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2026 college football / Week 6 matchup

Ole MissatVanderbilt

Ole Miss · 3–1 · No. 9Vanderbilt · 3–2

Saturday, October 10 · 2:30 PM CT · ESPN
FirstBank Stadium · Nashville, TN

Projected score (away / home)
29.6/28.6
Model line
Ole Miss −0.9
Market line
Ole Miss −10.0
Model pick
Vanderbilt +10.0

01 / Team identity

Offense + defense

Ole Miss and Vanderbilt: overall matchup fingerprintsScores run from 0 at the center to 100 at the outside. Ole Miss is a solid green line with round markers; Vanderbilt is a dashed rust line with square markers. Exact values are listed beside the chart. Missing data is left unplotted. Pace indicates speed, not strength.EfficiencySuccessratePassingRushingExplosivenessHavocFinishingdrivesPace255075100

Larger = stronger. On pace, larger = faster.
Select a category to explore its underlying numbers.

Category / 0–100MISSVAN

Passing

Predicted points added on passing plays. Measures production through the air on offense and passing production allowed on defense.

Ole Miss
Offense
0.429 PPA/play
Defense
0.324 PPA/play
Vanderbilt
Offense
0.219 PPA/play
Defense
0.155 PPA/play

02 / Matchup advantages

2areas favor
Ole Miss

4closely matched
5-point threshold

1area favors
Vanderbilt

EfficiencyEven0.0 pts

Predicted points added (PPA) per play. A measure of how much value a team creates or allows on each snap.

Ole Miss offense

Offensive percentile
75.9
Opponent defensive percentile
54.0
Matchup attack score
60.9

Offense: 0.262 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.062 PPA/play

Vanderbilt offense

Offensive percentile
32.1
Opponent defensive percentile
10.2
Matchup attack score
60.9

Offense: 0.094 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.247 PPA/play

Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.

Success rateOle Miss9.5 pts

How consistently a team produces successful plays on offense and prevents them on defense.

Ole Miss offense

Offensive percentile
90.5
Opponent defensive percentile
53.3
Matchup attack score
68.6

Offense: 50.8%
Opponent defense: 40.1%

Vanderbilt offense

Offensive percentile
24.8
Opponent defensive percentile
6.6
Matchup attack score
59.1

Offense: 40.4%
Opponent defense: 48.6%

Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.

PassingEven4.0 pts

Predicted points added on passing plays. Measures production through the air on offense and passing production allowed on defense.

Ole Miss offense

Offensive percentile
83.2
Opponent defensive percentile
50.4
Matchup attack score
66.4

Offense: 0.429 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.155 PPA/play

Vanderbilt offense

Offensive percentile
45.3
Opponent defensive percentile
20.4
Matchup attack score
62.4

Offense: 0.219 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.324 PPA/play

Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.

RushingVanderbilt31.0 pts

Predicted points added on rushing plays. Measures ground-game production on offense and rushing production allowed on defense.

Ole Miss offense

Offensive percentile
48.2
Opponent defensive percentile
67.9
Matchup attack score
40.1

Offense: 0.114 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.004 PPA/play

Vanderbilt offense

Offensive percentile
55.5
Opponent defensive percentile
13.1
Matchup attack score
71.2

Offense: 0.140 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.201 PPA/play

Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.

ExplosivenessEven1.8 pts

Predicted points added per successful play. Captures the impact of productive plays, beyond how often they happen.

Ole Miss offense

Offensive percentile
27.0
Opponent defensive percentile
44.5
Matchup attack score
41.2

Offense: 1.166 PPA/successful play
Opponent defense: 1.265 PPA/successful play

Vanderbilt offense

Offensive percentile
52.6
Opponent defensive percentile
73.7
Matchup attack score
39.4

Offense: 1.256 PPA/successful play
Opponent defense: 1.146 PPA/successful play

Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.

HavocEven3.8 pts

Disruption created on defense and avoided on offense. Lower offensive havoc allowed and higher defensive havoc created are better.

Ole Miss offense

Offensive percentile
73.7
Opponent defensive percentile
42.0
Matchup attack score
65.9

Offense: 12.7%
Opponent defense: 15.5%

Vanderbilt offense

Offensive percentile
59.1
Opponent defensive percentile
19.7
Matchup attack score
69.7

Offense: 13.7%
Opponent defense: 13.0%

Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.

Finishing drivesOle Miss24.1 pts

Points scored or allowed per scoring opportunity. Measures how effectively teams turn opportunities into points or limit the damage.

Ole Miss offense

Offensive percentile
86.9
Opponent defensive percentile
43.1
Matchup attack score
71.9

Offense: 4.75 pts/opportunity
Opponent defense: 3.54 pts/opportunity

Vanderbilt offense

Offensive percentile
16.1
Opponent defensive percentile
20.4
Matchup attack score
47.8

Offense: 3.04 pts/opportunity
Opponent defense: 4.00 pts/opportunity

Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.

Bars point toward the team with the edge. Select a row to see why. These are statistical comparisons, not scoring margins or win probabilities.

How to read these charts

Statistics cover Weeks 1–5 of 2026, against all opponents. Percentiles compare 138 FBS teams; ties share ranks. Early-season profiles reflect a small sample.

Fingerprints: overall scores average offensive and defensive percentiles. Higher is better on both sides of the ball, including havoc avoidance on offense. Pace uses the offensive percentile only: higher means faster, not better. Missing values are shown as a dash and left unplotted.

Matchup edges: compare the two attack scores, each calculated as (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. Differences within 5 percentile points are labeled even. Pace does not contribute to the advantage map. These comparisons describe statistical strengths, not causal effects or win probabilities.

Source: CollegeFootballData advanced season statistics and team metadata; pace comes from local box scores. PPA stands for predicted points added. Advanced statistics exclude garbage time where supported. Pace includes all box-score plays.