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THIS WEEK
PITT @ FSU83
MSU @ IOWA78
TA&M @ SC72
WSU @ ORST72
CLEM @ ND71
NEB @ NU70
FLA @ UGA70
STAN @ ORE70
OHIO @ CMU68
MIA @ NCSU68
TULN @ ECU68
TENN @ ARK67
EMU @ KENT65
MD @ PSU65
RUTG @ OSU64
BUF @ NIU63
MICH @ IU63
KU @ OU63
MINN @ ILL62
BYU @ BOIS61
WYO @ CSU60
WKU @ FAU60
ULM @ GAST56
WVU @ TEX56
UNC @ DUKE56
APP @ TXST56
ARST @ UL55
ASU @ USC54
VAN @ MSST54
BC @ SYR53
UCLA @ COLO53
UNM @ HAW53
BALL @ M-OH51
BAY @ ISU51
USF @ MEM50
LIB @ VT49
HOU @ CIN49
TTU @ TCU49
OKST @ KSU47
TROY @ GASO46
FRES @ UNLV46
SJSU @ SDSU45
SMU @ TEM42
USU @ NEV38
MASS @ MRSH37
WMU @ AKR33
BGSU @ TOL30
USA @ CCU28
FIDELITY
MEASURED
DERIVED
≈ ESTIMATED
DOT MARKS
LIBERTY
VIRGINIA TECH
OVERVIEWPRESEASON PROFILE
MATCHUPHEAD TO HEAD
TEAMROOMS & PLAYERS
VINTAGE2020
SAT 12:00 ET|LANE STADIUMNONCONFTENSIONVACATEDTALENT GAP68|O/U67.5COLLISION
75
AP · FPI
TEAM
PTS
2025
TAL
OFF
DEF
RET
PACE
SOS ▾
IMP
ML
SPREAD
AWAY
#17AP
76FPI
LIBCUSALIBERTY
38
9-1
7
57
11
32%
74
9
25.3
—
+17.0
HOME
—AP
32FPI
VTACCVIRGINIA TECH
35
5-6
76
66
53
62%
21
90
42.3
—
-17.0
IMP = IMPLIED TEAM TOTAL FROM SPREAD + O/U · OFF AND DEF ARE SCOUT TEAM GRADES AS FBS PERCENTILES · EVERY MEASURED FIGURE IS 2020CONSENSUS · CONSENSUS
FINALLIB38—VT35
CLOSED VT -17.0TOTAL 67.5LIB COVERED · 73 POINTS · OVER
LIB
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE
VT
38
POINTS
35
458
TOTAL YARDS
418
209 (19-29)
PASSING
217 (20-27)
249 (50)
RUSHING
201 (31)
28
FIRST DOWNS
24
6-13
THIRD DOWN
4-10
3-3
FOURTH DOWN
2-2
37:28
TIME OF POSS.
22:32
8-50
PENALTIES
5-45
2
TURNOVERS
1
0
SACKS
3
2
QB HURRIES
2
LIB
DERIVED · PLAY BY PLAY
VT
0.394
SEASON 0.326
EPA / PLAY
0.532
SEASON 0.319
57.1%
SEASON 50.0%
SUCCESS RATE
56.1%
SEASON 48.7%
18.2%
SEASON 18.9%
EXPLOSIVE RATE
28.1%
SEASON 21.0%
6.21
SEASON 6.70
YARDS / PLAY
7.89
SEASON 7.16
0.532
SEASON 0.179
EPA ALLOWED
0.394
SEASON 0.344
56.1%
SEASON 39.6%
SUCCESS ALLOWED
57.1%
SEASON 48.0%
28.1%
SEASON 17.7%
EXPLOSIVE ALLOWED
18.2%
SEASON 18.2%
6.7%
SEASON 17.4%
STUFF RATE
19.6%
SEASON 17.4%
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 · 2020 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 FACT6 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 10 FIELD n=48
MARKET
TOTAL67.5
SPREADVT -17.0
IMPLIED — LIB25.3
IMPLIED — VT42.3
SCORING ENVIRONMENT
56FBS PCTL
BOTH OFF × BOTH DEF
BY MARKET TOTAL
2 / 48
BY ENVIRONMENT
14 / 48
DISAGREEMENT12 SLOTSThe two rankings disagree by 12 positions on a 48-game board. Both figures are stated; the site does not resolve which is right.
