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2026 college football / Week 6 matchup

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Iowa · 4–1 · No. 20Washington · 3–2

Friday, October 9 · 8:00 PM CT · N/A
Husky Stadium · Seattle, WA

Projected score (away / home)
21.7/21.5
Model line
Iowa −0.2
Market line
Washington −3.0
Model pick
Iowa +3.0

01 / Team identity

Offense + defense

Iowa and Washington: overall matchup fingerprintsScores run from 0 at the center to 100 at the outside. Iowa is a solid green line with round markers; Washington 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 / 0–100IOWAWASH

Passing

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

Iowa
Offense
0.259 PPA/play
Defense
0.353 PPA/play
Washington
Offense
0.229 PPA/play
Defense
0.115 PPA/play

02 / Matchup advantages

2areas favor
Iowa

3closely matched
5-point threshold

2areas favor
Washington

EfficiencyWashington7.3 pts

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

Iowa offense

Offensive percentile
49.6
Opponent defensive percentile
85.4
Matchup attack score
32.1

Offense: 0.156 PPA/play
Opponent defense: -0.058 PPA/play

Washington offense

Offensive percentile
40.9
Opponent defensive percentile
62.0
Matchup attack score
39.4

Offense: 0.120 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.031 PPA/play

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

Success rateEven1.8 pts

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

Iowa offense

Offensive percentile
46.0
Opponent defensive percentile
75.9
Matchup attack score
35.0

Offense: 42.9%
Opponent defense: 36.9%

Washington offense

Offensive percentile
50.4
Opponent defensive percentile
76.6
Matchup attack score
36.9

Offense: 43.5%
Opponent defense: 36.7%

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

PassingWashington16.8 pts

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

Iowa offense

Offensive percentile
54.7
Opponent defensive percentile
57.7
Matchup attack score
48.5

Offense: 0.259 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.115 PPA/play

Washington offense

Offensive percentile
47.4
Opponent defensive percentile
16.8
Matchup attack score
65.3

Offense: 0.229 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.353 PPA/play

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

RushingIowa13.1 pts

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

Iowa offense

Offensive percentile
52.6
Opponent defensive percentile
88.3
Matchup attack score
32.1

Offense: 0.127 PPA/play
Opponent defense: -0.143 PPA/play

Washington offense

Offensive percentile
27.0
Opponent defensive percentile
89.1
Matchup attack score
19.0

Offense: 0.032 PPA/play
Opponent defense: -0.148 PPA/play

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

ExplosivenessIowa7.3 pts

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

Iowa offense

Offensive percentile
45.3
Opponent defensive percentile
68.6
Matchup attack score
38.3

Offense: 1.236 PPA/successful play
Opponent defense: 1.172 PPA/successful play

Washington offense

Offensive percentile
36.5
Opponent defensive percentile
74.5
Matchup attack score
31.0

Offense: 1.199 PPA/successful play
Opponent defense: 1.144 PPA/successful play

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

HavocEven2.2 pts

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

Iowa offense

Offensive percentile
86.5
Opponent defensive percentile
76.6
Matchup attack score
54.9

Offense: 11.0%
Opponent defense: 18.3%

Washington offense

Offensive percentile
62.4
Opponent defensive percentile
56.9
Matchup attack score
52.7

Offense: 13.5%
Opponent defense: 16.7%

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

Finishing drivesEven3.6 pts

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

Iowa offense

Offensive percentile
42.3
Opponent defensive percentile
78.8
Matchup attack score
31.8

Offense: 3.73 pts/opportunity
Opponent defense: 2.86 pts/opportunity

Washington offense

Offensive percentile
53.3
Opponent defensive percentile
82.5
Matchup attack score
35.4

Offense: 3.94 pts/opportunity
Opponent defense: 2.78 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.