College football scores › Week 8 › Middle Tennessee at FIU
FinalPitbull Stadium, 76°, wind 8 mph
FIU3-4home
23
BEAVER FIU −10, lostBEAVER Under 45.5, lostBEAVER had FIU 78% to win

BEAVER against the market

Locked at kickoff, graded on the closing line
BEAVERSamMarketResultCall
Score (MTSU–FIU)16–2814–29–26–23
SpreadFIU −11.9FIU −15.4FIU −10MTSU by 3FIU −10 ✗
Total44.343.545.549Under 45.5 ✗
FIU win chance78%–−410Lost
MTSU by 14+
5%
MTSU by 1–13
17%
FIU by 1–13
33%
FIU by 14+
45%

Spread: 1.9 pts better than Vegas for FIU (sides with a gap this size have won 51% in the backtest). Total: 1.2 pts below Vegas (52% historically).

Tale of the tape

BEAVER Stats, opponent-adjusted, entering the game. Rank among 138 FBS teams.
Efficiency
−0.126 #111Offense EPA / play−0.167 #127
+0.155 #119Defense EPA / play allowed+0.016 #65
−5.8% #123Offense success rate−6.0% #125
+7.4% #132Defense success rate allowed−0.3% #55
−0.063 #112Rushing EPA / play−0.160 #132
−0.208 #122Passing EPA / play−0.148 #105
+0.157 #124Rush defense EPA allowed+0.011 #66
+0.151 #104Pass defense EPA allowed+0.026 #62
−12.0 #130Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−11.8 #129
+9.3 #126Scoring defense (pts vs avg)−0.9 #56
Situational
−5.9% #108Passing-down success (3rd & long)−5.3% #104
+0.9% #76Passing-down success allowed−3.2% #35
−1.44 #129Points per drive−1.59 #137
+1.17 #124Points per drive allowed−0.05 #54
Trenches
−0.07 #99Line yards per rush−0.30 #128
+0.58 #138Line yards per rush allowed−0.03 #64
+1.2% #110Runs stuffed at the line+0.5% #100
−4.8% #125Opponent runs stuffed−1.0% #84
−0.2% #97Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−0.1% #101
−6.1% #137Havoc created−0.4% #63
Big plays
+0.033 #64Rushing explosiveness−0.221 #135
−0.025 #115Passing explosiveness+0.103 #70
−0.52 #119Open-field yards per rush−0.98 #138
−0.142 #15Pass explosiveness allowed+0.036 #83
Style and schedule
46% #134Run rate54% #90
−17.5 #133Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−16.2 #130

Middle Tennessee: last 5 games

W33-30Covered
L0-55Missed
L13-23Missed
W27-20Covered
L26-28Covered

FIU: last 5 games

L24-27Push
W22-3Covered
W20-3
vsLIU
Missed
L10-16Missed
W33-20Covered

Rating trend

BEAVER Stats: net EPA per play against an average team, entering each week
−0.35−0.25−0.16−0.07+0.03Entering week12345678Middle Tennessee · 1: −0.24Middle Tennessee · 2: −0.32Middle Tennessee · 3: −0.27Middle Tennessee · 4: −0.25Middle Tennessee · 5: −0.23Middle Tennessee · 6: −0.28Middle Tennessee · 7: −0.28Middle Tennessee · 8: −0.28Florida International · 1: −0.13Florida International · 2: −0.09Florida International · 3: −0.10Florida International · 4: −0.14Florida International · 5: −0.25Florida International · 6: −0.25Florida International · 7: −0.21Florida International · 8: −0.18
● Middle Tennessee● Florida International