NCAAF › Week 4 › William & Mary at Duke
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Sat, Sep 26, 3:30 PM ET
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Beaver vs. Vegas

★ BEAVERVEGASRESULT
Score (William & Mary–Duke)4–56–7–62
SpreadDuke −51.9Duke −43.5Duke −55
Total59.961.569
Duke win chance100%––

The call

Beaver’s Pick
★ Duke −43.5 Won★ Under 61.5 Lost
Spread: 8.4 pts better than Vegas for Duke (sides with a gap this size have won 49% in the backtest). Total: 1.6 pts below Vegas (52% historically).

How Beaver sees the margin

Range of likely outcomes around Duke by 51.9
0%
William & Mary by 14+
0%
William & Mary by 1–13
1%
Duke by 1–13
99%
Duke by 14+

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Tale of the tape

ranks among 138 FBS teams entering this game · brighter = better of the two
William & Mary
Opponent-adjusted, vs. average FBS team
Duke
Efficiency
−0.328 Offense EPA / play+0.020 #54
+0.376 Defense EPA / play allowed−0.074 #21
−14.6% Offense success rate−0.8% #77
+17.2% Defense success rate allowed−0.8% #53
−0.207 Rushing EPA / play+0.089 #40
−0.330 Passing EPA / play−0.030 #72
+0.433 Rush defense EPA allowed−0.117 #13
+0.378 Pass defense EPA allowed−0.092 #21
−14.8 Scoring offense (pts vs avg)+0.8 #54
+22.8 Scoring defense (pts vs avg)−6.1 #15
Situational
−12.4% Passing-down success (3rd & long)−1.8% #72
+14.8% Passing-down success allowed−6.3% #8
−2.28 Points per drive−0.18 #74
+2.98 Points per drive allowed−0.63 #23
Trenches
−0.87 Line yards per rush+0.22 #46
+1.24 Line yards per rush allowed+0.05 #73
+7.3% Runs stuffed at the line−0.0% #98
−10.0% Opponent runs stuffed−2.1% #100
+4.3% Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−3.6% #27
−3.4% Havoc created+1.1% #35
Big plays
+0.022 Rushing explosiveness+0.082 #36
+0.363 Passing explosiveness+0.125 #65
+0.08 Open-field yards per rush+0.12 #36
+0.081 Pass explosiveness allowed−0.122 #24
Style and schedule
57% Run rate62% #17
n/a Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−3.8 #37

Tendencies

season to date · against the spread and over/under use closing lines
William & MarySeason to dateDuke
0-1Record4-0
0-0Conference1-0
0-0Home3-0
0-1Away1-0
0-1Against the spread4-0
1-0Over/under2-2
7.0 / 62.0Points for / against36.2 / 11.0
-55.0Avg margin+25.2
-11.5Avg vs. the spread+11.1
50.7Plays per game (excl. garbage time)60.2

William & Mary: last games

No games yet.

Duke: last 3 games

W35-7covered
W31-27covered
W17-3covered

Rating trend

net EPA per play vs. an average team, entering each week
−0.77−0.54−0.30−0.07+0.16Entering week1234William & Mary · 1: −0.45William & Mary · 2: −0.48William & Mary · 3: −0.59William & Mary · 4: −0.70Duke · 1: +0.03Duke · 2: −0.04Duke · 3: +0.05Duke · 4: +0.09
● William & Mary● Duke