College football scores › Week 9 › Stanford at Louisville
Stanford4-4away
BEAVER projects17
L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium, 71°, wind 6 mph
Louisville4-3home
BEAVER projects45
BEAVERLOU −22.5, best betbest betOver 61.5, leanleanBEAVER gives LOU 95% to win

Lines

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Stanford
Louisville

BEAVER’s card

Best bet
LOU −22.5, best bet4.8 points off the line
  • Over 61.5 lean, 0.5 points off the line

BEAVER against the market

Updates until kickoff
BEAVERMarketCall
Score (STAN–LOU)17–45–
SpreadLOU −27.3LOU −22.5LOU −22.5
Total62.061.5Over 61.5
LOU win chance95%−2100
STAN by 14+
1%
STAN by 1–13
4%
LOU by 1–13
16%
LOU by 14+
79%

Spread: 4.8 pts better than Vegas for Louisville (sides with a gap this size have won 54% in the backtest). Total: 0.5 pts above Vegas (52% historically). Opened LOU −21.

Tale of the tape

BEAVER Stats, opponent-adjusted, entering the game. Rank among 138 FBS teams.
Efficiency
−0.008 #70Offense EPA / play+0.148 #17
+0.169 #126Defense EPA / play allowed−0.052 #34
−3.1% #100Offense success rate+5.3% #21
+4.2% #105Defense success rate allowed−2.4% #37
+0.015 #79Rushing EPA / play+0.148 #24
−0.034 #70Passing EPA / play+0.173 #15
+0.191 #131Rush defense EPA allowed−0.070 #32
+0.135 #100Pass defense EPA allowed+0.031 #62
−6.0 #104Scoring offense (pts vs avg)+8.9 #10
+6.9 #114Scoring defense (pts vs avg)−1.2 #54
Situational
−8.9% #128Passing-down success (3rd & long)−0.3% #53
+7.7% #131Passing-down success allowed−4.2% #22
−0.62 #101Points per drive+0.47 #40
+0.90 #115Points per drive allowed−0.53 #34
Trenches
+0.02 #80Line yards per rush−0.02 #93
+0.36 #122Line yards per rush allowed+0.12 #87
+0.2% #103Runs stuffed at the line+0.5% #108
−4.2% #122Opponent runs stuffed−5.7% #133
−2.8% #38Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)+0.7% #115
−3.2% #124Havoc created+0.4% #47
Big plays
+0.033 #56Rushing explosiveness+0.253 #5
+0.102 #75Passing explosiveness+0.184 #39
−0.41 #105Open-field yards per rush+1.43 #1
−0.022 #54Pass explosiveness allowed+0.148 #130
Style and schedule
50% #124Run rate58% #41
+1.7 #21Strength of schedule (avg opponent)+1.2 #24

Stanford: last 5 games

W31-28Covered
W34-7Missed
L7-58Missed
L3-57Missed
W34-27Covered

Louisville: last 5 games

W34-26Missed
W44-20Covered
L28-31Missed
L27-30Missed
W41-31
vsSMU
Covered

Rating trend

BEAVER Stats: net EPA per play against an average team, entering each week
−0.23−0.11+0.01+0.13+0.26Entering week123456789Stanford · 1: −0.07Stanford · 2: −0.11Stanford · 3: −0.10Stanford · 4: −0.14Stanford · 5: −0.13Stanford · 6: −0.16Stanford · 7: −0.20Stanford · 8: −0.19Stanford · 9: −0.18Louisville · 1: +0.10Louisville · 2: +0.14Louisville · 3: +0.11Louisville · 4: +0.22Louisville · 5: +0.16Louisville · 6: +0.12Louisville · 7: +0.16Louisville · 8: +0.20Louisville · 9: +0.20
● Stanford● Louisville