College Football
#103

San José State Spartans

Mountain West · 4-3

CEFCU Stadium · 30,456 seats

San José State Spartans rank #103 among FBS teams in the Predictium ratings with an opponent-adjusted net rating of -0.019 points per play (Elo 1430), a 4-3 record in the Mountain West, and 46% of that rating still riding on preseason priors.

Ratings

Net rating
-0.019
#103 in FBS
Offense
-0.021
higher is better
Defense
-0.002
lower is better
SOS
-0.006
mean opp. rating
Elo
1430
Off EPA/play
-0.018
higher is better
Def EPA/play
-0.019
lower is better
Off success
-0.014
Def success
+0.004
Off explosive
-0.006
Def explosive
-0.004
Rush EPA
-0.037
offense
Pass EPA
+0.005
offense
Pts / drive
1.65
11.1 drives/gm
Pts / opportunity
2.00
inside opp 40

Offense and Defense are the net rating's own split (offense − defense reconciles to net rating exactly); everything else is opponent-adjusted, per play. Defensive numbers are from the defense's perspective: negative means opponents produced less than expected. SOS is the mean net rating of every opponent on the schedule.

What drives our rating

No black box: these are the actual model inputs behind San José State's number, including exactly how much is still preseason prior versus observed play.

Preseason prior-0.043

Where our rating started before a snap was played

Prior season rating-0.015

Last season's final rating, for comparison

Offseason adjustment-0.028

This season's prior minus last season's final rating — our offseason risers/fallers number

Prior remaining46%

How much of today's rating still rides on that prior — fades as real games arrive

Returning production4%

Share of last season's production (PPA) back on the roster

Recruiting talent-0.76σ

Recruiting talent, standard deviations above the FBS average

Transfer portal+0.5 pts

Net production gained or lost through the transfer portal

Coaching changeNo

First-year head coach adds uncertainty and resets some priors

Rating trajectory

Weekly net rating across the season — starts at the preseason prior and moves as real games replace it.

0.00-0.04Wk 1Wk 8

Schedule & results

WkOpponentResultOur lineMarketATS
1@USCL 26–42———
1@Eastern MichiganW 27–21———
2vsCal PolyW 30–20———
3vsFresno StateL 10–26———
5@Hawai'iW 20–16———
6vsWyomingL 13–16———
7@UTEPW 24–11———
8@NevadaOct 24———
9vsNew MexicoOct 31———
10vsNorthern IllinoisNov 7———
11@Air ForceNov 15———
12vsUNLVNov 22———
13vsNorth Dakota StateNov 27———