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Boise State Broncos

Pac-12·1-1·
Elo
1569#46
SP+
5.2#50
FPI
7.8
AP
NR
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Talent #74 (641.2)Recruiting class #5166% production returning

Roster · 113 players

FR 46SO 24JR 23SR 20
#PlayerPosClHtWt
4Maddux MadsenQBSR5'10"207
10Cash HerreraQBFR6'2"202
14Max CutforthQBJR6'2"208
16Jackson TaylorQBFR6'1"196
0Dylan RileyRBJR5'10"192
15Zeke MartinezRBFR6'0"215
22Juelz GoffRBSO5'9"195
23Keilan ChaviesRBFR5'9"183
26Sire GainesRBSO6'0"217
27Harry Stewart IIIRBSO5'10"220
30Mariyon SloanRBFR5'10"190
3Cam BatesWRJR5'10"180
5Akeem WrightWRSR5'11"165
13Darren MorrisWRSR6'1"183
17AJ JonesWRFR6'1"180
19Rasean JonesWRFR6'2"199
24AJ MaesWRJR6'3"197
25Quinton BrownWRSO5'8"165
29Lincoln DunnWRFR5'11"175
34Jeremyah LaneWRJR5'6"140
80Romeo CarterWRFR6'3"190
81Kamryn JonesWRFR6'2"210
82Ben FordWRSR5'10"187
83Qumonte Williams Jr.WRSO6'5"190
84Gavin PackerWRFR5'10"180
85Terrious FavorsWRFR5'9"163
89AJ LoganWRFR5'9"190
45Troy GrizzleTESO6'3"246
46Carter KuchenbuchTEFR6'5"238
47Kaden AndersonTESO6'3"232
48Ryan BrekkeTEFR6'2"216
49Beckham HoflandTEFR6'3"230
86Austin TerryTESR6'3"245
87Keawe BrowneTEFR6'5"222
88Matt WagnerTEJR6'5"250
52Stewart TaufaOLFR6'1"302
55Sua FaleagafuaOLFR6'5"259
59Jameson PerryOLFR6'5"290
62Roger CarreonOLSR6'5"310
63Connor LagrowOLFR6'6"293
64Carson RasmussenOLJR6'5"300
65Hakeim SmallsOLFR6'3"286
66Jacob TracyOLFR6'6"300
67Jason SteeleOLJR6'4"300
69Zander EstyOLJR6'4"300
70Kyle CoxOLJR6'6"300
71Ashton KershnerOLJR6'4"327
72Daniil StarykhOLFR6'3"296
73Parker PerkinsOLSO6'2"300
74Alma TaleniOLSO6'7"297
75Daylon MetoyerOLSR6'4"321
76Greg BienvenueOLSO6'4"303
77Kole CroninOLFR6'5"263
78Tyler EthridgeOLSR6'3"308
79Connor WarkentinOLSO6'5"293
54Adonte MedleyDLSO6'1"300
56Rowan RuppDLFR6'0"252
58Deuce AlailefaleulaDLFR6'0"303
90Andrew Rheubottom Jr.DLSR6'0"277
92David LatuDLSR6'4"325
93Ryder SwansonDLFR6'3"290
94Paz St. JohnDLFR6'2"268
96Lopez SanusiDLSO6'3"307
97Mikaio EdwardDLJR6'1"285
98Bethel ImasuenDLFR6'4"290
99Michael MadrieDLJR6'4"290
1Boen PhelpsLBJR6'1"215
5Jayden Virgin-MorganLBSR6'3"260
13Sterling Lane IILBSR6'3"238
17Logan BrantleyLBJR6'0"229
18Sam BrooksLBSR6'1"200
30Adam AustonLBFR6'1"228
40De'Shawn ToiloloLBSO6'2"242
41Rocky DunnLBFR6'1"218
42Zyhaire LewisLBJR6'0"215
43Jake RippLBSR6'3"240
44Syncere Brackett-LambeyLBSO6'2"233
45Markell BowensLBFR6'5"240
46Corey Webb Jr.LBFR6'5"218
50Jaden WilliamsLBFR6'3"245
51Roman CaywoodLBSO6'3"240
53Ty TannerLBSO6'1"225
55Mana TuiotiLBSO5'10"228
57Gustaf Henriks RasLBFR6'4"228
91Bol BolLBSO6'4"240
95Max StegeLBSR6'4"269
4Travis AndersonDBSO5'11"190
6JeRico Washington Jr.DBJR5'9"176
7Jaden MickeyDBSR6'0"182
8Sherrod SmithDBJR6'1"185
9Derek Ganter Jr.DBJR6'0"212
10Madden SoliaiDBFR5'9"179
14Demetrius Freeney Jr.DBSR6'0"187
16Franklyn Johnson Jr.DBJR5'10"172
20Kyle HallDBJR6'2"205
22Roman TillmonDBJR5'11"185
23Davin HillDBFR5'10"179
24Tahj CrutchfieldDBFR5'11"180
28Cam JamersonDBFR6'0"188
29Arthur de BoachieDBSO6'0"192
31Cole MillerDBJR6'0"186
32Taebron Bennie-PowellDBSO6'1"177
33Josiah AlanisDBFR6'1"186
34Dom CalhounDBFR5'11"185
35Trey TolmaireDBSO5'11"185
36Jacob Arbuckle IIDBFR5'10"165
39Timothy MitchellDBSO5'10"182
35Colton BoomerPKSR5'10"175
48Canaan MoorePKFR5'11"170
37Oscar DoylePSR6'3"214
38Bradan ScottPFR6'3"185
60Tyler HimebauchLSFR6'2"205
61Caden KellowLSSR5'11"223

