College football scores › Week 6 › Southern Miss at Troy
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FinalVeterans Memorial Stadium (AL), 71°, wind 6 mph
Troy3-4home
55
BEAVER USM +9.5, lostBEAVER Under 51.5, lostBEAVER had TROY 56% to win

BEAVER against the market

Locked at kickoff, graded on the closing line
BEAVERSamMarketResultCall
Score (USM–TROY)22–2516–32–34–55
SpreadTROY −2.5TROY −15.6TROY −9.5TROY by 21USM +9.5 ✗
Total46.848.051.589Under 51.5 ✗
TROY win chance56%–−410Won
USM by 14+
15%
USM by 1–13
29%
TROY by 1–13
33%
TROY by 14+
23%

Spread: 7.0 pts better than Vegas for Southern Miss (sides with a gap this size have won 49% in the backtest). Total: 4.7 pts below Vegas (49% historically). Opened TROY −8.5.

Tale of the tape

BEAVER Stats, opponent-adjusted, entering the game. Rank among 138 FBS teams.
Efficiency
−0.113 #112Offense EPA / play−0.114 #113
+0.078 #88Defense EPA / play allowed+0.058 #79
−3.3% #96Offense success rate−4.9% #114
+2.2% #85Defense success rate allowed+1.0% #73
+0.015 #80Rushing EPA / play−0.036 #102
−0.200 #117Passing EPA / play−0.138 #100
+0.135 #119Rush defense EPA allowed+0.024 #65
+0.097 #86Pass defense EPA allowed+0.006 #57
−7.1 #102Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−8.2 #111
+6.9 #115Scoring defense (pts vs avg)+2.8 #85
Situational
−7.3% #113Passing-down success (3rd & long)−5.3% #103
+4.9% #112Passing-down success allowed−1.6% #50
−0.47 #90Points per drive−1.28 #125
+0.93 #113Points per drive allowed+0.21 #77
Trenches
+0.25 #48Line yards per rush−0.16 #110
+0.24 #111Line yards per rush allowed−0.14 #46
−5.4% #22Runs stuffed at the line+2.4% #123
−1.9% #99Opponent runs stuffed+2.6% #35
+0.5% #114Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)+1.4% #122
−3.4% #124Havoc created−1.5% #88
Big plays
−0.159 #125Rushing explosiveness+0.011 #72
+0.077 #83Passing explosiveness+0.235 #28
−0.76 #134Open-field yards per rush−0.22 #82
+0.084 #97Pass explosiveness allowed+0.010 #71
Style and schedule
52% #113Run rate55% #74
−12.6 #103Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−11.8 #101

Southern Miss: last 4 games

L21-24Covered
L20-48Missed
L8-43Missed
W49-3Covered

Troy: last 4 games

L10-21Missed
L17-27Covered
W34-17Missed
W24-21Missed

Rating trend

BEAVER Stats: net EPA per play against an average team, entering each week
−0.26−0.19−0.12−0.05+0.02Entering week123456Southern Miss · 1: −0.08Southern Miss · 2: −0.03Southern Miss · 3: −0.12Southern Miss · 4: −0.24Southern Miss · 5: −0.18Southern Miss · 6: −0.19Troy · 1: −0.15Troy · 2: −0.19Troy · 3: −0.16Troy · 4: −0.10Troy · 5: −0.18Troy · 6: −0.17
● Southern Miss● Troy