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🎯 Game Intel
2026 • Week 6
SYR
Syracuse
Atlantic Coast • Orange
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UVA
Virginia
Atlantic Coast • Cavaliers
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🎯Win Probability Forecast
SYR
14%
win probability
PROJECTED SCORE
SYR 15 – UVA 33
Total: 49 pts
High Data Confidence
Line: SYR -10 • total 50.5
Bovada • context only, not a pick
UVA (HOME)
86%
win probability
Model cfb-sp-v1: SP+ edge, home field, rest and travel. Officials are not published in the college feed, so there is no crew adjustment.
🧠What drives the forecast
✓Virginia holds the ratings edge over Syracuse, about 15.6 points on SP+.
✓Home field for Virginia is worth about 2.5 points.
Penalty risk
🚩Atlantic Coast crews call 11% more penalties than the FBS average (14.1 per game); the home-visitor split is even. Most common: False Start.
🚩SYR draws Offensive Holding 1.2 times a game over 4 games. Atlantic Coast crews call it 15% more often than FBS crews, so about 1.4 expected.
🚩SYR draws Defensive Holding 1.5 times a game over 4 games. Atlantic Coast crews call it 13% less often than FBS crews, so about 1.3 expected.
🚩UVA draws False Start 1.0 times a game over 5 games. Atlantic Coast crews call it 11% more often than FBS crews, so about 1.1 expected.
⚔️Team Profiles
StatSyracuseVirginia
SP+ overall rank7421
SP+ offense rank9729
SP+ defense rank5120
Pass rate53%49%
Plays per game75.475.5
Explosive play rate6.5%6.1%
Explosives allowed7.5%5.4%
Sack rate (defense)5.6%7.3%
Offense success rate42.6%43.9%
Offense PPA / play0.080.17
Defense PPA allowed-0.05-0.04
Havoc rate (defense)18.5%18.1%
Syracuse derived scheme
pass heavyup tempo
Virginia derived scheme
balancedlimits explosivesup tempo
SP+ and advanced stats from CFBD for the current season; scheme tags derived from the play-by-play. Lower rank is better.
🏃Officiating Crew
ACC Atlantic Coast officials
Atlantic Coast crews call 11% more penalties than the FBS average (14.1 per game); the home-visitor split is even. Most common: False Start.
Flags / game
14.1
FBS average
12.74
vs FBS
+11%
Yards / game
125.9
On home team
48%
Home lean
+0.1 pts
Most called
False Start2.92 / game
Offensive Holding2.49 / game
Defensive Pass Interference1.37 / game
Defensive Offside0.74 / game
Defensive Holding0.61 / game
Roughing the Passer0.59 / game
136 games on file for this conference's crews over the last two seasons. Officials are not published for college games. College crews are assigned by conference, so this is the profile of the conference that staffs this game.
📋Coaching Staffs
Syracuse
Head coachFran Brown
Virginia
Head coachTony Elliott
Coordinators appear when the staff file lists them.
🏟️Situational Context
Kickoff
Sat Oct 10, 7:30 PM ET
Venue
Scott Stadium
Location
Charlottesville, VA
Roof
outdoor
Conference game
Yes
Neutral site
No
Game type
regular
Officials
Not published