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SC @ UNC77
LSU @ FSU77
LOU @ GT67
OSU @ IU67
ECU @ MICH65
UNM @ TA&M65
MTSU @ ALA64
CAL @ UNT63
UTSA @ HOU63
BGSU @ LIB62
ORST @ SJSU62
ARST @ OU61
NEB @ MINN60
M-OH @ MIA60
WSU @ CSU60
CLEM @ DUKE60
NCSU @ CONN59
NU @ RUTG59
FLA @ UTAH58
LT @ SMU58
WVU @ PSU58
BOIS @ WASH57
USA @ TULN57
COLO @ TCU56
RICE @ TEX55
CCU @ UCLA55
TXST @ BAY54
KENT @ UCF53
NIU @ BC53
TOL @ ILL53
FRES @ PUR51
ODU @ VT50
STAN @ HAW49
MASS @ AUB49
NEV @ USC49
UVA @ TENN48
BUF @ WIS48
TTU @ WYO48
USU @ IOWA45
BALL @ UK44
ARMY @ ULM43
CMU @ MSU42
USF @ WKU42
AKR @ TEM40
SHSU @ BYU39
FIDELITY
MEASURED
DERIVED
≈ ESTIMATED
DOT MARKS
SMU
BOSTON COLLEGE
OVERVIEWPRESEASON PROFILE
MATCHUPHEAD TO HEAD
TEAMROOMS & PLAYERS
VINTAGE2023
THU 11:00 ET|FENWAY PARKNONCONFTENSIONVACATEDTALENT GAP15|O/U49.0COLLISION
75
AP · FPI
TEAM
PTS
2025
TAL
OFF
DEF
RET
PACE
SOS ▾
IMP
ML
SPREAD
AWAY
#22AP
20FPI
SMUACCSMU
14
11-3
76
58
86
42%
80
17
31.3
-435
-13.5
HOME
—AP
86FPI
BCACCBOSTON COLLEGE
23
7-6
61
82
26
37%
81
48
17.8
+325
+13.5
IMP = IMPLIED TEAM TOTAL FROM SPREAD + O/U · OFF AND DEF ARE SCOUT TEAM GRADES AS FBS PERCENTILES · EVERY MEASURED FIGURE IS 2023CONSENSUS · BOVADA
FINALSMU14—BC23
CLOSED SMU -13.5TOTAL 49.0BC COVERED · 37 POINTS · UNDER
SMU
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE
BC
14
POINTS
23
309
TOTAL YARDS
364
191 (24-48)
PASSING
102 (11-18)
118 (31)
RUSHING
262 (41)
22
FIRST DOWNS
20
9-18
THIRD DOWN
5-11
2-4
FOURTH DOWN
1-1
29:00
TIME OF POSS.
31:00
6-49
PENALTIES
6-40
1
TURNOVERS
1
1
SACKS
1
2
QB HURRIES
7
SMU
DERIVED · PLAY BY PLAY
BC
0.118
SEASON 0.319
EPA / PLAY
0.273
SEASON 0.217
36.7%
SEASON 45.5%
SUCCESS RATE
49.1%
SEASON 41.9%
10.1%
SEASON 17.8%
EXPLOSIVE RATE
22.8%
SEASON 16.0%
3.91
SEASON 6.73
YARDS / PLAY
6.51
SEASON 5.53
0.273
SEASON 0.061
EPA ALLOWED
0.118
SEASON 0.289
49.1%
SEASON 33.5%
SUCCESS ALLOWED
36.7%
SEASON 43.9%
22.8%
SEASON 11.6%
EXPLOSIVE ALLOWED
10.1%
SEASON 17.8%
22.5%
SEASON 19.9%
STUFF RATE
20.0%
SEASON 15.0%
OFFICIAL FIGURES ARE THE BOX SCORE AS SCORED. DERIVED FIGURES COME FROM PLAY BY PLAY WITH GARBAGE TIME REMOVED, SO THEY COUNT A DIFFERENT SET OF PLAYS AND WILL NOT TIE OUT AGAINST THE OFFICIAL COLUMN. A BRIGHTENED SIDE LEADS THAT ROW BY THE DIRECTION IN ITS TOOLTIP; TIME OF POSSESSION IS UNMARKED BECAUSE IT IS A TENDENCY, NOT A VIRTUE. SEASON AVERAGES ARE REGULAR SEASON ONLY. MARKET FIGURES ARE BOOK CONSENSUS, NEVER MODEL OUTPUT.
