College football scores › Week 7 › North Carolina at Duke
FinalWallace Wade Stadium, 54°, wind 15 mph
Duke5-2home
20
BEAVER UNC +3, wonBEAVER Over 46.5, lostBEAVER had DUKE 51% to win

BEAVER against the market

Locked at kickoff, graded on the closing line
BEAVERSamMarketResultCall
Score (UNC–DUKE)23–2421–22–24–20
SpreadDUKE −0.5DUKE −1.1DUKE −3UNC by 4UNC +3 ✓
Total47.543.246.544Over 46.5 ✗
DUKE win chance51%–−155Lost
UNC by 14+
18%
UNC by 1–13
31%
DUKE by 1–13
32%
DUKE by 14+
20%

Spread: 2.5 pts better than Vegas for North Carolina (sides with a gap this size have won 51% in the backtest). Total: 1.0 pts above Vegas (52% historically). Opened DUKE −4.5.

Tale of the tape

BEAVER Stats, opponent-adjusted, entering the game. Rank among 138 FBS teams.
Efficiency
+0.046 #43Offense EPA / play+0.017 #53
−0.062 #31Defense EPA / play allowed+0.008 #59
+5.0% #20Offense success rate−1.1% #76
+1.3% #79Defense success rate allowed+0.1% #65
+0.061 #57Rushing EPA / play+0.080 #49
+0.060 #40Passing EPA / play−0.028 #69
+0.040 #76Rush defense EPA allowed−0.098 #24
−0.117 #23Pass defense EPA allowed+0.062 #74
−1.1 #71Scoring offense (pts vs avg)+1.4 #57
−6.1 #22Scoring defense (pts vs avg)−3.7 #34
Situational
+2.6% #32Passing-down success (3rd & long)−2.7% #81
−4.1% #26Passing-down success allowed−4.5% #20
+0.02 #67Points per drive+0.24 #53
−0.80 #18Points per drive allowed−0.18 #48
Trenches
+0.33 #32Line yards per rush+0.16 #61
+0.29 #113Line yards per rush allowed−0.16 #38
−3.0% #49Runs stuffed at the line−0.5% #92
−7.3% #138Opponent runs stuffed+1.2% #53
−1.5% #66Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−4.1% #21
−2.1% #101Havoc created+0.1% #55
Big plays
−0.091 #113Rushing explosiveness+0.142 #19
+0.093 #74Passing explosiveness+0.055 #96
−0.30 #89Open-field yards per rush−0.08 #61
−0.211 #7Pass explosiveness allowed−0.103 #26
Style and schedule
54% #89Run rate57% #52
+3.8 #11Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−12.9 #110

North Carolina: last 5 games

W21-17Covered
L26-37Covered
L20-28Missed
W35-3Missed
W15-10
vsTCU
Covered

Duke: last 5 games

L25-28Missed
W62-7Covered
W35-7Covered
W31-27Covered
W17-3Covered

Rating trend

BEAVER Stats: net EPA per play against an average team, entering each week
−0.07−0.02+0.03+0.07+0.12Entering week1234567North Carolina · 1: −0.06North Carolina · 2: +0.00North Carolina · 3: +0.04North Carolina · 4: −0.01North Carolina · 5: +0.02North Carolina · 6: +0.06North Carolina · 7: +0.11Duke · 1: +0.03Duke · 2: −0.04Duke · 3: +0.05Duke · 4: +0.09Duke · 5: +0.06Duke · 6: +0.03Duke · 7: +0.01
● North Carolina● Duke