Boston College
4–4 · 2–3 ACC · Bill O'Brien, 3rd season
Lost to Duke 47–2, Oct 31 · Next: vs Florida State, Sat, Nov 7 · analysis
Best by position: quarterbacks · running backs · wide receivers · tight ends · defenders · kickers · punters
Against the closing line
Boston College has beaten the line in 3 of its last 4, by 3.9 points a game. Over the season it’s 2.1 a game under, 93rd of 136.
Of the 11 teams at 4–4 against a schedule this hard, Boston College’s −2.1 is 9th.
last 4
+3.9
before
−8.0
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Oct 3, 2026 @ SMU +12.5
Oct 17, 2026 vs Pittsburgh +12.5
Oct 24, 2026 @ Georgia Tech +28.5
Oct 31, 2026 @ Duke −38.0
Lately
- Covered 7 of its last 10count
- Nov 15, 2025 vs Georgia Tech +14.5
Nov 29, 2025 @ Syracuse +19
Sep 5 @ Cincinnati −12
Sep 11 vs Rutgers +4
Sep 19 vs Maine −31.5
Sep 26 vs Virginia Tech +7.5- Oct 3 @ SMU +12.5
- Oct 17 vs Pittsburgh +12.5
- Oct 24 @ Georgia Tech +28.5
- Oct 31 @ Duke −38
- Covered 6 of its last 10 on the roadcount
- Nov 16, 2024 @ SMU +9
Sep 6, 2025 @ Michigan State +1.5
Sep 13, 2025 @ Stanford −24- Oct 4, 2025 @ Pittsburgh −34.5
Oct 25, 2025 @ Louisville +11.5- Nov 29, 2025 @ Syracuse +19
- Sep 5 @ Cincinnati −12
- Oct 3 @ SMU +12.5
- Oct 24 @ Georgia Tech +28.5
- Oct 31 @ Duke −38
- Won 5 of its last 10count
- Nov 15, 2025 vs Georgia Tech −2
- Nov 29, 2025 @ Syracuse +22
- Sep 5 @ Cincinnati −19
- Sep 11 vs Rutgers +7
- Sep 19 vs Maine +6
- Sep 26 vs Virginia Tech −7
- Oct 3 @ SMU −9
- Oct 17 vs Pittsburgh +6
- Oct 24 @ Georgia Tech +22
- Oct 31 @ Duke −45
Against expected,
| a game | offense | defense |
|---|---|---|
| Points | −4.7 · 96th | −0.5 · 64th |
| Total yards | −24 · 84th | −53 · 23rd |
| Touchdowns | −0.4 · 84th | −0.1 · 64th |
| Passing efficiency | −18.7 · 112th | −10.9 · 37th |
| 3rd downs | −4.1% · 97th | −6.6% · 23rd |
| Turnovers | +0.3 · 107th | +0.3 · 25th |
| Sacks | +1.0 · 122nd | −0.3 · 94th |
| Penalty yards | +14.0 · 116th |
Over (+) or under (−) what its opponents usually allow, a game, and where that stands among 136 teams, the best first. Lit is the top ten or the bottom ten. Penalty yards read against the league’s mean, since nobody allows them.
Seasons
- 2026 4–4
- 2025 2–10
- 2024 7–6
- 2023 7–6
- 2022 3–9
- 2021 6–6
- 2020 6–5
- 2019 6–7
- 2018 7–5
- 2017 7–6
- 2016 7–6
- 2015 3–9
- 2014 7–6
- 2013 7–6
- 2012 2–10
- 2011 4–8
- 2010 7–6
- 2009 8–5
- 2008 9–5
- 2007 11–3
- 2006 10–3
- 2005 9–3
- 2004 9–3
- 2003 8–5
- 2002 9–4
- 2001 8–4
- 2000 7–5
- 1999 8–4
- 1998 4–7
- 1997 4–7
- 1996 5–7
- 1995 4–8
- 1994 7–4–1
- 1993 9–3
- 1992 8–3–1
- 1991 4–7
- 1990 4–7
- 1989 2–9
- 1988 3–8
- 1987 5–6
- 1986 9–3
- 1985 4–8
- 1984 10–2
- 1983 9–3
- 1982 8–3–1
- 1981 5–6
- 1980 7–4
- 1979 5–6
- 1978 0–11
- 1977 6–5
- 1976 8–3
- 1975 7–4
- 1974 8–3
- 1973 7–4
- 1972 4–7
- 1971 9–2
- 1970 8–2
- 1969 5–4
- 1968 6–3
- 1967 4–6
- 1966 4–6
- 1965 6–4
- 1964 6–3
- 1963 6–3
- 1962 8–2
- 1961 4–6
- 1960 3–6–1
- 1959 5–4
- 1958 7–3
- 1957 7–2
- 1956 5–4
- 1955 5–2–1
- 1954 8–1
- 1953 5–3–1
- 1952 4–4–1
- 1951 3–6
- 1950 0–9–1
- 1949 4–4–1
- 1948 5–2–2
- 1947 5–4
- 1946 6–3
- 1945 3–4
- 1944 4–3
- 1943 4–0–1
- 1942 8–2
- 1941 7–3
- 1940 11–0
- 1939 9–2
- 1938 6–1–2
- 1937 4–4–1
- 1919 5–3
- 1902 0–9
- 1901 2–7
Method
- Against the line is each game’s points of margin less what the closing line expected, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game nobody lined sits out, and a push hasn’t beaten it. Lately is the last 4 games with one.
- A schedule this hard means the mean rating of the opponents it’s played is within 5.2 points of the team’s, two thirds of a standard deviation of the league’s schedules, and a rating is what the season’s games say about a team’s margin against an average team. The teams beside it have its record.
- Against expected is each game against what the opponent usually gave up in its other games, with half the home edge, averaged. A game against a team with no other game here sits out.
- Passing efficiency is the NCAA’s passer rating. Turnovers on offense are the ones it lost, and on defense the ones it forced. Sacks on offense are the ones its quarterbacks took, and they start in 2024.