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

Penn State

3–4 FBS · Big Ten · this season
Rating
+7.7
Rank
34
Résumé
96
Projected wins
6.5▼ 2.6 vs preseason
CFP odds
0%

Schedule

our line · the market · graded at the early week line
DateOpponentOur lineOursMarketResultPerf.Our call
Sat, Sep 59/5MarshallMRSHPSU −20.9PSU −24.5W 45–086MRSH · L
Sat, Sep 129/12at TempleTEMPSU −21.1PSU −23.5W 27–970TEM · W
Sat, Sep 199/19BuffaloBUFPSU −38.1PSU −39.5W 55–1388BUF · L
Sat, Sep 269/26WisconsinWISPSU −16.9PSU −10.5L 20–2443PSU · L
Fri, Oct 210/2at NorthwesternNUPSU −2.9PSU −2.5L 13–3430PSU · L
Sat, Oct 1010/10USCUSCPSU +2.2PSU −1.5L 23–3135USC · W
Sat, Oct 1710/17at MichiganMICHPSU +7.9PSU +6.0L 18–2138MICH · L
Sat, Oct 3110/31PurduePURPSU −11.3PSU −10.0PSU −10.0Pass
Sat, Nov 711/7at WashingtonWASHPSU +2.0—wk 10
Sat, Nov 2111/21RutgersRUTGPSU −18.0—wk 12
Sat, Nov 2811/28at MarylandMDPSU −7.6—wk 13

Model on PSU games: 2–5 ATS at the early week line · as the favorite 0–3 · as the dog 2–2 · home 1–2, away 1–3 · avg gap to the market +2.6 · closer than the market 2 of 7

Outlook

from 10,000 season simulations
Projected wins
6.53–4 banked, 5 to play · preseason 9.1
Bowl (6+)82%
9+ wins0%
11+ wins0%

The 5 games left add 3.5 expected wins.

Playoff picture
Reach title game0%
Win conference0%
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−0.00107th
Success rate39.6%112th
Pass EPA+0.0871st
Rush EPA−0.09128th
Explosive rate10.6%112th
Quality-drive rate50.7%71st
Points per quality drive3.884th
Defense
EPA allowed−0.0142nd
Success allowed40.2%54th
Pass EPA allowed−0.1910th
Rush EPA allowed+0.15117th
Explosive allowed12.8%90th
Havoc rate16.5%26th

Special teams, luck and schedule

through the latest board
rank of 138
Special teams & luck
Special teams EPA / game+1.148th
Turnover margin+620th · exp. +4.5
Field position margin+4.2 yd27th
Hidden points / game+6.0banked
Luck, wins−0.63.6 earned
One-score record0–3flipped 6–1
Rush rate over expected−5.2%113th
Overall
Rating, pts vs average+7.734th
Schedule played+0.962nd
Schedule remaining−2.072nd
Full schedule−0.372nd
Pregame expected wins3.1of 7

Ranking by week

ours vs the AP poll
151025Wk 0Wk 3Wk 6Wk 9
Ours 34th · +7.7AP NRWeek 9
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Penn Stateoff −0.00 107thdef −0.01 allowed · 42nd

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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.