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

East Carolina

3–4 FBS · American Athletic · this season
Rating
−3.5
Rank
86
Résumé
94
Projected wins
6.0▼ 0.9 vs preseason
CFP odds
0%

Schedule

our line · the market · graded at the early week line
DateOpponentOur lineOursMarketResultPerf.Our call
Sat, Sep 59/5at AlabamaALAECU +21.8ECU +28.5L 10–4818ECU · L
Sat, Sep 129/12App StateAPPECU −9.8ECU −9.0L 24–2759ECU · L
Sat, Sep 199/19at Old DominionODUECU −1.1ECU +2.5W 20–1749ECU · W
Sat, Sep 269/26North Carolina CentralNorth Carolina CentralECU −31.0ECU −37.5W 42–998
Sat, Oct 1010/10RiceRICEECU −7.5ECU −9.5W 28–1259RICE · L
Thu, Oct 1510/15at UABUABECU −7.4ECU −4.5L 17–3042ECU · L
Thu, Oct 2210/22at MemphisMEMECU +6.6ECU +10.5L 34–4146ECU · W
Sat, Oct 3110/31TempleTEMECU −5.6ECU −4.0ECU −4.0Pass
Sat, Nov 1411/14at CharlotteCLTECU −15.2—wk 11
Sat, Nov 2111/21at ArmyARMYECU +8.6—wk 12

Model on ECU games: 2–4 ATS at the early week line · as the favorite 0–2 · as the dog 2–2 · home 0–1, away 2–3 · avg gap to the market +3.7 · closer than the market 2 of 6

Outlook

from 10,000 season simulations
Projected wins
6.03–4 banked, 5 to play · preseason 6.9
Bowl (6+)32%
9+ wins0%
11+ wins0%

The 5 games left add 3.0 expected wins.

Playoff picture
Reach title game<1%
Win conference<1%
Make the CFP0%
First-round bye0%
Win it all0%

Full bracket on the playoffs page.

Offense and defense

7 games · rank of 138 FBS
rank of 138
Offense
EPA per play−0.01112th
Success rate37.9%125th
Pass EPA−0.01106th
Rush EPA−0.01111th
Explosive rate12.4%74th
Quality-drive rate48.8%85th
Points per quality drive3.0127th
Defense
EPA allowed−0.0727th
Success allowed35.4%18th
Pass EPA allowed−0.0340th
Rush EPA allowed−0.1012th
Explosive allowed12.9%92nd
Havoc rate17.2%15th

Special teams, luck and schedule

through the latest board
rank of 138
Special teams & luck
Special teams EPA / game−1.7113th
Turnover margin−6119th · exp. −2.5
Field position margin+0.5 yd73rd
Hidden points / game−4.5gave up
Luck, wins−0.63.6 earned
One-score record1–2flipped 4–3
Rush rate over expected−1.2%64th
Overall
Rating, pts vs average−3.586th
Schedule played−3.394th
Schedule remaining−7.0109th
Full schedule−5.0102nd
Pregame expected wins3.1of 7

Ranking by week

ours vs the AP poll
151025Wk 0Wk 3Wk 6Wk 9
Ours 86th · −3.5Week 9
Where they sit · offense vs defensepinch or ⌘/ctrl + scroll to zoom · drag to move · double-tap to reset
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East Carolinaoff −0.01 112thdef −0.07 allowed · 27th

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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.