DATA BASISNOTHING ON THIS TAB IS MEASURED YET · 2023 PRESEASON · NO GAMES PLAYED
MEASURED0 OF 12 GAMES
Real 2026 data. It accumulates weekly and replaces carried figures metric by metric, on the schedules below.
CARRIED14 ROOMS
What each roster did last season, applied player by player. Transfers name the school.
PROGRAM PRIOR2 STAFFS
The programme's own prior identity — or, where the staff is new, the coach's career fingerprint with its sample.
PRESEASON FACT7 PER TEAM
Talent, recruiting, vacated usage, portal and coach status. Preseason inputs.
ABSENT2 CLASSES
Current season luck and situational splits. Shown absent with the reason, never estimated.
FLIPS TO MEASUREDABSENTNOT MEASURED. This asks how many weeks into a season each number becomes trustworthy, which is a within-season question. The back-test measures relationships between one season and the next, so it cannot answer it.
MARKET LINE VS TEAM PROFILEGAME LEVEL · WEEK 1 FIELD n=45
MARKET
TOTAL49.0
SPREADSMU -13.5
IMPLIED — SMU31.3
IMPLIED — BC17.8
PACE COLLISION
FAST × FAST
SMU PACE26.1s
80
BC PACE26.0s
81
SHARED PACE26.0s
81
PLAY VOLUME138
81
CEILING CHARACTERIDENTITY · NOT QUALITY
SMU74CEILING
EXPLOSIVE
82
PROE
59
TEMPO
80
EXPLOSIVE82p
82
PROE59p
59
TEMPO80p
80
BC48CEILING
EXPLOSIVE
55
PROE
7
TEMPO
81
EXPLOSIVE55p
55
PROE7p
7
TEMPO81p
81
IS THE RECORD REAL2023 · FULL SEASON
SMURECORD MATCHES
11-2ACTUALvs11.5-1.5FROM SCORING
GAP TO SCORING PROFILE-0.5 W
ONE SCORE RECORD2-0
POINT MARGIN / GAME+23.2
SMU won 11 of 13 against a scoring profile describing 11.5. Both are facts about the same season; the market prices the first.
BCRECORD OVERSTATES
6-6ACTUALvs4.8-7.2FROM SCORING
GAP TO SCORING PROFILE+1.2 W
ONE SCORE RECORD5-3
POINT MARGIN / GAME-4.5
BOSTON COLLEGE won 6 of 12 against a scoring profile describing 4.8. Both are facts about the same season; the market prices the first.
TEAM LEDGERSMUBOSTON COLLEGE2023 PRESEASON · NO GAMES PLAYED
VACATED USAGE — AND DID THE ROSTER REFILL ITOPEN VOLUME IS A FACT, NOT AN ASSIGNMENT
VACATED USAGE BY ROOMLEFT OPEN, LARGEST FIRST
LB94%Jimmy Phillips Jr.LB · 34% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONIsaac Slade-MatautiaLB · 30% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONShanon ReidLB · 21% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONROTATION4 FURTHER DEPARTURES
QB86%Tanner MordecaiPORTAL · WISCONSIN · 86% OF ROOM PARTICIPATION
WR/TE51%Rashee RiceWR · 19% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONBen ReddingTE · 11% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONAustin UpshawWR · 9% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONROTATION5 FURTHER DEPARTURES
DB45%Nick RobertsS · 18% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONAr'mani JohnsonCB · 11% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONSam WestfallPORTAL · VIRGINIA · 10% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONROTATION4 FURTHER DEPARTURES
OL44%Owen CondonOL · 16% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONJoe BissingerOL · 14% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONJaylon ThomasOL · 14% OF ROOM PARTICIPATION
