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Temple vs UAB prediction
Kickoff Fri 11:00 PM CT, at Temple
TEM 60% win40% UAB
26Projected19If UAB upsets
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23Projected30If UAB upsetsHome
Temple Owls
Record 2–5 · #102 in ratings
Away
UAB Blazers
Record 4–3 · #103 in ratings
Home / away venueNeutral site
Normal (45)
Starts at 45, set by both teams' turnovers and penalties this season. More luck means more upsets.
What goes into luck
| Per game, this season | TEM | UAB | FBS avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnovers in their games (lost + forced) | 1.7 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| Penalty yards | 37 | 58 | 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
Toss-up40%UAB wins on the road
If UAB plays at home59% ▲
UAB: 2 wins over higher-rated teams (East Carolina 30–17, Navy 24–20)
Temple: 1 loss to a lower-rated team (Charlotte 31–38)
This season, compared with current ratings.
Upset score (under each projected score): the average final in the simulated games UAB won. Injuries aren't included; there's no injury data source.
Most common scores
Out of 10,000 simulated games
- TEM 27, UAB 2071 games
- TEM 27, UAB 1761 games
- TEM 20, UAB 1755 games
- TEM 24, UAB 2054 games
- TEM 31, UAB 1754 games
- Power index
- 26 vs 26
- Projected
- TEM favored
- Differential
- 3.4 pts
Team A conference
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Team B conference
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10,000 simulated games at Temple, luck set to normal. The real game is Fri 11:00 PM CT, at Temple.
For entertainment purposes only. These are simulated outcomes, not predictions to bet on.
- Projected spread
- Temple by 3.4
- Projected total
- 49.5
- Decided by 8 or fewer
- 43.4%
- Went to overtime
- 4.2%
- Temple wins by 21+
- 12.2%
- UAB wins by 21+
- 5.4%
- Median score
- 26–23
- Model expectation
- 26–22.9
Every final margin
Each bar is a 3-point range. Bars on the right are Temple wins, bars on the left are UAB wins. Hover a bar for its share of games.
Where the edges are
Temple offense vs UAB defenseOffense -2.3Defense -1.1Edge UAB: its defense is 1.2 points better than Temple's offense.
UAB offense vs Temple defenseOffense -5.1Defense -3.7Edge Temple: its defense is 1.4 points better than UAB's offense.
| Stat | Temple | UAB | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expected points per play, offense | 0.21 | 0.04 | Higher is better |
| Expected points per play allowed | 0.21 | 0.02 | Lower is better |
| Offensive success rate | 43.4% | 41.5% | Higher is better |
| Success rate allowed | 46.0% | 43.4% | Lower is better |
| Points per game | 25.7 | 23.3 | Raw, not adjusted |
| Points allowed per game | 28.0 | 24.6 | 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.