 IdahoBig SkyW 2417+19.1100%-3.8Q4
2@ WisconsinBig Ten#47W 1714-3.0100%15.6Q1
3vs Colorado StateMountain West#120W 387+31.3100%20.3Q4
4vs OregonPac-12#11L 4144-4.40%9.4Q1
5vs CaliforniaPac-12#85W 289+12.1100%16.6Q4
6@ USCPac-12#10L 1430-9.00%1.3Q1
7@ Oregon StatePac-12#12L 1024-10.70%6.0Q1
9vs UtahPac-12#14L 1721-7.60%13.9Q1
10@ StanfordPac-12#102W 5214+13.1100%31.1Q3
11vs Arizona StatePac-12#106W 2818+16.6100%10.9Q4
12@ ArizonaPac-12#72W 3120+7.5100%21.9Q3
13vs WashingtonPac-12#13L 3351-2.80%-5.5Q1
Postseason
vs Fresno StateMountain West#41L 629+3.70%-19.3Q2

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 Washington 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.

-6.1+10.9+27.9-416209171614311122-5Week 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 70th
SR 39thYPP 82ndEPA 82nd
RushingEff 42nd
SR 69thYPP 37thEPA 37th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 48th
SR 33rdYPP 41stEPA 64th
Rush defenseEff 58th
SR 70thYPP 73rdEPA 40th
Dropback rate 67%Tempo +0.5 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: 43%1st2nd · Offense: 41%2nd · Defense allowed: 42%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 39%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 40%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 83.0Q1 · Allowed: 44.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 114.0Q2 · Allowed: 81.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 64.0Q3 · Allowed: 56.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 59.0Q4 · 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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Washington State Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 52nd
+1.5
Field position: +2.4Finishing drives: -0.9
Field position +2.4Finishing drives -0.9= +1.5
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 8th · Finishing 69th

Defensive EffRanked 15th
+8.3
Field position: +1.4Finishing drives: +6.8
Field position +1.4Finishing drives +6.8= +8.3
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 22nd · Finishing 18th

2.09 points per drive on offense, 1.87 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(193)66% / 34%45%6.4
Q2(241)67% / 33%44%5.4
Q3(203)66% / 34%42%5.7
Q4(200)56% / 44%38%5.2
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(240)9.948%6.2
2nd(165)8.138%5.4
3rd(109)8.632%4.9
4th(20)6.345%6.5
All (534)41%5.7
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(128)9.939%5.2
2nd(108)7.946%6.7
3rd(59)6.049%5.0
4th(8)3.550%3.1
All (303)44%5.6

Washington State, all games.