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Washington State

Washington State University · 2024 · Pac-12

FanBoardHQ CFP
#61
Efficiency
+1.2
63rd FBS
Record
8-5
Conf. record
0-1
Conf. finish
2nd
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Washington State went 8-5 and was ranked 61st in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 39th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 92nd-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 51% of offensive plays with a 41st-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 49% of plays with a 54th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-1
Q2
0-1
Q3
3-0
Q4
5-3

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 8.0 wins
Strength of Record
61st
-2.8 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
103rd
full season
103rd
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
3rd
a 25th-ranked team would win ~0.9 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 Portland StateBig SkyW 7030+24.4100%21.9Q4
2vs Texas TechBig 12#40W 3716-2.5100%25.6Q3
3vs WashingtonBig Ten#53W 2419-3.7100%10.0Q3
4vs San José StateMountain West#88W 5452+10.9100%-9.0Q4
5@ Boise StateMountain West#19L 2445-14.70%-5.6Q1
7@ Fresno StateMountain West#93W 2517+3.7100%7.6Q3
8vs Hawai'iMountain West#105W 4210+16.9100%14.7Q4
9@ San Diego StateMountain West#125W 2926+17.0100%-12.4Q4
11vs Utah StateMountain West#110W 4928+15.2100%14.3Q4
12@ New MexicoMountain West#107L 3538+12.60%-14.3Q4
13@ Oregon StatePac-12#100L 3841+9.80%-9.9Q4
14vs WyomingMountain West#118L 1415+16.30%-16.5Q4
Postseason
vs SyracuseACC#29L 3552-4.20%-10.8Q2

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 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.

-13.1+4.5+22.2222610-9-6815-1214-14-10-17Week 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 41st
SR 24thYPP 37thEPA 45th
RushingEff 54th
SR 61stYPP 49thEPA 59th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 72nd
SR 77thYPP 81stEPA 57th
Rush defenseEff 113th
SR 119thYPP 119thEPA 108th
Dropback rate 51%Tempo -0.2 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 81st on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 48%1st · Defense allowed: 48%1st2nd · Offense: 51%2nd · Defense allowed: 46%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 45%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 42%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 129.0Q1 · Allowed: 88.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 135.0Q2 · Allowed: 92.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 66.0Q3 · Allowed: 103.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 121.0Q4 · Allowed: 110.0Q4
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, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 39th
+4.1
Field position: +1.3Finishing drives: +2.8
Field position +1.3Finishing drives +2.8= +4.1
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 24th · Finishing 48th

Defensive EffRanked 92nd
-3.1
Field position: +0.8Finishing drives: -3.9
Field position +0.8Finishing drives -3.9= -3.1
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 33rd · Finishing 100th

2.96 points per drive on offense, 2.59 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 31.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(212)53% / 47%51%7.8
Q2(243)53% / 47%51%6.6
Q3(195)48% / 52%47%6.6
Q4(199)43% / 57%45%6.3
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(168)10.153%8.6
2nd(158)8.053%8.0
3rd(88)8.342%7.3
4th(7)5.457%11.7
All (422)50%8.1
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(233)9.645%5.8
2nd(115)7.150%6.4
3rd(61)4.946%4.1
4th(18)1.956%2.1
All (427)47%5.6

Washington State, all games.