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Florida State vs Virginia prediction
Hypothetical matchup, 2026 season
FSU 58% win42% UVA
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Florida State Seminoles
Record 3–4 · #42 in ratings
Neutral site
Virginia Cavaliers
Record 4–4 · #58 in ratings
Home / away venueNeutral site
Normal (50)
Turnover and penalty data arrives with the next daily update, so this starts at normal.
- Power index
- 70 vs 58
- Projected
- FSU favored
- Differential
- 3.0 pts
Team A conference
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Team B conference
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10,000 simulated games at a neutral site, luck set to normal. These teams aren't scheduled to play this season.
For entertainment purposes only. These are simulated outcomes, not predictions to bet on.
- Projected spread
- Florida State by 3.0
- Projected total
- 49.2
- Decided by 8 or fewer
- 43.2%
- Went to overtime
- 4.0%
- Florida State wins by 21+
- 12.2%
- Virginia wins by 21+
- 5.6%
- Median score
- 26–23
- Model expectation
- 25.9–22.8
Every final margin
Each bar is a 3-point range. Bars on the right are Florida State wins, bars on the left are Virginia wins. Hover a bar for its share of games.
Most common scores
- Virginia 24, Florida State 2077 games
- Florida State 27, Virginia 1767 games
- Florida State 27, Virginia 2063 games
- Florida State 20, Virginia 1762 games
- Florida State 24, Virginia 2061 games
- Florida State 27, Virginia 2459 games
Where the edges are
Florida State offense vs Virginia defenseOffense +4.6Defense +4.5Even: neither side has a real edge.
Virginia offense vs Florida State defenseOffense -3.1Defense -0.1Edge Florida State: its defense is 3.0 points better than Virginia's offense.
| Stat | Florida State | Virginia | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expected points per play, offense | 0.22 | 0.18 | Higher is better |
| Expected points per play allowed | 0.25 | 0.09 | Lower is better |
| Offensive success rate | 43.6% | 44.7% | Higher is better |
| Success rate allowed | 44.5% | 39.8% | Lower is better |
| Points per game | 31.6 | 28.3 | Raw, not adjusted |
| Points allowed per game | 27.9 | 19.6 | Raw, not adjusted |
How the simulation works
Every team gets an offense and defense rating from this season's scores, adjusted for who they played: scoring 40 against a top defense counts for more than 40 against a weak one. Blowouts count as at most a 35-point win.
Each simulated game gives both teams about 10 possessions. Every possession ends in a touchdown, a field goal or nothing, with odds set by how the offense and defense match up, plus a little game-day randomness. Ties go to overtime.
Running it 10,000 times and counting the wins gives the win probability. Ratings use 2,508 completed games and update every morning.