We simulated Oklahoma State vs. Tulsa in 'College Football 25.' Who won the Week 3 game?
Justin MartinezThe Oklahoman
The "EA SPORTS College Football 25" video game has taken the nation by storm, and it'll now take a shot at predicting the future.
With No. 14-ranked OSU set to face Tulsa in a real-life road game at 11 a.m. Saturday, we ran 100 simulations of the Week 3 contest on the game to see which team is projected to win.
Here are the results, including average points scored for both teams and Most Valuable Player projections:
Results of Oklahoma State vs. Tulsa simulations on 'College Football 25'
Out of 100 simulations, OSU won 76 times. The average score was 31-20 in favor of the Cowboys.A total of 44 games were decided by one possession, and six games went into overtime. Of those overtime games, OSU won four of them.
The highest-scoring combined game was OSU's 52-31 win in Game 76, while the lowest-scoring combined game was Tulsa's 10-3 win in Game 42. Here are some more notable stats for both teams:
Oklahoma State
- Average points: 31
- Average yards per game: 398
- Biggest win: OSU won by 43 points in Game 85 (50-7)
- Biggest loss: OSU lost by 21 points in Game 19 (41-20)
- Highest scoring game: OSU scored 56 points in Game 40 (56-20)
- Lowest scoring game: OSU only scored three points in Game 90 (21-3)
- Most Valuable Player: Alan Bowman won MVP 33 times. The redshirt senior quarterback's best performance came in Game 40 when he completed 17 of his 25 passes for 426 yards and five touchdowns during a 56-20 win.
- Outlier performance: Trent Howland earned his lone MVP selection during a 45-16 win in Game 22. The redshirt junior running back replaced Ollie Gordon II, who got injured on the first drive. Howland recorded 13 carries for 107 yards and three touchdowns.
Tulsa
- Average points: 20
- Average yards per game: 334
- Biggest win: Tulsa won by 21 points in Game 19 (41-20)
- Biggest loss: Tulsa lost by 43 points in Game 85 (50-7)
- Highest scoring game: Tulsa scored 42 points in Game 45 (42-40 in 2OT)
- Lowest scoring game: Tulsa went scoreless in Game 83 (29-0)
- Most Valuable Player: Kirk Francis, a former Metro Christian star, won MVP 14 times, including once in a losing effort. The redshirt freshman quarterback's best performance came in Game 37 when he completed 12 of his 21 passes for 295 yards and four touchdowns during a 31-30 win.
- Outlier performance: Braylin Presley, the younger brother of OSU's Brennan Presley, earned his lone MVP selection during a 10-3 win in Game 42. The junior wide receiver caught five passes for 108 yards and one touchdown.
