Central Connecticut
Expected points
YardLine's expected-points model values every snap by what a drive from that spot is worth on average, so a drive can be judged against where it started. How it works →
Drives vs. expectation, 2021
Points over expected per drive, from where each drive started.
Per drive against an average FBS opponent, neutral field.
Points over expected per trip inside the opponent's 40.
Average expected points where drives started.
Every snap has an expected-points value: what a drive from that spot, down and distance is worth on average. A drive over expected beat its starting spot; defense counts what Central Connecticut allowed, so lower is better. The adjusted number fits every team against the opponents it actually played, so it leans toward average early in a season.
Game by game
Bars above the line: better than expected for Central Connecticut.
Fourth downs
YardLine's fourth-down model values going for it, kicking and punting on every real fourth down, so each call can be checked against the numbers. How it works →
Fourth-down calls vs. the numbers, 2021
Calls that matched the option with the best modeled win probability.
Summed over every call that differed, in points of win probability.
Went for it when going beat every other option by a point or more.
Each real fourth down is valued three ways (go for it, kick, punt) from the score, clock and field position before the snap, using league-wide odds rather than Central Connecticut's own. A call that differs gives up the gap to the best option; gaps under one point are close calls, and the 0 clear-cut ones account for 0.00 of the 0.00 expected wins. The model sees the situation, not the injury report, so a call it disagrees with can still be right.
Costliest calls against the numbers
- at MIAQ2 0:12 4th & 10 at MIA 39, down 49Went for it; the numbers favored a field goal (close call)−0.1 pts
- at MIAQ1 1:52 4th & 2 at CCSU 27, down 21Punted; the numbers favored going for it (close call)<0.1 pts
- at MIAQ3 0:27 4th & 2 at CCSU 33, down 62Punted; the numbers favored going for it (close call)<0.1 pts
Every call this season (12)
- Q1 11:224th & 8 at CCSU 27, down 7 · PuntedAgreed
- Q1 7:144th & 8 at MIA 46, down 14 · PuntedAgreed
- Q1 1:524th & 2 at CCSU 27, down 21 · PuntedClose call
- Q2 9:204th & 10 at MIA 38, down 28 · Went for itAgreed
- Q2 5:424th & 8 at CCSU 27, down 35 · PuntedAgreed
- Q2 1:514th & 10 at CCSU 37, down 42 · PuntedAgreed
- Q2 0:124th & 10 at MIA 39, down 49 · Went for itClose call
- Q3 7:524th & 6 at CCSU 23, down 49 · PuntedAgreed
- Q3 0:274th & 2 at CCSU 33, down 62 · PuntedClose call
- Q4 13:554th & 6 at CCSU 29, down 69 · PuntedAgreed
- Q4 6:334th & 1 at MIA 21, down 69 · Went for itAgreed
- Q4 5:014th & 6 at MIA 13, down 69 · Kicked a field goalAgreed
Win probability
YardLine's model estimates each team's chance of winning before kickoff and again after every play, from the score, clock, down, distance and field position. How it works →
Record vs. expectation, 2021
Expected wins adds up Central Connecticut's chance of winning each game as the model saw it at kickoff - a 70% favorite counts 0.7.
What moved it, 2021
Every game starts at Central Connecticut's pregame chance; everything after that is the field. The model's own breakdown of each game's final play splits the on-field part by what drove it, and the parts add up exactly. How it works →
- Scoreboard−0.02
- Less the pregame edge, counted before kickoff+0.01
Game by game
Points of win probability, from Central Connecticut's side.
Season arc, 2021
Every completed game this season, in order - each tile is Central Connecticut's own win-probability curve.
Biggest swings of 2021
The largest single-play change in Central Connecticut's win probability this season - one snap that moved the outcome the most.
Stolen wins
Central Connecticut's own lowest win probability at any point in a game it went on to win, across the whole archive - the deepest holes it climbed out of.
Let it slip
Central Connecticut's own highest win probability at any point in a game it went on to lose, across the whole archive - the biggest leads it didn't hold.
Stock & rivalries
Stock
Central Connecticut's leaguewide Elo rating, tracked like a stock price - built from game results and margins, not the model's own win-probability predictions.
Series & rivalries
Central Connecticut's most-played opponents across the whole archive - open one for the full head-to-head history.