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Texas A&M vs South Carolina prediction
Kickoff Fri 11:00 PM CT, at South Carolina
TA&M 40% win60% SC
23Projected30If TA&M upsets
vs
27Projected19If TA&M upsetsAway
Texas A&M Aggies
Record 4–4 · #38 in ratings
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South Carolina Gamecocks
Record 4–3 · #34 in ratings
Home / away venueNeutral site
Normal (49)
Starts at 49, set by both teams' turnovers and penalties this season. More luck means more upsets.
What goes into luck
| Per game, this season | TA&M | SC | FBS avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnovers in their games (lost + forced) | 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Penalty yards | 46 | 60 | 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%Texas A&M wins on the road
If Texas A&M plays at home56% ▲
Texas A&M: no wins over higher-rated teams in 7 FBS games
South Carolina: 1 loss to a lower-rated team (Mississippi State 34–41)
This season, compared with current ratings.
Upset score (under each projected score): the average final in the simulated games Texas A&M won. Injuries aren't included; there's no injury data source.
Most common scores
Out of 10,000 simulated games
- SC 27, TA&M 2465 games
- SC 27, TA&M 2360 games
- SC 24, TA&M 1760 games
- SC 20, TA&M 1759 games
- TA&M 24, SC 2059 games
- Power index
- 73 vs 76
- Projected
- SC favored
- Differential
- 3.6 pts
Team A conference
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Team B conference
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10,000 simulated games at South Carolina, luck set to normal. The real game is Fri 11:00 PM CT, at South Carolina.
For entertainment purposes only. These are simulated outcomes, not predictions to bet on.
- Projected spread
- South Carolina by 3.6
- Projected total
- 49.3
- Decided by 8 or fewer
- 43.6%
- Went to overtime
- 4.4%
- Texas A&M wins by 21+
- 5.0%
- South Carolina wins by 21+
- 12.6%
- Median score
- 23–27
- Model expectation
- 22.5–26.2
Every final margin
Each bar is a 3-point range. Bars on the right are Texas A&M wins, bars on the left are South Carolina wins. Hover a bar for its share of games.
Where the edges are
Texas A&M offense vs South Carolina defenseOffense -1.1Defense +0.7Edge South Carolina: its defense is 1.8 points better than Texas A&M's offense.
South Carolina offense vs Texas A&M defenseOffense +5.1Defense +6.2Edge Texas A&M: its defense is 1.1 points better than South Carolina's offense.
| Stat | Texas A&M | South Carolina | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expected points per play, offense | 0.09 | 0.19 | Higher is better |
| Expected points per play allowed | 0.05 | 0.14 | Lower is better |
| Offensive success rate | 42.5% | 44.6% | Higher is better |
| Success rate allowed | 39.4% | 42.4% | Lower is better |
| Points per game | 28.3 | 36.1 | Raw, not adjusted |
| Points allowed per game | 18.9 | 25.3 | 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.