PACE COLLISION
FAST × SLOW
LIB PACE25.4s
74
VT PACE28.1s
21
SHARED PACE26.8s
48
PLAY VOLUME135
48
CEILING CHARACTERIDENTITY · NOT QUALITY
LIB67CEILING
EXPLOSIVE
60
TEMPO
74
EXPLOSIVE60p
60
TEMPO74p
74
VT29CEILING
EXPLOSIVE
37
TEMPO
21
EXPLOSIVE37p
37
TEMPO21p
21
IS THE RECORD REAL2020 · FULL SEASON
LIBRECORD MATCHES
9-1ACTUALvs8.4-1.6FROM SCORING
GAP TO SCORING PROFILE+0.6 W
ONE SCORE RECORD3-1
POINT MARGIN / GAME+19.1
LIBERTY won 9 of 10 against a scoring profile describing 8.4. Both are facts about the same season; the market prices the first.
VTRECORD MATCHES
5-6ACTUALvs5.3-5.7FROM SCORING
GAP TO SCORING PROFILE-0.3 W
ONE SCORE RECORD2-3
POINT MARGIN / GAME-1.0
VIRGINIA TECH won 5 of 11 against a scoring profile describing 5.3. Both are facts about the same season; the market prices the first.
TEAM LEDGERLIBERTYVIRGINIA TECH2020 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%Stephen CalvertQB · SHARE NOT MEASUREDROTATION3 FURTHER DEPARTURES
RB0%Frankie HicksonRB · SHARE NOT MEASURED
WR/TE0%Zac FoutzTE · SHARE NOT MEASUREDROTATION3 FURTHER DEPARTURES
OL0%NOBODY LEFTTHE WHOLE ROOM RETURNS
DL0%Vincent ElefanteDL · SHARE NOT MEASUREDROTATION3 FURTHER DEPARTURES
LB0%Brandon TillmonLB · SHARE NOT MEASUREDROTATION4 FURTHER DEPARTURES
DB0%Rion DavisS · SHARE NOT MEASUREDROTATION7 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
QBNO STARTING ROLE OPENEDINTACT
RBNO STARTING ROLE OPENEDINTACT
WR/TEDa'Qon Stewart · SIGNEE ★3Ahmad Jackson · SIGNEE ★3Karsen Perkins · SIGNEE ★3INTACT
OLNO DEPARTURE TO REFILLINTACT
DLNO STARTING ROLE OPENEDINTACT
LBJerome Jolly · SIGNEE ★3Gaberiel Fuster · SIGNEE ★3INTACT
DBTim Coutras · SIGNEE ★3Quinton Reese · SIGNEE ★3Deon Biggins · SIGNEE ★3INTACT
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———15CARRIED FROM 2019 · NOTHING GRADED YET
RB———4710CARRIED FROM 2019 · NOTHING GRADED YET
WR/TE————25CARRIED FROM 2019 · NOTHING GRADED YET
OL————18CARRIED FROM 2019 · NOTHING GRADED YET
DL————18CARRIED FROM 2019 · NOTHING GRADED YET
LB————11CARRIED FROM 2019 · NOTHING GRADED YET
DB————21CARRIED FROM 2019 · NOTHING GRADED YET
TEAM FACTS — FULLY KNOWN NOWPRESEASON FACT
TALENT COMPOSITE7th7
BLUE-CHIP RATIO2%34
RECRUITING CLASS#95 · 0/24 BC29
CLASS RANK TREND+42 · 3 CYCLES100
COACH STATUSRETURNING · 2nd YR—
DEV TRANSITION MIX29%33
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 FUENTE5TH SEASONNO CAREER RECORD
The programme's own prior season applies, under the same returning staff.
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
LIBHUGH FREEZE2TH SEASON4 SEASONS · 2 PROGRAMMES
The programme's own prior season applies, under the same returning staff.
