NCAAF › Week 7 › Georgia State at James Madison
AWAY · 4-1
24
23% to win
Beaver projection
Sat, Oct 17, 12:00 PM ET
Bridgeforth Stadium · 62° · wind 17 mph
HOME · 5-0
36
77% to win

Beaver vs. Vegas

★ BEAVERVEGAS
Score (Georgia State–James Madison)24–36–
SpreadJames Madison −11.8No line
Total59.7n/a
James Madison win chance77%–

The call

Beaver’s Pick
Waiting on the Vegas line

How Beaver sees the margin

Range of likely outcomes around James Madison by 11.8
6%
Georgia State by 14+
18%
Georgia State by 1–13
32%
James Madison by 1–13
45%
James Madison by 14+

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Tale of the tape

ranks among 138 FBS teams entering this game · brighter = better of the two
Georgia State
Opponent-adjusted, vs. average FBS team
James Madison
Efficiency
+0.029 #51Offense EPA / play+0.032 #48
+0.092 #84Defense EPA / play allowed+0.027 #60
+1.1% #49Offense success rate−0.5% #63
+3.4% #81Defense success rate allowed+0.4% #57
−0.009 #68Rushing EPA / play+0.066 #33
+0.205 #13Passing EPA / play−0.002 #63
+0.149 #117Rush defense EPA allowed+0.035 #60
−0.002 #52Pass defense EPA allowed−0.001 #53
+2.3 #49Scoring offense (pts vs avg)+6.0 #22
+5.8 #97Scoring defense (pts vs avg)−0.2 #53
Situational
+7.6% #8Passing-down success (3rd & long)+1.7% #47
+1.3% #73Passing-down success allowed+4.3% #94
+0.10 #61Points per drive+0.66 #27
+1.07 #103Points per drive allowed+0.48 #65
Trenches
+0.06 #41Line yards per rush−0.11 #72
+0.32 #107Line yards per rush allowed+0.17 #78
+1.8% #83Runs stuffed at the line+0.4% #65
−0.1% #55Opponent runs stuffed−4.3% #117
−1.8% #33Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−2.3% #24
+0.3% #52Havoc created−1.5% #87
Big plays
+0.072 #36Rushing explosiveness+0.040 #51
+0.233 #9Passing explosiveness−0.065 #98
+0.10 #39Open-field yards per rush+0.52 #11
+0.014 #90Pass explosiveness allowed+0.010 #89
Style and schedule
53% #55Run rate54% #50
−17.1 #119Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−20.4 #135

Tendencies

season to date · against the spread and over/under use closing lines
Georgia StateSeason to dateJames Madison
4-1Record5-0
1-0Conference2-0
3-0Home3-0
1-1Away2-0
5-0Against the spread5-0
3-2Over/under3-2
39.4 / 19.0Points for / against44.8 / 13.2
+20.4Avg margin+31.6
+17.7Avg vs. the spread+17.4
59.2Plays per game (excl. garbage time)60.2

Georgia State: last 5 games

W42-10covered
W35-14covered
L30-44
atUCF
covered
W31-17covered
W59-10covered

James Madison: last 5 games

W45-17covered
W46-20covered
W26-13covered
W87-3covered
W20-13covered

Rating trend

net EPA per play vs. an average team, entering each week
−0.26−0.18−0.10−0.01+0.07Entering week1234567Georgia State · 1: −0.24Georgia State · 2: −0.19Georgia State · 3: −0.11Georgia State · 4: −0.11Georgia State · 5: −0.12Georgia State · 6: −0.06Georgia State · 7: −0.06James Madison · 1: −0.11James Madison · 2: −0.07James Madison · 3: −0.11James Madison · 4: −0.02James Madison · 5: +0.05James Madison · 6: +0.01James Madison · 7: +0.01
● Georgia State● James Madison