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Hawai'i at Arizona State

Saturday, October 10 · 9:30 PM ET · Mountain America Stadium
Hawai'i 1-4 21.0
AT
Arizona State 2-2 35.2

01 / THE NUMBER

The model makes this Arizona State -14.3. The market has it Arizona State -20.5, a gap of 6.2 points toward Hawai'i.

Tested against closing lines on 1,148 games, this model tracks the market rather than beating it. A large gap is a question worth asking, not a signal to follow.

SPREAD
Vegas lineArizona State -20.5
ModelArizona State -14.3
Difference6.2

02 / PROJECTED SCORE

Hawai'i21.0Arizona State35.2

03 / WHERE THE MARGIN COMES FROM

Home field4.4Rush consistency2.8Running game2.8Elo / track record1.7Pass consistency0.8Passing game0.2Hawai'i ←→ Arizona State

Each bar is that input's contribution to the projected margin, in points, pointing toward the team it favours. They sum to 12.5 toward Arizona State, before calibration.

04 / HOW THEY RATE · percentile vs all FBS

Offence
PassingRushingPass cons.Rush cons.Pass ratePace
Defence
PassingRushingPass cons.Rush cons.Pass ratePace
Hawai'i Arizona State
Percentile, 0–100Hawai'i offArizona State off Hawai'i defArizona State def
Passing55441869
Rushing16851379
Pass cons.36601761
Rush cons.1279585
Pass rate10078744
Pace87942920

Higher is better on both sides — defence is flipped so the shape reads the same way. Percentiles are taken from the opponent-adjusted ratings, so a number earned against a hard schedule ranks above the same number earned against a soft one.

05 / TEAM RATINGS

Per play, vs averageHawai'i offArizona State off Hawai'i defArizona State def
Pass EPA / dropback+0.150+0.113+0.008-0.114
Rush EPA / carry-0.001+0.183+0.000-0.172
Pass success rate+0.023+0.065+0.007-0.038
Rush success rate-0.001+0.088+0.019-0.105
Pass rate+0.154+0.034-0.007+0.058
Plays per game-0.5-0.1-3.0-2.4

Opponent adjusted and shrunk toward last season — after 5 and 4 games, a rating is still part last year. On defence, negative is good.

06 / ELO

RatingHawai'iArizona StateGap
Elo, years of results13731429 +56

Worth 1.7 points of this projection. Elo carries what three games of play-by-play can't: years of results, so a team that has been bad for a decade isn't rated average in September.

07 / SEASON SO FAR

Hawai'i 1-4

at Stanford27–37
vs UNLV6–21
vs New Mexico State29–19
at Wyoming10–27
vs San José State16–20

Arizona State 2-2

vs Morgan State70–7
at Texas A&M20–48
at Kansas24–17
vs Baylor19–55