NCAAF › Week 7 › San José State at UTEP
AWAY · 3-2
29
68% to win
Beaver projection
Sat, Oct 17, 9:00 PM ET
Sun Bowl · 66° · wind 14 mph
HOME · 1-4
21
32% to win

Beaver vs. Vegas

★ BEAVERVEGAS
Score (San José State–UTEP)29–21–
SpreadSan José State −7.5No line
Total50.4n/a
UTEP win chance32%–

The call

Beaver’s Pick
Waiting on the Vegas line

How Beaver sees the margin

Range of likely outcomes around San José State by 7.5
34%
San José State by 14+
34%
San José State by 1–13
23%
UTEP by 1–13
9%
UTEP by 14+

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Tale of the tape

ranks among 138 FBS teams entering this game · brighter = better of the two
San José State
Opponent-adjusted, vs. average FBS team
UTEP
Efficiency
−0.136 #116Offense EPA / play−0.249 #136
+0.076 #77Defense EPA / play allowed+0.209 #132
−8.2% #131Offense success rate−7.3% #124
+4.7% #95Defense success rate allowed+10.0% #134
−0.213 #132Rushing EPA / play−0.187 #125
−0.030 #74Passing EPA / play−0.252 #129
+0.111 #101Rush defense EPA allowed+0.126 #107
+0.051 #70Pass defense EPA allowed+0.367 #137
−8.2 #109Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−10.0 #125
+6.3 #98Scoring defense (pts vs avg)+16.1 #137
Situational
−9.3% #128Passing-down success (3rd & long)−8.5% #125
−0.9% #45Passing-down success allowed+9.8% #133
−1.33 #125Points per drive−1.11 #112
+0.91 #94Points per drive allowed+3.28 #138
Trenches
−0.37 #111Line yards per rush−0.48 #121
+0.32 #105Line yards per rush allowed+0.26 #92
+5.7% #125Runs stuffed at the line+7.4% #131
−5.5% #126Opponent runs stuffed+0.6% #49
+1.7% #110Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)+4.8% #136
−2.2% #104Havoc created−3.3% #118
Big plays
−0.099 #106Rushing explosiveness−0.011 #71
−0.017 #86Passing explosiveness−0.000 #75
−0.71 #131Open-field yards per rush−0.38 #102
−0.078 #53Pass explosiveness allowed−0.060 #60
Style and schedule
48% #109Run rate56% #26
−12.8 #102Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−5.9 #44

Tendencies

season to date · against the spread and over/under use closing lines
San José StateSeason to dateUTEP
3-2Record1-4
1-0Conference0-1
1-1Home1-1
2-1Away0-3
3-2Against the spread1-4
1-4Over/under3-2
22.6 / 25.0Points for / against16.4 / 41.4
-2.4Avg margin-25.0
+2.4Avg vs. the spread-8.5
65.8Plays per game (excl. garbage time)36.6

San José State: last 5 games

W20-16covered
L10-26didn’t cover
W30-20didn’t cover
W27-21covered
L26-42
atUSC
covered

UTEP: last 5 games

L7-61didn’t cover
L7-33didn’t cover
L17-52didn’t cover
W51-10covered
L0-51didn’t cover

Rating trend

net EPA per play vs. an average team, entering each week
−0.49−0.36−0.23−0.10+0.04Entering week1234567San José State · 1: −0.20San José State · 2: −0.08San José State · 3: −0.18San José State · 4: −0.25San José State · 5: −0.25San José State · 6: −0.21San José State · 7: −0.21UTEP · 1: −0.27UTEP · 2: −0.34UTEP · 3: −0.35UTEP · 4: −0.36UTEP · 5: −0.41UTEP · 6: −0.46UTEP · 7: −0.46
● San José State● UTEP