#49

East Carolina Pirates

American Athletic · 9-4

Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium · 50,000 seats

East Carolina Pirates rank #49 of 136 FBS teams in the Predictium ratings with an opponent-adjusted net rating of +0.057 points per play (Elo 1611), a 9-4 record in the American Athletic, and 33% of that rating still riding on preseason priors. They went 8-4 against the closing spread.

Ratings

Net rating
+0.057
#49 of 136
Elo
1611
Off EPA/play
+0.035
higher is better
Def EPA/play
-0.050
lower is better
Off success
+0.031
Def success
-0.026
Off explosive
-0.010
Def explosive
+0.003
Rush EPA
+0.010
offense
Pass EPA
+0.071
offense
Pts / drive
2.76
10.4 drives/gm
Pts / opportunity
4.37
inside opp 40

All splits are opponent-adjusted, per play. Defensive numbers are from the defense's perspective: negative means opponents produced less than expected.

What drives our rating

No black box: these are the actual model inputs behind East Carolina's number, including exactly how much is still preseason prior versus observed play.

Preseason prior-0.001

Where our rating started before a snap was played

Prior remaining33%

How much of today's rating still rides on that prior — fades as real games arrive

Returning production51%

Share of last season's production (PPA) back on the roster

Recruiting talent-0.26σ

Recruiting talent, standard deviations above the FBS average

Transfer portal-6.1 pts

Net production gained or lost through the transfer portal

Coaching changeYes

First-year head coach adds uncertainty and resets some priors

Quarterback

Katin Houser7 starts

Rating trajectory

Weekly net rating across the season — starts at the preseason prior and moves as real games replace it.

+0.06-0.00Wk 1Wk 17

Schedule & results

WkOpponentResultOur lineMarketATS
1@NC StateL 1724-12.7-13.5W
2vsCampbellW 563-34.1-30.2W
3@Coastal CarolinaW 380+5.4+7.0W
4vsBYUL 1334+10.8+6.5L
5vsArmyW 286-3.4-3.5W
7@TulaneL 1926-7.8-7.0push
8vsTulsaW 4127-17.6-16.5L
10@TempleW 4514+1.9+5.5W
11vsCharlotteW 4822-28.1-28.0L
12vsMemphisW 3127+2.0-3.0W
13@UTSAL 2458+4.3+2.0L
14@Florida AtlanticW 423+7.0+7.0W
17NPittsburghW 2317+5.5+12.5W

Lines are from this team's perspective (negative = favored). ATS is against the consensus closing spread.

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