Mountain West · 2026
North Dakota State
6–2
CFPi+ rank#66of 138 FBS teams
+0.8CFPi+ rating
#22Best: EPi+ efficiency
#131Weakest: TPi+ talent
4Games left
Where the team ranks
CFPi+#66+0.8
Offense#93+22.1
Defense#35+21.3
How efficiently it plays
EPi+#22+12.3
Off EPi+#70-0.8
Def EPi+#12-13.1
Offense and defense
| Stat | Offense | Defense |
|---|---|---|
| Success rate | #10939.7% | #2135.9% |
| Explosiveness | #43+1.293 | #8+1.097 |
| Havoc rate | #7214.7% | #3717.5% |
| Pass PPA | #79+0.203 | #1-0.148 |
| Rush PPA | #95+0.045 | #13-0.092 |
Raw season splits, not opponent-adjusted. Defense #1 is the stingiest in the country.
The roster and the staff
TPi+#131-14.3
Recruiting#133-17.6
Returning#74-0.0
247 talent#131515.6
Head coach#63+0.0
What other systems say
Composite#43+7.7
SP+#41+8.6
SP+ off#81+25.4
SP+ def#17+16.8
ESPN FPI#71-0.2
The box-score view
Yards/G#104348.1
Yards/G allowed#2250.1
Pass yards/G#110188.6
Rush yards/G#64159.5
3rd down#7240.2%
3rd down allowed#3634.3%
Sacks/G#921.8
Takeaways/G#111.9
Ranks are national out of 138 FBS teams and #1 is best. The bar shows where a rank sits in the field; the rating is the source beneath it.
Every game, with the model's read
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Projected | Win prob | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | vs Jacksonville State | W 33–7 | Final | |||
| 1 | vs Fordham | W 38–0 | Final | |||
| 2 | @ Air Force | W 38–32 | Final | |||
| 3 | @ Sacramento State | W 31–10 | Final | |||
| 5 | vs Wyoming | W 28–0 | Final | |||
| 6 | @ UNLV | L 7–13 | Final | |||
| 7 | vs Nevada | W 31–17 | Final | |||
| 8 | @ New Mexico | L 16–21 | Final | |||
| 9 | vs UTEP | — | ||||
| 11 | @ Hawai'i | — | ||||
| 12 | vs Northern Illinois | — | ||||
| 13 | @ San José State | — | ||||
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CFPi-X V4.0 Selected · data vintage 10/26/2026