NCAAF › Week 1 › Akron at Wake Forest
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Final
Thu, Sep 3, 7:00 PM ET
Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium · 87° · wind 9 mph
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Won

Beaver vs. Vegas

★ BEAVERVEGASRESULT
Score (Akron–Wake Forest)16–34–16–38
SpreadWake Forest −17.9Wake Forest −27.5Wake Forest −22
Total49.550.554
Wake Forest win chance87%––

Line moved from Wake Forest −22.5 at open. Lines: DraftKings.

The call

Beaver’s Pick
★ Akron +27.5 Won★ Under 50.5 Lost
Spread: 9.6 pts better than Vegas for Akron (sides with a gap this size have won 51% in the backtest). Total: 1.0 pts below Vegas (51% historically).

How Beaver sees the margin

Range of likely outcomes around Wake Forest by 17.9
2%
Akron by 14+
11%
Akron by 1–13
27%
Wake Forest by 1–13
60%
Wake Forest by 14+

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Tale of the tape

ranks among 138 FBS teams entering this game · brighter = better of the two
Akron
Opponent-adjusted, vs. average FBS team
Wake Forest
Efficiency
−0.155 #133Offense EPA / play−0.020 #69
+0.124 #112Defense EPA / play allowed−0.044 #21
−6.7% #130Offense success rate−1.9% #79
+5.6% #115Defense success rate allowed−2.0% #20
−0.142 #133Rushing EPA / play−0.003 #55
−0.141 #129Passing EPA / play−0.018 #67
+0.090 #104Rush defense EPA allowed−0.036 #22
+0.138 #118Pass defense EPA allowed−0.032 #27
−9.1 #131Scoring offense (pts vs avg)+0.1 #58
+9.0 #121Scoring defense (pts vs avg)−1.7 #37
Situational
−5.4% #122Passing-down success (3rd & long)−1.2% #70
+4.5% #118Passing-down success allowed−1.1% #26
−1.11 #130Points per drive−0.14 #73
+1.39 #117Points per drive allowed+0.16 #38
Trenches
−0.40 #131Line yards per rush−0.12 #62
+0.29 #115Line yards per rush allowed−0.16 #20
+3.6% #126Runs stuffed at the line+0.2% #47
−1.7% #88Opponent runs stuffed+3.0% #5
+2.7% #134Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−0.6% #48
−1.4% #92Havoc created+1.0% #34
Big plays
−0.042 #137Rushing explosiveness+0.003 #36
+0.014 #58Passing explosiveness+0.060 #14
−0.41 #135Open-field yards per rush−0.01 #46
+0.004 #115Pass explosiveness allowed−0.056 #27
Style and schedule
49% #107Run rate52% #66

Tendencies

season to date · against the spread and over/under use closing lines
AkronSeason to dateWake Forest
1-4Record4-1
0-1Conference2-1
1-1Home2-1
0-3Away2-0
2-3Against the spread3-2
3-2Over/under3-2
19.0 / 33.6Points for / against36.6 / 23.0
-14.6Avg margin+13.6
-5.9Avg vs. the spread+11.1
51.8Plays per game (excl. garbage time)60.0

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