Oct 13, 7:43 AM EDTstats the morning after a game; scores and grades the same night

Duke

4–1 FBS · ACC · this season
Rating
+6.6
Rank
38
Résumé
42
Projected wins
7.4▲ 1.9 vs preseason
CFP odds
2%

Schedule

our line · the market · graded at the early week line
DateOpponentOur lineOursMarketResultPerf.Our call
Sat, Sep 59/5TulaneTULNDUKE −3.1DUKE −9.5W 17–359TULN · L
Sat, Sep 129/12at IllinoisILLDUKE +4.7DUKE +6.5W 31–2760DUKE · W
Sat, Sep 199/19StanfordSTANDUKE −11.1DUKE −9.5W 35–775DUKE · W
Sat, Sep 269/26William & MaryWilliam & MaryDUKE −37.2DUKE −43.5W 62–774
Sat, Oct 1010/10at Georgia TechGTDUKE −3.7DUKE −7.0L 25–2851GT · W
Sat, Oct 1710/17North CarolinaUNCDUKE −3.5DUKE −3.0DUKE −3.0Pass
Sat, Nov 711/7at NC StateNCSUDUKE −2.2—wk 10
Sat, Nov 1411/14at MiamiMIADUKE +21.5DUKE +21.0wk 11
Fri, Nov 2011/20ClemsonCLEMDUKE −5.6—wk 12

Model on DUKE games: 3–1 ATS at the early week line · as the favorite 1–0 · as the dog 2–1 · home 2–0, away 1–1 · avg gap to the market +2.4 · closer than the market 3 of 4

Outlook

from 10,000 season simulations
Projected wins
7.44–1 banked, 7 to play · preseason 5.5
Bowl (6+)76%
9+ wins5%
11+ wins0%

The 7 games left add 3.4 expected wins.

Playoff picture
Reach title game5%
Win conference1%
Make the CFP2%
First-round bye<1%
Win it all<1%

Full bracket on the playoffs page.

Offense and defense

5 games · rank of 138 FBS
rank of 138
Offense
EPA per play+0.2125th
Success rate42.7%75th
Pass EPA+0.2434th
Rush EPA+0.1826th
Explosive rate14.9%29th
Quality-drive rate60.0%22nd
Points per quality drive4.918th
Defense
EPA allowed+0.0157th
Success allowed38.9%50th
Pass EPA allowed+0.0782nd
Rush EPA allowed−0.0730th
Explosive allowed8.7%13th
Havoc rate7.5%106th

Special teams, luck and schedule

through the latest board
rank of 138
Special teams & luck
Special teams EPA / game+0.860th
Turnover margin+249th · exp. −0.5
Field position margin+3.9 yd34th
Hidden points / game+1.9banked
Luck, wins−0.34.3 earned
One-score record1–1flipped 4–1
Rush rate over expected+3.8%32nd
Overall
Rating, pts vs average+6.638th
Schedule played−3.3102nd
Schedule remaining+4.946th
Full schedule+1.961st
Pregame expected wins3.0of 5

Ranking by week

ours vs the AP poll
151025Wk 0Wk 2Wk 4Wk 6
Ours 38th · +6.6Week 6
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Dukeoff +0.21 25thdef +0.01 allowed · 57th

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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.