NCAAF › Week 7 › Rutgers at Maryland
AWAY · 1-4
27
39% to win
Beaver projection
Sat, Oct 17, 12:30 PM ET
SECU Stadium · 64° · wind 14 mph
HOME · 2-3
31
61% to win

Beaver vs. Vegas

★ BEAVERVEGAS
Score (Rutgers–Maryland)27–31–
SpreadMaryland −4.4No line
Total57.6n/a
Maryland win chance61%–

The call

Beaver’s Pick
Waiting on the Vegas line

How Beaver sees the margin

Range of likely outcomes around Maryland by 4.4
13%
Rutgers by 14+
26%
Rutgers by 1–13
33%
Maryland by 1–13
28%
Maryland by 14+

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Tale of the tape

ranks among 138 FBS teams entering this game · brighter = better of the two
Rutgers
Opponent-adjusted, vs. average FBS team
Maryland
Efficiency
−0.028 #75Offense EPA / play−0.074 #93
+0.183 #125Defense EPA / play allowed+0.004 #51
+2.4% #37Offense success rate−2.6% #88
+8.0% #125Defense success rate allowed+1.6% #68
−0.101 #104Rushing EPA / play−0.013 #69
+0.059 #44Passing EPA / play−0.167 #112
+0.204 #130Rush defense EPA allowed+0.009 #50
+0.157 #107Pass defense EPA allowed−0.005 #48
+0.2 #64Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−1.4 #71
+9.7 #123Scoring defense (pts vs avg)+4.7 #88
Situational
+3.0% #36Passing-down success (3rd & long)+0.6% #53
+5.1% #103Passing-down success allowed+4.6% #99
+0.00 #66Points per drive−0.06 #69
+1.34 #112Points per drive allowed+0.98 #100
Trenches
−0.14 #77Line yards per rush−0.20 #87
+0.45 #119Line yards per rush allowed−0.17 #27
−0.2% #60Runs stuffed at the line+2.3% #92
−2.6% #95Opponent runs stuffed+1.6% #35
+1.1% #92Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−1.0% #49
−3.9% #126Havoc created−0.9% #72
Big plays
−0.105 #108Rushing explosiveness+0.163 #10
+0.299 #4Passing explosiveness−0.080 #103
−0.23 #84Open-field yards per rush+0.35 #21
−0.065 #57Pass explosiveness allowed−0.153 #25
Style and schedule
52% #61Run rate39% #137
−8.9 #68Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−7.7 #60

Tendencies

season to date · against the spread and over/under use closing lines
RutgersSeason to dateMaryland
1-4Record2-3
0-2Conference0-2
1-3Home1-2
0-1Away1-1
2-3Against the spread2-3
4-1Over/under4-1
30.0 / 32.2Points for / against30.4 / 30.2
-2.2Avg margin+0.2
-6.9Avg vs. the spread-7.1
52.2Plays per game (excl. garbage time)56.2

Rutgers: last 5 games

L15-47didn’t cover
W58-7covered
L35-42
vsUSC
covered
L21-28didn’t cover
L21-37didn’t cover

Maryland: last 5 games

L23-48didn’t cover
L3-54didn’t cover
L26-35didn’t cover
W38-14covered
W62-0covered

Rating trend

net EPA per play vs. an average team, entering each week
−0.27−0.18−0.09−0.00+0.08Entering week1234567Rutgers · 1: −0.01Rutgers · 2: −0.24Rutgers · 3: −0.19Rutgers · 4: −0.21Rutgers · 5: −0.16Rutgers · 6: −0.21Rutgers · 7: −0.21Maryland · 1: −0.01Maryland · 2: +0.03Maryland · 3: +0.06Maryland · 4: +0.05Maryland · 5: −0.05Maryland · 6: −0.08Maryland · 7: −0.08
● Rutgers● Maryland