NCAAF › Week 2 › Western Illinois at Wisconsin
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Final
Sat, Sep 12, 7:15 PM ET
Camp Randall Stadium · 70° · wind 6 mph
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Won

Beaver vs. Vegas

★ BEAVERVEGASRESULT
Score (WIU–Wisconsin)6–50–9–36
SpreadWisconsin −44.0Wisconsin −43.5Wisconsin −27
Total55.653.545
Wisconsin win chance100%––

Line moved from Wisconsin −38.5 at open. Lines: DraftKings.

The call

Beaver’s Pick
★ Wisconsin −43.5 Lost★ Over 53.5 Lost
Spread: 0.5 pts better than Vegas for Wisconsin (sides with a gap this size have won 51% in the backtest). Total: 2.1 pts above Vegas (51% historically).

How Beaver sees the margin

Range of likely outcomes around Wisconsin by 44.0
0%
Western Illinois by 14+
0%
Western Illinois by 1–13
3%
Wisconsin by 1–13
97%
Wisconsin by 14+

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Tale of the tape

ranks among 138 FBS teams entering this game · brighter = better of the two
WIU
Opponent-adjusted, vs. average FBS team
Wisconsin
Efficiency
−0.271 Offense EPA / play−0.021 #67
+0.302 Defense EPA / play allowed+0.000 #59
−12.7% Offense success rate−0.6% #71
+9.7% Defense success rate allowed−1.8% #34
−0.118 Rushing EPA / play+0.018 #78
−0.332 Passing EPA / play−0.032 #71
+0.089 Rush defense EPA allowed−0.010 #53
+0.360 Pass defense EPA allowed−0.012 #47
−11.0 Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−1.9 #68
+19.7 Scoring defense (pts vs avg)−4.1 #26
Situational
−11.2% Passing-down success (3rd & long)−2.2% #83
+13.2% Passing-down success allowed−9.5% #1
−1.78 Points per drive−0.14 #61
+2.82 Points per drive allowed−0.78 #16
Trenches
−0.54 Line yards per rush+0.10 #71
+0.64 Line yards per rush allowed−0.25 #27
+6.1% Runs stuffed at the line−2.1% #62
−4.6% Opponent runs stuffed−1.9% #106
+2.8% Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−0.3% #105
−4.6% Havoc created−0.3% #69
Big plays
+0.009 Rushing explosiveness+0.005 #72
+0.078 Passing explosiveness+0.133 #55
−0.82 Open-field yards per rush−0.26 #88
+0.331 Pass explosiveness allowed−0.110 #21
Style and schedule
50% Run rate60% #23
n/a Strength of schedule (avg opponent)+24.5 #2

Tendencies

season to date · against the spread and over/under use closing lines
WIUSeason to dateWisconsin
0-1Record4-1
0-0Conference2-0
0-0Home3-0
0-1Away1-0
1-0Against the spread3-2
0-1Over/under3-2
9.0 / 36.0Points for / against31.6 / 16.6
-27.0Avg margin+15.0
+16.5Avg vs. the spread+6.0
57.2Plays per game (excl. garbage time)55.8

Western Illinois: last games

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Wisconsin: last 1 games

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Rating trend

net EPA per play vs. an average team, entering each week
−0.62−0.45−0.28−0.11+0.06Entering week12Western Illinois · 1: −0.51Western Illinois · 2: −0.57Wisconsin · 1: +0.01Wisconsin · 2: −0.02
● Western Illinois● Wisconsin