PASS RATE OVER EXPECTED
4545
PACE
4949
PASS RATE
4040
EXPLOSIVENESS
2828
FOURTH-DOWN AGGRESSION
4545
HAVOC
8585
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 LIVESLIB OFFENSEVT OFFENSERETURNINGDEPARTED
COLLAPSE ALL
▾QBLIBERTY OFFENSE
NATIONAL
—
TAL
—
PERF
—
RET
1
NATIONAL
—
RET
—
FULL DEFENSEVIRGINIA TECH DEFENSE
LIB QUARTERBACKSn=599% VACATED
QUARTERBACKS · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
MALIK WILLISQBRET
—3RD YR——UNR—
JOHNATHAN BENNETTQBRET
—4TH YR——★2—
CHRIS FERGUSONQBTRUE FR
—4TH YR——★2—
WILL BOWERSQBRET
—1ST YR——★2—
SEAN BROWNQBTRUE 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 DEFENSE — GROUP GRADES3 ROOMS · 58 PLAYERSRETURNING SHARE NOT MEASURED
DEFENSIVE ROOMS · GROUP GRADES
GRD
RET
BLU
DEFENSIVE LINEDL
——0%
LINEBACKERSLB
——24%
SECONDARYDB
——13%
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=18RETURNING SHARE NOT MEASURED
FIVE-MAN LINE · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
BRENDAN SCHLITTLEROLRET
—4TH YR——UNR—
DAMIAN BOUNDSOLRET
—4TH YR——UNR—
THOMAS SARGEANTOLRET
—4TH YR——UNR—
BRYCE MATHEWSOLTRUE FR
—4TH YR——★4—
MAISEN KNIGHTOLRET
—4TH YR——★3—
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
VT FRONT-7n=35 · 2 ROOMSRETURNING SHARE NOT MEASURED
PASS RUSH · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
ZION DEBOSEDERET
—4TH YR——★3—
ROBERT WOOTENDLTRUE FR
—3RD YR——★3—
NORELL POLLARDDLRET
—4TH YR——★3—
JAYLEN GRIFFINDLRET
—4TH YR——★3—
ELI ADAMSDLRET
—4TH YR——★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
▾RBLIBERTY OFFENSE
NATIONAL
—
TAL
—
PERF
—
RET
47
DL
—
DL RET
—
LB
—
LB RET
—
FRONT-7VIRGINIA TECH DEFENSE
LIB RUNNING BACKSn=1053% VACATED
BACKFIELD · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
SHEDRO LOUISRBRET
—4TH YR——UNR—
JOSHUA MACKRBRET
—4TH YR——★2—
MALIK CAPERRBRET
—4TH YR——★3—
PEYTTON PICKETTRBRET
—4TH YR——★2—
TROY HENDERSONRBRET
—2ND YR——★3—
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 FRONT-72 ROOMS · 35 PLAYERSRETURNING SHARE NOT MEASURED
ROOMS IN THE COMPOSITE
WT
GRD
RET
BLU
DEFENSIVE LINEDL
0.55——0%
LINEBACKERSLB
0.45——24%
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=25RETURNING SHARE NOT MEASURED
PASS CATCHERS · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
DEMARIO DOUGLASWRRET
—2ND YR——UNR—
TREON SIBLEYWRRET
—4TH YR——★2—
MICHAEL BOLLINGERTERET
—4TH YR——UNR—
JEROME JACKSONTERET
—4TH YR——UNR—
DJ STUBBSWRRET
—4TH YR——★3—
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
VT SECONDARYn=23 · 1 ROOMRETURNING SHARE NOT MEASURED
COVERAGE · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
DEVIN TAYLORDBTRUE FR
—4TH YR——UNR—
NADIR THOMPSONDBRET
—2ND YR——★3—
CHAMARRI CONNERDBRET
—4TH YR——★4—
JERMAINE WALLERDBRET
—3RD YR——★3—
NY'QUEE HAWKINSDBRET
—4TH YR——★4—
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
SP+ OVERALL
6.5
13.7
FPI
-1.2
7.3
ELO
1594
1552
TALENT
159
671
PRODUCTION
71
88
TALENT − PRODUCTION ▾
−69
−14
BLUE CHIP RATIO
0.02
0.23
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
41.4%
36.4%
PACE
25.4s
28.1s
4TH-DOWN GO RATE
30%
17%
RUN RATE — STANDARD DNS
64.3%
67.8%
PASS RATE — PASSING DNS
56.3%
49.1%
PLAYS / GAME
70.9
64.0
GARBAGE TIME SHARE
1.9%
1.9%
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 2020, 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