College football scores › Week 8 › Western Michigan at Toledo
FinalGlass Bowl, 57°, wind 3 mph
Toledo6-2home
45
BEAVER WMU +3, lostBEAVER Over 47.5, wonBEAVER had TOL 56% to win

BEAVER against the market

Locked at kickoff, graded on the closing line
BEAVERSamMarketResultCall
Score (WMU–TOL)24–2622–26–38–45
SpreadTOL −2.2TOL −4.4TOL −3TOL by 7WMU +3 ✗
Total49.947.947.583Over 47.5 ✓
TOL win chance56%–−142Won
WMU by 14+
15%
WMU by 1–13
29%
TOL by 1–13
33%
TOL by 14+
23%

Spread: 0.8 pts better than Vegas for Western Michigan (sides with a gap this size have won 51% in the backtest). Total: 2.4 pts above Vegas (51% historically). Opened TOL −1.5.

Tale of the tape

BEAVER Stats, opponent-adjusted, entering the game. Rank among 138 FBS teams.
Efficiency
−0.020 #74Offense EPA / play−0.020 #73
+0.054 #81Defense EPA / play allowed+0.000 #51
−0.3% #71Offense success rate−2.2% #87
+3.9% #102Defense success rate allowed−2.6% #34
+0.056 #54Rushing EPA / play−0.023 #96
−0.096 #90Passing EPA / play+0.009 #57
+0.014 #68Rush defense EPA allowed−0.046 #39
+0.100 #89Pass defense EPA allowed+0.111 #94
−6.3 #102Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−0.1 #63
−2.4 #42Scoring defense (pts vs avg)+3.9 #90
Situational
−5.0% #100Passing-down success (3rd & long)−7.3% #114
+4.9% #114Passing-down success allowed−1.9% #45
−0.64 #98Points per drive+0.01 #66
+0.19 #72Points per drive allowed+0.36 #84
Trenches
−0.00 #87Line yards per rush+0.09 #71
+0.20 #102Line yards per rush allowed−0.06 #58
−3.4% #50Runs stuffed at the line−3.5% #47
−3.0% #110Opponent runs stuffed+1.2% #48
−3.4% #29Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−1.8% #59
−1.8% #100Havoc created−1.7% #96
Big plays
+0.023 #70Rushing explosiveness+0.054 #49
−0.103 #132Passing explosiveness+0.177 #43
−0.44 #107Open-field yards per rush−0.15 #74
−0.001 #62Pass explosiveness allowed+0.093 #107
Style and schedule
67% #7Run rate55% #73
−12.6 #111Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−16.2 #129

Western Michigan: last 5 games

W21-14Missed
W38-7Covered
W20-17Missed
L7-32Missed
W28-21Missed

Toledo: last 5 games

W34-14Covered
L8-23Missed
W39-24Missed
W41-16Covered
W49-48Missed

Rating trend

BEAVER Stats: net EPA per play against an average team, entering each week
−0.12−0.08−0.05−0.01+0.02Entering week12345678Western Michigan · 1: −0.09Western Michigan · 2: −0.06Western Michigan · 3: +0.01Western Michigan · 4: −0.02Western Michigan · 5: −0.08Western Michigan · 6: −0.11Western Michigan · 7: −0.08Western Michigan · 8: −0.07Toledo · 1: −0.07Toledo · 2: −0.01Toledo · 3: −0.01Toledo · 4: −0.00Toledo · 5: +0.01Toledo · 6: −0.01Toledo · 7: −0.06Toledo · 8: −0.02
● Western Michigan● Toledo