NCAAF › Week 3 › Charlotte at App State
AWAY · 0-5
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Final
Sat, Sep 19, 6:00 PM ET
Kidd Brewer Stadium · 67° · wind 3 mph
HOME · 3-1
26
Won

Beaver vs. Vegas

★ BEAVERVEGASRESULT
Score (Charlotte–App State)18–39–21–26
SpreadApp State −20.8App State −16.5App State −5
Total56.552.547
App State win chance90%––

Line moved from App State −19.5 at open. Lines: DraftKings.

The call

Beaver’s Pick
★ App State −16.5 Lost★ Over 52.5 Lost
Spread: 4.3 pts better than Vegas for App State (sides with a gap this size have won 54% in the backtest). Total: 4.0 pts above Vegas (49% historically).

How Beaver sees the margin

Range of likely outcomes around App State by 20.8
2%
Charlotte by 14+
8%
Charlotte by 1–13
24%
App State by 1–13
66%
App State by 14+

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Tale of the tape

ranks among 138 FBS teams entering this game · brighter = better of the two
Charlotte
Opponent-adjusted, vs. average FBS team
App State
Efficiency
−0.159 #129Offense EPA / play+0.014 #56
+0.234 #137Defense EPA / play allowed+0.097 #99
−6.4% #129Offense success rate−1.3% #80
+12.1% #138Defense success rate allowed+4.2% #111
−0.040 #105Rushing EPA / play−0.021 #95
−0.218 #126Passing EPA / play+0.144 #20
+0.233 #138Rush defense EPA allowed+0.155 #127
+0.195 #119Pass defense EPA allowed+0.003 #52
−10.0 #131Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−0.0 #52
+13.4 #136Scoring defense (pts vs avg)+2.3 #80
Situational
−4.9% #101Passing-down success (3rd & long)+2.4% #32
+16.3% #138Passing-down success allowed−3.7% #30
−1.44 #132Points per drive+0.45 #39
+1.47 #132Points per drive allowed+0.21 #79
Trenches
−0.25 #123Line yards per rush−0.33 #130
+0.35 #125Line yards per rush allowed+0.51 #135
+4.2% #134Runs stuffed at the line+0.5% #103
+1.4% #50Opponent runs stuffed−3.3% #117
−0.8% #87Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−1.8% #53
−3.4% #129Havoc created+0.2% #53
Big plays
+0.113 #27Rushing explosiveness+0.134 #17
−0.023 #112Passing explosiveness+0.081 #80
+0.06 #41Open-field yards per rush−0.29 #86
−0.356 #1Pass explosiveness allowed−0.025 #53
Style and schedule
52% #108Run rate54% #84
−12.6 #80Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−20.5 #112

Tendencies

season to date · against the spread and over/under use closing lines
CharlotteSeason to dateApp State
0-5Record3-1
0-1Conference0-0
0-3Home2-0
0-2Away1-1
2-3Against the spread3-1
2-3Over/under2-2
17.2 / 40.6Points for / against34.8 / 22.2
-23.4Avg margin+12.5
-9.7Avg vs. the spread+7.9
51.0Plays per game (excl. garbage time)64.8

Charlotte: last 2 games

L9-41covered
L41-43didn’t cover

App State: last 2 games

W27-24covered
W55-3covered

Rating trend

net EPA per play vs. an average team, entering each week
−0.47−0.35−0.22−0.09+0.04Entering week123Charlotte · 1: −0.24Charlotte · 2: −0.44Charlotte · 3: −0.39App State · 1: −0.16App State · 2: −0.07App State · 3: −0.08
● Charlotte● App State