Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 4 · at UTSA
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2-1 · Power #110
45
final
Final
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2-1 · Power #71
59
▲ winner
Closing spread
UTSA -14.5
✓ CSU W
Total
56.5
▲ Over · 104 pts
Model before kickoff
CSU 22–36 UTSA
✓ UTSA (84%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenUTSA -11.5
CloseUTSA -14.5
Total57.5 → 56.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
3 pts toward UTSA
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened UTSA -11.5 · closed UTSA -14.5 · moved 3 toward UTSAmodel UTSA -11.5
Opened 57.5 · closed 56.5 · moved 1 downmodel 57.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 13.5–15.5 since 2023: won 91%, covered 58% (142 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 50% (316 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenUTSA -11.5
CloseUTSA -14.5
Total57.5 → 56.5
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 UTSA as a 14.5-point home favorite against CSU, the favorite won 9, covered 7, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: UTSA won 59–45; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 104 points went over 56.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
9 of 1090%
Normal range · usually 86%
Favorite covered
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
3 of 933%
Normal range · usually 48%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 19.2 against an average line of 13.2; 59 points a game (usually 52.5). Of the 3 overs, 2 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2025 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & spread
-1356–31 W O61
Close
2023 · Week 9 · close · similar team ratings & total
-10.531–24 L U56
Close
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar total & season form
-15.538–28 L O55
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & spread
-1344–7 W P51
Close
2023 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & total
-13.538–10 W U58.5
Close
2023 · Week 13 · close · similar rest
-10.555–27 W O63
Close
2023 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & team ratings
-13.534–14 W U54.25
Close
2023 · Week 9 · close · similar team ratings
-11.520–33 L U55
Close
2025 · Week 4 · close · similar total
-12.541–10 W U54.5
Close
2025 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & situation
-18.534–15 W U61.5
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Slight UTSA ATS trend Miss
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.

Market moved toward UTSA
3 pts (UTSA -11.5 → UTSA -14.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Small sample warning
Colorado 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 138 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
CSU−10.5 →−7.6▲ 2.9#100
UTSA+0.4 →+0.1▼ 0.3#68
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

CSU
Longer bar = better
UTSA
#34
Offense
◀ CSU better
#75
#113
Defense
UTSA better ▶
#77
+2.7 #3
Turnovers
◀ CSU better
+1.3 #19
67 plays #61
Pace
◀ CSU faster
60 plays #116
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When CSU has the ball
Advantage: CSU offense
CSU offUTSA defEdge
Points / game 38.7 #36 24.0 #83 CSU
Yards / play 6.85 #28 5.34 #80 CSU
PPA / play +0.33 #23 −0.01 #41 Even
Success rate 46% #48 44% #104 CSU
When UTSA has the ball
Advantage: UTSA offense
UTSA offCSU defEdge
Points / game 27.3 #93 26.0 #99 Even
Yards / play 5.96 #81 7.28 #133 UTSA
PPA / play +0.16 #75 +0.12 #96 UTSA
Success rate 46% #51 47% #125 UTSA

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 137 FBS teams
CSU scoring against the UTSA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
CSU scored
10.3
#28
12.7
#36
23.0
#27
3.3
#112
12.3
#12
15.7
#50
UTSA allowed
3.3
#46
11.0
#118
14.3
#96
3.0
#39
6.7
#81
9.7
#64
UTSA scoring against the CSU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UTSA scored
5.7
#80
8.0
#84
13.7
#95
4.3
#100
9.3
#31
13.7
#69
CSU allowed
10.3
#127
9.0
#93
19.3
#125
4.7
#67
2.0
#11
6.7
#27

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
UTSA +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
CSU7d
UTSA7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 127 plays
slowavg 133fast
Quarterback
CSU backup QB started
Not the usual starter