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🎯 Game Intel
2026 • Week 6
NDSU
North Dakota State
Mountain West • Bison
AWAY
@
UNLV
UNLV
Mountain West • Rebels
HOME
🎯Win Probability Forecast
NDSU
67%
win probability
PROJECTED SCORE
NDSU 30 – UNLV 22
Total: 52 pts
High Data Confidence
Line: UNLV -3 • total 47.5
Bovada • context only, not a pick
UNLV (HOME)
33%
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
✓North Dakota State holds the ratings edge over UNLV, about 10.2 points on SP+.
✓Home field for UNLV is worth about 2.5 points.
✓North Dakota State travels about 1,200 miles.
Penalty risk
🚩UNLV draws Offensive Holding 1.6 times a game over 5 games. Mountain West crews call it 24% more often than FBS crews, so about 2.0 expected.
🚩NDSU draws False Start 1.4 times a game over 5 games.
🚩NDSU draws Offensive Holding 1.0 times a game over 5 games. Mountain West crews call it 24% more often than FBS crews, so about 1.2 expected.
⚔️Team Profiles
StatNorth Dakota StateUNLV
SP+ overall rank4578
SP+ offense rank5475
SP+ defense rank3389
Pass rate42%49%
Plays per game63.869.0
Explosive play rate5.5%7.9%
Explosives allowed2.9%7.7%
Sack rate (defense)5.5%6.2%
Offense success rate42.4%36.2%
Offense PPA / play0.170.07
Defense PPA allowed-0.180.04
Havoc rate (defense)17.5%16.3%
North Dakota State derived scheme
limits explosivesrun heavy
UNLV derived scheme
balanced
SP+ and advanced stats from CFBD for the current season; scheme tags derived from the play-by-play. Lower rank is better.
🏃Officiating Crew
MOUNTAIN-WEST Mountain West officials
Mountain West crews call 5% more penalties than the FBS average (13.38 per game); the flags lean toward the visitor. Most common: Offensive Holding.
Flags / game
13.38
FBS average
12.74
vs FBS
+5.0%
Yards / game
117.9
On home team
44%
Home lean
-4.1 pts
Most called
Offensive Holding2.68 / game
False Start2.43 / game
Defensive Pass Interference1.08 / game
Defensive Holding0.95 / game
Defensive Offside0.79 / game
Personal Foul / Defense0.67 / game
63 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
North Dakota State
Head coachTim Polasek
UNLV
Head coachDan Mullen
Coordinators appear when the staff file lists them.
🏟️Situational Context
Kickoff
Sat Oct 10, 7:00 PM ET
Venue
Allegiant Stadium
Location
Las Vegas, NV
Roof
dome
Conference game
Yes
Neutral site
No
Game type
regular
Officials
Not published