NCAAF › Week 7 › Virginia at SMU
AWAY · 3-2
19
30% to win
Beaver projection
Sat, Oct 17, 12:00 PM ET
Gerald J. Ford Stadium · 58° · wind 14 mph
HOME · 4-1 · No. 24
28
70% to win

Beaver vs. Vegas

★ BEAVERVEGAS
Score (Virginia–SMU)19–28–
SpreadSMU −8.3No line
Total46.8n/a
SMU win chance70%–

The call

Beaver’s Pick
Waiting on the Vegas line

How Beaver sees the margin

Range of likely outcomes around SMU by 8.3
8%
Virginia by 14+
22%
Virginia by 1–13
34%
SMU by 1–13
36%
SMU by 14+

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Tale of the tape

ranks among 138 FBS teams entering this game · brighter = better of the two
Virginia
Opponent-adjusted, vs. average FBS team
SMU
Efficiency
+0.012 #59Offense EPA / play+0.053 #39
−0.019 #50Defense EPA / play allowed−0.019 #49
+1.3% #53Offense success rate+5.3% #18
−1.4% #49Defense success rate allowed−2.6% #33
+0.107 #36Rushing EPA / play−0.010 #88
+0.023 #53Passing EPA / play+0.129 #26
+0.029 #68Rush defense EPA allowed−0.029 #41
+0.024 #64Pass defense EPA allowed−0.012 #45
−0.0 #63Scoring offense (pts vs avg)+2.4 #46
−5.0 #25Scoring defense (pts vs avg)−0.6 #56
Situational
−8.2% #118Passing-down success (3rd & long)+3.5% #33
−8.6% #1Passing-down success allowed−3.3% #30
+0.37 #42Points per drive+0.16 #60
−0.54 #29Points per drive allowed−0.03 #64
Trenches
+0.49 #13Line yards per rush−0.13 #108
+0.27 #115Line yards per rush allowed−0.30 #19
−7.1% #6Runs stuffed at the line+1.8% #120
−2.3% #103Opponent runs stuffed+4.3% #19
−3.1% #34Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−1.8% #62
+0.2% #55Havoc created+3.4% #11
Big plays
−0.028 #88Rushing explosiveness−0.013 #84
−0.006 #113Passing explosiveness+0.121 #62
−0.53 #119Open-field yards per rush−0.09 #65
−0.050 #47Pass explosiveness allowed+0.152 #118
Style and schedule
58% #42Run rate51% #116
−8.3 #72Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−8.9 #79

Tendencies

season to date · against the spread and over/under use closing lines
VirginiaSeason to dateSMU
3-2Record4-1
1-1Conference2-1
3-0Home3-0
0-1Away1-1
3-2Against the spread1-3-1
2-3Over/under2-3
33.8 / 18.0Points for / against34.6 / 23.0
+15.8Avg margin+11.6
-0.8Avg vs. the spread-5.3
55.6Plays per game (excl. garbage time)63.8

Virginia: last 5 games

L7-38didn’t cover
W42-3covered
L27-38didn’t cover
W59-3covered
W34-8covered

SMU: last 5 games

W25-16didn’t cover
W34-24didn’t cover
L31-41didn’t cover
W56-10covered
W27-24push

Rating trend

net EPA per play vs. an average team, entering each week
−0.02+0.06+0.15+0.24+0.33Entering week1234567Virginia · 1: +0.03Virginia · 2: +0.15Virginia · 3: +0.19Virginia · 4: +0.09Virginia · 5: +0.10Virginia · 6: +0.03Virginia · 7: +0.03SMU · 1: +0.11SMU · 2: +0.18SMU · 3: +0.30SMU · 4: +0.20SMU · 5: +0.13SMU · 6: +0.07SMU · 7: +0.07
● Virginia● SMU