Sat, Aug 31, 2024, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 1 · at Texas
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▲ winner
Closing spread
TEX -34.5
✓ TEX W
Total
62.5
▼ Under · 52 pts
Model before kickoff
CSU 9–44 TEX
✓ TEX (99%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTEX -36.5
CloseTEX -34.5
Total59.5 → 62.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2 pts toward Colorado State
Total
Up 3 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TEX -36.5 · closed TEX -34.5 · moved 2 toward CSUmodel TEX -33
Opened 59.5 · closed 62.5 · moved 3 upmodel 53
Openline modelKickoff
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTEX -36.5
CloseTEX -34.5
Total59.5 → 62.5
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 TEX as a 34.5-point home favorite against CSU, the favorite won 10, covered 7, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: TEX won 52–0; the favorite covered, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 52 points stayed under 62.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
10 of 10100%
Normal range · usually 98%
Favorite covered
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 53%
Went over
3 of 933%
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 39.4 against an average line of 34.2; 59 points a game (usually 55.9). Of the 1 over, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 1 · very close · similar situation & team ratings
-35.2537–10 L U59
Close
OSU vs TOL
2022 · Week 3 · close · similar total & situation
-31.577–21 W O63
Close
MISS vs VAN
2021 · Week 12 · close · similar spread
-35.7531–17 L U65.5
Close
2023 · Week 10 · close
-35.559–3 W O55.5
Close
FLA vs VAN
2021 · Week 6 · close · similar total
-3942–0 W U60
Close
USC vs COLO
2022 · Week 11 · close · similar total
-34.555–17 W O66
Close
MSU vs AKR
2022 · Week 2 · close · similar situation
-34.552–0 W U56
Close
2023 · Week 2 · close · similar situation & spread
-3443–10 L U66.5
Loose
MICH vs CSU
2022 · Week 1 · loose · similar total & situation
-3151–7 W U60.75
Loose
OU vs UTEP
2022 · Week 1 · loose · similar situation & team ratings
-3145–13 W P58
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
Slight Colorado State ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Over trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

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 Colorado State
2 pts (TEX -36.5 → TEX -34.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved up 3
59.5 → 62.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
Colorado State have 0 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TEX +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
91° · 10 mph
gusts 19 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
CSU1st game
TEX1st game
Even

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