NCAAF › Week 2 › Stony Brook at Ball State
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Final
Sat, Sep 12, 2:00 PM ET
Scheumann Stadium · 75° · wind 7 mph
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Won

Beaver vs. Vegas

★ BEAVERVEGASRESULT
Score (Stony Brook–Ball State)20–41–17–41
SpreadBall State −21.1Ball State −13.5Ball State −24
Total61.352.558
Ball State win chance90%––

Line moved from Ball State −14.5 at open. Lines: DraftKings.

The call

Beaver’s Pick
★ Ball State −13.5 Won★ Over 52.5 Won
Spread: 7.6 pts better than Vegas for Ball State (sides with a gap this size have won 49% in the backtest). Total: 8.8 pts above Vegas (54% historically).

How Beaver sees the margin

Range of likely outcomes around Ball State by 21.1
2%
Stony Brook by 14+
8%
Stony Brook by 1–13
23%
Ball State by 1–13
67%
Ball State by 14+

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Tale of the tape

ranks among 138 FBS teams entering this game · brighter = better of the two
Stony Brook
Opponent-adjusted, vs. average FBS team
Ball State
Efficiency
−0.238 Offense EPA / play−0.137 #126
+0.285 Defense EPA / play allowed+0.145 #127
−11.5% Offense success rate−7.1% #133
+9.2% Defense success rate allowed+5.6% #131
−0.119 Rushing EPA / play−0.005 #90
−0.299 Passing EPA / play−0.210 #129
+0.166 Rush defense EPA allowed+0.092 #112
+0.306 Pass defense EPA allowed+0.192 #122
−10.1 Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−7.9 #119
+19.7 Scoring defense (pts vs avg)+8.7 #129
Situational
−17.1% Passing-down success (3rd & long)−7.5% #122
+9.9% Passing-down success allowed+1.3% #77
−2.21 Points per drive−0.87 #113
+1.73 Points per drive allowed+1.25 #130
Trenches
−0.56 Line yards per rush−0.08 #106
+0.46 Line yards per rush allowed−0.02 #63
+5.2% Runs stuffed at the line−1.9% #67
−0.4% Opponent runs stuffed+1.7% #42
+0.2% Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)+1.5% #130
−4.4% Havoc created−1.0% #84
Big plays
+0.240 Rushing explosiveness+0.103 #22
−0.022 Passing explosiveness+0.119 #62
−0.53 Open-field yards per rush−0.27 #92
+0.203 Pass explosiveness allowed−0.000 #62
Style and schedule
50% Run rate56% #61
n/a Strength of schedule (avg opponent)+25.2 #1

Tendencies

season to date · against the spread and over/under use closing lines
Stony BrookSeason to dateBall State
0-1Record1-4
0-0Conference0-2
0-0Home1-1
0-1Away0-3
0-1Against the spread2-3
1-0Over/under4-1
17.0 / 41.0Points for / against19.2 / 37.8
-24.0Avg margin-18.6
-10.5Avg vs. the spread-3.7
69.2Plays per game (excl. garbage time)52.8

Stony Brook: last games

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Ball State: last 1 games

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Rating trend

net EPA per play vs. an average team, entering each week
−0.60−0.44−0.28−0.12+0.04Entering week12Stony Brook · 1: −0.56Stony Brook · 2: −0.52Ball State · 1: −0.22Ball State · 2: −0.28
● Stony Brook● Ball State