NCAAF › Week 7 › Troy at Louisiana
AWAY · 3-2
20
29% to win
Beaver projection
Sat, Oct 17, 5:00 PM ET
Cajun Field · 71° · wind 17 mph
HOME · 4-1
29
71% to win

Beaver vs. Vegas

★ BEAVERVEGAS
Score (Troy–Louisiana)20–29–
SpreadLouisiana −8.6No line
Total49.1n/a
Louisiana win chance71%–

The call

Beaver’s Pick
Waiting on the Vegas line

How Beaver sees the margin

Range of likely outcomes around Louisiana by 8.6
8%
Troy by 14+
22%
Troy by 1–13
34%
Louisiana by 1–13
37%
Louisiana by 14+

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Tale of the tape

ranks among 138 FBS teams entering this game · brighter = better of the two
Troy
Opponent-adjusted, vs. average FBS team
Louisiana
Efficiency
−0.050 #83Offense EPA / play−0.071 #96
+0.083 #92Defense EPA / play allowed−0.048 #38
−1.9% #89Offense success rate−3.9% #104
+2.6% #89Defense success rate allowed+1.0% #73
+0.015 #80Rushing EPA / play+0.067 #53
−0.076 #82Passing EPA / play−0.117 #94
+0.058 #88Rush defense EPA allowed−0.175 #7
+0.071 #81Pass defense EPA allowed+0.099 #87
−4.5 #89Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−4.3 #87
+4.7 #94Scoring defense (pts vs avg)+1.6 #80
Situational
−5.7% #105Passing-down success (3rd & long)−4.0% #92
+0.3% #79Passing-down success allowed+0.3% #78
−0.96 #108Points per drive−0.76 #98
+0.30 #87Points per drive allowed+0.12 #69
Trenches
−0.02 #93Line yards per rush+0.03 #84
−0.08 #55Line yards per rush allowed−0.00 #68
+0.4% #101Runs stuffed at the line−1.3% #80
+2.4% #37Opponent runs stuffed+3.8% #22
+0.2% #108Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−0.4% #96
−2.5% #111Havoc created+0.7% #43
Big plays
−0.006 #78Rushing explosiveness+0.147 #18
+0.176 #39Passing explosiveness−0.117 #132
+0.02 #50Open-field yards per rush−0.19 #78
+0.067 #95Pass explosiveness allowed−0.096 #31
Style and schedule
57% #46Run rate64% #10
−12.4 #103Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−13.5 #112

Tendencies

season to date · against the spread and over/under use closing lines
TroySeason to dateLouisiana
3-2Record4-1
1-0Conference1-0
3-0Home3-0
0-2Away1-1
2-3Against the spread3-1-1
1-4Over/under1-4
28.0 / 24.0Points for / against29.2 / 19.4
+4.0Avg margin+9.8
+0.2Avg vs. the spread+7.6
74.6Plays per game (excl. garbage time)62.2

Troy: last 5 games

W55-34covered
L10-21didn’t cover
L17-27covered
W34-17didn’t cover
W24-21didn’t cover

Louisiana: last 5 games

W23-20didn’t cover
W34-7covered
W21-14
vsUAB
push
L30-49
atUSC
covered
W38-7covered

Rating trend

net EPA per play vs. an average team, entering each week
−0.21−0.15−0.10−0.04+0.02Entering week1234567Troy · 1: −0.15Troy · 2: −0.19Troy · 3: −0.16Troy · 4: −0.10Troy · 5: −0.18Troy · 6: −0.17Troy · 7: −0.13Louisiana · 1: −0.15Louisiana · 2: −0.12Louisiana · 3: −0.05Louisiana · 4: −0.05Louisiana · 5: −0.01Louisiana · 6: −0.02Louisiana · 7: −0.02
● Troy● Louisiana