College football scores › Week 7 › Rutgers at Maryland
Rutgers2-5away
37
FinalSECU Stadium, 53°, wind 15 mph
Maryland2-5home
30
BEAVER RUTG +5.5, wonBEAVER Under 55.5, lostBEAVER had MD 60% to win

BEAVER against the market

Locked at kickoff, graded on the closing line
BEAVERSamMarketResultCall
Score (RUTG–MD)25–2924–37–37–30
SpreadMD −4.0MD −12.7MD −5.5RUTG by 7RUTG +5.5 ✓
Total54.660.855.567Under 55.5 ✗
MD win chance60%–−218Lost
RUTG by 14+
13%
RUTG by 1–13
27%
MD by 1–13
33%
MD by 14+
27%

Spread: 1.5 pts better than Vegas for Rutgers (sides with a gap this size have won 51% in the backtest). Total: 0.9 pts below Vegas (52% historically). Opened MD −4.5.

Tale of the tape

BEAVER Stats, opponent-adjusted, entering the game. Rank among 138 FBS teams.
Efficiency
−0.022 #76Offense EPA / play−0.073 #96
+0.168 #125Defense EPA / play allowed−0.038 #38
+3.0% #39Offense success rate−2.8% #96
+7.2% #130Defense success rate allowed−0.3% #59
−0.051 #104Rushing EPA / play+0.033 #70
+0.061 #38Passing EPA / play−0.175 #113
+0.202 #135Rush defense EPA allowed−0.002 #54
+0.152 #104Pass defense EPA allowed−0.072 #31
−0.0 #63Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−0.5 #65
+9.2 #126Scoring defense (pts vs avg)+4.4 #96
Situational
+2.4% #34Passing-down success (3rd & long)−1.7% #69
+4.7% #113Passing-down success allowed−0.5% #63
+0.07 #64Points per drive+0.07 #63
+1.04 #118Points per drive allowed+0.51 #99
Trenches
+0.06 #81Line yards per rush+0.01 #88
+0.38 #122Line yards per rush allowed−0.22 #31
−3.0% #51Runs stuffed at the line−1.0% #82
−2.0% #95Opponent runs stuffed+1.0% #56
−0.5% #92Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−4.1% #22
−3.9% #131Havoc created−0.4% #64
Big plays
−0.106 #118Rushing explosiveness+0.166 #12
+0.394 #3Passing explosiveness−0.007 #111
−0.29 #86Open-field yards per rush+0.26 #24
−0.051 #44Pass explosiveness allowed−0.033 #54
Style and schedule
56% #58Run rate46% #134
−8.5 #81Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−1.5 #31

Rutgers: last 5 games

L15-47Missed
W58-7Covered
L35-42
vsUSC
Covered
L21-28Missed
L21-37Missed

Maryland: last 5 games

L16-45Covered
L23-48Missed
L3-54Missed
L26-35Missed
W38-14Covered

Rating trend

BEAVER Stats: net EPA per play against an average team, entering each week
−0.26−0.18−0.09−0.01+0.08Entering week1234567Rutgers · 1: −0.01Rutgers · 2: −0.24Rutgers · 3: −0.18Rutgers · 4: −0.19Rutgers · 5: −0.15Rutgers · 6: −0.20Rutgers · 7: −0.19Maryland · 1: −0.01Maryland · 2: +0.01Maryland · 3: +0.05Maryland · 4: +0.05Maryland · 5: −0.05Maryland · 6: −0.07Maryland · 7: −0.03
● Rutgers● Maryland