Sat, Sep 7, 2024, 8:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Clemson
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1-0 · Power #99
20
final
Final
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0-1 · Power #17
66
▲ winner
Closing spread
CLEM -13.5
✓ CLEM W
Total
53.5
▲ Over · 86 pts
Model before kickoff
APP 19–33 CLEM
✓ CLEM (84%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenCLEM -17
CloseCLEM -13.5
Total51.5 → 53.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
3.5 pts toward App State
Total
Up 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened CLEM -17 · closed CLEM -13.5 · moved 3.5 toward APPmodel CLEM -15
Opened 51.5 · closed 53.5 · moved 2 upmodel 51.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 12.5–14.5 since 2023: won 86%, covered 45% (50 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenCLEM -17
CloseCLEM -13.5
Total51.5 → 53.5
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 3 games most like CLEM as a 13.5-point home favorite against APP, the favorite won 2, covered 1, and 0 went over the total.

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This game: CLEM won 66–20; the favorite covered, as in 1 of the 3 similar games. 86 points went over 53.5, as in 0 of 3.
Favorite won
2 of 367%
Normal range · usually 81%
Favorite covered
1 of 333%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
0 of 30%
Normal range · usually 52%

Only 3 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 3.3 against an average line of 12.7; 42 points a game (usually 55.3). When games like this go over ›

All 3 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
MIA vs APP
2021 · Week 2 · loose · similar situation & rest
-7.525–23 L U54.5
Loose
2024 · Week 1 · loose · similar total & situation
-16.513–28 L U51.5
Loose
USC vs SJSU
2021 · Week 1 · loose · similar situation & spread
-1430–7 W U61
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Slight App State ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Over trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Market moved toward App State
3.5 pts (CLEM -17 → CLEM -13.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved up 2
51.5 → 53.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
App State has 1 game with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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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
APP−0.7 →−0.4▲ 0.3#69
CLEM+12.9 →+10.7▼ 2.2#21
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

APP
Longer bar = better
CLEM
#34
Offense
◀ APP better
#132
#65
Defense
◀ APP better
#119
0.0 #72
Turnovers
◀ APP better
−1.0 #121
68 plays #50
Pace
◀ APP faster
52 plays #132
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When APP has the ball
Advantage: APP offense
APP offCLEM defEdge
Points / game 38.0 #40 34.0 #120 APP
Yards / play 7.35 #28 7.45 #133 APP
PPA / play +0.46 #14 +0.33 #126 APP
Success rate 46% #52 42% #95 APP
When CLEM has the ball
Advantage: APP defense
CLEM offAPP defEdge
Points / game 3.0 #137 10.0 #26 APP
Yards / play 3.62 #134 5.08 #73 APP
PPA / play −0.06 #120 +0.09 #89 APP
Success rate 28% #135 38% #73 APP

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
CLEM +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
75° · 10 mph
gusts 19 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
APP7d
CLEM7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 120 plays
slowavg 132fast

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