This week's picks

Big Al's CFB Lab

Data updated
Mountain West

Air Force

5–2 (3–2 Mountain West). 2026 season, games through Oct 24, 2026.

SP+ rating1.566th of 138
SP+ offense28.259th of 138
SP+ defense26.875th of 138
PRIME0.168th of 138
Elo144181st of 138
Week 9

UConn at Air Force

Sat, Oct 31, 3:00 PM ET. SP+ projection: Air Force 34, UConn 29. Big Al's pick: Air Force (60%).

Full head to head

Offense

StatValueRank
Points per game28.470th
Yards per play5.26122nd
Success rate47.0%33rd
Explosive play rate9.5%120th
Yards per carry5.4151st
Yards per pass attempt4.88132nd
Sack rate allowed4.9%57th
3rd down conversion47.0%25th

Defense

StatValueRank
Points allowed20.940th
Yards per play allowed6.48108th
Success rate allowed43.9%91st
Explosive plays allowed11.5%79th
Yards per carry allowed5.2897th
Yards per attempt allowed8.62114th
Sack rate6.3%65th
3rd downs allowed42.2%96th

Players

Evan Medders (QB), Liam Szarka (QB), Max Mustell (DB), Owen Allen (RB), Rocco Conti (RB), Ryan Petras (WR).

Results

WeekOpponentResult
1vs. DuquesneW 34–0
2vs. North Dakota StateL 32–38
4at NevadaW 36–33
5vs. NavyW 14–9
6at Northern IllinoisW 28–7
7vs. UNLVW 41–31
8at WyomingL 14–28

Ranks are out of 138 FBS teams. Stats from play-by-play; scoring counts FBS opponents only. Compare Air Force with any team.

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How we picked it

Three ratings look at a team in three different ways. Big Al's pick is the team at least two of them favor.

Where the game is won

Each row puts one team's unit against the unit it faces, by national rank out of all FBS teams. An edge is a gap of 25 spots or more.

What these mean

  • SP+ Bill Connelly's opponent-adjusted efficiency rating. Points better than an average FBS team on a neutral field.
  • PRIME A second opponent-adjusted rating, built from possession efficiency, on the same points scale. SOS is schedule difficulty; SOR is wins above what an average team would get against that schedule.
  • Elo A results-only rating that moves after each game based on the score and the opponent. 1500 is average.
  • Success rate Share of plays that stay on schedule: 50% of the yards needed on 1st down, 70% on 2nd, all of it on 3rd and 4th.
  • Explosive rate Share of plays that are runs of 12+ yards or completions of 16+ yards.
  • Defense rows What opponents did against the team. Lower is better except sack rate and interception rate.
  • Projection Rating gap, plus 2.5 points for the home team, and games usually land within about 14 points of it. A coin flip is 50%.

Ratings: SP+ via CFB Update; PRIME via primecfb.com. Box and play stats computed from CollegeFootballData.com play data (via the public cfbfastR files), FBS games only for scoring. Rushing yards here exclude sacks, so they run higher than official totals. Ranks are out of 138 FBS teams.

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