NCAAF › Week 2 › Lindenwood at Missouri State
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Sat, Sep 12, 7:00 PM ET
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Beaver vs. Vegas

★ BEAVERVEGASRESULT
Score (Lindenwood–Missouri State)15–41–14–48
SpreadMissouri State −26.2Missouri State −16.5Missouri State −34
Total56.453.562
Missouri State win chance95%––

Line moved from Missouri State −19.5 at open. Lines: DraftKings.

The call

Beaver’s Pick
★ Missouri State −16.5 Won★ Over 53.5 Won
Spread: 9.7 pts better than Vegas for Missouri State (sides with a gap this size have won 49% in the backtest). Total: 2.9 pts above Vegas (51% historically).

How Beaver sees the margin

Range of likely outcomes around Missouri State by 26.2
1%
Lindenwood by 14+
5%
Lindenwood by 1–13
17%
Missouri State by 1–13
77%
Missouri State by 14+

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Tale of the tape

ranks among 138 FBS teams entering this game · brighter = better of the two
Lindenwood
Opponent-adjusted, vs. average FBS team
Missouri State
Efficiency
−0.228 Offense EPA / play−0.153 #130
+0.298 Defense EPA / play allowed+0.099 #101
−13.2% Offense success rate−6.4% #127
+15.5% Defense success rate allowed+4.7% #124
−0.125 Rushing EPA / play−0.177 #137
−0.210 Passing EPA / play−0.123 #104
+0.316 Rush defense EPA allowed+0.054 #91
+0.273 Pass defense EPA allowed+0.114 #95
−14.3 Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−9.1 #129
+16.2 Scoring defense (pts vs avg)+8.3 #126
Situational
−13.6% Passing-down success (3rd & long)−8.8% #129
+9.9% Passing-down success allowed+5.8% #129
−2.12 Points per drive−0.96 #122
+1.89 Points per drive allowed+1.24 #129
Trenches
−0.67 Line yards per rush−0.24 #128
+1.20 Line yards per rush allowed+0.12 #97
+6.0% Runs stuffed at the line+1.7% #124
−11.3% Opponent runs stuffed−1.7% #101
+5.9% Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)+3.5% #138
−6.5% Havoc created−0.9% #83
Big plays
+0.167 Rushing explosiveness−0.088 #116
+0.079 Passing explosiveness+0.208 #27
−0.33 Open-field yards per rush−0.40 #110
−0.048 Pass explosiveness allowed+0.028 #78
Style and schedule
59% Run rate53% #106
n/a Strength of schedule (avg opponent)+18.5 #6

Tendencies

season to date · against the spread and over/under use closing lines
LindenwoodSeason to dateMissouri State
0-2Record1-3
0-0Conference0-0
0-0Home1-1
0-2Away0-2
0-2Against the spread2-2
1-1Over/under2-2
8.5 / 38.5Points for / against24.0 / 32.0
-30.0Avg margin-8.0
-9.5Avg vs. the spread+6.1
52.0Plays per game (excl. garbage time)48.5

Lindenwood: last games

No games yet.

Missouri State: last 1 games

L0-50didn’t cover

Rating trend

net EPA per play vs. an average team, entering each week
−0.57−0.42−0.26−0.11+0.04Entering week12Lindenwood · 1: −0.50Lindenwood · 2: −0.53Missouri State · 1: −0.21Missouri State · 2: −0.25
● Lindenwood● Missouri State