NCAAF › Week 1 › Abilene Christian at Texas Tech
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Final
Sat, Sep 5, 7:00 PM ET
Jones AT&T Stadium · 94° · wind 9 mph
HOME · 5-0 · No. 11
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Won

Beaver vs. Vegas

★ BEAVERVEGASRESULT
Score (ACU–Texas Tech)5–51–10–33
SpreadTexas Tech −45.4Texas Tech −45.5Texas Tech −23
Total56.361.543
Texas Tech win chance100%––

Line moved from Texas Tech −42.5 at open. Lines: DraftKings.

The call

Beaver’s Pick
★ ACU +45.5 Won★ Under 61.5 Won
Spread: 0.1 pts better than Vegas for Abilene Christian (sides with a gap this size have won 51% in the backtest). Total: 5.2 pts below Vegas (49% historically).

How Beaver sees the margin

Range of likely outcomes around Texas Tech by 45.4
0%
Abilene Christian by 14+
0%
Abilene Christian by 1–13
2%
Texas Tech by 1–13
97%
Texas Tech by 14+

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Tale of the tape

ranks among 138 FBS teams entering this game · brighter = better of the two
ACU
Opponent-adjusted, vs. average FBS team
Texas Tech
Efficiency
−0.100 Offense EPA / play+0.082 #16
+0.181 Defense EPA / play allowed−0.175 #1
−3.2% Offense success rate+2.8% #32
+7.3% Defense success rate allowed−6.9% #4
−0.018 Rushing EPA / play+0.089 #26
−0.178 Passing EPA / play+0.079 #16
+0.167 Rush defense EPA allowed−0.164 #2
+0.210 Pass defense EPA allowed−0.128 #9
−7.4 Scoring offense (pts vs avg)+7.5 #12
+11.1 Scoring defense (pts vs avg)−8.2 #10
Situational
−4.7% Passing-down success (3rd & long)+2.0% #23
+6.8% Passing-down success allowed−4.1% #9
−1.30 Points per drive+0.95 #14
+1.55 Points per drive allowed−0.82 #12
Trenches
+0.01 Line yards per rush+0.22 #30
+0.24 Line yards per rush allowed−0.53 #1
−0.7% Runs stuffed at the line−3.4% #22
−0.9% Opponent runs stuffed+3.0% #10
−3.6% Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−2.3% #35
−11.4% Havoc created+3.9% #1
Big plays
−0.002 Rushing explosiveness+0.039 #12
−0.079 Passing explosiveness+0.084 #93
−0.09 Open-field yards per rush+0.06 #27
−0.018 Pass explosiveness allowed−0.035 #14
Style and schedule
52% Run rate52% #117

Tendencies

season to date · against the spread and over/under use closing lines
ACUSeason to dateTexas Tech
0-1Record5-0
0-0Conference2-0
0-0Home3-0
0-1Away2-0
1-0Against the spread2-3
0-1Over/under3-2
10.0 / 33.0Points for / against34.8 / 16.2
-23.0Avg margin+18.6
+22.5Avg vs. the spread-6.7
58.7Plays per game (excl. garbage time)63.0

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