San Diego State
1-1Pac-12 · Sean Lewis, year 3 (13-14) · Snapdragon Stadium · 35,000 · 26,913 avg in 2026
LastL 10–28 at UCLA · Sat Sep 12 · Mike Lindsay 1 TFL, 1 INT, 3 tackles
Nextvs James Madison · Sat Sep 19 · 10 pm ET · Snapdragon Stadium · San Diego State by 2.5 · first meeting on record · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
All 90 stats
FBS rankings · 2026 season · all stats vs 136 FBS programs
| Player | # | G | Cmp/Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Rate | ZPR | QBR | Adj ANY/A | Sack% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -0.04 EPA/play | 4 | 2 | 18 / 34 | 52.9 | 182 | 5.4 | 3 #60 FBS | 2 | 115.3 | — | 35.7 | — | — | |
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| Player | # | G | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Stuff% | 10+% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -0.01 EPA/play | 7 | 2 | 37 | 139 | 3.8 | 3 #11 FBS | 14 | — | — | |
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| +0.04 EPA/play | 21 | 2 | 20 | 127 | 6.3 | 0 | 55 | — | — | |
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| Player | # | G | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +0.38 EPA/play | 87 | — | 11 | 150 #69 FBS | 13.6 | 1 | 45 | |
| 13 | 2 | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 1 | 29 | ||
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| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | TFL | Sack | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sack | PD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sideline-to-Sideline | — | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sideline-to-SidelineRanges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. 8 of 84 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Solo tackle rate0.7 92th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles TFL rate0.0% bottom 16th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like View Sione Hala's full player page | |||||||||
| 21 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | — | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 42 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | Tot | PD | INT | TFL | Sack |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 #5 FBS | 1 | 0 | |
| 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | # | G | FG M/A | FG% | XP M/A | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96 | 2 | 2/2 | 100 | 7/7 | 13 | 46 |
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | 2 | 9 | 444 | 49.3 | 77 | 1 | 1 |
Net average is unavailable — CFBD's punting feed carries gross yards only, with no return-yardage or touchback deduction.
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 0 | 16 |
2026 stat leaders · San Diego State
through 2 games
2026 stat leaders · San Diego StateSione Hala leads San Diego State with 18 tackles through 2 games.
How They Play · 2025San Diego State fields a limited run-heavy, methodical, ball-control offense behind an elite, bend-don't-break defense.
Percentile vs all FBS, based on this season's per-game production. Bar = where this team ranks — right is better.
San Diego State reads strongest in passing epa allowed (top 2%) and epa allowed (top 3%); the crux lives in passing epa, where San Diego State sits at the 7th percentile.
offense · strengths lead
defense · higher bar = harder to play against
hidden math · special situations
Home-field advantage · San Diego State · 2018–present · FBS opponents
San Diego State is worth +2.9 points more at home than on the road.
Bottom third of FBS, 27th percentile of 133 programs
62% at home, 47% away against FBS opponents since 2018 (28–17 home, 20–23 away). Interval ±3.3.
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge — per-team modelling was tested and did not survive scrutiny (why) — and the books use about 3. Against the closing line, San Diego State has beaten the number by −1.3 more at home than away over 72 games — inside the ±6.6 that many games can resolve. Results here cannot tell the flat number apart from the building, and that is the honest reading of nearly every FBS stadium.
Snapdragon Stadium seats 35,000 and has averaged 75% full (26,335, 27 games reported). Visitors face the 14th-longest trip of 135 FBS venues: a median 685 miles since 2018. The map isn't translating, though — the split above still reads bottom third of fbs. For the home side it is genuinely home ground: 37% of the 2026 roster (53 of 145 located players) grew up inside 100 miles of the stadium.
Edge = half the gap between average home margin and average road margin, FBS opponents only, non-neutral games since 2018; the interval is 95%. Market line: closing spread, seasons with lines on file. Trip length is straight-line miles from the visiting team's campus to the venue, measured across all 52 home games since 2018.
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Scheme claims
Standard downs vs. passing downs
Does San Diego State hold up once the down-and-distance turns against them?
4th percentile success on standard downs, 40th on passing downs — a 36-point gap between the two.
