College football scores › Week 7 › Cincinnati at West Virginia
Cincinnati5-2away
42
FinalMilan Puskar Stadium, 49°, wind 13 mph
45
BEAVER CIN +1.5, lostBEAVER Under 63.5, lostBEAVER had CIN 57% to win

BEAVER against the market

Locked at kickoff, graded on the closing line
BEAVERSamMarketResultCall
Score (CIN–WVU)32–2932–31–42–45
SpreadCIN −2.7CIN −0.4WVU −1.5WVU by 3CIN +1.5 ✗
Total61.362.963.587Under 63.5 ✗
WVU win chance43%–−122Won
CIN by 14+
24%
CIN by 1–13
32%
WVU by 1–13
28%
WVU by 14+
15%

Spread: 4.2 pts better than Vegas for Cincinnati (sides with a gap this size have won 54% in the backtest). Total: 2.2 pts below Vegas (51% historically).

Tale of the tape

BEAVER Stats, opponent-adjusted, entering the game. Rank among 138 FBS teams.
Efficiency
+0.086 #29Offense EPA / play+0.005 #60
+0.093 #99Defense EPA / play allowed+0.149 #117
+1.5% #53Offense success rate+0.1% #71
+4.8% #111Defense success rate allowed+5.3% #118
+0.128 #27Rushing EPA / play+0.098 #41
+0.029 #51Passing EPA / play−0.070 #85
+0.122 #112Rush defense EPA allowed+0.010 #63
+0.110 #88Pass defense EPA allowed+0.290 #132
+1.4 #58Scoring offense (pts vs avg)+5.1 #29
+1.0 #68Scoring defense (pts vs avg)+7.9 #120
Situational
−2.5% #76Passing-down success (3rd & long)+2.2% #37
+5.7% #118Passing-down success allowed+2.7% #96
+0.17 #58Points per drive+0.21 #54
+0.31 #81Points per drive allowed+0.34 #83
Trenches
+0.38 #23Line yards per rush+0.22 #47
+0.44 #127Line yards per rush allowed−0.16 #37
−5.1% #27Runs stuffed at the line−3.8% #36
−2.6% #109Opponent runs stuffed+4.2% #21
−4.1% #23Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−2.9% #35
−0.6% #68Havoc created−0.8% #78
Big plays
+0.191 #8Rushing explosiveness+0.091 #34
+0.044 #99Passing explosiveness+0.604 #1
+0.29 #21Open-field yards per rush+0.22 #28
−0.063 #38Pass explosiveness allowed+0.040 #81
Style and schedule
61% #26Run rate74% #5
−7.9 #78Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−4.5 #49

Cincinnati: last 5 games

L7-34Missed
W31-26Covered
W35-31Missed
W62-10Covered
W34-15Covered

West Virginia: last 5 games

L31-52Missed
L42-45Push
L24-41Missed
W38-27Covered
W52-7Covered

Rating trend

BEAVER Stats: net EPA per play against an average team, entering each week
−0.16−0.10−0.05+0.01+0.07Entering week1234567Cincinnati · 1: +0.01Cincinnati · 2: +0.05Cincinnati · 3: +0.04Cincinnati · 4: −0.01Cincinnati · 5: +0.02Cincinnati · 6: −0.01Cincinnati · 7: −0.01West Virginia · 1: −0.02West Virginia · 2: −0.10West Virginia · 3: −0.08West Virginia · 4: +0.04West Virginia · 5: −0.10West Virginia · 6: −0.09West Virginia · 7: −0.14
● Cincinnati● West Virginia