2026 college football / Week 6 matchup
Iowa Stateat
BYU
Friday, October 9 · 9:15 PM CT · ESPN
LaVell Edwards Stadium · Provo, UT
- Projected score (away / home)
- 16.3/31.3
- Model line
- BYU −15.0
- Market line
- BYU −10.5
- Model pick
- BYU −10.5
01 / Team identity
Offense + defense
Larger = stronger. On pace, larger = faster.
Select a category to explore its underlying numbers.
Passing
Predicted points added on passing plays. Measures production through the air on offense and passing production allowed on defense.
- Offense
- 0.255 PPA/play
- Defense
- 0.158 PPA/play
- Offense
- 0.326 PPA/play
- Defense
- 0.010 PPA/play
02 / Matchup advantages
2areas favor
Iowa State
0closely matched
5-point threshold
5areas favor
BYU
EfficiencyBYU40.5 pts
Predicted points added (PPA) per play. A measure of how much value a team creates or allows on each snap.
Iowa State offense
- Offensive percentile
- 56.2
- Opponent defensive percentile
- 90.5
- Matchup attack score
- 32.8
Offense: 0.177 PPA/play
Opponent defense: -0.082 PPA/play
BYU offense
- Offensive percentile
- 95.6
- Opponent defensive percentile
- 48.9
- Matchup attack score
- 73.4
Offense: 0.366 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.082 PPA/play
Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.
Success rateBYU44.3 pts
How consistently a team produces successful plays on offense and prevents them on defense.
Iowa State offense
- Offensive percentile
- 30.7
- Opponent defensive percentile
- 80.3
- Matchup attack score
- 25.2
Offense: 41.3%
Opponent defense: 35.7%
BYU offense
- Offensive percentile
- 93.4
- Opponent defensive percentile
- 54.4
- Matchup attack score
- 69.5
Offense: 51.2%
Opponent defense: 40.0%
Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.
PassingBYU23.0 pts
Predicted points added on passing plays. Measures production through the air on offense and passing production allowed on defense.
Iowa State offense
- Offensive percentile
- 52.6
- Opponent defensive percentile
- 81.8
- Matchup attack score
- 35.4
Offense: 0.255 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.010 PPA/play
BYU offense
- Offensive percentile
- 65.7
- Opponent defensive percentile
- 48.9
- Matchup attack score
- 58.4
Offense: 0.326 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.158 PPA/play
Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.
RushingBYU33.6 pts
Predicted points added on rushing plays. Measures ground-game production on offense and rushing production allowed on defense.
Iowa State offense
- Offensive percentile
- 59.9
- Opponent defensive percentile
- 79.6
- Matchup attack score
- 40.1
Offense: 0.158 PPA/play
Opponent defense: -0.088 PPA/play
BYU offense
- Offensive percentile
- 99.3
- Opponent defensive percentile
- 51.8
- Matchup attack score
- 73.7
Offense: 0.397 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.060 PPA/play
Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.
ExplosivenessIowa State22.6 pts
Predicted points added per successful play. Captures the impact of productive plays, beyond how often they happen.
Iowa State offense
- Offensive percentile
- 80.3
- Opponent defensive percentile
- 48.9
- Matchup attack score
- 65.7
Offense: 1.343 PPA/successful play
Opponent defense: 1.254 PPA/successful play
BYU offense
- Offensive percentile
- 34.3
- Opponent defensive percentile
- 48.2
- Matchup attack score
- 43.1
Offense: 1.195 PPA/successful play
Opponent defense: 1.258 PPA/successful play
Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.
HavocBYU33.0 pts
Disruption created on defense and avoided on offense. Lower offensive havoc allowed and higher defensive havoc created are better.
Iowa State offense
- Offensive percentile
- 36.5
- Opponent defensive percentile
- 71.2
- Matchup attack score
- 32.7
Offense: 15.4%
Opponent defense: 18.0%
BYU offense
- Offensive percentile
- 97.4
- Opponent defensive percentile
- 66.1
- Matchup attack score
- 65.7
Offense: 8.4%
Opponent defense: 17.6%
Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.
Finishing drivesIowa State11.3 pts
Points scored or allowed per scoring opportunity. Measures how effectively teams turn opportunities into points or limit the damage.
Iowa State offense
- Offensive percentile
- 89.8
- Opponent defensive percentile
- 46.0
- Matchup attack score
- 71.9
Offense: 4.90 pts/opportunity
Opponent defense: 3.44 pts/opportunity
BYU offense
- Offensive percentile
- 98.5
- Opponent defensive percentile
- 77.4
- Matchup attack score
- 60.6
Offense: 5.46 pts/opportunity
Opponent defense: 2.89 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.