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THIS WEEK
WAKE @ UVA81
ND @ WIS80
CLEM @ NCSU76
TA&M @ ARK75
TTU @ TEX74
SMU @ TCU73
NEB @ MSU72
LSU @ MSST71
KSU @ OKST71
TOL @ BALL70
UCLA @ STAN68
UGA @ VAN66
UTSA @ MEM66
RUTG @ MICH66
UK @ SC65
UAB @ TULN65
ILL @ PUR64
USM @ ALA64
ORST @ USC64
ISU @ BAY62
AKR @ OSU61
UNM @ UTEP61
CAL @ WASH61
LOU @ FSU60
MRSH @ APP59
GAST @ AUB59
UNC @ GT59
COLO @ ASU59
SJSU @ WMU58
ARST @ TLSA58
KENT @ MD57
NAVY @ HOU57
USF @ BYU57
LIB @ SYR56
MIZ @ BC56
TENN @ FLA56
BGSU @ MINN55
WSU @ UTAH55
M-OH @ ARMY54
MASS @ CCU52
CSU @ IOWA52
UNLV @ FRES51
UL @ GASO49
WVU @ OU48
FAU @ AF47
BUF @ ODU46
IU @ WKU46
MTSU @ CLT42
ARIZ @ ORE42
FIU @ CMU39
TXST @ EMU38
UNT @ LT37
BOIS @ USU36
OHIO @ NU36
TROY @ ULM34
WYO @ CONN32
KU @ DUKE28
HAW @ NMSU22
FIDELITY
MEASURED
DERIVED
≈ ESTIMATED
DOT MARKS
LIBERTY
SYRACUSE
OVERVIEWPRESEASON PROFILE
MATCHUPHEAD TO HEAD
TEAMROOMS & PLAYERS
VINTAGE2021
FRI 20:00 ET|JMA WIRELESS DOMENONCONFTENSIONVACATEDTALENT GAP43|O/U54.0COLLISION
75
AP · FPI
TEAM
PTS
2025
TAL
OFF
DEF
RET
PACE
SOS ▾
IMP
ML
SPREAD
AWAY
—AP
56FPI
LIBCUSALIBERTY
21
7-5
7
67
71
90%
57
32
30.3
—
-6.5
HOME
—AP
77FPI
SYRACCSYRACUSE
24
5-7
50
73
74
85%
20
88
23.8
—
+6.5
IMP = IMPLIED TEAM TOTAL FROM SPREAD + O/U · OFF AND DEF ARE SCOUT TEAM GRADES AS FBS PERCENTILES · EVERY MEASURED FIGURE IS 2021CONSENSUS · CONSENSUS
FINALLIB21—SYR24
CLOSED LIB -6.5TOTAL 54.0SYR COVERED · 45 POINTS · UNDER
LIB
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE
SYR
21
POINTS
24
369
TOTAL YARDS
305
219 (16-21)
PASSING
77 (6-15)
150 (41)
RUSHING
228 (53)
20
FIRST DOWNS
22
5-12
THIRD DOWN
4-13
0-1
FOURTH DOWN
0-0
28:39
TIME OF POSS.
31:21
7-69
PENALTIES
5-37
1
TURNOVERS
0
1
SACKS
6
2
QB HURRIES
0
LIB
DERIVED · PLAY BY PLAY
SYR
0.199
SEASON 0.304
EPA / PLAY
0.147
SEASON 0.256
44.3%
SEASON 45.7%
SUCCESS RATE
42.4%
SEASON 42.9%
16.4%
SEASON 18.3%
EXPLOSIVE RATE
16.7%
SEASON 17.6%
6.46
SEASON 6.57
YARDS / PLAY
4.68
SEASON 6.14
0.147
SEASON 0.142
EPA ALLOWED
0.199
SEASON 0.162
42.4%
SEASON 40.2%
SUCCESS ALLOWED
44.3%
SEASON 41.9%
16.7%
SEASON 14.2%
EXPLOSIVE ALLOWED
16.4%
SEASON 12.6%
22.0%
SEASON 11.5%
STUFF RATE
11.4%
SEASON 14.8%
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 · 2021 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 4 FIELD n=58
MARKET
TOTAL54.0
SPREADLIB -6.5
IMPLIED — LIB30.3
IMPLIED — SYR23.8
SCORING ENVIRONMENT
43FBS PCTL
BOTH OFF × BOTH DEF
BY MARKET TOTAL
36 / 58
BY ENVIRONMENT
45 / 58
DISAGREEMENT9 SLOTSThe two rankings disagree by 9 positions on a 58-game board. Both figures are stated; the site does not resolve which is right.
