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2026 college football / Week 6 matchup

Boise StateatFresno State

Boise State · 4–1 · No. 23Fresno State · 4–1

Saturday, October 10 · 9:30 PM CT · CW
Valley Children's Stadium · Fresno, CA

Projected score (away / home)
28.0/21.8
Model line
Boise State −6.2
Market line
Boise State −6.5
Model pick
Fresno State +6.5

01 / Team identity

Offense + defense

Boise State and Fresno State: overall matchup fingerprintsScores run from 0 at the center to 100 at the outside. Boise State is a solid green line with round markers; Fresno State 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 / 0–100BOISFRES

Passing

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

Boise State
Offense
0.403 PPA/play
Defense
0.057 PPA/play
Fresno State
Offense
0.409 PPA/play
Defense
-0.042 PPA/play

02 / Matchup advantages

5areas favor
Boise State

0closely matched
5-point threshold

2areas favor
Fresno State

EfficiencyBoise State15.3 pts

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

Boise State offense

Offensive percentile
89.8
Opponent defensive percentile
92.7
Matchup attack score
48.5

Offense: 0.310 PPA/play
Opponent defense: -0.087 PPA/play

Fresno State offense

Offensive percentile
35.0
Opponent defensive percentile
68.6
Matchup attack score
33.2

Offense: 0.097 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.015 PPA/play

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

Success rateBoise State51.1 pts

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

Boise State offense

Offensive percentile
84.7
Opponent defensive percentile
52.6
Matchup attack score
66.1

Offense: 49.4%
Opponent defense: 40.1%

Fresno State offense

Offensive percentile
13.1
Opponent defensive percentile
83.2
Matchup attack score
15.0

Offense: 38.3%
Opponent defense: 35.1%

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

PassingFresno State8.0 pts

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

Boise State offense

Offensive percentile
80.3
Opponent defensive percentile
87.6
Matchup attack score
46.4

Offense: 0.403 PPA/play
Opponent defense: -0.042 PPA/play

Fresno State offense

Offensive percentile
81.8
Opponent defensive percentile
73.0
Matchup attack score
54.4

Offense: 0.409 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.057 PPA/play

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

RushingBoise State20.4 pts

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

Boise State offense

Offensive percentile
83.9
Opponent defensive percentile
76.6
Matchup attack score
53.6

Offense: 0.230 PPA/play
Opponent defense: -0.047 PPA/play

Fresno State offense

Offensive percentile
7.3
Opponent defensive percentile
40.9
Matchup attack score
33.2

Offense: -0.081 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.092 PPA/play

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

ExplosivenessFresno State57.3 pts

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

Boise State offense

Offensive percentile
40.1
Opponent defensive percentile
82.5
Matchup attack score
28.8

Offense: 1.212 PPA/successful play
Opponent defense: 1.115 PPA/successful play

Fresno State offense

Offensive percentile
72.3
Opponent defensive percentile
0.0
Matchup attack score
86.1

Offense: 1.316 PPA/successful play
Opponent defense: 1.692 PPA/successful play

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

HavocBoise State31.9 pts

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

Boise State offense

Offensive percentile
95.3
Opponent defensive percentile
50.4
Matchup attack score
72.4

Offense: 9.1%
Opponent defense: 16.0%

Fresno State offense

Offensive percentile
66.8
Opponent defensive percentile
85.8
Matchup attack score
40.5

Offense: 13.2%
Opponent defense: 20.1%

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

Finishing drivesBoise State24.1 pts

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

Boise State offense

Offensive percentile
75.2
Opponent defensive percentile
75.9
Matchup attack score
49.6

Offense: 4.44 pts/opportunity
Opponent defense: 2.91 pts/opportunity

Fresno State offense

Offensive percentile
38.7
Opponent defensive percentile
87.6
Matchup attack score
25.5

Offense: 3.66 pts/opportunity
Opponent defense: 2.61 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.