Cincinnati has a good offense that puts up big numbers. However, their defense also has a habit of giving up big numbers, and their defensive efficiency ratings show that this is about as good a matchup for the VT offense as we could reasonably hope for.

First, let’s look at the Bearcat defense through the FEI ratings. Here are the categories that we’ll use…

FD: First Down rate, the percentage of opponent offensive drives that result in at least one first down or touchdown.

AY: Available Yards, yards earned by the opponent offense divided by the total number of yards available based on starting field position.

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