Matchup analysis
Before kickoff our model projected Prairie View A&M 26.1, East Texas A&M 26 at Memorial Stadium (Commerce, TX) in Week 8. That is a genuine toss-up: Prairie View A&M wins about 50% of the time by our estimate, with a projected margin of 0.1 points and 52.1 combined points. Tags: coin flip.
Prairie View A&M is 3-5, scoring 24.8 and allowing 30.8 points per game (-6 per game). East Texas A&M is 2-5, scoring 18.3 and allowing 30 points per game (-11.7 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 Prairie View A&M by 23 and East Texas A&M by 22 about 80% of the time.
East Texas A&M gets about 2.1 points for playing at home. Prairie View A&M is still favoured on the road, so the ratings gap is bigger than the value of playing at home. The game is on ESPN+.
Result: Prairie View A&M 30, East Texas A&M 19. The model had the right winner; the margin was off by 10.9 points and the total by 3.1.
Market lines
Market lines · Source: The Odds API, ESPN, Action Network · Updated Oct 29, 11:25 AM UTC. Shown for information; not an input to our projections.
No market line has been posted for this game yet.
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Original projection vs new formula
| Projection | Score | Win prob | Margin miss | Total miss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original projection | Prairie View A&M 26.1, East Texas A&M 26.0 | Prairie View A&M 50%right winner | 10.9 | 3.1 |
| New formula | Not recorded for this game | |||
Final: Prairie View A&M 30, East Texas A&M 19. Original = the number we posted before kickoff. New formula (2026-10-21 matchup terms) = the current model re-run with only the games played before this one.
Prairie View A&M vs East Texas A&M: stat comparison
2025 season numbers (this season's sample is still too small).
| Stat | Prairie View A&M | East Texas A&M |
|---|---|---|
| Points per game | 31.6 | 25.6 |
| Points allowed per game | 17.9 | 39.8 |
| Yards per play | 6.95 | 5.89 |
| Yards per play allowed | 4.75 | 6.34 |
| Rushing yards per game | 190.2 | 136.8 |
| Net passing yards per game | 251.1 | 269.0 |
| Rushing yards allowed per game | 141.2 | 193.6 |
| Net passing yards allowed per game | 131.6 | 246.3 |
| Turnovers per game | 1.08 | 1.75 |
| Takeaways per game | 0.77 | 1.17 |
| Sacks per game | 1.54 | 1.83 |
| Sacks allowed per game | 0.62 | 2.83 |
| Stat | Prairie View A&M | East Texas A&M |
|---|---|---|
| EPA per play | +0.03 | -0.03 |
| EPA per play allowed | +0.03 | +0.06 |
| Success rate | 40.5% | 42.3% |
| Success rate allowed | 40.0% | 45.3% |
| Explosive play rate | 15.7% | 13.3% |
| Explosive plays allowed | 9.7% | 13.2% |
| Havoc rate | 13.5% | 11.0% |
| Havoc allowed | 11.3% | 14.9% |
| Points per scoring opportunity | 3.78 | 3.29 |
| Points per opportunity allowed | 3.12 | 4.04 |
| Average starting field position | opp 5 | opp 13 |
| Opponents' starting field position | opp 5 | opp 10 |
| Offensive plays per game (pace) | 63.5 | 68.9 |
| Stat | Prairie View A&M | East Texas A&M |
|---|---|---|
| Rushing EPA per play | -0.05 | +0.06 |
| Passing EPA per play | +0.11 | -0.11 |
| Rushing EPA allowed | +0.03 | +0.03 |
| Passing EPA allowed | +0.03 | +0.10 |
| Rushing success rate | 43.4% | 43.8% |
| Passing success rate | 42.1% | 39.8% |
| Run stuff rate | 18.3% | 17.9% |
| Passing-down success rate | 30.7% | 30.1% |
| Passing-down success allowed | 29.7% | 33.2% |
| Third-down conversion rate | 42.0% | 39.6% |
| Third-down rate allowed | 32.1% | 44.6% |
| Red-zone touchdown rate | 56.9% | 42.2% |
| Red-zone TD rate allowed | 48.2% | 48.3% |
# = rank among 136 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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