Sat, Sep 7, 2024, 10:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Oregon
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1-0 · Power #29
34
final
Final
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1-0 · Power #5
37
▲ winner
Closing spread
ORE -17.5
✓ BOIS W
Total
60.5
▲ Over · 71 pts
Model before kickoff
BOIS 22–40 ORE
✓ ORE (90%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenORE -19.5
CloseORE -17.5
Total60.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2 pts toward Boise State
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ORE -19.5 · closed ORE -17.5 · moved 2 toward BOISmodel ORE -20.5
Opened 60.5 · unchangedmodel 61.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 16.5–18.5 since 2023: won 94%, covered 51% (47 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenORE -19.5
CloseORE -17.5
Total60.5
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 ORE as a 17.5-point home favorite against BOIS, the favorite won 10, covered 7, and 2 went over the total.

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This game: ORE won 37–34; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 71 points went over 60.5, as in 2 of 10.
Favorite won
10 of 10100%
Normal range · usually 87%
Favorite covered
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
2 of 1020%
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 18.8 against an average line of 17.1; 55 points a game (usually 54.5). When games like this go over ›

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2023 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & spread
-16.540–14 W U61
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OU vs TTU
2021 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & season form
-1952–21 W O67
Close
LSU vs CMU
2021 · Week 3 · close · similar situation & rest
-19.549–21 W O60.5
Close
FLA vs TENN
2021 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & spread
-1938–14 W U64.75
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & total
-12.541–20 W U63
Close
PUR vs FAU
2022 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & situation
-16.2528–26 L U57.25
Close
ALA vs MSST
2022 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & total
-21.2530–6 W U61.5
Close
2023 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & season form
-15.524–21 L U65.5
Close
2023 · Week 6 · close · similar spread
-1737–17 W U57
Close
2023 · Week 10 · close
-14.530–21 L U55.5
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Boise State ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.

Market moved toward Boise State
2 pts (ORE -19.5 → ORE -17.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Small sample warning
Oregon have 0 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
BOIS+2.2 →+4.4▲ 2.2#39
ORE+22.4 →+20.1▼ 2.3#5
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

BOIS
Longer bar = better
ORE
#7
Offense
◀ BOIS better
#77
#104
Defense
ORE better ▶
#33
0.0 #69
Turnovers
ORE better ▶
+1.0 #34
66 plays #70
Pace
ORE faster ▶
87 plays #1
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When BOIS has the ball
Advantage: BOIS offense
BOIS offORE defEdge
Points / game 56.0 #5 14.0 #46 BOIS
Yards / play 9.86 #3 4.62 #56 BOIS
PPA / play +0.54 #9 −0.21 #16 Even
Success rate 57% #12 28% #15 Even
When ORE has the ball
Advantage: ORE offense
ORE offBOIS defEdge
Points / game 24.0 #96 45.0 #133 ORE
Yards / play 5.60 #81 5.42 #86 Even
PPA / play +0.11 #80 +0.22 #111 ORE
Success rate 47% #50 40% #86 ORE

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ORE +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
83° · 5 mph
gusts 9 mph · at kickoff
Rest
BOIS7d
ORE7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 153 plays
slowavg 132fast

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