Sat, Sep 23, 2023, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 4 · at UConn
Weather at kickoff57°F10 mphgusts 22Wet0.0 mmWet Over 45% of 309 games since 2023Weather watch ›
3-0 · Power #37
41
▲ winner
Final
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0-3 · Power #125
7
final
Closing spread
DUKE -22
✓ DUKE W
Total
46
▲ Over · 48 pts
Model before kickoff
DUKE 34–13 CONN
✓ DUKE (94%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseDUKE -22
Total46
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Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseDUKE -22
Total46
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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 DUKE as a 22-point road favorite at CONN, the favorite won 8, covered 6, and 6 went over the total.

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This game: DUKE won 41–7; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 48 points went over 46, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 90%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
6 of 1060%
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 20.8 against an average line of 20.4; 50.8 points a game (usually 55.3). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
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CLEM @ BC
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & spread
-2131–3 W U48.75
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ND @ STAN
2021 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & spread
-20.7545–14 W O53
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RUTG @ TEM
2022 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & season form
-1816–14 L U42.75
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BAY @ KU
2021 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & total
-1745–7 W O48.5
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TROY @ ULM
2021 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & spread
-23.516–29 L U49.5
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PSU @ RUTG
2022 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & total
-18.555–10 W O45
Loose
BOIS @ NEV
2022 · Week 11 · loose · similar total & spread
-2141–3 W U47.5
Loose
MRSH @ BGSU
2022 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & situation
-1731–34 L O50
Loose
2023 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & total
-25.2531–29 L O47.75
Loose
OKST @ KU
2020 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & spread
-21.547–7 W O53
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 1 trend and market move behind it
No clear signal 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.

Small sample warning
Duke 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
DUKE+4.1 →+10.9▲ 6.8#20
CONN−5.0 →−8.4▼ 3.4#107
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

DUKE
Longer bar = better
CONN
#21
Offense
◀ DUKE better
#133
#24
Defense
◀ DUKE better
#104
+1.3 #20
Turnovers
◀ DUKE better
−1.3 #125
63 plays #109
Pace
CONN faster ▶
65 plays #84
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When DUKE has the ball
Advantage: DUKE offense
DUKE offCONN defEdge
Points / game 37.3 #29 31.0 #110 DUKE
Yards / play 6.79 #24 5.49 #76 DUKE
PPA / play +0.32 #23 +0.19 #111 DUKE
Success rate 54% #9 47% #118 DUKE
When CONN has the ball
Advantage: DUKE defense
CONN offDUKE defEdge
Points / game 13.0 #133 8.8 #5 DUKE
Yards / play 4.39 #131 4.09 #6 DUKE
PPA / play −0.13 #134 −0.16 #6 DUKE
Success rate 32% #134 41% #78 DUKE

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 131 FBS teams
DUKE scoring against the CONN defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
DUKE scored
5.7
#65
9.0
#64
14.7
#70
11.7
#10
9.7
#29
21.3
#11
CONN allowed
7.0
#108
11.3
#115
18.3
#112
7.0
#94
2.3
#9
9.3
#49
CONN scoring against the DUKE defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
CONN scored
3.3
#101
0.0
#131
3.3
#131
4.7
#96
7.0
#62
11.7
#84
DUKE allowed
2.3
#20
4.7
#36
7.0
#29
0.0
#1
2.3
#9
2.3
#2

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
CONN +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
57° · 10 mph
gusts 22 mph · 0.047 in rain · wind lowers scoring
Rest
DUKE7d
CONN7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 128 plays
slowavg 134fast

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