NCAAF › Week 7 › Arkansas State at Southern Miss
AWAY · 2-3
29
56% to win
Beaver projection
Sat, Oct 17, 7:00 PM ET
M. M. Roberts Stadium · 73° · wind 6 mph
HOME · 1-4
27
44% to win

Beaver vs. Vegas

★ BEAVERVEGAS
Score (Arkansas State–Southern Miss)29–27–
SpreadArkansas State −2.5No line
Total55.8n/a
Southern Miss win chance44%–

The call

Beaver’s Pick
Waiting on the Vegas line

How Beaver sees the margin

Range of likely outcomes around Arkansas State by 2.5
24%
Arkansas State by 14+
32%
Arkansas State by 1–13
29%
Southern Miss by 1–13
15%
Southern Miss by 14+

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Tale of the tape

ranks among 138 FBS teams entering this game · brighter = better of the two
Arkansas State
Opponent-adjusted, vs. average FBS team
Southern Miss
Efficiency
−0.041 #81Offense EPA / play−0.087 #103
+0.140 #119Defense EPA / play allowed+0.148 #121
+0.9% #56Offense success rate−1.6% #87
+6.9% #128Defense success rate allowed+5.5% #118
+0.070 #52Rushing EPA / play+0.051 #62
−0.113 #92Passing EPA / play−0.132 #98
+0.013 #57Rush defense EPA allowed+0.191 #134
+0.300 #133Pass defense EPA allowed+0.166 #113
−5.0 #91Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−5.2 #92
+2.5 #83Scoring defense (pts vs avg)+10.6 #130
Situational
−1.7% #66Passing-down success (3rd & long)−5.3% #103
+7.2% #128Passing-down success allowed+4.4% #112
−0.14 #72Points per drive−0.38 #84
+0.35 #91Points per drive allowed+1.24 #126
Trenches
+0.08 #73Line yards per rush+0.31 #32
+0.58 #137Line yards per rush allowed+0.40 #125
−1.8% #70Runs stuffed at the line−5.6% #21
−6.7% #137Opponent runs stuffed−4.2% #124
−0.7% #83Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−0.5% #94
−3.8% #131Havoc created−4.7% #136
Big plays
+0.041 #61Rushing explosiveness−0.150 #125
+0.021 #104Passing explosiveness+0.135 #55
−0.56 #122Open-field yards per rush−0.69 #129
+0.148 #117Pass explosiveness allowed+0.019 #75
Style and schedule
53% #98Run rate51% #119
−8.7 #75Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−12.1 #102

Tendencies

season to date · against the spread and over/under use closing lines
Arkansas StateSeason to dateSouthern Miss
2-3Record1-4
0-1Conference0-1
2-0Home1-1
0-3Away0-3
2-3Against the spread2-3
2-3Over/under3-2
24.0 / 23.4Points for / against26.4 / 34.6
+0.6Avg margin-8.2
-0.3Avg vs. the spread+0.3
54.4Plays per game (excl. garbage time)57.2

Arkansas State: last 5 games

L20-23covered
W17-14didn’t cover
L7-31
atTCU
didn’t cover
W52-7covered
L24-42didn’t cover

Southern Miss: last 5 games

L34-55didn’t cover
L21-24covered
L20-48didn’t cover
L8-43didn’t cover
W49-3covered

Rating trend

net EPA per play vs. an average team, entering each week
−0.27−0.19−0.12−0.05+0.02Entering week1234567Arkansas State · 1: −0.15Arkansas State · 2: −0.16Arkansas State · 3: −0.21Arkansas State · 4: −0.25Arkansas State · 5: −0.21Arkansas State · 6: −0.18Arkansas State · 7: −0.18Southern Miss · 1: −0.08Southern Miss · 2: −0.03Southern Miss · 3: −0.12Southern Miss · 4: −0.24Southern Miss · 5: −0.18Southern Miss · 6: −0.19Southern Miss · 7: −0.23
● Arkansas State● Southern Miss