NCAAF › Week 5 › Cincinnati at Arizona
AWAY · 4-1
7
Final
Sat, Oct 3, 11:00 PM ET
Arizona Stadium · 79° · wind 13 mph
HOME · 4-1
34
Won

Beaver vs. Vegas

★ BEAVERVEGASRESULT
Score (Cincinnati–Arizona)25–34–7–34
SpreadArizona −8.6Arizona −7Arizona −27
Total59.056.541
Arizona win chance70%––

Line moved from Arizona −8.5 at open. Lines: DraftKings.

The call

Beaver’s Pick
★ Arizona −7 Won★ Over 56.5 Lost
Spread: 1.6 pts better than Vegas for Arizona (sides with a gap this size have won 51% in the backtest). Total: 2.5 pts above Vegas (51% historically).

How Beaver sees the margin

Range of likely outcomes around Arizona by 8.6
8%
Cincinnati by 14+
22%
Cincinnati by 1–13
33%
Arizona by 1–13
37%
Arizona by 14+

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Tale of the tape

ranks among 138 FBS teams entering this game · brighter = better of the two
Cincinnati
Opponent-adjusted, vs. average FBS team
Arizona
Efficiency
+0.125 #21Offense EPA / play+0.068 #31
+0.121 #99Defense EPA / play allowed+0.006 #55
+2.5% #38Offense success rate+2.9% #33
+5.8% #106Defense success rate allowed−1.6% #35
+0.073 #33Rushing EPA / play+0.014 #57
+0.098 #34Passing EPA / play+0.071 #43
+0.164 #120Rush defense EPA allowed+0.008 #53
+0.107 #90Pass defense EPA allowed+0.017 #57
+3.5 #38Scoring offense (pts vs avg)+1.8 #53
+2.0 #73Scoring defense (pts vs avg)−1.2 #42
Situational
−1.3% #65Passing-down success (3rd & long)+5.5% #20
+5.9% #110Passing-down success allowed+5.3% #104
+0.24 #45Points per drive+0.14 #55
+0.58 #71Points per drive allowed+0.36 #54
Trenches
+0.13 #31Line yards per rush+0.11 #33
+0.59 #132Line yards per rush allowed−0.13 #33
−0.5% #51Runs stuffed at the line−2.7% #23
−5.4% #125Opponent runs stuffed+4.4% #14
−2.7% #22Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−1.8% #34
−1.2% #86Havoc created+0.7% #42
Big plays
+0.129 #18Rushing explosiveness−0.132 #119
−0.054 #92Passing explosiveness+0.010 #66
+0.35 #15Open-field yards per rush−0.41 #112
−0.013 #77Pass explosiveness allowed+0.121 #118
Style and schedule
57% #20Run rate44% #129
−13.2 #100Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−11.6 #84

Tendencies

season to date · against the spread and over/under use closing lines
CincinnatiSeason to dateArizona
4-1Record4-1
1-1Conference1-1
4-0Home3-0
0-1Away1-1
3-2Against the spread1-4
3-2Over/under2-3
33.8 / 23.2Points for / against32.4 / 16.6
+10.6Avg margin+15.8
+1.6Avg vs. the spread-0.2
57.0Plays per game (excl. garbage time)59.2

Cincinnati: last 4 games

W31-26covered
W35-31didn’t cover
W62-10covered
W34-15covered

Arizona: last 4 games

W34-24didn’t cover
W42-17didn’t cover
L17-28
atBYU
didn’t cover
W35-7didn’t cover

Rating trend

net EPA per play vs. an average team, entering each week
−0.04−0.01+0.01+0.04+0.07Entering week12345Cincinnati · 1: −0.00Cincinnati · 2: +0.04Cincinnati · 3: +0.02Cincinnati · 4: −0.03Cincinnati · 5: +0.00Arizona · 1: +0.05Arizona · 2: +0.02Arizona · 3: −0.00Arizona · 4: +0.05Arizona · 5: +0.06
● Cincinnati● Arizona