Team Statistics · per game, with national FBS rank

Points / game
32.5
scoring offense
Points allowed
27.0
scoring defense
Differential
+5.5
per game
Offense
Total yards / game
274.0#125
Yards / play
4.2#125
Passing yards / game
181.0#105
Rushing yards / game
93.0#120
First downs / game
18.0#102
3rd down %
26.7%#121
4th down %
66.7%#45
Time of possession
31:54#51
Defense
Yards allowed / game
497.0#129
Yards / play allowed
7.9#132
Pass yards allowed / game
378.0#137
Rush yards allowed / game
119.0#77
3rd down % allowed
33.3%#60
Sacks
1#104
Tackles for loss
6#91
Turnovers & Discipline
Turnover margin
+1#36
Takeaways
1#88
Giveaways
0#1
Penalties / game
3.0#6
Penalty yards / game
25.0#7

Rank is national among all FBS teams (#1 = best), oriented so higher rank = better even for defensive and discipline metrics. Bars show percentile.

Scouting Report · 2026 projection

Boise State is in year 3 under Spencer Danielson. The strengths are on both sides of the ball, led by 14th at keeping opponents off schedule through the air. The way in is 130th at keeping everything in front of them.

Boise State has played 1 game against a soft slate, adjusted for here. That football carries about 0% of what is below; the rest is still the preseason projection.

Projected strengths

  • Defensestaying on schedule through the air
    #14
    projected
  • Defensefirst and second down
    #16
    projected
  • Offensegetting stopped at the line
    #26
    projected

Projected soft spots

  • Defensehitting chunk plays
    #130
    projected

Each bar is where this team sits in the country. Before the season has produced enough football these are PROJECTIONS — last season regressed to the mean, plus talent, returning production, recruiting and whether the staff is the same one — and the season replaces them as it is played. Head coaches only — there is no free feed for coordinators, so on a program where the head coach does not call the offense this describes the staff he hired. Play-calling identity is a style, not a grade: throwing more than the situations warrant is not better than throwing less than they warrant.

2026 Season Projection

model win prob · 8 to play
6.13.9
projected final record (now 11)
Exp. wins left
5.1
of 8 games
Bowl odds
67%
reach 6 wins
Best odds
87%
vs Oregon State
Toughest
48%
vs San Diego State

How the season could finish · 2026 · chance of each final win total · 8 games left

Every remaining game simulated from the model's win probability for it. Tallest bar is the single likeliest finish, not a prediction that it happens.

123456789
final winstallest bar = 29% chance
Likeliest finish 6-4 (29%)Bowl eligible 67% · marked on the axis at 6

Player Value

EPA contribution by position group + estimated NIL market value (derived from position rates and on-field production — not actual deal figures).

