Sat, Oct 14, 2023, 7:00 PM EDTWeek 7 · at LSU · Conference game
Closing spread
LSU -10.5
✓ LSU W
Total
58.5
▲ Over · 66 pts
Model before kickoff
AUB 25–35 LSU
✓ LSU (77%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
Opennot available
CloseLSU -10.5
Total58.5
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Market
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Spread
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CloseLSU -10.5
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Total
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Close58.5
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
Opennot available
CloseLSU -10.5
Total58.5
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Similar games
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In the 10 games most like
LSU as a 10.5-point home favorite against AUB, the favorite won 10, covered 7, and 6 went over the total.
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This game: LSU won 48–18; the favorite covered, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 66 points went over 58.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
10 of 10100%
Normal range · usually 77%
Favorite covered
7 of 978%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 49%
Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 16.8 against an average line of 9.9; 64.4 points a game (usually 55.3). When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close | 2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar total & spread |
-9.5 | 45–35 | W | O58.5 |
| Very close | 2020 · Week 8 · very close · similar spread & season form |
-11 | 27–16 | P | U61.5 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar spread & rest |
-10.5 | 44–6 | W | U62.5 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 5 · very close · similar situation & total |
-9.5 | 41–10 | W | U57.25 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 13 · close · similar spread & season form |
-10 | 38–27 | W | O55.25 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & situation |
-7.5 | 45–42 | L | O63.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 6 · close · similar spread & total |
-10.5 | 45–20 | W | O56.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & total |
-7.5 | 38–20 | W | U61 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & total |
-13.25 | 38–24 | W | O57.75 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 13 · close · similar total & spread |
-10 | 45–38 | L | O58 |
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2020 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
Went over in Q4. Of 60 earlier overs in games with totals 54.5–62.5, 30% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-2 60% | 2-3 40% | 2-3 40% | |
| 4-2 67% | 3-3 50% | 4-0 100% |
Recent meetings
The series
AUB 23–33 LSU (1 tied)
LSU leads · 57 games since 1902 · LSU has won the last 2 meetings
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
AUB+11.4 →+7.7▼ 3.7#27
LSU−6.4 →+13.9▲ 20.3#14
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6
Longer bar = better
#74
Offense
LSU better ▶#5
#36
Defense
◀ AUB better#124
+0.4 #46
Turnovers
Even+0.5 #44
66 plays #82
Pace
LSU faster ▶70 plays #39
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| AUB off | LSU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 29.6 #72 | 32.3 #114 | AUB |
| Yards / play | 5.43 #93 | 6.68 #129 | AUB |
| PPA / play | +0.07 #94 | +0.32 #132 | AUB |
| Success rate | 46% #38 | 46% #119 | AUB |
| LSU off | AUB def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 44.8 #5 | 18.2 #26 | LSU |
| Yards / play | 7.81 #4 | 5.19 #42 | LSU |
| PPA / play | +0.45 #4 | +0.01 #36 | LSU |
| Success rate | 54% #5 | 38% #40 | LSU |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 133 FBS teams
AUB scoring against the LSU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.0 #103 | 9.6 #49 | 13.6 #80 | 8.4 #32 | 7.6 #50 | 16.0 #31 | |
9.3 #123 | 7.3 #74 | 16.7 #106 | 3.8 #31 | 11.8 #131 | 15.7 #103 |
LSU scoring against the AUB defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.5 #37 | 15.5 #3 | 23.0 #7 | 10.3 #10 | 11.5 #6 | 21.8 #3 | |
3.2 #33 | 3.4 #8 | 6.6 #10 | 6.8 #90 | 4.8 #40 | 11.6 #61 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
74° · 9 mph
gusts 20 mph · at kickoff
Rest
AUB14d bye
LSU7d
AUB +7 days
Tempo
Average 136 plays
slowavg 134fast
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