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UCLA @ TA&M75
SC @ VAN73
MISS @ FSU69
LSU @ WIS68
SJSU @ TLSA68
CLEM @ AUB68
ND @ TEX68
CLT @ LOU66
ORST @ MINN66
RICE @ WKU64
HAW @ MICH64
LT @ ARK64
WMU @ NU63
RUTG @ WASH63
UGA @ UNC63
OU @ HOU62
BGSU @ OSU62
USC @ ALA62
TULN @ WAKE59
IU @ FIU59
NIU @ WYO59
GT @ BC57
MIZ @ WVU56
KENT @ PSU56
TOL @ ARST55
BYU @ ARIZ55
M-OH @ IOWA54
USM @ UK54
CSU @ COLO53
SMU @ UNT53
BALL @ GAST52
MASS @ FLA51
BOIS @ UL50
APP @ TENN46
ARMY @ TEM45
USA @ MSST44
TXST @ OHIO43
NMSU @ UTEP43
KSU @ STAN36
FRES @ NEB34
FIDELITY
MEASURED
DERIVED
≈ ESTIMATED
DOT MARKS
LIBERTY
VIRGINIA TECH
OVERVIEWPRESEASON PROFILE
MATCHUPHEAD TO HEAD
TEAMROOMS & PLAYERS
VINTAGE2016
SAT 12:30 ET|LANE STADIUMNONCONFTENSIONVACATEDTALENT GAP73|O/UCOLLISION
75
AP · FPI
TEAM
PTS
2025
TAL
OFF
DEF
RET
PACE
SOS ▾
IMP
ML
SPREAD
AWAY
—AP
—FPI
LIBCUSALIBERTY
13
6-5
1
0
0
0%
45
—
0.0
—
+35.0
HOME
#16AP
23FPI
VTACCVIRGINIA TECH
36
9-4
74
72
89
75%
83
81
0.0
—
-35.0
IMP = IMPLIED TEAM TOTAL FROM SPREAD + O/U · OFF AND DEF ARE SCOUT TEAM GRADES AS FBS PERCENTILES · EVERY MEASURED FIGURE IS 2016CONSENSUS · CONSENSUS
FINALLIB13—VT36
CLOSED VT -35.0TOTAL —LIB COVERED
LIB
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE
VT
13
POINTS
36
160
TOTAL YARDS
458
70 (9-27)
PASSING
252 (25-41)
90 (35)
RUSHING
206 (48)
11
FIRST DOWNS
24
2-15
THIRD DOWN
10-20
1-2
FOURTH DOWN
1-1
26:18
TIME OF POSS.
33:42
13-75
PENALTIES
4-33
4
TURNOVERS
4
1
SACKS
1
10
QB HURRIES
5
LIB
DERIVED · PLAY BY PLAY
VT
—
SEASON 0.002
EPA / PLAY
—
SEASON 0.249
—
SEASON 35.3%
SUCCESS RATE
—
SEASON 46.5%
—
SEASON 5.9%
EXPLOSIVE RATE
—
SEASON 16.7%
—
SEASON 4.12
YARDS / PLAY
—
SEASON 6.14
—
SEASON 0.189
EPA ALLOWED
—
SEASON 0.160
—
SEASON 41.6%
SUCCESS ALLOWED
—
SEASON 39.1%
—
SEASON 15.6%
EXPLOSIVE ALLOWED
—
SEASON 13.7%
—
SEASON 17.8%
STUFF RATE
—
SEASON 23.4%
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 · 2016 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 FACT3 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=40
MARKET
TOTAL—
SPREADVT -35.0
IMPLIED — LIB—
IMPLIED — VT—
PACE COLLISION
MIDDLING × FAST
LIB PACE26.5s
45
VT PACE24.2s
83
SHARED PACE25.3s
64
PLAY VOLUME143
64
CEILING CHARACTERIDENTITY · NOT QUALITY
LIB45CEILING
TEMPO
45
TEMPO45p
45
VT44CEILING
EXPLOSIVE
5
TEMPO
83
EXPLOSIVE5p
5
TEMPO83p
83
IS THE RECORD REAL2016 · FULL SEASON
VTRECORD MATCHES
9-4ACTUALvs9.6-3.4FROM SCORING
GAP TO SCORING PROFILE-0.6 W
ONE SCORE RECORD3-1
POINT MARGIN / GAME+12.3
VIRGINIA TECH won 9 of 13 against a scoring profile describing 9.6. Both are facts about the same season; the market prices the first.
