Sat, Oct 14, 2023, 7:00 PM EDTWeek 7 · at LSU · Conference game
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3-2 · Power #40
18
final
Final
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4-2 · Power #10
48
▲ winner
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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Total
 
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
Opennot available
CloseLSU -10.5
Total58.5
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Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

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 ›

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MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
WAKE vs SYR
2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar total & spread
-9.545–35 W O58.5
Very close
TEX vs BAY
2020 · Week 8 · very close · similar spread & season form
-1127–16 P U61.5
Very close
TENN vs UK
2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar spread & rest
-10.544–6 W U62.5
Very close
UNC vs VT
2022 · Week 5 · very close · similar situation & total
-9.541–10 W U57.25
Close
TEX vs BAY
2022 · Week 13 · close · similar spread & season form
-1038–27 W O55.25
Close
UNC vs MIA
2021 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & situation
-7.545–42 L O63.5
Close
TENN vs SC
2021 · Week 6 · close · similar spread & total
-10.545–20 W O56.5
Close
TEX vs WVU
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & total
-7.538–20 W U61
Close
ORE vs WSU
2021 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & total
-13.2538–24 W O57.75
Close
FSU vs FLA
2022 · Week 13 · close · similar total & spread
-1045–38 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.
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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

AUB
Longer bar = better
LSU
#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
When AUB has the ball
Advantage: AUB offense
AUB offLSU defEdge
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
When LSU has the ball
Advantage: LSU offense
LSU offAUB defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
AUB scored
4.0
#103
9.6
#49
13.6
#80
8.4
#32
7.6
#50
16.0
#31
LSU allowed
9.3
#123
7.3
#74
16.7
#106
3.8
#31
11.8
#131
15.7
#103
LSU scoring against the AUB defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
LSU scored
7.5
#37
15.5
#3
23.0
#7
10.3
#10
11.5
#6
21.8
#3
AUB allowed
3.2
#33
3.4
#8
6.6
#10
6.8
#90
4.8
#40
11.6
#61

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
LSU +2.5
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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