College football scores › Week 9 › Colorado State at Utah State
BEAVER projects25
Maverik Stadium, 56°, wind 6 mph
Utah State2-5home
BEAVER projects33
BEAVERUnder 63.5, best betbest betUSU −6.5, leanleanBEAVER gives USU 69% to win

Lines

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Colorado State
Utah State

BEAVER’s card

Best bet
Under 63.5, best bet6.0 points off the line
  • USU −6.5 lean, 1.4 points off the line

BEAVER against the market

Updates until kickoff
BEAVERMarketCall
Score (CSU–USU)25–33–
SpreadUSU −7.9USU −6.5USU −6.5
Total57.563.5Under 63.5
USU win chance69%−230
CSU by 14+
9%
CSU by 1–13
22%
USU by 1–13
34%
USU by 14+
35%

Spread: 1.4 pts better than Vegas for Utah State (sides with a gap this size have won 51% in the backtest). Total: 6.0 pts below Vegas (49% historically). Opened USU −3.5.

Tale of the tape

BEAVER Stats, opponent-adjusted, entering the game. Rank among 138 FBS teams.
Efficiency
+0.075 #31Offense EPA / play−0.149 #124
+0.229 #137Defense EPA / play allowed−0.016 #46
+1.8% #51Offense success rate−5.9% #124
+11.1% #138Defense success rate allowed−0.5% #52
+0.120 #29Rushing EPA / play−0.082 #119
+0.051 #47Passing EPA / play−0.213 #121
+0.222 #136Rush defense EPA allowed−0.019 #48
+0.350 #138Pass defense EPA allowed−0.011 #46
+4.8 #33Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−10.5 #123
+16.7 #138Scoring defense (pts vs avg)−1.2 #55
Situational
+4.6% #18Passing-down success (3rd & long)−2.0% #68
+12.9% #138Passing-down success allowed−3.7% #26
+0.12 #60Points per drive−1.27 #124
+1.67 #132Points per drive allowed−0.06 #57
Trenches
−0.10 #106Line yards per rush−0.00 #87
+0.62 #137Line yards per rush allowed−0.15 #42
−0.8% #86Runs stuffed at the line−0.5% #92
−6.5% #135Opponent runs stuffed+1.0% #58
−1.6% #62Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)+1.4% #124
−1.6% #95Havoc created−1.8% #97
Big plays
+0.202 #8Rushing explosiveness+0.002 #75
+0.174 #44Passing explosiveness+0.228 #26
+0.35 #17Open-field yards per rush−0.24 #86
+0.099 #107Pass explosiveness allowed−0.224 #6
Style and schedule
53% #101Run rate54% #90
−5.1 #65Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−3.2 #49

Colorado State: last 5 games

W56-49Covered
L27-66Missed
L26-56Missed
L45-59Covered
L23-41
vsBYU
Missed

Utah State: last 5 games

L17-20Covered
W17-16Missed
L18-37Covered
W21-10Covered
L0-33Missed

Rating trend

BEAVER Stats: net EPA per play against an average team, entering each week
−0.25−0.19−0.12−0.05+0.02Entering week123456789Colorado State · 1: −0.16Colorado State · 2: −0.08Colorado State · 3: −0.04Colorado State · 4: −0.11Colorado State · 5: −0.05Colorado State · 6: −0.12Colorado State · 7: −0.11Colorado State · 8: −0.15Colorado State · 9: −0.15Utah State · 1: −0.08Utah State · 2: −0.24Utah State · 3: −0.21Utah State · 4: −0.19Utah State · 5: −0.15Utah State · 6: −0.16Utah State · 7: −0.19Utah State · 8: −0.19Utah State · 9: −0.13
● Colorado State● Utah State