PACE COLLISION
MIDDLING × SLOW
LIB PACE26.6s
57
SYR PACE28.6s
20
SHARED PACE27.6s
38
PLAY VOLUME131
38
CEILING CHARACTERIDENTITY · NOT QUALITY
LIB73CEILING
EXPLOSIVE
90
TEMPO
57
EXPLOSIVE90p
90
TEMPO57p
57
SYR36CEILING
EXPLOSIVE
51
TEMPO
20
EXPLOSIVE51p
51
TEMPO20p
20
IS THE RECORD REAL2021 · FULL SEASON
LIBRECORD UNDERSTATES
7-5ACTUALvs8.5-3.5FROM SCORING
GAP TO SCORING PROFILE-1.5 W
ONE SCORE RECORD1-2
POINT MARGIN / GAME+10.1
LIBERTY won 7 of 12 against a scoring profile describing 8.5. Both are facts about the same season; the market prices the first.
SYRRECORD MATCHES
5-7ACTUALvs5.6-6.4FROM SCORING
GAP TO SCORING PROFILE-0.6 W
ONE SCORE RECORD2-3
POINT MARGIN / GAME-1.4
SYRACUSE won 5 of 12 against a scoring profile describing 5.6. Both are facts about the same season; the market prices the first.
TEAM LEDGERLIBERTYSYRACUSE2021 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%Chris FergusonPORTAL · TOWSON · SHARE NOT MEASURED
RB0%Peytton PickettPORTAL · JACKSON STATE · SHARE NOT MEASURED
WR/TE0%CJ YarbroughWR · SHARE NOT MEASUREDROTATION1 FURTHER DEPARTURE
OL0%NOBODY LEFTTHE WHOLE ROOM RETURNS
DL0%Austin LewisDL · SHARE NOT MEASUREDROTATION1 FURTHER DEPARTURE
LB0%Anthony ButlerLB · SHARE NOT MEASUREDROTATION1 FURTHER DEPARTURE
DB0%Tim Kidd-GlassS · SHARE NOT MEASUREDROTATION2 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
QBKaidon Salter · PORTAL ★3 · TENNESSEENate Hampton · SIGNEE ★3INTACT
RBT.J. Green · PORTAL ★3 · UTAHINTACT
WR/TEKylen Austin · SIGNEE ★3INTACT
OLNO DEPARTURE TO REFILLINTACT
DLKhristian Zachary · SIGNEE ★3Marquise Brunson · SIGNEE ★3Chris Boti · SIGNEE ★3INTACT
LBRashaad Harding · PORTAL ★3 · UL MONROEKaci Seegars · SIGNEE ★3Ahmad Walker · SIGNEE ★3INTACT
DBSkyler Thomas · PORTAL ★3 · WASHINGTON STATECedric Stone · PORTAL ★2 · GEORGIA STATEDuron Lowe · PORTAL ★2 · UTEPINTACT
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———886CARRIED FROM 2020 · NOTHING GRADED YET
RB———728CARRIED FROM 2020 · NOTHING GRADED YET
WR/TE————23CARRIED FROM 2020 · NOTHING GRADED YET
OL————20CARRIED FROM 2020 · NOTHING GRADED YET
DL————21CARRIED FROM 2020 · NOTHING GRADED YET
LB————11CARRIED FROM 2020 · NOTHING GRADED YET
DB————22CARRIED FROM 2020 · NOTHING GRADED YET
TEAM FACTS — FULLY KNOWN NOWPRESEASON FACT
TALENT COMPOSITE7th7
BLUE-CHIP RATIO4%42
RECRUITING CLASS#111 · 0/11 BC17
CLASS RANK TREND+24 · 3 CYCLES98
COACH STATUSRETURNING · 3rd YR—
DEV TRANSITION MIX22%18
EVERY ROW HERE IS KNOWABLE TODAY — NONE OF IT WAITS ON A GAME
COACH PRIOR — WHO APPLIES, AND WHAT A CHANGE MOVESBASIS · PROGRAM PRIOR
SYRDINO BABERS6TH SEASON2 SEASONS · 1 PROGRAMME
The programme's own prior season applies, under the same returning staff.
