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Incarnate Word

Cardinals · Southland · FCS
0-12025 · vs FBS opponents
SRS
−24.1 (#172)

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, 2025
Per drive

Points over expected per drive, from where each drive started.

Offense−0.47
Defense+1.10allowed
Adjusted for opponents

Per drive against an average FBS opponent, neutral field.

Offense−0.71
Defense+1.10allowed
Finishing

Points over expected per trip inside the opponent's 40.

Offense+1.535.3 pts/trip
Defense+0.085.7 pts/trip allowed
Field position

Average expected points where drives started.

Offense0.58
Defense1.70opponents

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 Incarnate Word 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
Offense: points over expected per drive
Defense: points kept off the board per drive

Bars above the line: better than expected for Incarnate Word.

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, 2025
Made the numbers' call

Calls that matched the option with the best modeled win probability.

7 of 7100%
Win probability given up

Summed over every call that differed, in points of win probability.

0 ptsper game
0.00 expected wins over 1 game
When going was clearly right

Went for it when going beat every other option by a point or more.

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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 Incarnate Word'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.

Every call this season (7)
After touchdowns: kick or go for two?
Made the numbers' call

Tries that matched the option with the better modeled win probability.

3 of 3100%
Win probability given up

Summed over every try that differed, in points of win probability.

0 ptsthis season
When two was clearly right

Went for two when it beat kicking by a point or more.

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Went for two 1 time, converted 0

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, 2025
0-1vs. 0.1 expected−0.1 wins

Expected wins adds up Incarnate Word's chance of winning each game as the model saw it at kickoff - a 70% favorite counts 0.7.

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What moved it, 2025
−0.4 wins
before kickoff: being favored, vs. coin flips
−0.1 wins
on the field, after the opening snap

Every game starts at Incarnate Word'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−0.09
  • Less the pregame edge, counted before kickoff+0.03
Game by game

Points of win probability, from Incarnate Word's side.

Closest call

UIW 42-34 TXST (2021) - Incarnate Word dropped to a 22.1% win probability before pulling it out.

Season arc, 2025

Every completed game this season, in order - each tile is Incarnate Word's own win-probability curve.

Biggest swings of 2025

The largest single-play change in Incarnate Word's win probability this season - one snap that moved the outcome the most.

Stolen wins

Incarnate Word'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

Incarnate Word'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

Incarnate Word's leaguewide Elo rating, tracked like a stock price - built from game results and margins, not the model's own win-probability predictions.

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$83.58
Series & rivalries

Incarnate Word's most-played opponents across the whole archive - open one for the full head-to-head history.

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