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2026 college football / Week 6 matchup

CharlotteatNorth Texas

Charlotte · 0–5North Texas · 3–2

Saturday, October 10 · 2:30 PM CT · ESPN+
DATCU Stadium · Denton, TX

Projected score (away / home)
17.4/42.1
Model line
North Texas −24.7
Market line
North Texas −28.5
Model pick
Charlotte +28.5

01 / Team identity

Offense + defense

Charlotte and North Texas: overall matchup fingerprintsScores run from 0 at the center to 100 at the outside. Charlotte is a solid green line with round markers; North Texas 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 / 0–100CLTUNT

Passing

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

Charlotte
Offense
0.020 PPA/play
Defense
0.407 PPA/play
North Texas
Offense
0.505 PPA/play
Defense
0.464 PPA/play

02 / Matchup advantages

0areas favor
Charlotte

0closely matched
5-point threshold

7areas favor
North Texas

EfficiencyNorth Texas44.2 pts

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

Charlotte offense

Offensive percentile
5.8
Opponent defensive percentile
21.2
Matchup attack score
42.3

Offense: -0.080 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.182 PPA/play

North Texas offense

Offensive percentile
92.0
Opponent defensive percentile
19.0
Matchup attack score
86.5

Offense: 0.316 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.190 PPA/play

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

Success rateNorth Texas38.9 pts

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

Charlotte offense

Offensive percentile
6.6
Opponent defensive percentile
13.5
Matchup attack score
46.5

Offense: 36.1%
Opponent defense: 45.8%

North Texas offense

Offensive percentile
75.9
Opponent defensive percentile
5.1
Matchup attack score
85.4

Offense: 47.7%
Opponent defense: 48.8%

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

PassingNorth Texas34.7 pts

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

Charlotte offense

Offensive percentile
13.1
Opponent defensive percentile
2.9
Matchup attack score
55.1

Offense: 0.020 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.464 PPA/play

North Texas offense

Offensive percentile
90.5
Opponent defensive percentile
10.9
Matchup attack score
89.8

Offense: 0.505 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.407 PPA/play

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

RushingNorth Texas38.0 pts

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

Charlotte offense

Offensive percentile
8.0
Opponent defensive percentile
63.5
Matchup attack score
22.3

Offense: -0.081 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.014 PPA/play

North Texas offense

Offensive percentile
56.2
Opponent defensive percentile
35.8
Matchup attack score
60.2

Offense: 0.141 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.104 PPA/play

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

ExplosivenessNorth Texas36.1 pts

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

Charlotte offense

Offensive percentile
11.7
Opponent defensive percentile
59.9
Matchup attack score
25.9

Offense: 1.117 PPA/successful play
Opponent defense: 1.192 PPA/successful play

North Texas offense

Offensive percentile
88.3
Opponent defensive percentile
64.2
Matchup attack score
62.0

Offense: 1.395 PPA/successful play
Opponent defense: 1.183 PPA/successful play

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

HavocNorth Texas54.7 pts

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

Charlotte offense

Offensive percentile
8.0
Opponent defensive percentile
42.0
Matchup attack score
33.0

Offense: 18.9%
Opponent defense: 15.5%

North Texas offense

Offensive percentile
84.3
Opponent defensive percentile
8.8
Matchup attack score
87.8

Offense: 11.4%
Opponent defense: 12.0%

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

Finishing drivesNorth Texas39.4 pts

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

Charlotte offense

Offensive percentile
2.2
Opponent defensive percentile
9.5
Matchup attack score
46.4

Offense: 1.95 pts/opportunity
Opponent defense: 4.37 pts/opportunity

North Texas offense

Offensive percentile
77.4
Opponent defensive percentile
5.8
Matchup attack score
85.8

Offense: 4.49 pts/opportunity
Opponent defense: 4.47 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.