Thu, Oct 15, 2026, 8:00 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Texas State · Conference game
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2-3 · Power #110
27
final
Final
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2-3 · Power #58
66
▲ winner
Closing spread
TXST -15.5
✓ TXST W
Total
69.5
▲ Over · 93 pts
Model before kickoff
CSU 27–42 TXST
✓ TXST (86%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenTXST -12.5
CloseTXST -15.5
Total67.5 → 69.5
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Game recap · 1:23

Colorado State at Texas State: game recap

Made automatically (Oct 19, 1:45 PM ET). The “Model before kickoff” score on this card was updated after the video was made, so the video quotes an older one.

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Market

Open → close
Spread
3 pts toward Texas State
Total
Up 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TXST -12.5 · closed TXST -15.5 · moved 3 toward TXSTmodel TXST -14
Opened 67.5 · closed 69.5 · moved 2 upmodel 69.5 matches the line
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 14.5–16.5 since 2023: won 89%, covered 49% (132 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 49% (338 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenTXST -12.5
CloseTXST -15.5
Total67.5 → 69.5
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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 TXST as a 15.5-point home favorite against CSU, the favorite won 9, covered 4, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: TXST won 66–27; the favorite covered, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 93 points went over 69.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
9 of 1090%
Normal range · usually 87%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 52%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 49%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 15.9 against an average line of 14.1; 63.3 points a game (usually 52.8). Of the 5 overs, 2 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar total & situation
-13.559–50 L O68.5
Close
2023 · Week 13 · close · similar spread & situation
-15.527–13 L U61.25
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2025 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & season form
-13.524–21 L U62.5
Close
2025 · Week 9 · close · similar situation
-14.542–32 L O63.5
Close
2024 · Week 7 · close · similar situation & total
-13.541–9 W U66
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2024 · Week 12 · close · similar situation & spread
-16.553–18 W O62
Close
2023 · Week 13 · close · similar situation & season form
-10.555–27 W O63
Close
2025 · Week 14 · close · similar situation & season form
-10.519–24 L U62.5
Close
2023 · Week 7 · close · similar situation
-18.521–20 L U64.5
Close
2025 · Week 11 · close · similar situation
-1455–23 W O66.5
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2023 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 Texas State ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Moderate Over trend Hit
Moderate-or-stronger total leans went 21-19 (53%) in our 2024–26 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 Texas State
3 pts (TXST -12.5 → TXST -15.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Both teams trending Over (9-1 combined)
Their games this season have mostly gone over the total. · Backtest 2023–26: 66-66 (50%)
Total moved up 2
67.5 → 69.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 138 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
CSU−10.5 →−9.3▲ 1.2#105
TXST−1.3 →+0.6▲ 1.9#69
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6

CSU
Longer bar = better
TXST
#30
Offense
Even
#26
#135
Defense
TXST better ▶
#111
+1.8 #4
Turnovers
◀ CSU better
−0.8 #125
70 plays #37
Pace
TXST faster ▶
78 plays #4
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When CSU has the ball
Advantage: CSU offense
CSU offTXST defEdge
Points / game 37.4 #27 33.2 #127 CSU
Yards / play 6.72 #23 5.70 #95 CSU
PPA / play +0.28 #22 +0.16 #106 CSU
Success rate 46% #48 45% #116 CSU
When TXST has the ball
Advantage: TXST offense
TXST offCSU defEdge
Points / game 34.8 #42 38.6 #133 TXST
Yards / play 6.78 #22 7.35 #138 TXST
PPA / play +0.28 #25 +0.28 #131 TXST
Success rate 50% #16 53% #138 TXST

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 138 FBS teams
CSU scoring against the TXST defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
CSU scored
10.4
#18
10.4
#45
20.8
#25
6.0
#74
10.6
#11
16.6
#29
TXST allowed
7.6
#121
7.6
#76
15.2
#107
10.4
#136
7.6
#104
18.0
#128
TXST scoring against the CSU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TXST scored
11.8
#7
10.4
#45
22.2
#17
2.6
#130
10.0
#18
12.6
#81
CSU allowed
13.2
#138
12.4
#129
25.6
#137
5.6
#85
7.4
#101
13.0
#96

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TXST +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
84° · 7 mph
gusts 10 mph · at kickoff
Rest
CSU12d
TXST12d
Even
Tempo
Fast 148 plays
slowavg 133fast