Sat, Nov 23, 2024, 7:30 PM ESTWeek 13 · at Oklahoma · Conference game
Closing spread
ALA -14.5
✓ OU W
Total
46.5
▼ Under · 27 pts
Model before kickoff
ALA 30–16 OU
✗ ALA (84%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenALA -14
CloseALA -14.5
Total47.5 → 46.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenALA -14
0.5 → ALA
CloseALA -14.5
0.5 pts toward Alabama
Total
Open47.5
▼ 1
Close46.5
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ALA -14 · closed ALA -14.5 · moved 0.5 toward ALAmodel ALA -12.5
model ALA -12.5
Opened 47.5 · closed 46.5 · moved 1 downmodel 46
model 46
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 12.5–16.5 since 2023: won 85%, covered 49% (68 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenALA -14
CloseALA -14.5
Total47.5 → 46.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Similar games
The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out
In the 10 games most like
ALA as a 14.5-point road favorite at OU, the favorite won 8, covered 4, and 7 went over the total.
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This game: OU won 24–3 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 27 points stayed under 46.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 83%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 48%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 9.2 against an average line of 14.4; 53.6 points a game (usually 53.9). Of the 4 overs, 2 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close |
2024 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & team ratings |
-13.5 | 16–13 | L | U49.5 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 13 · very close · similar spread & total |
-14.5 | 27–24 | L | O48 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 10 · very close · similar spread & season form |
-14.5 | 38–17 | W | O45.5 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread & total |
-14.5 | 40–17 | W | O46.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar spread & total |
-14 | 30–13 | W | U47.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 11 · close · similar situation & spread |
-16.25 | 45–19 | W | O53 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 6 · close · similar season form & team ratings |
-18.5 | 38–41 | L | O50.75 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar season form |
-11.5 | 28–27 | L | O49.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 13 · close · similar situation & season form |
-10 | 23–38 | L | O47.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar total & spread |
-16.5 | 29–13 | L | U47 |
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2021 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found
Signals
The data signal, and no trends and market moves behind it
No clear signal on the spread
No clear signal on the total
None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.
No notable trends or market moves for this game.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 20 in the 4th quarter and got 0. 54% of games with totals 42.5–50.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8-2 80% | 6-4 60% | 6-4 60% | |
| 5-5 50% | 5-5 50% | 5-5 50% |
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 137 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
ALA+20.2 →+23.4▲ 3.2#4
OU+17.8 →+9.3▼ 8.5#26
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW12
Longer bar = better
#13
Offense
◀ ALA better#118
#13
Defense
Even#20
+1.3 #3
Turnovers
◀ ALA better−0.1 #80
64 plays #98
Pace
OU faster ▶69 plays #44
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| ALA off | OU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 39.5 #5 | 21.9 #38 | ALA |
| Yards / play | 6.82 #9 | 4.80 #19 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.28 #13 | −0.02 #13 | Even |
| Success rate | 47% #26 | 36% #8 | Even |
| OU off | ALA def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 25.1 #94 | 16.9 #10 | ALA |
| Yards / play | 4.74 #129 | 4.71 #12 | ALA |
| PPA / play | −0.04 #129 | −0.05 #9 | ALA |
| Success rate | 38% #121 | 37% #22 | ALA |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
ALA scoring against the OU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10.1 #6 | 10.6 #30 | 20.7 #13 | 7.6 #36 | 11.2 #4 | 18.8 #5 | |
4.8 #59 | 7.0 #56 | 11.8 #57 | 4.2 #31 | 5.9 #55 | 10.1 #32 |
OU scoring against the ALA defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5.8 #69 | 8.5 #61 | 14.3 #67 | 2.9 #127 | 7.9 #44 | 10.8 #109 | |
2.2 #9 | 4.2 #9 | 6.4 #5 | 5.0 #48 | 5.5 #42 | 10.5 #37 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
61° · 17 mph
gusts 31 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
ALA7d
OU14d bye
OU +7 days
Tempo
Average 133 plays
slowavg 134fast
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