Unit Value — Total EPA
RBJuelz Goff, Harry Stewart III +2
+20.8 EPA
QBMaddux Madsen
+20.8 EPA
WRBen Ford, Darren Morris +4
+16.3 EPA
TEAustin Terry, Matt Wagner +1
+1.0 EPA

Total EPA produced by each positional group this season. OL value is captured via the rush/pass efficiency of skill players; OL-specific EPA isn't separately reported.

Estimated NIL Market Value
ESTIMATED
EPA +20.80.315/play66 snaps
RBSire Gaines
~$253K
EPA +11.30.377/play30 snaps
RBDylan Riley
~$205K
EPA +7.20.180/play40 snaps

Estimated from position-group market rates and on-field EPA contribution. Actual NIL valuations depend on social media following, brand fit, and market negotiations — these figures are directional only.

The Five Factors

ranked vs. FBS · bar = better
Efficiency (PPA)
Off0.1124th#105
Def0.2813th#120
Explosiveness
Off1.0212th#121
Def1.5111th#123
Field position
Off72.873rd#38
Def62.997th#5
Finishing (pts/opp)
Off3.8639th#85
Def3.0954th#64
Turnovers
Won 2Lost 0
Margin +2

Opponent-adjusted efficiency

EPA/play vs. schedule
Offense
Defense
Off · pass
0.2942nd#80
Off · rush
-0.0223rd#107

Pass vs. rush (PPA)

Rushing
Off-0.0222nd#108
Def0.2019th#112
Passing
Off0.2942nd#81
Def0.3525th#104

Trenches & disruption

Line yards (off)
2.92#88
2nd-level / open-field
0.33 / 0.00
Power / stuff (off)
100.0% / 12.1%
Havoc — total (def)
15.6%#73
Havoc — front 7 / DB
10.9% / 4.7%

Standard vs. passing downs

Pro
Std downs
Off0.10
Def0.15
Pass downs
Off0.13
Def0.59

PPA on each down type (off vs. def).

Opponent-adjusted by down

Pro
1st2nd3rd
Offense-0.02#940.13#850.01#127
Defense0.44#1350.44#1190.19#38

Elo Trajectory

@OregonSan Diego State
Elo rating 15621569+7 over season

Team Fingerprint · 2026 · 43 opponent-adjusted metrics · percentile vs 138 FBS teams

Plot these →
worst in FBSbest

Efficiency

  • Offense EPA/play0.1128th
  • Defense EPA/play allowed0.2820th
  • Offense success rate36%20th
  • Defense success rate allowed45%23rd

Downs

  • Offense success — standard downs43%28th
  • Offense success — passing downs20%15th
  • Defense success allowed — standard downs49%26th
  • Defense success allowed — passing downs37%21st

Explosiveness

  • Offense explosiveness1.014th
  • Defense explosiveness allowed1.513th
  • Offense explosiveness — standard downs0.9333rd
  • Offense explosiveness — passing downs1.417th

Trenches

  • Offense line yards2.939th
  • Defense line yards allowed3.220th
  • Offense highlight yards0.007th
  • Defense highlight yards allowed1.328th
  • Offense power success1.099th
  • Defense power success allowed0.6761st
  • Offense stuff rate0.1274th
  • Defense stuff rate0.1315th

Third down

  • Third down conversion27%13th
  • Third down distance faced6.169th
  • Third down conversion allowed33%60th
  • Third down distance forced6.735th

Halves

  • Net success rate — first half-0.229th
  • Net success rate — second half0.0241st

Drives

  • Points per drive2.359th
  • Points per drive allowed2.832nd
  • Average starting field position2745th
  • Opponent starting field position379th
  • Available yards gained43%33rd
  • Available yards allowed59%26th
  • Scoring opportunities per drive75%37th
  • Scoring opportunities allowed77%63rd
  • Points per scoring opportunity3.063rd
  • Points allowed per opportunity3.730th
  • Three-and-out rate42%20th
  • Three-and-outs forced0%9th

Roster

  • Returning usage73%87th
  • Returning EPA23487th
  • Team talent composite64147th
  • Recruiting class rank51.064th
  • Recruiting class points20664th

Every metric is opponent-adjusted and ranked so that higher is always better — a defensive rate that is good when low is ranked accordingly. Sack and tackle-for-loss composition are deliberately absent: their relationship to team quality is a measured null, so they carry a style rather than a rank, and they appear in the pressure signature instead.

