Matchup analysis
Our model projects Charleston Southern 26, Eastern Illinois 19 at O'Brien Field in Week 12. That is a lean: Charleston Southern wins about 67% of the time by our estimate, with a projected margin of 6.8 points and 45.2 combined points. Tags: upset alert, leans low scoring.
Charleston Southern is 4-4 against the 61st-toughest schedule so far, scoring 23.4 and allowing 20.8 points per game (+2.6 per game). Eastern Illinois is 2-6 against the 46th-toughest schedule so far, scoring 16.8 and allowing 31.6 points per game (-14.8 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 Charleston Southern by 29 and Eastern Illinois by 16 about 80% of the time.
Eastern Illinois gets about 2.1 points for playing at home. Charleston Southern 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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Charleston Southern vs Eastern Illinois: stat comparison
| Stat | Charleston Southern | Eastern Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| Points per game | 23.4 | 16.8 |
| Points allowed per game | 20.8 | 31.6 |
| Yards per play | 4.95 | 4.79 |
| Yards per play allowed | 4.84 | 6.11 |
| Rushing yards per game | 140.0 | 124.9 |
| Net passing yards per game | 137.6 | 134.4 |
| Rushing yards allowed per game | 136.5 | 198.6 |
| Net passing yards allowed per game | 211.0 | 237.4 |
| Turnovers per game | 1.00 | 0.63 |
| Takeaways per game | 1.25 | 1.13 |
| Sacks per game | 1.75 | 0.88 |
| Sacks allowed per game | 3.63 | 1.75 |
| Stat | Charleston Southern | Eastern Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| EPA per play | -0.07 | -0.00 |
| EPA per play allowed | +0.03 | +0.08 |
| Success rate | 40.3% | 35.5% |
| Success rate allowed | 38.0% | 43.5% |
| Explosive play rate | 11.0% | 11.0% |
| Explosive plays allowed | 9.6% | 14.2% |
| Havoc rate | 14.3% | 12.3% |
| Havoc allowed | 18.9% | 16.8% |
| Points per scoring opportunity | 2.55 | 3.99 |
| Points per opportunity allowed | 3.11 | 4.27 |
| Average starting field position | opp 19 | opp 10 |
| Opponents' starting field position | opp 16 | opp 7 |
| Offensive plays per game (pace) | 56.1 | 54.1 |
| Stat | Charleston Southern | Eastern Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| Rushing EPA per play | -0.07 | -0.04 |
| Passing EPA per play | -0.09 | +0.04 |
| Rushing EPA allowed | +0.03 | +0.06 |
| Passing EPA allowed | +0.02 | +0.11 |
| Rushing success rate | 41.8% | 30.7% |
| Passing success rate | 36.1% | 35.5% |
| Run stuff rate | 26.1% | 26.2% |
| Passing-down success rate | 28.8% | 25.8% |
| Passing-down success allowed | 28.8% | 31.8% |
| Third-down conversion rate | 31.0% | 30.8% |
| Third-down rate allowed | 38.8% | 46.3% |
| Red-zone touchdown rate | 44.6% | 63.2% |
| Red-zone TD rate allowed | 53.2% | 66.8% |
# = 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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