PASS RATE OVER EXPECTED
2323
PACE
1515
PASS RATE
2222
EXPLOSIVENESS
3232
FOURTH-DOWN AGGRESSION
66
HAVOC
4747
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 FREEZE3TH 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 OFFENSESYR OFFENSERETURNINGDEPARTED
COLLAPSE ALL
▾QBLIBERTY OFFENSE
NATIONAL
—
TAL
—
PERF
—
RET
88
NATIONAL
—
RET
—
FULL DEFENSESYRACUSE DEFENSE
LIB QUARTERBACKSn=612% VACATED
QUARTERBACKS · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
MALIK WILLISQBRET
—3RD YR——UNR—
JOHNATHAN BENNETTQBRET
—4TH YR——★2—
NATE HAMPTONQBTRUE FR
—4TH YR——★3—
KAIDON SALTERQBPORTAL · TENNESSEE
—4TH YR——★3—
WILL BOWERSQBRET
—1ST YR——★2—
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
SYR DEFENSE — GROUP GRADES3 ROOMS · 42 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-7SYRACUSE DEFENSE
LIB OFFENSIVE LINEn=20RETURNING SHARE NOT MEASURED
FIVE-MAN LINE · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
TRISTAN SCHULTZOLRET
—4TH YR——UNR—
DAMIAN BOUNDSOLRET
—4TH YR——UNR—
THOMAS SARGEANTOLRET
—4TH YR——UNR—
BRYCE MATHEWSOLRET
—4TH YR——★4—
COOPER MCCAWOLRET
—4TH YR——UNR—
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
SYR FRONT-7n=26 · 2 ROOMSRETURNING SHARE NOT MEASURED
PASS RUSH · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
CURTIS HARPERDLRET
—4TH YR——★3—
KINGSLEY JONATHANDLRET
—4TH YR——★3—
CODY ROSCOEDLRET
—4TH YR——★2—
CALEB OKECHUKWUDLRET
—4TH YR——★3—
STEVE LINTONEDGERET
—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
72
DL
—
DL RET
—
LB
—
LB RET
—
FRONT-7SYRACUSE DEFENSE
LIB RUNNING BACKSn=828% VACATED
BACKFIELD · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
SHEDRO LOUISRBRET
—4TH YR——UNR—
JOSHUA MACKRBRET
—4TH YR——★2—
FRANK BOYD IIIRBRET
—4TH YR——UNR—
MALIK CAPERRBRET
—4TH YR——★3—
RUSSIAN WILLIAMSRBRET
—3RD 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
SYR FRONT-72 ROOMS · 26 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
—
SECONDARYSYRACUSE DEFENSE
LIB PASS CATCHERSn=23RETURNING 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—
KHALEB COLEMANWRRET
—4TH YR——UNR—
JEROME JACKSONTERET
—4TH YR——UNR—
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
SYR SECONDARYn=16 · 1 ROOMRETURNING SHARE NOT MEASURED
COVERAGE · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
BEN LABROSSEDBRET
—1ST YR——★3—
ADRIAN COLECBRET
—4TH YR——★3—
DUCE CHESTNUTDBTRUE FR
—4TH YR——★3—
JASON SIMMONS JR.DBTRUE FR
—4TH YR——★3—
ERIC COLEYDBRET
—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
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
SYR
SP+ OVERALL
8.4
0.3
FPI
1.9
-1.4
ELO
1651
1358
TALENT
155
567
PRODUCTION
63
40
TALENT − PRODUCTION ▾
−60
+7
BLUE CHIP RATIO
0.04
0.03
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
SYR
PASS RATE
49.3%
40.6%
PACE
26.6s
28.6s
4TH-DOWN GO RATE
35%
18%
RUN RATE — STANDARD DNS
59.5%
71.5%
PASS RATE — PASSING DNS
69.0%
64.1%
PLAYS / GAME
67.8
62.8
GARBAGE TIME SHARE
0.4%
1.1%
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 = SYR) · MEASURED FIGURES ARE 2021, 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