Intelligence Report

Offensive DNA

Pass-dominant offense — below average EPA/play nationally
EPA/play
+0.113#105 · below avg
Pass EPA/play
+0.291#81
Rush EPA/play
-0.024#108
Explosiveness
1.018#121
Pts/opportunity
3.86#85
Success rate
35.8%

Pass efficiency edge: 0.315 EPA/play

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Defensive Identity

Disruptive defense — allowing above-average EPA/play
EPA/play allowed
+0.277#120 · bottom 20%
Havoc rate (total)
15.6%#73
Front-7 havoc
10.9%
DB havoc
4.7%
Big play rate allowed
1.515#123
Success rate allowed
45.3%

Disruption comes primarily from the front seven.

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Season Signature

Points per game
32.5
Points allowed/game
27.0
Scoring margin/game
+5.5
Turnover margin
+2won 2 · lost 0
Production returning
66%
Talent rank (247)
#74

1-1 record through 2 games.

Team Shape · percentile vs. FBS · dashed = 50th

OFFENSE24thEXPLOSIVENESS12thFINISHING39thFIELD POS73thDEFENSE13thHAVOC47th50th100th
Offense
24th
Explosiveness
12th
Finishing
39th
Field Pos
73th
Defense
13th
Havoc
47th

Each axis = national percentile rank. 100th = best in FBS, 0th = worst. Defense and Havoc are oriented so higher = better.

CORE efficiency · situation and opponent removed

Points per 100 plays above average, after the game state is regressed out of every snap and the schedule is solved out across the whole league. The version of this team’s efficiency that can be compared to a team it never played.

Overall
+6.3
#48
Offense
+2.8
#47
Defense
-3.5
#55
Full CORE ratings →

What a possession is worth · 12 drives

MeasureOffenseDefense
Points per drive2.252.85
Starting field positionown 27.3own 37.1
Available yards42.6%59.5%
Scoring opportunities75.0%76.9%
Points per opportunity3.003.70
Three-and-out rate41.7%0.0%
Every team’s drive efficiency →

Play-calling identity

Against what the league calls from the same down, distance, field position, score and clock — so this is the staff, not the game script.

Pass rate
48.4%
Expected, given the spots
48.8%
Over expected
-0.4
Fourth down vs peers
+3
Fourth down vs the model
-29
All play-calling tendencies →

National Landscape · 2026 FBS · offense vs. defense EPA/play

Each dot = one FBS team. Boise State is highlighted. Tap or hover a dot for details.

ELITEDEF. FORTRESSOFF. POWERHOUSEREBUILDING-0.100.00+0.10+0.20+0.30-0.050.00+0.10+0.20Offensive EPA/play← worsebetter →Defensive EPA allowed/play← worsebetter →

Similar Programs

Teams with the closest offense + defense efficiency profile to Boise State in 2026

by EPA/play distance
RutgersSP+ -3.6
Off EPA/play +0.124Def EPA/play +0.234Elo 1372
Match
98%
Ball StateSP+ -25.0
Off EPA/play +0.119Def EPA/play +0.321Elo 1112
Match
98%
East CarolinaSP+ -8.1
Off EPA/play +0.174Def EPA/play +0.257Elo 1477
Match
97%
RiceSP+ -10.4
Off EPA/play +0.060Def EPA/play +0.229Elo 1196
Match
96%
Oregon StateSP+ -6.8
Off EPA/play +0.183Def EPA/play +0.312Elo 1260
Match
96%
Texas StateSP+ -7.8
Off EPA/play +0.185Def EPA/play +0.326Elo 1441
Match
96%

Similarity = normalized Euclidean distance on season offensive and defensive EPA/play. Teams within ±0.02 EPA/play on both units score >90%.

