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UTEP vs North Dakota State prediction
Kickoff Sat 2:30 PM CT, at North Dakota State
UTEP 3% win97% NDSU
9Projected23If UTEP upsets
vs
35Projected17If UTEP upsetsAway
UTEP Miners
Record 1–6 · #134 in ratings
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North Dakota State Bison
Record 6–2 · #31 in ratings
Home / away venueNeutral site
Normal (53)
Starts at 53, set by both teams' turnovers and penalties this season. More luck means more upsets.
What goes into luck
| Per game, this season | UTEP | NDSU | FBS avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnovers in their games (lost + forced) | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| Penalty yards | 54 | 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
Long shot3%UTEP wins on the road
If UTEP plays at home7% ▲
UTEP: no wins over higher-rated teams in 6 FBS games
North Dakota State: 1 loss to a lower-rated team (UNLV 7–13)
This season, compared with current ratings.
Upset score (under each projected score): the average final in the simulated games UTEP won. Injuries aren't included; there's no injury data source.
Most common scores
Out of 10,000 simulated games
- NDSU 34, UTEP 0120 games
- NDSU 30, UTEP 7114 games
- NDSU 34, UTEP 7103 games
- NDSU 41, UTEP 7101 games
- NDSU 37, UTEP 798 games
- Power index
- 3 vs 78
- Projected
- NDSU favored
- Differential
- 25.7 pts
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10,000 simulated games at North Dakota State, luck set to normal. The real game is Sat 2:30 PM CT, at North Dakota State.
For entertainment purposes only. These are simulated outcomes, not predictions to bet on.
- Projected spread
- North Dakota State by 25.7
- Projected total
- 43.8
- Decided by 8 or fewer
- 8.5%
- Went to overtime
- 0.5%
- UTEP wins by 21+
- 0.1%
- North Dakota State wins by 21+
- 64.2%
- Median score
- 7–34
- Model expectation
- 9.1–34.5
Every final margin
Each bar is a 3-point range. Bars on the right are UTEP wins, bars on the left are North Dakota State wins. Hover a bar for its share of games.
Where the edges are
UTEP offense vs North Dakota State defenseOffense -8.4Defense +6.8Edge North Dakota State: its defense is 15.2 points better than UTEP's offense.
North Dakota State offense vs UTEP defenseOffense +0.0Defense -7.3Edge North Dakota State: its offense is 7.3 points better than UTEP's defense.
| Stat | UTEP | North Dakota State | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expected points per play, offense | -0.08 | 0.10 | Higher is better |
| Expected points per play allowed | 0.28 | -0.13 | Lower is better |
| Offensive success rate | 33.9% | 39.7% | Higher is better |
| Success rate allowed | 48.9% | 35.9% | Lower is better |
| Points per game | 15.1 | 27.8 | Raw, not adjusted |
| Points allowed per game | 37.3 | 12.5 | 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.
