Sat, Oct 5, 2024, 6:30 PM EDTWeek 6 · at Oregon State
Weather at kickoff69°F7 mphgusts 15DryWeather watch ›
2-2 · Power #100
31
final
Final
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3-1 · Power #98
39
▲ winner
Closing spread
ORST -10.5
✓ CSU W
Total
47.5
▲ Over · 70 pts
Model before kickoff
CSU 19–31 ORST
✓ ORST (80%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenORST -14
CloseORST -10.5
Total48.5 → 47.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
3.5 pts toward Colorado State
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ORST -14 · closed ORST -10.5 · moved 3.5 toward CSUmodel ORST -17
Opened 48.5 · closed 47.5 · moved 1 downmodel 50
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 9.5–11.5 since 2023: won 75%, covered 41% (63 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenORST -14
CloseORST -10.5
Total48.5 → 47.5
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 ORST as a 10.5-point home favorite against CSU, the favorite won 8, covered 4, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: ORST won 39–31; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 70 points went over 47.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 75%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 51%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 9.4 against an average line of 11; 38.4 points a game (usually 55.2). Of the 2 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
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ORST vs CAL
2022 · Week 11 · close · similar total & spread
-11.538–10 W O47
Close
2023 · Week 11 · close · similar total & season form
-147–17 L U45.5
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MTSU vs USM
2021 · Week 9 · close · similar total & season form
-12.535–10 W U47.25
Close
2023 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & situation
-10.517–9 L U40
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ORE vs CAL
2021 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & situation
-13.524–17 L U53.5
Close
2023 · Week 6 · close · similar situation & total
-1031–38 L O47.5
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PUR vs ILL
2021 · Week 4 · close · similar season form
-10.513–9 L U53.25
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DUKE vs VT
2022 · Week 11 · close · similar total & season form
-1024–7 W U50
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2023 · Week 7 · close · similar spread & situation
-9.534–14 W O43
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UVA vs ODU
2022 · Week 3 · close · similar situation & team ratings
-8.2516–14 L U52.5
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Mixed signals 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.

Colorado State ATS struggles (1-3)
Colorado State have covered only 25% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 262-295 (47%)
Market moved toward Colorado State
3.5 pts (ORST -14 → ORST -10.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Small sample warning
Oregon State 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 137 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
CSU−8.3 →−10.4▼ 2.1#108
ORST+7.8 →+2.4▼ 5.4#62
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5

CSU
Longer bar = better
ORST
#111
Offense
ORST better ▶
#59
#88
Defense
Even
#84
−1.3 #126
Turnovers
ORST better ▶
+1.0 #24
64 plays #87
Pace
ORST faster ▶
73 plays #14
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When CSU has the ball
Advantage: ORST defense
CSU offORST defEdge
Points / game 18.5 #122 21.3 #50 ORST
Yards / play 5.11 #108 6.27 #117 Even
PPA / play −0.03 #122 +0.11 #83 ORST
Success rate 41% #93 42% #84 Even
When ORST has the ball
Advantage: ORST offense
ORST offCSU defEdge
Points / game 27.8 #80 28.5 #98 Even
Yards / play 5.77 #80 5.87 #98 Even
PPA / play +0.22 #43 +0.09 #75 ORST
Success rate 47% #32 41% #82 ORST

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
CSU scoring against the ORST defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
CSU scored
5.0
#90
5.3
#112
10.3
#105
4.3
#105
4.0
#116
8.3
#122
ORST allowed
4.0
#43
5.5
#42
9.5
#40
4.0
#36
7.8
#102
11.8
#66
ORST scoring against the CSU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ORST scored
7.0
#56
6.8
#93
13.8
#77
5.3
#89
8.8
#40
14.0
#61
CSU allowed
3.5
#38
10.3
#114
13.8
#89
8.8
#115
6.0
#67
14.8
#105

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ORST +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
69° · 7 mph
gusts 15 mph · at kickoff
Rest
CSU14d bye
ORST14d bye
Even
Tempo
Average 137 plays
slowavg 133fast