Buffalo at Penn State

ST Model Penn State -34.8
Trends · 2026 week 3
How to read this: every angle below is a true fact about these teams — and there are hundreds, so some will look striking by pure chance. Each side's combinations carry a chance baseline telling you how good the best one would look if nothing were going on. FBS teams carry far less history than NFL ones (a median of 148 graded games vs ~435), so that baseline runs higher here — a perfect record is cheaper in college. Signals disagreeing is normal; weigh them yourself.
Buffalo — the basics
125 graded games since 2014
on the road25-3542%-2.3n=60
out of conference21-1854%-1.5n=39
vs an FBS opponent59-5651%+0.6n=115
vs a P5 opponent9-853%-1.2n=17
vs the Big Ten5-271%+2.2n=7
in September18-1751%-2.3n=35
in the last 5 seasons27-3147%-0.9n=58
record vs the closing number · pts = avg margin vs the line
Buffalo — form & streaks
Last 12 games: -3.8 pts vs their number per gamen=12
All 125 graded games: +0.0 pts vs their number per gamen=125
Buffalo — combinations
45 lean Buffalo · 23 lean against
Read this first. 82 combinations shown. The best one here is 71%. With this many combinations you'd expect the best to be about 69% by chance alone, and about 0 perfect records — this matchup has 0.
CombinationRec%PtsSample
on the road + vs the Big Ten5-271%from 42%+2.2n=7
+ in September3-260%from 71%-0.6n=5
out of conference + vs the Big Ten5-271%from 54%+2.2n=7
+ in September3-260%from 71%-0.6n=5
vs an FBS opponent + vs the Big Ten5-271%from 51%+2.2n=7
+ in September3-260%from 71%-0.6n=5
vs a P5 opponent + vs the Big Ten5-271%from 53%+2.2n=7
+ in September3-260%from 71%-0.6n=5
vs a P5 opponent + in the last 5 seasons5-363%from 53%-0.8n=8
out of conference + in the last 5 seasons12-860%from 54%-1.0n=20
vs the Big Ten + in September3-260%from 71%-0.6n=5
out of conference + vs an FBS opponent17-1259%from 54%+0.1n=29
+ vs the Big Ten5-271%from 59%+2.2n=7
+ in September3-260%from 71%-0.6n=5
+ in the last 5 seasons9-660%from 59%-1.0n=15
+ vs a P5 opponent9-853%from 59%-1.2n=17
+ vs the Big Ten5-271%from 53%+2.2n=7
+ in the last 5 seasons5-363%from 53%-0.8n=8
+ in September6-746%from 53%-2.8n=13
+ in September10-1148%from 59%-2.5n=21
+ in the last 5 seasons5-645%from 48%-4.9n=11
vs an FBS opponent + in September15-1354%from 51%-1.3n=28
+ in the last 5 seasons8-753%from 54%-1.9n=15
out of conference + vs a P5 opponent9-853%from 54%-1.2n=17
+ vs the Big Ten5-271%from 53%+2.2n=7
+ in September3-260%from 71%-0.6n=5
+ in the last 5 seasons5-363%from 53%-0.8n=8
+ in September6-746%from 53%-2.8n=13
+ in the last 5 seasons3-350%from 46%-3.7n=6
indented rows narrow the one above · click any row for the games behind it
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