College football scores › Week 9 › FIU at Liberty
FIU3-4away
BEAVER projects15
Williams Stadium (VA), 62°, wind 6 mph
Liberty6-1home
BEAVER projects30
BEAVERLIB −14, leanleanUnder 45.5, leanleanBEAVER gives LIB 84% to win

Lines

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SpreadTotalMoney
FIU
Liberty

BEAVER’s card

Lean
LIB −14, lean1.8 points off the line
  • Under 45.5 lean, 0.4 points off the line

BEAVER against the market

Updates until kickoff
BEAVERMarketCall
Score (FIU–LIB)15–30–
SpreadLIB −15.8LIB −14LIB −14
Total45.145.5Under 45.5
LIB win chance84%−600
FIU by 14+
3%
FIU by 1–13
13%
LIB by 1–13
30%
LIB by 14+
55%

Spread: 1.8 pts better than Vegas for Liberty (sides with a gap this size have won 51% in the backtest). Total: 0.4 pts below Vegas (52% historically). Opened LIB −11.5.

Tale of the tape

BEAVER Stats, opponent-adjusted, entering the game. Rank among 138 FBS teams.
Efficiency
−0.178 #128Offense EPA / play−0.011 #73
+0.046 #78Defense EPA / play allowed+0.002 #56
−6.3% #128Offense success rate+2.2% #46
+1.2% #78Defense success rate allowed−0.9% #46
−0.158 #132Rushing EPA / play+0.062 #50
−0.184 #114Passing EPA / play−0.020 #67
+0.036 #79Rush defense EPA allowed+0.051 #85
+0.064 #74Pass defense EPA allowed−0.002 #51
−12.4 #132Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−2.2 #75
+0.3 #65Scoring defense (pts vs avg)−3.1 #38
Situational
−4.1% #92Passing-down success (3rd & long)−3.1% #78
−0.3% #60Passing-down success allowed−0.8% #55
−1.64 #137Points per drive−0.22 #79
+0.10 #68Points per drive allowed−0.02 #59
Trenches
−0.24 #121Line yards per rush+0.36 #29
+0.11 #85Line yards per rush allowed+0.12 #88
+0.2% #105Runs stuffed at the line−5.6% #15
−1.4% #87Opponent runs stuffed+1.9% #48
−0.4% #98Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−2.1% #50
−1.0% #80Havoc created−0.6% #74
Big plays
−0.222 #135Rushing explosiveness−0.105 #119
+0.096 #79Passing explosiveness+0.296 #10
−0.96 #138Open-field yards per rush−0.05 #54
+0.067 #97Pass explosiveness allowed+0.086 #101
Style and schedule
53% #93Run rate66% #9
−16.7 #136Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−14.8 #124

FIU: last 5 games

L23-26Missed
L24-27Push
W22-3Covered
W20-3
vsLIU
Missed
L10-16Missed

Liberty: last 5 games

W34-6Covered
W35-3Covered
W30-14Covered
W34-17Covered
W51-15Covered

Rating trend

BEAVER Stats: net EPA per play against an average team, entering each week
−0.30−0.22−0.14−0.06+0.02Entering week123456789Florida 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: −0.18Florida International · 9: −0.22Liberty · 1: −0.13Liberty · 2: −0.16Liberty · 3: −0.27Liberty · 4: −0.19Liberty · 5: −0.09Liberty · 6: −0.07Liberty · 7: −0.04Liberty · 8: −0.05Liberty · 9: −0.01
● Florida International● Liberty