This week's picks

Big Al's CFB Lab

Data updated
Pac-12

Boise State

6–1 (3–0 Pac-12). 2026 season, games through Oct 24, 2026.

SP+ rating9.436th of 138
SP+ offense34.221st of 138
SP+ defense24.961st of 138
PRIME12.121st of 138
Elo171828th of 138
Week 9

Texas State at Boise State

Sat, Oct 31, 10:00 PM ET. SP+ projection: Boise State 43, Texas State 33. Big Al's pick: Boise State (77%).

Full head to head

Offense

StatValueRank
Points per game34.436th
Yards per play6.0578th
Success rate44.0%67th
Explosive play rate10.8%102nd
Yards per carry6.0119th
Yards per pass attempt6.30114th
Sack rate allowed3.4%25th
3rd down conversion45.1%38th

Defense

StatValueRank
Points allowed20.638th
Yards per play allowed7.37134th
Success rate allowed42.3%72nd
Explosive plays allowed14.1%118th
Yards per carry allowed5.0887th
Yards per attempt allowed10.00135th
Sack rate7.6%34th
3rd downs allowed33.3%29th

Players

Dylan Riley (RB), Jamari Johnson (TE), Maddux Madsen (QB), Matt Wagner (TE), Rasean Jones (WR), Sire Gaines (RB).

Results

WeekOpponentResult
1at OregonL 27–34
2vs. MemphisW 38–20
3vs. South DakotaW 38–24
4at Western MichiganW 32–7
5vs. Utah StateW 37–18
6at Fresno StateW 38–31
8at Washington StateW 31–10

Ranks are out of 138 FBS teams. Stats from play-by-play; scoring counts FBS opponents only. Compare Boise State with any team.

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How we picked it

Three ratings look at a team in three different ways. Big Al's pick is the team at least two of them favor.

Where the game is won

Each row puts one team's unit against the unit it faces, by national rank out of all FBS teams. An edge is a gap of 25 spots or more.

What these mean

  • SP+ Bill Connelly's opponent-adjusted efficiency rating. Points better than an average FBS team on a neutral field.
  • PRIME A second opponent-adjusted rating, built from possession efficiency, on the same points scale. SOS is schedule difficulty; SOR is wins above what an average team would get against that schedule.
  • Elo A results-only rating that moves after each game based on the score and the opponent. 1500 is average.
  • Success rate Share of plays that stay on schedule: 50% of the yards needed on 1st down, 70% on 2nd, all of it on 3rd and 4th.
  • Explosive rate Share of plays that are runs of 12+ yards or completions of 16+ yards.
  • Defense rows What opponents did against the team. Lower is better except sack rate and interception rate.
  • Projection Rating gap, plus 2.5 points for the home team, and games usually land within about 14 points of it. A coin flip is 50%.

Ratings: SP+ via CFB Update; PRIME via primecfb.com. Box and play stats computed from CollegeFootballData.com play data (via the public cfbfastR files), FBS games only for scoring. Rushing yards here exclude sacks, so they run higher than official totals. Ranks are out of 138 FBS teams.

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