NCAAF › Week 4 › Kennesaw State at Arkansas State
AWAY · 1-3
14
Final
Sat, Sep 26, 7:00 PM ET
Centennial Bank Stadium · 76° · wind 8 mph
HOME · 2-3
17
Won

Beaver vs. Vegas

★ BEAVERVEGASRESULT
Score (Kennesaw State–Arkansas State)21–28–14–17
SpreadArkansas State −7.4Arkansas State −6.5Arkansas State −3
Total49.553.531
Arkansas State win chance68%––

Line moved from Arkansas State −5.5 at open. Lines: DraftKings.

The call

Beaver’s Pick
★ Arkansas State −6.5 Lost★ Under 53.5 Won
Spread: 0.9 pts better than Vegas for Arkansas State (sides with a gap this size have won 51% in the backtest). Total: 4.0 pts below Vegas (49% historically).

How Beaver sees the margin

Range of likely outcomes around Arkansas State by 7.4
9%
Kennesaw State by 14+
23%
Kennesaw State by 1–13
34%
Arkansas State by 1–13
34%
Arkansas State by 14+

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Tale of the tape

ranks among 138 FBS teams entering this game · brighter = better of the two
Kennesaw State
Opponent-adjusted, vs. average FBS team
Arkansas State
Efficiency
−0.075 #99Offense EPA / play−0.109 #109
+0.113 #106Defense EPA / play allowed+0.137 #119
−2.3% #94Offense success rate+0.9% #56
+4.6% #113Defense success rate allowed+4.3% #107
+0.005 #85Rushing EPA / play+0.048 #62
−0.115 #101Passing EPA / play−0.186 #117
+0.046 #86Rush defense EPA allowed−0.039 #37
+0.197 #120Pass defense EPA allowed+0.364 #136
−9.2 #128Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−4.2 #88
+3.0 #85Scoring defense (pts vs avg)+4.8 #100
Situational
−5.3% #107Passing-down success (3rd & long)−3.1% #84
+4.3% #112Passing-down success allowed+3.9% #108
−1.16 #123Points per drive−0.02 #63
+0.48 #97Points per drive allowed+0.47 #95
Trenches
−0.14 #117Line yards per rush+0.10 #66
+0.21 #104Line yards per rush allowed+0.34 #122
+5.8% #136Runs stuffed at the line−2.2% #65
+0.8% #57Opponent runs stuffed−5.1% #131
−0.4% #93Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−1.6% #69
−4.1% #133Havoc created−2.5% #112
Big plays
+0.068 #44Rushing explosiveness+0.002 #72
−0.121 #132Passing explosiveness−0.068 #126
−0.08 #57Open-field yards per rush−0.37 #105
−0.132 #19Pass explosiveness allowed+0.272 #136
Style and schedule
53% #93Run rate55% #78
−10.4 #68Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−12.4 #84

Tendencies

season to date · against the spread and over/under use closing lines
Kennesaw StateSeason to dateArkansas State
1-3Record2-3
0-0Conference0-1
1-1Home2-0
0-2Away0-3
3-1Against the spread2-3
0-4Over/under2-3
21.8 / 22.5Points for / against24.0 / 23.4
-0.8Avg margin+0.6
+2.2Avg vs. the spread-0.3
52.0Plays per game (excl. garbage time)54.4

Kennesaw State: last 3 games

L9-42covered
L17-31didn’t cover
W47-0covered

Arkansas State: last 3 games

L7-31
atTCU
didn’t cover
W52-7covered
L24-42didn’t cover

Rating trend

net EPA per play vs. an average team, entering each week
−0.27−0.19−0.12−0.05+0.02Entering week1234Kennesaw State · 1: −0.19Kennesaw State · 2: −0.11Kennesaw State · 3: −0.21Kennesaw State · 4: −0.19Arkansas State · 1: −0.15Arkansas State · 2: −0.16Arkansas State · 3: −0.21Arkansas State · 4: −0.25
● Kennesaw State● Arkansas State