RB32%Tre SiggersPORTAL · INCARNATE WORD · 18% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONTJ McDanielPORTAL · NORTHERN ARIZONA · 13% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONROTATION1 FURTHER DEPARTURE
DL29%Gary WileyDE · 10% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONTerrance NewmanDT · 8% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONJunior AhoDT · 8% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONROTATION2 FURTHER DEPARTURES
SHARE OF LAST SEASON'S ROOM PARTICIPATION THAT DEPARTED, LARGEST FIRST · OPEN VOLUME IS A FACT, NOT AN ASSIGNMENT
PORTAL & CLASS INTAKE — WHO CAME INHEADCOUNT, NOT A PROJECTION
LBAhmad Walker · PORTAL ★3 · LIBERTYKobe Wilson · PORTAL ★3 · TEMPLEAlex Kilgore · SIGNEE ★3PARTIAL
QBNONE THIS CYCLEOPEN
WR/TEJordan Hudson · PORTAL ★4 · TCUKey'Shawn Smith · PORTAL ★3 · MIAMIMicah Hilts · PORTAL ★3 · TEXAS STATE4 MORE ARRIVALSREFILLED
DBCharles Woods · PORTAL ★3 · WEST VIRGINIACale Sanders · PORTAL ★3 · FRESNO STATEJonathan McGill · PORTAL ★3 · STANFORD1 MORE ARRIVALREFILLED
OLHyrin White · PORTAL ★3 · MISSOURIPJ Williams · PORTAL ★3 · TEXAS A&MJakai Clark · PORTAL ★3 · MIAMI2 MORE ARRIVALSREFILLED
RBLJ Johnson · PORTAL ★4 · TEXAS A&MJaylan Knighton · PORTAL ★3 · MIAMIREFILLED
DLJordan Miller · PORTAL ★3 · MIAMICam Robertson · PORTAL ★3 · NORTH TEXASElijah Roberts · PORTAL ★3 · MIAMI1 MORE ARRIVALREFILLED
PORTAL AND SIGNING-CLASS ARRIVALS AT EACH ROOM THAT LOST VOLUME · A HEADCOUNT, NEVER A USAGE PROJECTION
CARRIED GRADES & TEAM FACTS — THIS ROSTER, TODAYCARRIED FROM 2025, RE-HOMED PLAYER BY PLAYER · SMU
CARRIED COMPOSITE
51.142 PCTL
CARRIED OFFENSE
51.446 PCTL
CARRIED DEFENSE
50.942 PCTL
ROOM
GRADE
FBS PCTL
OPP-ADJ
TAL
RET
N
OBS
QB5959589784 OF 8 GRADED
RB4747483866 OF 6 GRADED
WR/TE616176633122 OF 31 GRADED
OL646478612318 OF 23 GRADED
DL767656532118 OF 21 GRADED
LB646479976 OF 7 GRADED
DB636366422220 OF 22 GRADED
TEAM FACTS — FULLY KNOWN NOWPRESEASON FACT
TALENT COMPOSITE76th76
BLUE-CHIP RATIO20%72
RECRUITING CLASS#72 · 0/17 BC47
CLASS RANK TREND-19 · 3 CYCLES12
PORTAL NET BLUE-CHIP+1 · 26 IN / 23 OUT—
COACH STATUSRETURNING · 2nd YR—
DEV TRANSITION MIX33%31
EVERY ROW HERE IS KNOWABLE TODAY — NONE OF IT WAITS ON A GAME
COACH PRIOR — WHO APPLIES, AND WHAT A CHANGE MOVESBASIS · PROGRAM PRIOR
BCJEFF HAFLEY4TH SEASON2 SEASONS · 1 PROGRAMME
The programme's own prior season applies, under the same returning staff.
PASS RATE OVER EXPECTED
5656
PACE
6868
PASS RATE
7070
EXPLOSIVENESS
8080
FOURTH-DOWN AGGRESSION
5959
HAVOC
4545
HOW MUCH IDENTITY MOVES WITH A RETURNING STAFF
|Δ PACE|1.37sn=929
|Δ EXPLOSIVENESS|6.72%n=931
|Δ HAVOC|2.10%n=929
|Δ PASS RATE|4.28%n=929
|Δ PASS RATE OVER EXPECTED|4.07%n=311
MEDIAN ABSOLUTE SEASON-TO-SEASON SHIFT · 2016-2026 · MAGNITUDE, NOT DIRECTION — A NEW STAFF MOVES PASS RATE AND PACE BARELY MORE THAN A RETURNING ONE
SMURHETT LASHLEE2TH SEASON4 SEASONS · 1 PROGRAMME
The programme's own prior season applies, under the same returning staff.
