College football scores › Week 8 › Iowa at Minnesota
Iowa5-2away
10
FinalHuntington Bank Stadium, 69°, wind 15 mph
Minnesota5-2home
13
BEAVER IOWA −7.5, lostBEAVER Over 40.5, lostBEAVER had IOWA 78% to win

BEAVER against the market

Locked at kickoff, graded on the closing line
BEAVERSamMarketResultCall
Score (IOWA–MINN)27–1527–18–10–13
SpreadIOWA −11.8IOWA −8.5IOWA −7.5MINN by 3IOWA −7.5 ✗
Total41.244.840.523Over 40.5 ✗
MINN win chance22%–+235Won
IOWA by 14+
44%
IOWA by 1–13
33%
MINN by 1–13
17%
MINN by 14+
5%

Spread: 4.3 pts better than Vegas for Iowa (sides with a gap this size have won 54% in the backtest). Total: 0.7 pts above Vegas (52% historically). Opened IOWA −4.5.

Tale of the tape

BEAVER Stats, opponent-adjusted, entering the game. Rank among 138 FBS teams.
Efficiency
+0.106 #25Offense EPA / play−0.085 #102
−0.061 #31Defense EPA / play allowed−0.013 #42
+3.9% #31Offense success rate−2.1% #86
−5.9% #14Defense success rate allowed−0.1% #62
+0.129 #29Rushing EPA / play−0.156 #131
+0.178 #15Passing EPA / play−0.037 #74
−0.171 #9Rush defense EPA allowed+0.086 #97
+0.130 #97Pass defense EPA allowed−0.056 #32
+4.3 #34Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−1.9 #76
−8.7 #10Scoring defense (pts vs avg)−0.7 #60
Situational
−4.0% #90Passing-down success (3rd & long)−9.1% #127
−4.4% #23Passing-down success allowed+4.3% #112
+0.90 #21Points per drive+0.41 #46
−0.87 #16Points per drive allowed+0.14 #70
Trenches
+0.46 #16Line yards per rush−0.62 #136
−0.29 #25Line yards per rush allowed+0.17 #95
−7.3% #8Runs stuffed at the line+3.1% #130
+1.7% #46Opponent runs stuffed−1.0% #82
−5.0% #11Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−2.2% #48
−0.6% #71Havoc created+3.5% #11
Big plays
+0.102 #30Rushing explosiveness−0.205 #133
−0.029 #116Passing explosiveness+0.065 #94
+0.25 #24Open-field yards per rush−0.60 #124
+0.152 #127Pass explosiveness allowed−0.028 #47
Style and schedule
55% #77Run rate47% #130
−1.5 #34Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−8.0 #81

Iowa: last 5 games

W41-24Covered
L14-31Missed
W20-19Covered
W55-0Covered
W16-13Missed

Minnesota: last 5 games

L13-41Missed
W20-14Covered
W27-24Covered
W41-7Covered
L13-38Missed

Rating trend

BEAVER Stats: net EPA per play against an average team, entering each week
−0.13−0.04+0.04+0.12+0.21Entering week12345678Iowa · 1: +0.13Iowa · 2: +0.18Iowa · 3: +0.10Iowa · 4: +0.17Iowa · 5: +0.16Iowa · 6: +0.11Iowa · 7: +0.16Iowa · 8: +0.17Minnesota · 1: −0.00Minnesota · 2: +0.06Minnesota · 3: −0.10Minnesota · 4: −0.09Minnesota · 5: −0.07Minnesota · 6: −0.06Minnesota · 7: −0.06Minnesota · 8: −0.07
● Iowa● Minnesota