Program Trajectory · CORE rating · 20152026 · points per game vs an average FBS team

2015: +8.5, #39 of 1282016: +13.5, #20 of 1282017: +8.9, #35 of 1302018: +17.6, #12 of 1302019: +11.3, #27 of 1302020: +9.5, #31 of 1242021: +10.9, #31 of 1302022: +12.8, #22 of 1312023: +7.9, #37 of 1332024: +16.3, #20 of 1342025: +5.3, #55 of 1362026: +6.3, #48 of 138
20152026
Now +6.3 · #48 of 138Best +17.6 in 2018Worst +5.3 in 2025

Program History

recent seasons
YearOverallConfWin %xWLuck
20261-10-0
50%
1.0-0.0
20259-56-2
64%
8.9+0.1
202412-28-0
86%
10.8+1.2
20238-67-2
57%
9.1-1.1
202210-48-1
71%
10.5-0.5
20217-55-3
58%
6.6+0.4
20205-25-1
71%
4.7+0.3
201912-29-0
86%
10.1+1.9
201810-37-2
77%
8.8+1.2
201711-38-1
79%
10.9+0.1

xW = expected wins from per-game dominance. Luck = actual − expected (positive = won close games).

14%of 50,000 simulated 2026 seasons end with them in the field

0-1 so far, projected to finish 8.4-3.3. Wins the Pac-12 in 50%.

If they finish with…

75%
1 loss
20%
2 losses
0.4%
3 losses
0%
4 losses

Their chance of making it at each final loss count. Better than even up to 1.

Win out and it is 75%. One bid goes to the best champion outside the four power leagues, so running the table only enters them into that argument.

up 6.4 points since preseasonlost 27-34 to Oregon against an expected margin of 27, so +19.5 against the number.

  • At 2 losses they are 20% where the average Pac-12 team is 15%.
  • The Pac-12 takes 0.22 bids in an average season.
  • One bid goes to the best champion outside the P4. They take it in 14% of seasons, having won their league in 97% of those.

Boise State’s own turning points

Points of playoff probability between winning and losing.

  • wk2vs Memphis19.0
  • wk4at Western Michigan18.8
  • wk8at Washington State17.2
  • wk12vs San Diego State17.0
  • wk6at Fresno State16.4
  • wk10at Colorado State15.7

Who to root for

Games Boise State is not in that move its odds most. Same units, much smaller scale.

  • wk3Oklahoma over New Mexico4.0
  • wk9Notre Dame over Navy3.6
  • wk3San Diego State over James Madison2.4
  • wk6Georgia Southern over James Madison2.1
  • wk10Southern Miss over James Madison1.9
  • wk4Akron over UNLV1.8
The full playoff picture →

Pac-12

0-0 in league play, projected 5.5-1.51 of 8 by title odds
50%
Wins the Pac-12
73%
Reaches the title game

The Pac-12 sends its top two by conference winning percentage, head-to-head breaking a tie. The last berth is level on percentage in 38% of simulated seasons, so a tiebreaker decides it about that often.

  • wk12San Diego State at Boise State34.9
  • wk11Oregon State at Boise State31.7
  • wk9Texas State at Boise State30.9
  • wk8Boise State at Washington State30.5

Points of title probability riding on each result. The whole Pac-12 race →

If not the playoff, then

91%
Bowl eligible
77%
Placed in a bowl
14%
In the playoff
9.1%
Season over in November

Boise State is 0-1 and needs 6 more wins from 10 games to reach the six that make a team eligible — at most one of which may come against an FCS opponent.

  • Alamo Bowl42%
  • Holiday Bowl19%
  • Sun Bowl9.9%
  • Las Vegas Bowl4.0%
  • Independence Bowl0.9%

Every bowl, and how each one picks →

Recruiting Pipelines

since 2010

Of the 170 high-school programs with a pipeline page here, 15 have sent Boise State a player since 2010 — 34 signees between them. Where they signed, not where they were offered, and not a complete list of Boise State's feeder schools: only these 170 have the outcome history to measure.

High schoolSignedDrafted
Mission ViejoCA40
St. John BoscoCA40
Corona CentennialCA30
LancasterTX30
Long Beach PolyCA30
Rancho CucamongaCA30
LakewoodFL21
BinghamUT20
All 170 high-school pipelines →
✓/✗ = whether our pregame model picked the winner. Win % & projections from the Gridpex model. Data: CollegeFootballData.