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Ohio vs Akron prediction
Kickoff Tue 6:00 PM CT, at Akron
OHIO 78% win22% AKR
34Projected24If AKR upsets
vs
23Projected33If AKR upsetsAway
Ohio Bobcats
Record 6–2 · #80 in ratings
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Akron Zips
Record 1–7 · #133 in ratings
Home / away venueNeutral site
Normal (50)
Starts at 50, set by both teams' turnovers and penalties this season. More luck means more upsets.
What goes into luck
| Per game, this season | OHIO | AKR | FBS avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnovers in their games (lost + forced) | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
| Penalty yards | 41 | 70 | 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
Upset alert22%Akron wins at home
At a neutral site16% ▼
Akron: no wins over higher-rated teams in 7 FBS games
Ohio: 1 loss to a lower-rated team (South Alabama 36–41)
This season, compared with current ratings.
Upset score (under each projected score): the average final in the simulated games Akron won. Injuries aren't included; there's no injury data source.
Most common scores
Out of 10,000 simulated games
- OHIO 41, AKR 1758 games
- OHIO 34, AKR 2051 games
- OHIO 34, AKR 2448 games
- OHIO 27, AKR 2448 games
- OHIO 30, AKR 2046 games
- Power index
- 42 vs 4
- Projected
- OHIO favored
- Differential
- 11.1 pts
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Team B conference
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10,000 simulated games at Akron, luck set to normal. The real game is Tue 6:00 PM CT, at Akron.
For entertainment purposes only. These are simulated outcomes, not predictions to bet on.
- Projected spread
- Ohio by 11.1
- Projected total
- 56.2
- Decided by 8 or fewer
- 33.4%
- Went to overtime
- 2.6%
- Ohio wins by 21+
- 27.0%
- Akron wins by 21+
- 1.9%
- Median score
- 34–21
- Model expectation
- 33.4–22.3
Every final margin
Each bar is a 3-point range. Bars on the right are Ohio wins, bars on the left are Akron wins. Hover a bar for its share of games.
Where the edges are
Ohio offense vs Akron defenseOffense -0.4Defense -9.5Edge Ohio: its offense is 9.1 points better than Akron's defense.
Akron offense vs Ohio defenseOffense -5.8Defense -0.9Edge Ohio: its defense is 4.9 points better than Akron's offense.
| Stat | Ohio | Akron | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expected points per play, offense | 0.21 | 0.05 | Higher is better |
| Expected points per play allowed | 0.10 | 0.23 | Lower is better |
| Offensive success rate | 48.1% | 40.8% | Higher is better |
| Success rate allowed | 40.1% | 43.8% | Lower is better |
| Points per game | 29.6 | 19.0 | Raw, not adjusted |
| Points allowed per game | 21.9 | 32.8 | 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.
