NCAAF › Week 3 › Murray State at Oklahoma State
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Final
Sat, Sep 19, 7:00 PM ET
Boone Pickens Stadium · 90° · wind 12 mph
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Beaver vs. Vegas

★ BEAVERVEGASRESULT
Score (Murray State–Oklahoma State)6–51–0–59
SpreadOklahoma State −44.5Oklahoma State −56.5Oklahoma State −59
Total57.570.559
Oklahoma State win chance100%––

The call

Beaver’s Pick
★ Murray State +56.5 Lost★ Under 70.5 Won
Spread: 12.0 pts better than Vegas for Murray State (sides with a gap this size have won 46% in the backtest). Total: 13.0 pts below Vegas (52% historically).

How Beaver sees the margin

Range of likely outcomes around Oklahoma State by 44.5
0%
Murray State by 14+
0%
Murray State by 1–13
3%
Oklahoma State by 1–13
97%
Oklahoma State by 14+

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Tale of the tape

ranks among 138 FBS teams entering this game · brighter = better of the two
Murray State
Opponent-adjusted, vs. average FBS team
Oklahoma State
Efficiency
−0.333 Offense EPA / play−0.122 #115
+0.397 Defense EPA / play allowed+0.037 #65
−13.8% Offense success rate−1.4% #69
+15.3% Defense success rate allowed−0.4% #43
−0.301 Rushing EPA / play−0.049 #84
−0.361 Passing EPA / play−0.177 #119
+0.404 Rush defense EPA allowed−0.043 #33
+0.257 Pass defense EPA allowed+0.082 #83
−23.5 Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−2.8 #79
+19.9 Scoring defense (pts vs avg)+2.7 #72
Situational
−12.7% Passing-down success (3rd & long)−0.8% #65
+8.7% Passing-down success allowed−4.2% #16
−3.25 Points per drive−0.56 #90
+2.92 Points per drive allowed+0.34 #59
Trenches
−1.02 Line yards per rush−0.08 #64
+1.18 Line yards per rush allowed+0.06 #55
+8.8% Runs stuffed at the line+2.0% #85
−6.8% Opponent runs stuffed−1.0% #69
+4.1% Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−2.2% #23
−5.0% Havoc created−1.1% #78
Big plays
+0.019 Rushing explosiveness−0.041 #86
−0.102 Passing explosiveness−0.163 #123
−0.59 Open-field yards per rush+0.18 #30
+0.056 Pass explosiveness allowed+0.170 #132
Style and schedule
47% Run rate49% #100
−18.8 Strength of schedule (avg opponent)+1.7 #15

Tendencies

season to date · against the spread and over/under use closing lines
Murray StateSeason to dateOklahoma State
0-2Record3-1
0-0Conference1-0
0-0Home2-0
0-2Away1-1
0-2Against the spread3-1
0-2Over/under2-2
7.0 / 48.5Points for / against37.2 / 19.8
-41.5Avg margin+17.5
-2.0Avg vs. the spread+6.5
49.7Plays per game (excl. garbage time)70.8

Murray State: last 1 games

L14-38didn’t cover

Oklahoma State: last 2 games

W39-31covered
L10-24didn’t cover

Rating trend

net EPA per play vs. an average team, entering each week
−0.79−0.58−0.36−0.15+0.06Entering week123Murray State · 1: −0.68Murray State · 2: −0.70Murray State · 3: −0.73Oklahoma State · 1: −0.16Oklahoma State · 2: −0.26Oklahoma State · 3: −0.16
● Murray State● Oklahoma State