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2026 college football / Week 6 matchup

NevadaatUTEP

Nevada · 1–3UTEP · 1–4

Saturday, October 10 · 6:00 PM CT · FS1
Sun Bowl · El Paso, TX

Projected score (away / home)
31.4/17.9
Model line
Nevada −13.6
Market line
Nevada −8.5
Model pick
Nevada −8.5

01 / Team identity

Offense + defense

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

Passing

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

Nevada
Offense
-0.015 PPA/play
Defense
0.252 PPA/play
UTEP
Offense
-0.111 PPA/play
Defense
0.635 PPA/play

02 / Matchup advantages

7areas favor
Nevada

0closely matched
5-point threshold

0areas favor
UTEP

EfficiencyNevada29.2 pts

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

Nevada offense

Offensive percentile
27.0
Opponent defensive percentile
1.5
Matchup attack score
62.8

Offense: 0.079 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.322 PPA/play

UTEP offense

Offensive percentile
0.0
Opponent defensive percentile
32.8
Matchup attack score
33.6

Offense: -0.195 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.137 PPA/play

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

Success rateNevada33.2 pts

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

Nevada offense

Offensive percentile
29.2
Opponent defensive percentile
0.7
Matchup attack score
64.2

Offense: 41.1%
Opponent defense: 51.7%

UTEP offense

Offensive percentile
3.6
Opponent defensive percentile
41.6
Matchup attack score
31.0

Offense: 34.4%
Opponent defense: 41.4%

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

PassingNevada17.9 pts

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

Nevada offense

Offensive percentile
8.0
Opponent defensive percentile
0.0
Matchup attack score
54.0

Offense: -0.015 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.635 PPA/play

UTEP offense

Offensive percentile
3.6
Opponent defensive percentile
31.4
Matchup attack score
36.1

Offense: -0.111 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.252 PPA/play

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

RushingNevada39.8 pts

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

Nevada offense

Offensive percentile
75.9
Opponent defensive percentile
23.4
Matchup attack score
76.3

Offense: 0.206 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.137 PPA/play

UTEP offense

Offensive percentile
2.9
Opponent defensive percentile
29.9
Matchup attack score
36.5

Offense: -0.156 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.117 PPA/play

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

ExplosivenessNevada23.0 pts

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

Nevada offense

Offensive percentile
67.9
Opponent defensive percentile
46.7
Matchup attack score
60.6

Offense: 1.306 PPA/successful play
Opponent defense: 1.259 PPA/successful play

UTEP offense

Offensive percentile
53.3
Opponent defensive percentile
78.1
Matchup attack score
37.6

Offense: 1.257 PPA/successful play
Opponent defense: 1.131 PPA/successful play

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

HavocNevada32.5 pts

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

Nevada offense

Offensive percentile
71.9
Opponent defensive percentile
9.9
Matchup attack score
81.0

Offense: 12.9%
Opponent defense: 12.1%

UTEP offense

Offensive percentile
0.7
Opponent defensive percentile
3.6
Matchup attack score
48.5

Offense: 23.2%
Opponent defense: 11.2%

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

Finishing drivesNevada51.8 pts

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

Nevada offense

Offensive percentile
54.7
Opponent defensive percentile
10.2
Matchup attack score
72.3

Offense: 4.05 pts/opportunity
Opponent defense: 4.36 pts/opportunity

UTEP offense

Offensive percentile
0.0
Opponent defensive percentile
59.1
Matchup attack score
20.4

Offense: 1.17 pts/opportunity
Opponent defense: 3.24 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.