Washington State
0-2Pac-12 · Kirby Moore, year 1 (0-2) · Gesa Field · 32,952
LastL 7–34 at Kansas State · Sat Sep 12 · Jaylen Thomas 2 INT, 4 tackles
Nextvs Duquesne · Sat Sep 19 · 3:30 pm ET · Gesa Field · first meeting on record · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
All 86 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% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +0.20 EPA/play | 12 | 2 | 25 / 45 | 55.6 | 207 | 4.6 | 0 | 2 | 85.3 | 33 | 40.7 | — | — | |
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| Player | # | G | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Stuff% | 10+% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +0.17 EPA/play | 30 | — | 20 | 159 #53 FBS | 8.0 | 2 #43 FBS | 57 | — | — |
| Player | # | G | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +0.79 EPA/play | 33 | — | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 0 | 28 | |
| +0.23 EPA/play | 1 | 2 | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 0 | 32 | |
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| +0.47 EPA/play | 4 | 2 | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 0 | 18 | |
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| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sack | PD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | # | G | Tot | PD | INT | TFL | Sack |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 #5 FBS | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | # | G | FG M/A | FG% | XP M/A | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 2 | 1/4 | 25 | 2/2 | 5 | 42 |
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 2 | 12 | 542 | 45.2 | 50 | 3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +0.79 EPA/play | 33 | — | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 23 |
2026 stat leaders · Washington State
through 2 games
2026 stat leaders · Washington StateKeith Brown leads Washington State with 12 tackles through 2 games.
How They Play · 2025Washington State fields a limited methodical, ball-control offense behind a strong, 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.
Washington State reads strongest in explosive plays allowed (top 2%) and passing epa allowed (top 23%); the crux lives in explosive plays, where Washington State sits at the 4th percentile.
offense · strengths lead
defense · higher bar = harder to play against
hidden math · special situations
Home-field advantage · Washington State · 2018–present · FBS opponents
Washington State is worth +5.6 points more at home than on the road.
Top third of FBS, 76th percentile of 133 programs
67% at home, 36% away against FBS opponents since 2018 (26–13 home, 15–27 away). Interval ±4.1.
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, Washington State has beaten the number by +1.7 more at home than away over 72 games — inside the ±7.7 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.
Gesa Field seats 32,952 and has averaged 79% full (25,894, 24 games reported). Visitors face the 12th-longest trip of 135 FBS venues: a median 691 miles since 2018. Some of what the band above measures is the map, not the crowd. For the home side it is a home crowd more than a home town: only 6% of the 2026 roster (8 of 139 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 46 home games since 2018.
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Scheme claims
Fourth-quarter reliability, corrected
Washington State's 4th-quarter offense, before and after garbage time
Raw Q4 EPA/play ranks 28th percentile in FBS. Strip out snaps taken with a blowout margin and it climbs to the 66th — the correction is the finding, not a footnote.
Standard downs vs. passing downs
Does Washington State hold up once the down-and-distance turns against them?
8th percentile success on standard downs, 3rd on passing downs — little dropoff between the two — a schedule-independent identity.
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 |
Ratings
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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.
Conditions
58°F average kickoff temp; 12% of games had measurable precipitation; 7 mph average wind.
Based on 74 home games with weather data.