Sat, Sep 21, 2024, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Indiana
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1-2 · Power #119
14
final
Final
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3-0 · Power #10
52
▲ winner
Closing spread
IU -28.5
✓ IU W
Total
50.5
▲ Over · 66 pts
Model before kickoff
CLT 10–39 IU
✓ IU (98%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenIU -27.5
CloseIU -28.5
Total50.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Indiana
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened IU -27.5 · closed IU -28.5 · moved 1 toward IUmodel IU -26.5
Opened 50.5 · unchangedmodel 49
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 26.5–30.5 since 2023: won 98%, covered 56% (45 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 47% (30 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenIU -27.5
CloseIU -28.5
Total50.5
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 IU as a 28.5-point home favorite against CLT, the favorite won 10, covered 3, and 9 went over the total.

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This game: IU won 52–14; the favorite covered, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 66 points went over 50.5, as in 9 of 10.
Favorite won
10 of 10100%
Normal range · usually 95%
Favorite covered
3 of 933%
Normal range · usually 56%
Went over
9 of 1090%
Above normal · usually 59%

Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 24.7 against an average line of 28.7; 58.5 points a game (usually 57.4). Of the 2 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
MINN vs COLO
2022 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & spread
-2849–7 W O47.5
Close
AUB vs GAST
2021 · Week 4 · close · similar situation & rest
-27.534–24 L O57.5
Close
CCU vs KU
2021 · Week 2 · close · similar situation & rest
-2749–22 P O52
Close
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar situation & rest
-24.526–9 L U48.5
Close
MICH vs NIU
2021 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & situation
-27.563–10 W O55
Close
CIN vs TEM
2021 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & spread
-3052–3 W O52.5
Loose
UK vs NIU
2022 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest & situation
-26.7531–23 L O53
Loose
2023 · Week 3 · loose · similar situation & rest
-34.7541–17 L O51.25
Loose
FRES vs UNLV
2021 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest & situation
-3038–30 L O59
Loose
2023 · Week 9 · loose · similar rest
-3133–24 L O45
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 1 trend and market move 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.

Small sample warning
Charlotte 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
CLT−9.5 →−12.7▼ 3.2#118
IU−3.2 →+9.1▲ 12.3#23
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

CLT
Longer bar = better
IU
#121
Offense
IU better ▶
#7
#104
Defense
IU better ▶
#12
0.0 #79
Turnovers
IU better ▶
+2.0 #8
64 plays #82
Pace
Even
65 plays #75
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When CLT has the ball
Advantage: IU defense
CLT offIU defEdge
Points / game 18.0 #120 7.7 #12 IU
Yards / play 5.34 #102 3.36 #4 IU
PPA / play −0.10 #129 −0.16 #10 IU
Success rate 32% #132 32% #20 IU
When IU has the ball
Advantage: IU offense
IU offCLT defEdge
Points / game 50.0 #6 31.3 #114 IU
Yards / play 7.92 #9 6.56 #122 IU
PPA / play +0.52 #7 +0.18 #99 IU
Success rate 61% #5 40% #81 IU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 111 FBS teams
CLT scoring against the IU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
CLT scored
1.0
#109
4.3
#94
5.3
#107
3.3
#91
9.3
#26
12.7
#56
IU allowed
0.0
#1
5.7
#40
5.7
#15
1.0
#7
1.0
#7
2.0
#3
IU scoring against the CLT defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
IU scored
18.7
#3
9.3
#48
28.0
#6
8.0
#37
14.0
#2
22.0
#8
CLT allowed
6.7
#79
9.0
#80
15.7
#81
6.7
#72
9.0
#92
15.7
#97

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
IU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
83° · 3 mph
gusts 11 mph · at kickoff
Rest
CLT7d
IU7d
Even
Tempo
Average 129 plays
slowavg 132fast

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