View all FBS teams as a table
| Team | Standard-downs percentile | Passing-downs percentile |
|---|---|---|
| App State | 44th | 90th |
| Arizona | 92nd | 86th |
| Arkansas | 60th | 80th |
| Auburn | 75th | 55th |
| Ball State | 12th | 24th |
| Baylor | 40th | 96th |
| Boise State | 58th | 46th |
| Boston College | 27th | 56th |
| Buffalo | 7th | 14th |
| California | 9th | 25th |
| Central Michigan | 16th | 6th |
| Charlotte | 73rd | 83rd |
| Clemson | 1st | 19th |
| Coastal Carolina | 61st | 52nd |
| Colorado | 35th | 77th |
| Colorado State | 82nd | 91st |
| Delaware | 70th | 31st |
| Duke | 20th | 29th |
| Eastern Michigan | 52nd | 10th |
| Florida Atlantic | 43rd | 87th |
| Florida International | 46th | 43rd |
| Florida State | 28th | 65th |
| Georgia Southern | 24th | 45th |
| Georgia Tech | 58th | 44th |
| Hawai'i | 18th | 41st |
| Iowa State | 4th | 23rd |
| Jacksonville State | 65th | 82nd |
| Kansas | 70th | 35th |
| LSU | 33rd | 98th |
| Liberty | 14th | 59th |
| Louisiana | 19th | 92nd |
| Louisville | 96th | 70th |
| Memphis | 69th | 65th |
| Michigan | 2nd | 62nd |
| Michigan State | 62nd | 29th |
| Middle Tennessee | 87th | 68th |
| Missouri | 36th | 85th |
| Navy | 98th | 59th |
| Nevada | 77th | 52nd |
| New Mexico State | 45th | 75th |
| Norfolk State | 16th | 9th |
| North Dakota State | 86th | 27th |
| North Texas | 49th | 68th |
| Ohio | 38th | 17th |
| Ohio State | 90th | 40th |
| Oklahoma State | 41st | 49th |
| Ole Miss | 94th | 50th |
| Oregon | 35th | 33rd |
| Oregon State | 10th | 38th |
| Pittsburgh | 30th | 76th |
| Purdue | 83rd | 88th |
| Rutgers | 30th | 71st |
| Sacramento State | 23rd | 14th |
| Sam Houston | 78th | 61st |
| San Diego State | 4th | 40th |
| San José State | 54th | 22nd |
| South Alabama | 50th | 73rd |
| South Florida | 91st | 52nd |
| Stanford | 76th | 15th |
| Syracuse | 48th | 64th |
| TCU | 93rd | 8th |
| Tennessee | 65th | 78th |
| Texas | 72nd | 94th |
| Texas A&M | 85th | 72nd |
| Texas Tech | 88th | 48th |
| Troy | 22nd | 59th |
| Tulane | 31st | 2nd |
| Tulsa | 56th | 1st |
| UAB | 65th | 81st |
| UNLV | 51st | 7th |
| USC | 97th | 99th |
| UTSA | 99th | 29th |
| Utah State | 4th | 93rd |
| Vanderbilt | 80th | 12th |
| Wake Forest | 56th | 97th |
| Washington | 81st | 4th |
| Washington State | 8th | 3rd |
| Western Kentucky | 25th | 34th |
| Western Michigan | 39th | 20th |
| Wisconsin | 13th | 18th |
| Wyoming | 65th | 36th |
Tendency drift
Season by season
How San Diego State’s current staff calls plays, year over year
Ratings
Comparable teams
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Matched on how the programs are built — tier, prestige band, kind of fanbase, conference, voice and roster size — not on this season's stats. A calibration, not a prediction.
Historical echo
Historical echo
San Diego State’s slide has precedent — and 1 of the 4 closest kept falling.
Programs whose stature fell in the same shape. The grey line is their decline; the color is what came next for them.
An analogy on the shape of a program’s Zeitgeist stature arc — not a prediction. Interim calibration, medium confidence; matched among current FBS programs at a comparable level.
Conditions
69°F average kickoff temp; 1% of games had measurable precipitation; 6 mph average wind.
Based on 76 home games with weather data.