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2026 college football / Week 6 matchup

Central MichiganatOhio

Central Michigan · 3–2Ohio · 3–2

Saturday, October 10 · 2:30 PM CT · ESPN+
Peden Stadium · Athens, OH

Projected score (away / home)
17.4/26.3
Model line
Ohio −8.9
Market line
Ohio −3.0
Model pick
Ohio −3.0

01 / Team identity

Offense + defense

Central Michigan and Ohio: overall matchup fingerprintsScores run from 0 at the center to 100 at the outside. Central Michigan is a solid green line with round markers; Ohio 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 / 0–100CMUOHIO

Passing

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

Central Michigan
Offense
-0.279 PPA/play
Defense
0.128 PPA/play
Ohio
Offense
0.077 PPA/play
Defense
0.390 PPA/play

02 / Matchup advantages

3areas favor
Central Michigan

1closely matched
5-point threshold

3areas favor
Ohio

EfficiencyOhio8.8 pts

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

Central Michigan offense

Offensive percentile
32.8
Opponent defensive percentile
13.9
Matchup attack score
59.5

Offense: 0.094 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.209 PPA/play

Ohio offense

Offensive percentile
53.3
Opponent defensive percentile
16.8
Matchup attack score
68.2

Offense: 0.167 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.195 PPA/play

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

Success rateOhio30.1 pts

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

Central Michigan offense

Offensive percentile
19.0
Opponent defensive percentile
31.0
Matchup attack score
44.0

Offense: 39.5%
Opponent defense: 42.9%

Ohio offense

Offensive percentile
64.2
Opponent defensive percentile
16.1
Matchup attack score
74.1

Offense: 45.3%
Opponent defense: 45.5%

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

PassingCentral Michigan9.5 pts

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

Central Michigan offense

Offensive percentile
0.0
Opponent defensive percentile
13.9
Matchup attack score
43.1

Offense: -0.279 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.390 PPA/play

Ohio offense

Offensive percentile
22.6
Opponent defensive percentile
55.5
Matchup attack score
33.6

Offense: 0.077 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.128 PPA/play

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

RushingEven2.9 pts

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

Central Michigan offense

Offensive percentile
92.7
Opponent defensive percentile
25.5
Matchup attack score
83.6

Offense: 0.288 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.134 PPA/play

Ohio offense

Offensive percentile
75.2
Opponent defensive percentile
13.9
Matchup attack score
80.7

Offense: 0.206 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.201 PPA/play

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

ExplosivenessCentral Michigan31.4 pts

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

Central Michigan offense

Offensive percentile
30.7
Opponent defensive percentile
32.1
Matchup attack score
49.3

Offense: 1.171 PPA/successful play
Opponent defense: 1.308 PPA/successful play

Ohio offense

Offensive percentile
15.3
Opponent defensive percentile
79.6
Matchup attack score
17.9

Offense: 1.134 PPA/successful play
Opponent defense: 1.126 PPA/successful play

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

HavocOhio6.6 pts

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

Central Michigan offense

Offensive percentile
53.3
Opponent defensive percentile
54.0
Matchup attack score
49.6

Offense: 14.1%
Opponent defense: 16.5%

Ohio offense

Offensive percentile
51.5
Opponent defensive percentile
39.1
Matchup attack score
56.2

Offense: 14.2%
Opponent defense: 15.1%

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

Finishing drivesCentral Michigan14.6 pts

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

Central Michigan offense

Offensive percentile
36.5
Opponent defensive percentile
10.9
Matchup attack score
62.8

Offense: 3.62 pts/opportunity
Opponent defense: 4.33 pts/opportunity

Ohio offense

Offensive percentile
52.6
Opponent defensive percentile
56.2
Matchup attack score
48.2

Offense: 3.87 pts/opportunity
Opponent defense: 3.29 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.