College football scores › Week 6 › Illinois at Michigan State
Illinois4-3away
38
FinalSpartan Stadium, 77°, wind 14 mph
BEAVER MSU +2.5, wonBEAVER Over 48.5, wonBEAVER had ILL 56% to win

BEAVER against the market

Locked at kickoff, graded on the closing line
BEAVERSamMarketResultCall
Score (ILL–MSU)26–2423–25–38–37
SpreadILL −2.2MSU −2.1ILL −2.5ILL by 1MSU +2.5 ✓
Total50.148.348.575Over 48.5 ✓
MSU win chance44%–+120Lost
ILL by 14+
23%
ILL by 1–13
33%
MSU by 1–13
29%
MSU by 14+
15%

Spread: 0.3 pts better than Vegas for Michigan State (sides with a gap this size have won 51% in the backtest). Total: 1.6 pts above Vegas (52% historically).

Tale of the tape

BEAVER Stats, opponent-adjusted, entering the game. Rank among 138 FBS teams.
Efficiency
+0.088 #28Offense EPA / play−0.108 #110
+0.136 #117Defense EPA / play allowed+0.026 #68
+4.6% #24Offense success rate+2.1% #49
+2.7% #92Defense success rate allowed−1.9% #42
+0.137 #24Rushing EPA / play−0.056 #107
+0.102 #32Passing EPA / play−0.146 #107
+0.046 #81Rush defense EPA allowed−0.008 #51
+0.199 #120Pass defense EPA allowed+0.053 #72
+1.7 #52Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−5.5 #93
−0.3 #60Scoring defense (pts vs avg)−5.0 #26
Situational
+5.7% #16Passing-down success (3rd & long)−3.5% #88
+5.1% #114Passing-down success allowed−0.5% #61
+0.29 #50Points per drive−0.48 #92
+0.26 #83Points per drive allowed−0.74 #18
Trenches
+0.31 #33Line yards per rush+0.03 #87
−0.22 #31Line yards per rush allowed−0.16 #44
−5.8% #19Runs stuffed at the line−0.6% #88
+0.6% #59Opponent runs stuffed+5.0% #13
−4.5% #16Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)+0.8% #116
−2.5% #111Havoc created−1.2% #83
Big plays
+0.081 #41Rushing explosiveness−0.178 #128
+0.113 #65Passing explosiveness−0.079 #127
+0.30 #22Open-field yards per rush−0.49 #115
−0.100 #30Pass explosiveness allowed+0.184 #124
Style and schedule
52% #112Run rate58% #45
−1.6 #26Strength of schedule (avg opponent)+6.5 #2

Illinois: last 5 games

L17-24Missed
L19-42Covered
W48-10Covered
L27-31Missed
W42-23
vsUAB
Missed

Michigan State: last 5 games

L3-31Missed
L13-31Missed
L10-27Covered
W35-7Covered
W30-20Push

Rating trend

BEAVER Stats: net EPA per play against an average team, entering each week
−0.15−0.10−0.04+0.01+0.06Entering week123456Illinois · 1: +0.05Illinois · 2: +0.04Illinois · 3: −0.08Illinois · 4: −0.06Illinois · 5: +0.00Illinois · 6: −0.05Michigan State · 1: −0.07Michigan State · 2: −0.12Michigan State · 3: −0.13Michigan State · 4: −0.07Michigan State · 5: −0.08Michigan State · 6: −0.13
● Illinois● Michigan State