Thu, Nov 14, 2024, 7:30 PM ESTWeek 12 · at Tulsa · Conference game
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5-4 · Power #92
38
▲ winner
Final
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3-6 · Power #131
31
final
Closing spread
ECU -16.5
✓ TLSA W
Total
63.5
▲ Over · 69 pts
Model before kickoff
ECU 36–21 TLSA
✓ ECU (86%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenECU -13
CloseECU -16.5
Total61.5 → 63.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
3.5 pts toward East Carolina
Total
Up 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ECU -13 · closed ECU -16.5 · moved 3.5 toward ECUmodel ECU -10.5
Opened 61.5 · closed 63.5 · moved 2 upmodel 56.5
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Line context
Road favorites of 14.5–18.5 since 2023: won 93%, covered 55% (42 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 3.5+ pts toward the favorite: that team covered 45% (58 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenECU -13
CloseECU -16.5
Total61.5 → 63.5
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 ECU as a 16.5-point road favorite at TLSA, the favorite won 10, covered 6, and 2 went over the total.

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This game: ECU won 38–31; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 69 points went over 63.5, as in 2 of 10.
Favorite won
10 of 10100%
Normal range · usually 86%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
2 of 1020%
Normal range · usually 47%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 16.9 against an average line of 16.3; 55.7 points a game (usually 53.7). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 6 · very close · similar spread & season form
-17.523–13 L U57.5
Close
BUFF @ AKR
2021 · Week 8 · close · similar situation & team ratings
-13.2545–10 W U58
Close
2023 · Week 13 · close · similar situation & season form
-13.545–21 W O64.25
Close
USU @ NMSU
2021 · Week 10 · close · similar rest & situation
-18.535–13 W U72.25
Close
TTU @ KU
2021 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & spread
-18.541–14 W U68
Close
BALL @ AKR
2021 · Week 10 · close · similar situation
-2031–25 L U58
Close
MRSH @ CLT
2021 · Week 12 · close · similar situation & total
-14.549–28 W O62
Close
2024 · Week 11 · close · similar situation & team ratings
-12.537–17 W U55
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar spread & rest
-1729–26 L U56.5
Close
UL @ ARST
2021 · Week 8 · close · similar season form & situation
-1828–27 L U70
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
Moderate East Carolina ATS trend Miss
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Over trend Hit
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.

Tulsa home ATS weakness (1-3)
Weak against the spread at home this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 216-236 (48%)
Market moved toward East Carolina
3.5 pts (ECU -13 → ECU -16.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved up 2
61.5 → 63.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
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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
ECU−7.2 →−6.9▲ 0.3#97
TLSA−9.9 →−19.8▼ 9.9#130
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW11

ECU
Longer bar = better
TLSA
#55
Offense
◀ ECU better
#112
#56
Defense
◀ ECU better
#107
−0.4 #100
Turnovers
Even
−0.4 #99
67 plays #71
Pace
TLSA faster ▶
73 plays #11
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When ECU has the ball
Advantage: ECU offense
ECU offTLSA defEdge
Points / game 32.4 #36 38.4 #132 ECU
Yards / play 6.26 #41 6.69 #129 ECU
PPA / play +0.14 #61 +0.23 #119 ECU
Success rate 42% #82 40% #49 TLSA
When TLSA has the ball
Advantage: ECU defense
TLSA offECU defEdge
Points / game 24.8 #99 26.8 #84 Even
Yards / play 5.24 #109 5.19 #44 ECU
PPA / play +0.05 #108 +0.09 #63 ECU
Success rate 35% #132 38% #33 ECU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
ECU scoring against the TLSA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ECU scored
10.0
#10
6.6
#107
16.6
#46
9.9
#12
6.0
#92
15.9
#31
TLSA allowed
8.1
#117
13.9
#132
22.0
#130
10.4
#133
6.0
#58
16.4
#118
TLSA scoring against the ECU defense
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TLSA scored
3.4
#117
6.8
#98
10.2
#117
6.1
#63
8.1
#39
14.2
#54
ECU allowed
5.3
#65
8.8
#93
14.1
#89
5.8
#71
6.9
#78
12.7
#74

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TLSA +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
54° · 4 mph
gusts 8 mph · at kickoff
Rest
ECU7d
TLSA12d
TLSA +5 days
Tempo
Fast 140 plays
slowavg 134fast