PASS RATE OVER EXPECTED
7575
PACE
8383
PASS RATE
6161
EXPLOSIVENESS
9191
FOURTH-DOWN AGGRESSION
4848
HAVOC
8484
HOW MUCH IDENTITY MOVES WITH A RETURNING STAFF
|Δ PACE|1.37sn=929
|Δ EXPLOSIVENESS|6.72%n=931
|Δ HAVOC|2.10%n=929
|Δ PASS RATE|4.28%n=929
|Δ PASS RATE OVER EXPECTED|4.07%n=311
MEDIAN ABSOLUTE SEASON-TO-SEASON SHIFT · 2016-2026 · MAGNITUDE, NOT DIRECTION — A NEW STAFF MOVES PASS RATE AND PACE BARELY MORE THAN A RETURNING ONE
POSITION GROUPS — WHERE THE VOLUME LIVESSMU OFFENSEBC OFFENSERETURNINGDEPARTED
COLLAPSE ALL
▾QBSMU OFFENSE
NATIONAL
53OF 133
TAL
58
PERF
59
RET
97
NATIONAL
108OF 133
RET
76
FULL DEFENSEBOSTON COLLEGE DEFENSE
SMU QUARTERBACKSn=83% VACATED
QUARTERBACKS · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
PRESTON STONEQBRET
754TH YR7664★3+35
KEVIN JENNINGSQBRET
574TH YR5140★3+3
KELDRIC LUSTERQBTRUE FR
473RD YR1147★3—
ALEX PADILLAQBPORTAL · IOWA
424TH YR3645★3-50
OWEN EASLEYQBRET
304TH YR——UNR—
SHOW ALL 8
PARTICIPATION SHARE IS OF THIS ROOM · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
BC DEFENSE — GROUP GRADES3 ROOMS · 52 PLAYERS31% VACATED
DEFENSIVE ROOMS · GROUP GRADES
GRD
RET
BLU
DEFENSIVE LINEDL
4380%11%
LINEBACKERSLB
3490%14%
SECONDARYDB
5257%0%
THE QUARTERBACK PLAYS THE WHOLE SIDE — SHOWN AS ITS THREE ROOM GRADES, NOT MAN FOR MAN · PER PLAYER DETAIL LIVES IN THE OTHER DRAWERS
▾OLSMU OFFENSE
NATIONAL
25OF 133
TAL
78
PERF
64
RET
61
DL
93OF 133
DL RET
80
LB
119OF 133
LB RET
90
FRONT-7BOSTON COLLEGE DEFENSE
SMU OFFENSIVE LINEn=2339% VACATED
FIVE-MAN LINE BY GRADE
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
LOGAN PARROLPORTAL · TEXAS
784TH YR6578★3+45
BRANSON HICKMANOLRET
714TH YR9989★3+29
BEN SPARKSOLRET
644TH YR6445★3+7
JUSTIN OSBORNEOLRET
564TH YR8581★3+13
MARCUS BRYANTOLRET
554TH YR9485★3+7
SHOW TOP 10
PARTICIPATION SHARE IS OF THIS ROOM · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
BC FRONT-7n=33 · 2 ROOMS16% VACATED
PASS RUSH · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
DONOVAN EZEIRUAKUDERET
834TH YR9050★3+41
CAM HORSLEYDTRET
644TH YR8740★3-17
BRYCE STEELELBRET
544TH YR6145★3+16
VINNY DEPALMALBRET
534TH YR9548★3+4
KHRIS BANKSDLRET
514TH YR6650★3-15
SHOW TOP 10
THE DEFENDERS THIS ROOM FACES, BY GRADE · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · PASS RUSH AND COVERAGE DETAIL LIVES ON THE MATCHUP TAB
▾RBSMU OFFENSE
NATIONAL
84OF 133
TAL
48
PERF
47
RET
38
DL
93OF 133
DL RET
80
LB
119OF 133
LB RET
90
FRONT-7BOSTON COLLEGE DEFENSE
SMU RUNNING BACKSn=662% VACATED
BACKFIELD · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
TYLER LAVINERBRET
634TH YR827★2+30
CAMAR WHEATONRBRET
533RD YR7590★4+1
LJ JOHNSON JR.RBTRUE FR
514TH YR6745★3+16
VELTON GARDNERRBRET
494TH YR6368★3-25
ZANE MINORSRBRET
494TH YR33—UNR-34
SHOW ALL 6
PARTICIPATION SHARE IS OF THIS ROOM · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
BC FRONT-72 ROOMS · 33 PLAYERS16% VACATED
ROOMS IN THE COMPOSITE
WT
GRD
RET
BLU
DEFENSIVE LINEDL
0.554380%11%
LINEBACKERSLB
0.453490%14%
EACH ROOM ON ITS OWN GRADE, NOT LISTED MAN FOR MAN · THE WEIGHTS DEFINE WHO PLAYS WHOM
