Matchup analysis
Our model projects Arkansas-Pine Bluff 30, Bethune-Cookman 28 at Simmons Bank Field in Week 9. That is a genuine toss-up: Arkansas-Pine Bluff wins about 57% of the time by our estimate, with a projected margin of 2.7 points and 58.2 combined points. Tags: coin flip.
Bethune-Cookman is 5-3 against the 113th-toughest schedule so far, scoring 27.9 and allowing 28.1 points per game (-0.2 per game). Arkansas-Pine Bluff is 4-3 against the 73rd-toughest schedule so far, scoring 32.6 and allowing 30.9 points per game (+1.7 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 Bethune-Cookman by 20 and Arkansas-Pine Bluff by 25 about 80% of the time.
Arkansas-Pine Bluff gets about 2.1 points for playing at home. Even on a neutral field the ratings would still favour Arkansas-Pine Bluff by about 0.6.
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Bethune-Cookman vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff: stat comparison
| Stat | Bethune-Cookman | Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
|---|---|---|
| Points per game | 27.9 | 32.6 |
| Points allowed per game | 28.1 | 30.9 |
| Yards per play | 5.23 | 6.71 |
| Yards per play allowed | 6.27 | 6.63 |
| Rushing yards per game | 234.4 | 216.1 |
| Net passing yards per game | 105.8 | 189.6 |
| Rushing yards allowed per game | 206.6 | 138.0 |
| Net passing yards allowed per game | 170.6 | 320.7 |
| Turnovers per game | 0.88 | 1.29 |
| Takeaways per game | 1.75 | 1.00 |
| Sacks per game | 2.75 | 2.00 |
| Sacks allowed per game | 1.88 | 1.57 |
| Stat | Bethune-Cookman | Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
|---|---|---|
| EPA per play | -0.03 | +0.05 |
| EPA per play allowed | -0.02 | +0.18 |
| Success rate | 39.0% | 41.0% |
| Success rate allowed | 41.6% | 46.6% |
| Explosive play rate | 12.0% | 13.2% |
| Explosive plays allowed | 14.0% | 14.0% |
| Havoc rate | 17.1% | 14.6% |
| Havoc allowed | 15.5% | 14.6% |
| Points per scoring opportunity | 4.01 | 4.35 |
| Points per opportunity allowed | 3.87 | 4.21 |
| Average starting field position | opp 11 | opp 10 |
| Opponents' starting field position | opp 7 | opp 9 |
| Offensive plays per game (pace) | 65.0 | 60.4 |
| Stat | Bethune-Cookman | Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
|---|---|---|
| Rushing EPA per play | +0.06 | +0.06 |
| Passing EPA per play | -0.15 | +0.03 |
| Rushing EPA allowed | +0.17 | +0.03 |
| Passing EPA allowed | -0.20 | +0.29 |
| Rushing success rate | 41.7% | 41.5% |
| Passing success rate | 31.5% | 42.1% |
| Run stuff rate | 21.7% | 19.3% |
| Passing-down success rate | 26.5% | 33.1% |
| Passing-down success allowed | 30.8% | 36.8% |
| Third-down conversion rate | 36.6% | 37.8% |
| Third-down rate allowed | 35.8% | 41.8% |
| Red-zone touchdown rate | 65.1% | 66.3% |
| Red-zone TD rate allowed | 58.7% | 64.0% |
# = 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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