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

Penn State

3–3 FBS · Big Ten · this season
Rating
+7.7
Rank
35
Résumé
71
Projected wins
6.8▼ 2.3 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 45–085MRSH · L
Sat, Sep 129/12at TempleTEMPSU −21.1PSU −23.5W 27–969TEM · W
Sat, Sep 199/19BuffaloBUFPSU −38.1PSU −39.5W 55–1387BUF · L
Sat, Sep 269/26WisconsinWISPSU −16.9PSU −10.5L 20–2442PSU · L
Fri, Oct 210/2at NorthwesternNUPSU −2.9PSU −2.5L 13–3432PSU · L
Sat, Oct 1010/10USCUSCPSU +2.2PSU −1.5L 23–3136USC · W
Sat, Oct 1710/17at MichiganMICHPSU +7.8PSU +6.5MICH −6.5Pass
Sat, Oct 3110/31PurduePURPSU −9.0—wk 9
Sat, Nov 711/7at WashingtonWASHPSU −1.1—wk 10
Sat, Nov 2111/21RutgersRUTGPSU −19.2—wk 12
Sat, Nov 2811/28at MarylandMDPSU −6.4—wk 13

Model on PSU games: 2–4 ATS at the early week line · as the favorite 0–2 · as the dog 2–2 · home 1–1, away 1–3 · avg gap to the market +2.6 · closer than the market 2 of 6

Outlook

from 10,000 season simulations
Projected wins
6.83–3 banked, 6 to play · preseason 9.1
Bowl (6+)86%
9+ wins6%
11+ wins0%

The 6 games left add 3.8 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

6 games · rank of 138 FBS
rank of 138
Offense
EPA per play+0.0390th
Success rate39.6%110th
Pass EPA+0.1356th
Rush EPA−0.08124th
Explosive rate11.8%94th
Quality-drive rate52.5%66th
Points per quality drive3.985th
Defense
EPA allowed−0.0240th
Success allowed40.3%65th
Pass EPA allowed−0.1816th
Rush EPA allowed+0.14109th
Explosive allowed12.8%92nd
Havoc rate9.5%60th

Special teams, luck and schedule

through the latest board
rank of 138
Special teams & luck
Special teams EPA / game+1.348th
Turnover margin+711th · exp. +5.0
Field position margin+7.6 yd12th
Hidden points / game+7.4banked
Luck, wins−0.33.3 earned
One-score record0–2flipped 5–1
Rush rate over expected−2.9%84th
Overall
Rating, pts vs average+7.735th
Schedule played+0.664th
Schedule remaining−0.670th
Full schedule0.073rd
Pregame expected wins3.7of 6

Ranking by week

ours vs the AP poll
151025Wk 0Wk 2Wk 4Wk 6
Ours 35th · +7.7AP NRWeek 6
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Penn Stateoff +0.03 90thdef −0.02 allowed · 40th

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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.