College football scores › Week 8 › BYU at UCF
BYUNo. 86-1away
31
FinalFBC Mortgage Stadium, 77°, wind 14 mph
UCF4-3home
39
BEAVER BYU −7.5, lostBEAVER Over 43.5, wonBEAVER had BYU 76% to win

BEAVER against the market

Locked at kickoff, graded on the closing line
BEAVERSamMarketResultCall
Score (BYU–UCF)29–1833–13–31–39
SpreadBYU −10.9BYU −19.5BYU −7.5UCF by 8BYU −7.5 ✗
Total47.845.943.570Over 43.5 ✓
UCF win chance24%–+245Won
BYU by 14+
42%
BYU by 1–13
33%
UCF by 1–13
19%
UCF by 14+
6%

Spread: 3.4 pts better than Vegas for BYU (sides with a gap this size have won 54% in the backtest). Total: 4.3 pts above Vegas (49% historically). Opened BYU −9.5.

Tale of the tape

BEAVER Stats, opponent-adjusted, entering the game. Rank among 138 FBS teams.
Efficiency
+0.173 #12Offense EPA / play−0.031 #81
−0.115 #16Defense EPA / play allowed−0.085 #25
+7.5% #14Offense success rate−1.1% #78
−6.1% #13Defense success rate allowed−1.8% #42
+0.228 #2Rushing EPA / play+0.001 #83
+0.126 #27Passing EPA / play−0.033 #70
−0.064 #32Rush defense EPA allowed−0.086 #26
−0.161 #13Pass defense EPA allowed−0.100 #25
+4.5 #33Scoring offense (pts vs avg)+1.7 #54
−8.8 #9Scoring defense (pts vs avg)−2.7 #40
Situational
−0.3% #54Passing-down success (3rd & long)+0.1% #50
−1.6% #48Passing-down success allowed−3.8% #28
+0.48 #39Points per drive+0.31 #49
−0.84 #22Points per drive allowed−0.42 #38
Trenches
+0.44 #21Line yards per rush−0.26 #122
−0.21 #35Line yards per rush allowed−0.37 #21
−3.8% #39Runs stuffed at the line+1.2% #111
+3.7% #26Opponent runs stuffed−0.1% #70
−7.7% #2Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−2.2% #47
+2.3% #25Havoc created+0.4% #42
Big plays
+0.104 #28Rushing explosiveness+0.052 #51
−0.063 #127Passing explosiveness+0.098 #73
−0.03 #54Open-field yards per rush+0.20 #29
−0.101 #23Pass explosiveness allowed−0.093 #26
Style and schedule
60% #31Run rate55% #67
−2.3 #40Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−3.6 #51

BYU: last 5 games

W28-24Covered
W24-10Covered
W17-10
atTCU
Covered
W41-23Covered
W28-17Covered

UCF: last 5 games

L28-42Missed
L17-27Covered
W21-13
vsTCU
Covered
W44-30Missed
L7-12Covered

Rating trend

BEAVER Stats: net EPA per play against an average team, entering each week
−0.08+0.02+0.12+0.22+0.32Entering week12345678BYU · 1: +0.12BYU · 2: +0.20BYU · 3: +0.22BYU · 4: +0.28BYU · 5: +0.30BYU · 6: +0.27BYU · 7: +0.28BYU · 8: +0.29UCF · 1: −0.03UCF · 2: −0.05UCF · 3: −0.04UCF · 4: −0.03UCF · 5: −0.02UCF · 6: +0.05UCF · 7: +0.05UCF · 8: +0.05
● BYU● UCF