TEAM LEDGERLIBERTYVIRGINIA TECH2016 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
QB0%NOBODY LEFTTHE WHOLE ROOM RETURNS
RB0%NOBODY LEFTTHE WHOLE ROOM RETURNS
WR/TE0%NOBODY LEFTTHE WHOLE ROOM RETURNS
OL0%NOBODY LEFTTHE WHOLE ROOM RETURNS
DL0%NOBODY LEFTTHE WHOLE ROOM RETURNS
LB0%NOBODY LEFTTHE WHOLE ROOM RETURNS
DB0%NOBODY LEFTTHE WHOLE ROOM RETURNS
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
QBNO DEPARTURE TO REFILLINTACT
RBNO DEPARTURE TO REFILLINTACT
WR/TENO DEPARTURE TO REFILLINTACT
OLNO DEPARTURE TO REFILLINTACT
DLNO DEPARTURE TO REFILLINTACT
LBNO DEPARTURE TO REFILLINTACT
DBNO DEPARTURE TO REFILLINTACT
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 · LIBERTY
CARRIED COMPOSITE
0.00 PCTL
CARRIED OFFENSE
0.00 PCTL
CARRIED DEFENSE
0.00 PCTL
ROOM
GRADE
FBS PCTL
OPP-ADJ
TAL
RET
N
OBS
QB————4CARRIED FROM 2015 · NOTHING GRADED YET
RB————5CARRIED FROM 2015 · NOTHING GRADED YET
WR/TE————10CARRIED FROM 2015 · NOTHING GRADED YET
OL————4CARRIED FROM 2015 · NOTHING GRADED YET
DL————9CARRIED FROM 2015 · NOTHING GRADED YET
LB————9CARRIED FROM 2015 · NOTHING GRADED YET
DB————9CARRIED FROM 2015 · NOTHING GRADED YET
TEAM FACTS — FULLY KNOWN NOWPRESEASON FACT
TALENT COMPOSITE1st1
BLUE-CHIP RATIO0%26
RECRUITING CLASS#180 · 0/16 BC0
EVERY ROW HERE IS KNOWABLE TODAY — NONE OF IT WAITS ON A GAME
COACH PRIOR — WHO APPLIES, AND WHAT A CHANGE MOVESBASIS · PROGRAM PRIOR
VTJUSTIN FUENTEFIRST SEASONNO CAREER RECORD
A new staff, so the coach's own career fingerprint stands in for the programme's prior season.
HOW MUCH IDENTITY MOVES WITH A NEW STAFF
|Δ EXPLOSIVENESS|8.61%n=240
|Δ HAVOC|2.50%n=240
|Δ PASS RATE|5.18%n=240
|Δ PASS RATE OVER EXPECTED|5.24%n=87
|Δ PACE|1.63sn=240
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
LIB—FIRST SEASONNO CAREER RECORD
A new staff, so the coach's own career fingerprint stands in for the programme's prior season.
