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Liberty vs Western Kentucky prediction
Kickoff Sat 12:00 PM CT, at Liberty
LIB 91% win9% WKU
32Projected19If WKU upsets
vs
13Projected26If WKU upsetsHome
Liberty Flames
Record 6–1 · #26 in ratings
Away
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Record 3–4 · #119 in ratings
Home / away venueNeutral site
Normal (48)
Starts at 48, set by both teams' turnovers and penalties this season. More luck means more upsets.
What goes into luck
| Per game, this season | LIB | WKU | FBS avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnovers in their games (lost + forced) | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Penalty yards | 86 | 42 | 57 |
Teams whose games have more turnovers and penalties than average play less predictable games, so their matchup starts with more luck. Luck never changes who is favored, only how often the underdog pulls it off. Even at "almost none", single drives still go either way.
Upset watch
Long shot9%Western Kentucky wins on the road
If Western Kentucky plays at home18% ▲
Western Kentucky: no wins over higher-rated teams in 6 FBS games
Liberty: no losses to lower-rated teams in 6 FBS games
This season, compared with current ratings.
Upset score (under each projected score): the average final in the simulated games Western Kentucky won. Injuries aren't included; there's no injury data source.
Most common scores
Out of 10,000 simulated games
- LIB 30, WKU 1082 games
- LIB 27, WKU 1082 games
- LIB 34, WKU 781 games
- LIB 34, WKU 1078 games
- LIB 27, WKU 777 games
- Power index
- 82 vs 14
- Projected
- LIB favored
- Differential
- 19.0 pts
Team A conference
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Team B conference
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10,000 simulated games at Liberty, luck set to normal. The real game is Sat 12:00 PM CT, at Liberty.
For entertainment purposes only. These are simulated outcomes, not predictions to bet on.
- Projected spread
- Liberty by 19.0
- Projected total
- 45.9
- Decided by 8 or fewer
- 19.5%
- Went to overtime
- 1.5%
- Liberty wins by 21+
- 45.3%
- Western Kentucky wins by 21+
- 0.2%
- Median score
- 32–13
- Model expectation
- 32.3–13.3
Every final margin
Each bar is a 3-point range. Bars on the right are Liberty wins, bars on the left are Western Kentucky wins. Hover a bar for its share of games.
Where the edges are
Liberty offense vs Western Kentucky defenseOffense +1.7Defense -3.3Edge Liberty: its offense is 5.0 points better than Western Kentucky's defense.
Western Kentucky offense vs Liberty defenseOffense -5.2Defense +5.7Edge Liberty: its defense is 11.0 points better than Western Kentucky's offense.
| Stat | Liberty | Western Kentucky | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expected points per play, offense | 0.20 | 0.01 | Higher is better |
| Expected points per play allowed | -0.06 | 0.12 | Lower is better |
| Offensive success rate | 47.7% | 36.5% | Higher is better |
| Success rate allowed | 33.7% | 39.8% | Lower is better |
| Points per game | 31.6 | 21.3 | Raw, not adjusted |
| Points allowed per game | 14.0 | 30.6 | 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 2,524 completed games and update every morning.
