NCAAF › Week 2 › Western Illinois at Wisconsin
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Final
Sat, Sep 12, 7:15 PM ET
Camp Randall Stadium · 70° · wind 6 mph
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Won

Beaver vs. Vegas

★ BEAVERVEGASRESULT
Score (WIU–Wisconsin)6–50–9–36
SpreadWisconsin −44.0Wisconsin −43.5Wisconsin −27
Total55.653.545
Wisconsin win chance100%––

Line moved from Wisconsin −38.5 at open. Lines: DraftKings.

The call

Beaver’s Pick
★ Wisconsin −43.5 Lost★ Over 53.5 Lost
Spread: 0.5 pts better than Vegas for Wisconsin (sides with a gap this size have won 51% in the backtest). Total: 2.1 pts above Vegas (51% historically).

How Beaver sees the margin

Range of likely outcomes around Wisconsin by 44.0
0%
Western Illinois by 14+
0%
Western Illinois by 1–13
3%
Wisconsin by 1–13
97%
Wisconsin by 14+

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Tale of the tape

ranks among 138 FBS teams entering this game · brighter = better of the two
WIU
Opponent-adjusted, vs. average FBS team
Wisconsin
Efficiency
−0.304 Offense EPA / play−0.033 #71
+0.308 Defense EPA / play allowed+0.010 #55
−14.7% Offense success rate−1.5% #68
+12.0% Defense success rate allowed−0.9% #33
−0.221 Rushing EPA / play−0.016 #65
−0.307 Passing EPA / play−0.033 #74
+0.096 Rush defense EPA allowed−0.009 #41
+0.374 Pass defense EPA allowed−0.016 #45
−13.8 Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−2.2 #70
+21.4 Scoring defense (pts vs avg)−4.0 #23
Situational
−9.7% Passing-down success (3rd & long)−1.8% #78
+16.0% Passing-down success allowed−8.8% #1
−2.13 Points per drive−0.20 #64
+3.35 Points per drive allowed−0.59 #12
Trenches
−0.88 Line yards per rush−0.04 #57
+0.75 Line yards per rush allowed−0.22 #19
+10.0% Runs stuffed at the line−0.2% #55
−5.7% Opponent runs stuffed−2.1% #94
+4.6% Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−0.1% #64
−5.2% Havoc created−1.5% #93
Big plays
+0.022 Rushing explosiveness−0.018 #75
−0.020 Passing explosiveness+0.053 #52
−0.75 Open-field yards per rush−0.20 #79
+0.226 Pass explosiveness allowed−0.157 #17
Style and schedule
46% Run rate57% #16
n/a Strength of schedule (avg opponent)+25.2 #1

Tendencies

season to date · against the spread and over/under use closing lines
WIUSeason to dateWisconsin
0-1Record4-1
0-0Conference2-0
0-0Home3-0
0-1Away1-0
1-0Against the spread3-2
0-1Over/under3-2
9.0 / 36.0Points for / against31.6 / 16.6
-27.0Avg margin+15.0
+16.5Avg vs. the spread+6.0
57.2Plays per game (excl. garbage time)55.8

Western Illinois: last games

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Wisconsin: last 1 games

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Rating trend

net EPA per play vs. an average team, entering each week
−0.66−0.48−0.31−0.13+0.05Entering week12Western Illinois · 1: −0.49Western Illinois · 2: −0.61Wisconsin · 1: −0.01Wisconsin · 2: −0.04
● Western Illinois● Wisconsin