HOW MUCH IDENTITY MOVES WITH A NEW STAFF
|Δ EXPLOSIVENESS|8.61%n=240
|Δ HAVOC|2.50%n=240
|Δ PASS RATE|5.18%n=240
|Δ PASS RATE OVER EXPECTED|5.24%n=87
|Δ PACE|1.63sn=240
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 LIVESLIB OFFENSEVT OFFENSERETURNINGDEPARTED
COLLAPSE ALL
▾QBLIBERTY OFFENSE
NATIONAL
—
TAL
—
PERF
—
RET
—
NATIONAL
—
RET
—
FULL DEFENSEVIRGINIA TECH DEFENSE
LIB QUARTERBACKSn=4RETURNING SHARE NOT MEASURED
QUARTERBACKS · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
STEPHON MASHAQBTRUE FR
————UNR—
STEPHEN CALVERTQBTRUE FR
—4TH YR——★3—
SPENCER JONESQBTRUE FR
—4TH YR——UNR—
MASON CUNNINGHAMQBTRUE FR
—3RD YR——UNR—
PARTICIPATION SHARE IS OF THIS ROOM · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
VT DEFENSE — GROUP GRADES3 ROOMS · 47 PLAYERSRETURNING SHARE NOT MEASURED
DEFENSIVE ROOMS · GROUP GRADES
GRD
RET
BLU
DEFENSIVE LINEDL
——0%
LINEBACKERSLB
——0%
SECONDARYDB
——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
▾OLLIBERTY OFFENSE
NATIONAL
—
TAL
—
PERF
—
RET
—
DL
—
DL RET
—
LB
—
LB RET
—
FRONT-7VIRGINIA TECH DEFENSE
LIB OFFENSIVE LINEn=4RETURNING SHARE NOT MEASURED
FIVE-MAN LINE BY GRADE
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
JAMES PASSMOREOLTRUE FR
—4TH YR——UNR—
DONTAE DUFFOLTRUE FR
—4TH YR——UNR—
SAM ISAACSONOLTRUE FR
—4TH YR——UNR—
ETHAN CRAWFORDOLTRUE FR
—4TH YR——UNR—
PARTICIPATION SHARE IS OF THIS ROOM · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
VT FRONT-7n=29 · 2 ROOMSRETURNING SHARE NOT MEASURED
PASS RUSH · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
NIGEL WILLIAMSDTTRUE FR
————UNR—
WOODY BARONDTTRUE FR
————UNR—
SETH DOOLEYDETRUE FR
————UNR—
KEN EKANEMDETRUE FR
————UNR—
STEVE SOBCZAKDTTRUE FR
————UNR—
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
▾RBLIBERTY OFFENSE
NATIONAL
—
TAL
—
PERF
—
RET
—
DL
—
DL RET
—
LB
—
LB RET
—
FRONT-7VIRGINIA TECH DEFENSE
LIB RUNNING BACKSn=5RETURNING SHARE NOT MEASURED
BACKFIELD · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
TODD MACONRBTRUE FR
————UNR—
FRANKIE HICKSONRBTRUE FR
—4TH YR——UNR—
CARRINGTON MOSLEYRBTRUE FR
————UNR—
THOMAS KENNEDYFBTRUE FR
————UNR—
KENTORY MATTHEWSRBTRUE FR
—4TH YR——UNR—
PARTICIPATION SHARE IS OF THIS ROOM · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
VT FRONT-72 ROOMS · 29 PLAYERSRETURNING SHARE NOT MEASURED
ROOMS IN THE COMPOSITE
WT
GRD
RET
BLU
DEFENSIVE LINEDL
0.55——0%
LINEBACKERSLB
0.45——0%
EACH ROOM ON ITS OWN GRADE, NOT LISTED MAN FOR MAN · THE WEIGHTS DEFINE WHO PLAYS WHOM
▾WR/TELIBERTY OFFENSE
NATIONAL
—
TAL
—
PERF
—
RET
—
DB
—
DB RET
—
SECONDARYVIRGINIA TECH DEFENSE
LIB PASS CATCHERSn=10RETURNING SHARE NOT MEASURED
PASS CATCHERS · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
DANTE SHELLSWRTRUE FR
————UNR—
CANON SMITHWRTRUE FR
————UNR—
KENDALL COUAMINWRTRUE FR
————UNR—
ZAC PARKERWRTRUE FR
————UNR—
DAMIAN KINGWRTRUE FR
—4TH YR——UNR—
SHOW ALL 10
PARTICIPATION SHARE IS OF THIS ROOM · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
VT SECONDARYn=18 · 1 ROOMRETURNING SHARE NOT MEASURED
COVERAGE · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
CHUCK CLARKDBTRUE FR
————UNR—
BRANDON FACYSONCBTRUE FR
————UNR—
DEON NEWSOMESTRUE FR
————UNR—
TERRELL EDMUNDSSTRUE FR
————UNR—
GREG STROMANCBTRUE FR
————UNR—
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
LIB
FBS PCTL 0 ── 100
VT
ELO
1352
1864
TALENT
21
647
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
TEAM IDENTITYTENDENCIES THAT SET VOLUME
METRIC
LIB
FBS PCTL 0 ── 100
VT
PASS RATE
51.5%
43.9%
PACE
26.5s
24.2s
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 = LIB, ORANGE = VT) · MEASURED FIGURES ARE 2016, 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