Fri, Sep 13, 2024, 8:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Kansas State
Weather at kickoff81°F7 mphgusts 17DryWeather watch ›
2-0 · Power #79
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2-0 · Power #20
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▲ winner
Closing spread
KSU -9.5
✓ KSU W
Total
61.5
▼ Under · 38 pts
Model before kickoff
ARIZ 26–35 KSU
✓ KSU (75%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenKSU -7
CloseKSU -9.5
Total56.5 → 61.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2.5 pts toward Kansas State
Total
Up 5 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened KSU -7 · closed KSU -9.5 · moved 2.5 toward KSUmodel KSU -9.5 matches the line
Opened 56.5 · closed 61.5 · moved 5 upmodel 61
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 8.5–10.5 since 2023: won 79%, covered 42% (58 games)ⓘ
Moved off 7Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 46% (28 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenKSU -7
CloseKSU -9.5
Total56.5 → 61.5
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 KSU as a 9.5-point home favorite against ARIZ, the favorite won 7, covered 6, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: KSU won 31–7; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 38 points stayed under 61.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 74%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 50%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 11.9 against an average line of 8.7; 66.5 points a game (usually 54.4). Of the 1 over, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
USC vs WSU
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar rest
-12.530–14 W U64.5
Close
APP vs MRSH
2021 · Week 4 · close · similar situation & rest
-731–30 L O59.25
Loose
TEX vs TTU
2021 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest & situation
-970–35 W O62.75
Loose
2023 · Week 13 · loose · similar rest
-11.569–45 W O66
Loose
2023 · Week 8 · loose · similar rest
-5.541–3 W U60
Loose
FSU vs WAKE
2022 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest
-621–31 L U67.5
Loose
TCU vs SMU
2021 · Week 4 · loose · similar situation & team ratings
-9.534–42 L O65.5
Loose
ASU vs USC
2021 · Week 10 · loose · similar spread & rest
-9.7531–16 W U61.5
Loose
MSU vs WKU
2021 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & situation
-10.548–31 W O66.5
Loose
BYU vs BSU
2021 · Week 6 · loose · similar rest & situation
-617–26 L U58
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 Kansas State ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Over trend Miss
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 Kansas State
2.5 pts (KSU -7 → KSU -9.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved up 5
56.5 → 61.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
Arizona have 2 games 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
ARIZ+9.2 →+6.8▼ 2.4#28
KSU+11.5 →+12.0▲ 0.5#18
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

ARIZ
Longer bar = better
KSU
#36
Offense
Even
#30
#73
Defense
KSU better ▶
#56
0.0 #82
Turnovers
Even
0.0 #77
56 plays #131
Pace
Even
56 plays #130
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When ARIZ has the ball
Even matchup
ARIZ offKSU defEdge
Points / game 41.5 #29 16.5 #53 ARIZ
Yards / play 8.82 #6 5.17 #76 ARIZ
PPA / play +0.32 #36 0.00 #65 ARIZ
Success rate 43% #74 32% #31 KSU
When KSU has the ball
Advantage: KSU offense
KSU offARIZ defEdge
Points / game 37.5 #39 24.5 #92 KSU
Yards / play 7.54 #20 4.91 #67 KSU
PPA / play +0.35 #28 −0.01 #62 KSU
Success rate 49% #34 38% #72 KSU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 8 FBS teams
ARIZ scoring against the KSU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ARIZ scored
8.5
8.0
16.5
14.0
11.0
25.0
KSU allowed
3.5
8.0
11.5
1.5
3.5
5.0
KSU scoring against the ARIZ defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
KSU scored
8.5
5.0
13.5
10.0
14.0
24.0
ARIZ allowed
7.0
10.0
17.0
3.5
4.0
7.5

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
KSU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
81° · 7 mph
gusts 17 mph · at kickoff
Rest
ARIZ6d
KSU6d
Even
Tempo
Slow 112 plays
slowavg 132fast
Travel
ARIZ 937 mi
2 time zones

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