▾WR/TESMU OFFENSE
NATIONAL
40OF 133
TAL
76
PERF
61
RET
63
DB
64OF 133
DB RET
57
SECONDARYBOSTON COLLEGE DEFENSE
SMU PASS CATCHERSn=3137% VACATED
PASS CATCHERS · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
JORDAN KERLEYWRRET
584TH YR8556★3+25
JAKE BAILEYWRRET
574TH YR8154★3+22
JORDAN HUDSONWRPORTAL · TCU
524TH YR7798★4+13
ADAM MOORETETRUE FR
522ND YR3666★3—
MOOCHIE DIXONWRRET
524TH YR8185★4+27
SHOW TOP 10
PARTICIPATION SHARE IS OF THIS ROOM · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
BC SECONDARYn=19 · 1 ROOM43% VACATED
COVERAGE · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
JOHN PUPELDBRET
734TH YR72—UNR+2
KP PRICEDBTRUE FR
594TH YR4256★3—
JALON WILLIAMSDBRET
524TH YR3768★3—
ELIJAH JONESDBRET
514TH YR9264★3-28
CJ CLINKSCALES JR.DBRET
494TH YR4352★3—
SHOW TOP 10
THE DEFENDERS THIS ROOM FACES, BY GRADE · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · PASS RUSH AND COVERAGE DETAIL LIVES ON THE MATCHUP TAB
RETURNINGPORTAL — PRIOR SCHOOL AND PORTAL STARS NAMEDLAST YR ≈ — RATES FROM HIS LAST MEASURED SEASON, NOT THE PROJECTED ROLEDEPARTEDVS COH = PRODUCTION vs OWN RECRUITING COHORT MEDIAN · CURVE = AHEAD / ON / BEHIND AT ±8 · PT% IS HIS SHARE OF HIS OWN ROOM · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
TEAM QUALITYHOUSE GRADE + REFERENCES
METRIC
SMU
FBS PCTL 0 ── 100
BC
SCOUT TEAM GRADE
62.9
54.5
— OFFENSE
58.2
66.0
— DEFENSE
67.6
43.1
SP+ OVERALL
10.1
-5.9
FPI
13.8
-5.1
ELO
1785
1345
TALENT
714
650
PRODUCTION
83
38
TALENT − PRODUCTION ▾
−8
+21
BLUE CHIP RATIO
0.20
0.11
SCOUT TEAM GRADE DECOMPOSES INTO OFFENSE AND DEFENSE, EACH BUILT FROM THE POSITION ROOM GRADES ABOVE · ROOM WEIGHTS ARE MEASURED AGAINST UNIT EPA, NOT ASSUMED · SPECIAL TEAMS ARE NOT IN IT YET
FIVE FACTORSNATIONAL PERCENTILES
METRIC
SMU
FBS PCTL 0 ── 100
BC
OFF EFFICIENCY
67
51
DEF EFFICIENCY
95
41
OFF EXPLOSIVENESS
82
56
DEF EXPLOSIVENESS
42
16
FINISHING DRIVES
83
65
FIELD POSITION
27
73
TURNOVER MARGIN
77
38
THE FIVE FACTORS ARE CORRELATED, NOT FIVE INDEPENDENT DIALS · TURNOVER MARGIN IS THE LEAST STABLE OF THEM YEAR OVER YEAR
TEAM IDENTITYTENDENCIES THAT SET VOLUME
METRIC
SMU
FBS PCTL 0 ── 100
BC
PASS RATE
45.9%
42.2%
PROE
+1.3
−9.4
PACE
26.1s
26.0s
4TH-DOWN GO RATE
28%
38%
RUN RATE — STANDARD DNS
63.0%
64.5%
PASS RATE — PASSING DNS
67.8%
58.2%
PLAYS / GAME
69.1
69.2
GARBAGE TIME SHARE
0.6%
0.0%
EVERY ROW HERE IS COUNTED FROM PLAY BY PLAY · NONE OF IT IS A QUALITY RATING — FURTHER RIGHT IS MORE OF THE THING, NOT BETTER · SCHEME DETAIL LIVES ON THE MATCHUP TAB
EVERY PERCENTILE READS HIGH-IS-GOOD · CELL SHADE = FBS PERCENTILE OF THE VALUE · DOTS PLOT BOTH TEAMS ON ONE 0–100 TRACK (GOLD = SMU, ORANGE = BC) · MEASURED FIGURES ARE 2023, GARBAGE-TIME FILTERED
≈ MARKS AN ESTIMATED VALUE · A CARRIED FIGURE IS WHAT A PLAYER DID LAST SEASON · PORTAL MARKS PARTICIPATION EARNED AT THE NAMED SCHOOL
VACATED VOLUME IS STATED AS OPEN AND NEVER ASSIGNED TO A SUCCESSOR · SPREAD, TOTAL, ML AND IMPLIED TOTALS ARE CONSENSUS MARKET FIGURES · NO PROJECTIONS ON THIS PAGE