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UNLV

9–4 FBS · Mountain West · 2025
Rating
+2.7
Rank
56
Résumé
52
Our picks
6–7
Expected wins · what our pregame odds said the games were worth
7.8expected wins · finished 9–4
Bowl (6+)92%
9+ wins35%
11+ wins5%

9–4 against 7.8 expected wins. Second-order wins — the record their play deserved — put them at 8.9.

Ranking by week151025Wk 0Wk 7Wk 14Wk 23
Ours 56thFinal

Luck & what-ifs

2025 final
One-score record
4–2
decided by 8 or fewer
Wins vs expected
+1.2
9–4 vs 7.8
One-score games flipped
7–6
what-if record
Turnover margin
+8
expected +2.0

Luck: +0.1 wins versus the record their play deserved. Banked wins keep; the pace is what regresses.

ConjPWR profile

2025 final · 68th · −1.2 pts vs avg
What repeats — the ratingvs averagepts / game
Offense efficiency+1.931st
Offense play value+3.919th
Defense efficiency−2.4118th
Defense play value−3.8119th
Drive finishing+0.445th
Field position−1.1118th
What doesn't — luckvs averagepts / game
Ball security−0.080th
Third-down conversion−0.080th

Points per game vs an average team, opponent-adjusted and weighted by how much the factor repeats — the tagged luck factors are already discounted to near zero. Luck added −0.1 pts/game to results; in CFB that pace regresses.

Hidden game

special teams · disruption · style
Special teams EPA / game
+2.4
10th
Havoc rate
8.8%
111th
Rush rate over expected
−1.1%
66th · pass-leaning

The pieces the ConjPWR factors don't cover: kicking-game value, defensive disruption, and run/pass lean (style, not quality).

Where they sit · offense vs defensepinch or ⌘/ctrl + scroll to zoom
−0.200.00+0.20FBS averageKansas StateIowa StateKansasFresno StateWestern KentuckySam HoustonHawai'iStanfordSouth FloridaBoise StateRutgersOhioAkronWyomingNC StateEast CarolinaUCFJacksonville StateMinnesotaBuffaloCincinnatiNebraskaWisconsinMiami (OH)Michigan StateWestern MichiganCharlotteApp StateWake ForestKennesaw StateBaylorAuburnColoradoGeorgia TechSan José StateCentral MichiganMarylandFlorida AtlanticPurdueBall StateTennesseeSyracuseSouthern MissMississippi StateOhio StateTexasTulaneNorthwesternKentuckyToledoIndianaOld DominionPenn StateNevadaFlorida StateAlabamaMassachusettsTempleGeorgiaMarshallVirginiaCoastal CarolinaTexas A&MUTSAUtah StateUTEPClemsonLSUMichiganNew MexicoUSCMissouri StateOle MissGeorgia StateLouisianaRiceTexas StateEastern MichiganGeorgia SouthernOregon StateCaliforniaArizonaWashingtonColorado StateUCLAUtahSouth CarolinaVirginia TechMiamiNotre DameNorth CarolinaTCULouisvilleJames MadisonNorthern IllinoisPittsburghFlorida InternationalIowaDukeIllinoisLibertyUConnTexas TechKent StateSMUDelawareTroyMissouriBowling GreenOregonOklahoma StateNorth TexasNavyUABMiddle TennesseeWest VirginiaFloridaArkansasArkansas StateMemphisArmySouth AlabamaHoustonVanderbiltLouisiana TechOklahomaArizona StateBoston CollegeUL MonroeNew Mexico StateTulsaBYUWashington StateSan Diego StateAir ForceUNLVgood offense, good defense →Offense EPA/play →better defense →
UNLVoff +0.20 9thdef +0.13 116th

Every FBS team, 2025 final. EPA is garbage-time filtered. Tap a logo for its numbers.

Pick record · our line vs the close
6–7against the closing line
Pick was the favorite4–3
Pick was the dog2–4
Home / away side2–4 / 4–3
Average gap to the close+4.7 pts
Our line beat the close5 of 13

Graded against the closing line, not the open. A push counts as neither.

Schedule strength

opponent rating, points vs average
Avg opponentFBS rank
Played−4.2106th
Full season−4.2106th

Model ledger

2025 · our line against every result
DateOpponentOur lineCloseResultPerformancePick
Fri, Aug 29at Sam HoustonUNLV −7.9−13.5W 38–2168LOSS
Sat, Sep 6UCLAUNLV −7.5+2.5W 30–2367WIN
Sat, Sep 20at Miami (OH)UNLV −10.6−2.5W 41–3846WIN
Sat, Oct 4at WyomingUNLV −8.3−4.5W 31–1751WIN
Sat, Oct 11Air ForceUNLV −13.2−7.0W 51–4853LOSS
Sat, Oct 18at Boise StateUNLV +8.0+12.5L 31–5633LOSS
Sat, Nov 1New MexicoUNLV −6.9−3.5L 35–4047LOSS
Sat, Nov 8at Colorado StateUNLV −6.5−5.5W 42–1088WIN
Sat, Nov 15Utah StateUNLV −8.8−4.5W 29–2649LOSS
Fri, Nov 21Hawai'iUNLV −2.1−2.5W 38–1093LOSS
Sat, Nov 29at NevadaUNLV −9.9−7.5W 42–1775WIN
Fri, Dec 5at Boise StateUNLV +3.7+6.0L 21–3856LOSS
Tue, Dec 23at OhioUNLV +2.1−6.5L 10–1717WIN

How to read this page

EPA/playExpected points added per play.
Success rateShare of plays gaining enough for the down.
Quality driveA drive reaching a first down inside the opponent's 40.
Points per QDFinishing — points scored per quality drive.
QD ratioOur quality drives against theirs. Game control.
RROERush rate over expected for down, distance, score and time.
Game percentileThis performance against every FBS game this season.
Expected winsOur pregame win probabilities summed — computed exactly, no simulations.
Havoc rateTFLs, sacks, passes defensed, forced fumbles per defensive snap.
Second-order winsThe record a team's play-by-play performance deserved.

Records and stats cover FBS-vs-FBS games only — the games the model grades. Every number comes from a leak-checked walk-forward pipeline — no retroactive edits, no deleted picks. Picks grade against the closing line. Rate stats exclude garbage time (win probability outside 5–95%); turnovers are counted whole. Not betting advice.