NCAAF › Week 7 › Ball State at Bowling Green
AWAY · 1-4
20
48% to win
Beaver projection
Sat, Oct 17, 12:00 PM ET
Doyt L. Perry Stadium · 52° · wind 15 mph
HOME · 1-4
21
52% to win

Beaver vs. Vegas

★ BEAVERVEGAS
Score (Ball State–Bowling Green)20–21–
SpreadBowling Green −0.7No line
Total41.5n/a
Bowling Green win chance52%–

The call

Beaver’s Pick
Waiting on the Vegas line

How Beaver sees the margin

Range of likely outcomes around Bowling Green by 0.7
17%
Ball State by 14+
31%
Ball State by 1–13
32%
Bowling Green by 1–13
19%
Bowling Green by 14+

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Tale of the tape

ranks among 138 FBS teams entering this game · brighter = better of the two
Ball State
Opponent-adjusted, vs. average FBS team
Bowling Green
Efficiency
−0.129 #115Offense EPA / play−0.263 #137
+0.208 #131Defense EPA / play allowed+0.091 #83
−10.0% #134Offense success rate−8.7% #132
+5.4% #99Defense success rate allowed+6.0% #109
−0.119 #112Rushing EPA / play−0.332 #138
−0.096 #91Passing EPA / play−0.206 #120
+0.214 #134Rush defense EPA allowed+0.152 #118
+0.182 #118Pass defense EPA allowed−0.005 #47
−10.7 #130Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−15.5 #137
+11.7 #129Scoring defense (pts vs avg)+7.1 #107
Situational
−6.0% #109Passing-down success (3rd & long)−9.7% #132
+7.5% #124Passing-down success allowed−1.4% #42
−1.47 #129Points per drive−1.61 #135
+1.95 #130Points per drive allowed+1.73 #127
Trenches
−0.54 #124Line yards per rush−0.75 #134
+0.29 #101Line yards per rush allowed+0.55 #130
+4.0% #112Runs stuffed at the line+6.8% #129
−1.0% #72Opponent runs stuffed−2.6% #96
+4.0% #132Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)+3.8% #130
−4.2% #130Havoc created−1.7% #92
Big plays
+0.117 #21Rushing explosiveness−0.370 #137
+0.003 #72Passing explosiveness−0.082 #105
+0.15 #36Open-field yards per rush−0.93 #137
−0.022 #71Pass explosiveness allowed−0.087 #47
Style and schedule
49% #101Run rate54% #44
−6.8 #52Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−5.2 #41

Tendencies

season to date · against the spread and over/under use closing lines
Ball StateSeason to dateBowling Green
1-4Record1-4
0-2Conference1-0
1-1Home0-2
0-3Away1-2
2-3Against the spread2-3
4-1Over/under3-2
19.2 / 37.8Points for / against11.4 / 33.0
-18.6Avg margin-21.6
-3.7Avg vs. the spread-5.7
52.8Plays per game (excl. garbage time)48.6

Ball State: last 5 games

L24-39covered
L13-26didn’t cover
L15-51didn’t cover
W41-17covered
L3-56didn’t cover

Bowling Green: last 5 games

W24-20covered
L6-14covered
L7-55didn’t cover
L7-56didn’t cover
L13-20didn’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 week1234567Ball State · 1: −0.26Ball State · 2: −0.32Ball State · 3: −0.32Ball State · 4: −0.37Ball State · 5: −0.37Ball State · 6: −0.34Ball State · 7: −0.34Bowling Green · 1: −0.27Bowling Green · 2: −0.38Bowling Green · 3: −0.45Bowling Green · 4: −0.46Bowling Green · 5: −0.43Bowling Green · 6: −0.35Bowling Green · 7: −0.35
● Ball State● Bowling Green