College football scores › Week 6 › Wake Forest at NC State
Wake ForestNo. 146-1away
38
FinalCarter-Finley Stadium, 67°, wind 15 mph
NC State3-4home
14
BEAVER NCSU +3.5, lostBEAVER Under 56.5, wonBEAVER had WAKE 55% to win

BEAVER against the market

Locked at kickoff, graded on the closing line
BEAVERSamMarketResultCall
Score (WAKE–NCSU)28–2538–22–38–14
SpreadWAKE −2.1WAKE −15.7WAKE −3.5WAKE by 24NCSU +3.5 ✗
Total53.060.156.552Under 56.5 ✓
NCSU win chance45%–+145Lost
WAKE by 14+
23%
WAKE by 1–13
32%
NCSU by 1–13
29%
NCSU by 14+
16%

Spread: 1.4 pts better than Vegas for NC State (sides with a gap this size have won 51% in the backtest). Total: 3.5 pts below Vegas (51% historically). Opened WAKE −4.

Tale of the tape

BEAVER Stats, opponent-adjusted, entering the game. Rank among 138 FBS teams.
Efficiency
+0.115 #22Offense EPA / play+0.081 #31
−0.055 #32Defense EPA / play allowed+0.081 #91
+3.6% #33Offense success rate+2.9% #38
−2.3% #36Defense success rate allowed+1.5% #79
+0.156 #15Rushing EPA / play−0.013 #90
+0.086 #37Passing EPA / play+0.172 #17
−0.061 #32Rush defense EPA allowed−0.023 #45
−0.076 #26Pass defense EPA allowed+0.169 #114
+4.6 #35Scoring offense (pts vs avg)+5.3 #26
−4.0 #35Scoring defense (pts vs avg)+1.6 #78
Situational
+6.2% #13Passing-down success (3rd & long)+8.5% #7
+0.5% #82Passing-down success allowed+0.6% #84
+0.58 #33Points per drive+0.94 #22
−0.67 #25Points per drive allowed+0.13 #70
Trenches
+0.32 #31Line yards per rush+0.01 #88
−0.34 #18Line yards per rush allowed−0.11 #49
−3.4% #50Runs stuffed at the line−1.9% #69
+6.1% #8Opponent runs stuffed+2.8% #30
−3.4% #30Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−1.3% #69
−1.0% #74Havoc created+1.1% #35
Big plays
+0.040 #62Rushing explosiveness−0.039 #93
+0.150 #48Passing explosiveness+0.025 #103
+0.01 #50Open-field yards per rush+0.03 #48
−0.254 #3Pass explosiveness allowed+0.091 #102
Style and schedule
55% #76Run rate56% #57
−1.5 #25Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−7.1 #61

Wake Forest: last 5 games

W57-3Covered
W30-27Covered
L20-33Covered
W38-36Missed
W38-16Missed

NC State: last 5 games

W31-28Covered
W41-31Missed
L31-35Missed
W73-0Covered
L8-34Missed

Rating trend

BEAVER Stats: net EPA per play against an average team, entering each week
−0.06+0.01+0.07+0.13+0.19Entering week123456Wake Forest · 1: +0.05Wake Forest · 2: +0.12Wake Forest · 3: +0.12Wake Forest · 4: +0.11Wake Forest · 5: +0.14Wake Forest · 6: +0.17NC State · 1: +0.07NC State · 2: −0.04NC State · 3: +0.09NC State · 4: +0.00NC State · 5: −0.00NC State · 6: +0.00
● Wake Forest● NC State