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Central Connecticut vs Stonehill: prediction and projected score

We project Central Connecticut 31-22, a 8.7-point margin with 52.9 total points; Central Connecticut wins 71% of the time.

Matchup analysis

Our model projects Central Connecticut 31, Stonehill 22 at W.B. Mason Stadium in Week 10. That is a solid edge: Central Connecticut wins about 71% of the time by our estimate, with a projected margin of 8.7 points and 52.9 combined points.

Central Connecticut is 4-3 against the 82nd-toughest schedule so far, scoring 34.4 and allowing 35 points per game (-0.6 per game). Stonehill is 3-5 against the 114th-toughest schedule so far, scoring 17 and allowing 21.9 points per game (-4.9 per game).

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 Central Connecticut by 31 and Stonehill by 14 about 80% of the time.

Stonehill gets about 2.1 points for playing at home. Central Connecticut is still favoured on the road, so the ratings gap is bigger than the value of playing at home. The game is on ESPN+.

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Central Connecticut vs Stonehill: stat comparison

Basic
StatCentral ConnecticutStonehill
Points per game34.417.0
Points allowed per game35.021.9
Yards per play6.125.13
Yards per play allowed6.525.72
Rushing yards per game191.1118.6
Net passing yards per game183.7188.8
Rushing yards allowed per game132.4170.3
Net passing yards allowed per game291.4177.1
Turnovers per game1.001.13
Takeaways per game1.140.88
Sacks per game2.001.38
Sacks allowed per game1.571.88
Advanced
StatCentral ConnecticutStonehill
EPA per play+0.13-0.06
EPA per play allowed+0.15-0.00
Success rate45.9%37.1%
Success rate allowed43.1%40.0%
Explosive play rate15.0%12.0%
Explosive plays allowed13.8%12.8%
Havoc rate14.9%12.9%
Havoc allowed15.2%15.8%
Points per scoring opportunity3.723.40
Points per opportunity allowed4.572.89
Average starting field positionopp 12opp 18
Opponents' starting field positionopp 10opp 15
Offensive plays per game (pace)61.359.9
Situational
StatCentral ConnecticutStonehill
Rushing EPA per play+0.20-0.10
Passing EPA per play+0.04-0.01
Rushing EPA allowed+0.11+0.01
Passing EPA allowed+0.17-0.02
Rushing success rate51.9%36.0%
Passing success rate41.5%36.3%
Run stuff rate18.2%25.1%
Passing-down success rate32.6%29.1%
Passing-down success allowed35.0%30.5%
Third-down conversion rate39.8%32.0%
Third-down rate allowed39.1%35.6%
Red-zone touchdown rate57.6%53.6%
Red-zone TD rate allowed72.0%49.5%

# = 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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