Sat, Sep 23, 2023, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Oregon · Conference game
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3-0 · Power #72
6
final
Final
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3-0 · Power #2
42
▲ winner
Closing spread
ORE -21.5
✓ ORE W
Total
70.5
▼ Under · 48 pts
Model before kickoff
COLO 25–45 ORE
✓ ORE (92%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseORE -21.5
Total70.5
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Spread
Opening line not available
Total
 
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseORE -21.5
Total70.5
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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 ORE as a 21.5-point home favorite against COLO, the favorite won 9, covered 5, and 6 went over the total.

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This game: ORE won 42–6; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 48 points stayed under 70.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
9 of 1090%
Normal range · usually 90%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 47%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 19.4 against an average line of 20.5; 69.4 points a game (usually 55.5). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
MISS vs TLSA
2022 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & spread
-2135–27 L U66.5
Close
OSU vs MD
2021 · Week 6 · close · similar spread & total
-21.7566–17 W O71.5
Close
OSU vs MSU
2021 · Week 12 · close · similar total & rest
-19.556–7 W U70.5
Loose
OU vs NEB
2021 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & spread
-22.523–16 L U62.5
Loose
UCF vs TLSA
2020 · Week 5 · loose · similar total & rest
-20.526–34 L U70
Loose
OSU vs IU
2020 · Week 12 · loose · similar rest & spread
-2142–35 L O67.5
Loose
OSU vs PUR
2021 · Week 11 · loose · similar rest
-1959–31 W O65
Loose
2023 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & situation
-1748–23 W O61.5
Loose
ALA vs TENN
2021 · Week 8 · loose · similar rest & total
-25.552–24 W O68
Loose
WAKE vs LIB
2022 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & situation
-17.537–36 L O64
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Oregon 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.

Oregon 3-0 ATS as a favorite
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 271-262 (51%)
Small sample warning
Colorado have 3 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 136 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
COLO+3.1 →+5.4▲ 2.3#37
ORE+8.3 →+15.0▲ 6.7#8
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

COLO
Longer bar = better
ORE
#37
Offense
ORE better ▶
#5
#97
Defense
ORE better ▶
#37
+2.0 #5
Turnovers
Even
+2.0 #7
77 plays #10
Pace
◀ COLO faster
70 plays #40
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When COLO has the ball
Even matchup
COLO offORE defEdge
Points / game 41.3 #15 15.7 #35 Even
Yards / play 6.25 #43 4.51 #31 Even
PPA / play +0.26 #38 −0.07 #28 Even
Success rate 45% #51 37% #52 Even
When ORE has the ball
Advantage: ORE offense
ORE offCOLO defEdge
Points / game 58.0 #2 30.3 #106 ORE
Yards / play 8.35 #4 6.03 #111 ORE
PPA / play +0.52 #5 +0.05 #67 ORE
Success rate 54% #10 45% #102 ORE

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 131 FBS teams
COLO scoring against the ORE defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
COLO scored
7.0
#46
7.7
#88
14.7
#70
8.0
#40
13.7
#6
21.7
#9
ORE allowed
4.7
#74
3.0
#14
7.7
#35
4.7
#59
3.3
#24
8.0
#36
ORE scoring against the COLO defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ORE scored
20.3
#1
13.7
#18
34.0
#2
10.3
#18
13.7
#6
24.0
#4
COLO allowed
4.7
#74
7.0
#72
11.7
#77
7.0
#94
9.3
#107
16.3
#114

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ORE +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
69° · 5 mph
gusts 14 mph · at kickoff
Rest
COLO7d
ORE7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 147 plays
slowavg 134fast