Matchup analysis
Our model projects Tulsa 38, Charlotte 18 at H. A. Chapman Stadium in Week 12. That is a heavy edge: Tulsa wins about 90% of the time by our estimate, with a projected margin of 19.2 points and 55.8 combined points. Tags: favorite holds.
Charlotte is 1-6 against the 62nd-toughest schedule so far, scoring 19.1 and allowing 40.6 points per game (-21.5 per game). Tulsa is 4-4 against the 89th-toughest schedule so far, scoring 29.8 and allowing 24.4 points per game (+5.4 per game).
Expect Charlotte to find it hard going: Tulsa's below-average defense (94th) outranks Charlotte's struggling offense (135th of 139 in our opponent-adjusted ratings, worth about 16.4 points against an average defense). Tulsa's below-average offense (88th of 139 in our opponent-adjusted ratings, worth about 24.6 points against an average defense) has the clear edge over Charlotte's struggling defense (137th); that mismatch is where most of Tulsa's projected points come from.
College football is noisy: even a well-rated projection misses the final margin by about 14 points on average. Based on how real results have scattered around our numbers, the final margin should land somewhere between Charlotte by 3 and Tulsa by 42 about 80% of the time.
Tulsa gets about 2.1 points for playing at home. Even on a neutral field the ratings would still favour Tulsa by about 17.1.
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Charlotte vs Tulsa: stat comparison
| Stat | Charlotte | Tulsa |
|---|---|---|
| Points per game | 19.1#127 | 29.8#63 |
| Points allowed per game | 40.6#137 | 24.4#71 |
| Yards per play | 5.83#87 | 5.74#93 |
| Yards per play allowed | 6.55#126 | 5.71#78 |
| Rushing yards per game | 123.6#125 | 168.0#67 |
| Net passing yards per game | 208.1#84 | 202.8#93 |
| Rushing yards allowed per game | 197.9#120 | 214.8#129 |
| Net passing yards allowed per game | 260.7#127 | 196.8#50 |
| Turnovers per game | 1.71#136 | 0.38#13 |
| Takeaways per game | 0.29#137 | 1.25#28 |
| Sacks per game | 1.57#102 | 2.13#65 |
| Sacks allowed per game | 1.71#60 | 1.38#39 |
| Stat | Charlotte | Tulsa |
|---|---|---|
| EPA per play | -0.03#126 | +0.14#44 |
| EPA per play allowed | +0.23#135 | +0.02#57 |
| Success rate | 37.6%#127 | 40.1%#106 |
| Success rate allowed | 48.7%#133 | 39.6%#46 |
| Explosive play rate | 13.8%#39 | 11.1%#111 |
| Explosive plays allowed | 14.0%#117 | 10.7%#39 |
| Havoc rate | 11.4%#122 | 10.7%#132 |
| Havoc allowed | 14.4%#101 | 13.8%#83 |
| Points per scoring opportunity | 3.38#121 | 4.41#42 |
| Points per opportunity allowed | 5.04#135 | 3.24#22 |
| Average starting field position | own 27#115 | own 31#44 |
| Opponents' starting field position | own 34#135 | own 29#65 |
| Offensive plays per game (pace) | 56.9#137 | 64.6#81 |
| Stat | Charlotte | Tulsa |
|---|---|---|
| Rushing EPA per play | -0.01#114 | +0.18#14 |
| Passing EPA per play | -0.05#121 | +0.09#70 |
| Rushing EPA allowed | +0.11#109 | +0.03#66 |
| Passing EPA allowed | +0.35#135 | +0.00#50 |
| Rushing success rate | 35.9%#132 | 41.4%#96 |
| Passing success rate | 39.1%#98 | 38.7%#102 |
| Run stuff rate | 25.0%#137 | 14.4%#26 |
| Passing-down success rate | 27.8%#106 | 24.4%#128 |
| Passing-down success allowed | 39.5%#133 | 32.6%#106 |
| Third-down conversion rate | 32.9%#127 | 33.0%#124 |
| Third-down rate allowed | 45.5%#124 | 41.4%#98 |
| Red-zone touchdown rate | 62.5%#65 | 71.8%#25 |
| Red-zone TD rate allowed | 75.0%#131 | 50.5%#36 |
# = rank among 138 FBS teams. Efficiency numbers exclude garbage time. Per-play numbers of teams with a weak schedule are pulled toward their opponent-adjusted values (fully at one standard deviation below an average schedule). Source: play-by-play (cfbfastR / sportsdataverse), aggregated by us.
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