Oct 31, 6:19 PM EDTstats the morning after a game; scores and grades the same night

Air Force

6–2 FBS · Mountain West · this season
Rating
−3.0
Rank
83
Résumé
37
Projected wins
7.7▲ 2.6 vs preseason
CFP odds
<1%

Schedule

our line · the market · graded at the early week line
DateOpponentOur lineOursMarketResultPerf.Our call
Sat, Sep 59/5DuquesneDuquesneAF −25.8AF −31.5W 34–084
Sat, Sep 129/12North Dakota StateNDSUAF +11.3AF +5.5L 32–3865NDSU · W
Sat, Sep 269/26at NevadaNEVAF +1.9AF −4.5W 36–3353NEV · W
Sat, Oct 310/3NavyNAVYAF −5.4AF −3.0W 14–946AF · W
Sat, Oct 1010/10at Northern IllinoisNIUAF −10.5AF −10.0W 28–768NIU · L
Sat, Oct 1710/17UNLVUNLVAF −2.7AF PKW 41–3159AF · W
Fri, Oct 2310/23at WyomingWYOAF −8.1AF −6.0L 14–2849AF · L
Sat, Oct 3110/31UConnCONNAF −2.1AF −3.0W 35–2650CONN · L
Sat, Nov 711/7at ArmyARMYAF +10.2AF +5.5wk 10
Fri, Nov 2011/20UTEPUTEPAF −20.0—wk 12

Model on AF games: 4–3 ATS at the early week line · as the favorite 2–1 · as the dog 2–2 · home 3–1, away 1–2 · avg gap to the market +4.5 · closer than the market 4 of 7

Outlook

from 10,000 season simulations
Projected wins
7.76–2 banked, 4 to play · preseason 5.1
Bowl (6+)89%
9+ wins3%
11+ wins0%

The 4 games left add 1.7 expected wins.

Playoff picture
Reach title game21%
Win conference8%
Make the CFP<1%
First-round bye0%
Win it all0%

Full bracket on the playoffs page.

Offense and defense

8 games · rank of 138 FBS
rank of 138
Offense
EPA per play+0.2212th
Success rate49.4%17th
Pass EPA−0.00101st
Rush EPA+0.263rd
Explosive rate9.7%130th
Quality-drive rate56.8%34th
Points per quality drive4.912th
Defense
EPA allowed+0.0991st
Success allowed41.1%65th
Pass EPA allowed+0.0883rd
Rush EPA allowed+0.10103rd
Explosive allowed11.8%76th
Havoc rate13.3%85th

Special teams, luck and schedule

through the latest board
rank of 138
Special teams & luck
Special teams EPA / game−1.3109th
Turnover margin+165th · exp. +1.0
Field position margin+2.6 yd41st
Hidden points / game+1.0banked
Luck, wins+0.45.6 earned
One-score record2–1flipped 5–3
Rush rate over expected+32.9%1st
Overall
Rating, pts vs average−3.083rd
Schedule played−5.5114th
Schedule remaining−5.997th
Full schedule−5.6111th
Pregame expected wins4.6of 8

Ranking by week

ours vs the AP poll
151025Wk 0Wk 3Wk 6Wk 9
Ours 83rd · −3.0Week 9
Where they sit · offense vs defensepinch or ⌘/ctrl + scroll to zoom · drag to move · double-tap to reset
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Air Forceoff +0.22 12thdef +0.09 allowed · 91st

Every FBS team, through the latest board. EPA is garbage-time filtered. Tap a logo for its numbers.

Records and stats cover FBS-vs-FBS games only — the games the model grades. Rate stats exclude garbage time (a lead of 38+ in the first half, 28+ in the third quarter, 22+ in the fourth); turnovers are counted whole. Hover a row for its definition.