Wed, Nov 8, 2023, 7:30 PM ESTWeek 11 · at Toledo · Conference game
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4-5 · Power #126
23
final
Final
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8-1 · Power #58
49
▲ winner
Closing spread
TOL -20
✓ TOL W
Total
45
▲ Over · 72 pts
Model before kickoff
EMU 13–33 TOL
✓ TOL (93%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseTOL -20
Total45
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Total
 
Line context
Home favorites of 18–22 since 2023: won 93%, covered 48% (40 games)ⓘ
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseTOL -20
Total45
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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 TOL as a 20-point home favorite against EMU, the favorite won 9, covered 5, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: TOL won 49–23; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 72 points went over 45, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
9 of 1090%
Normal range · usually 91%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
4 of 944%
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 20.7 against an average line of 20; 44.9 points a game (usually 55.6). Of the 2 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 9 · very close · similar spread & situation
-19.530–27 L O48
Very close
AFA vs CSU
2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar situation & total
-21.524–12 L U43
Very close
CIN vs NAVY
2022 · Week 10 · very close · similar total & season form
-18.520–10 L U43.5
Very close
AFA vs UNLV
2021 · Week 13 · very close · similar situation & spread
-18.548–14 W O49.5
Very close
SDSU vs UNM
2021 · Week 6 · very close · similar spread & total
-19.531–7 W U42.5
Very close
PITT vs GT
2022 · Week 5 · very close · similar total & spread
-21.521–26 L P47
Very close
2023 · Week 6 · very close · similar total & spread
-2121–16 L U46.5
Very close
ND vs NAVY
2021 · Week 10 · very close · similar spread & total
-2134–6 W U47.5
Close
2023 · Week 8 · close · similar spread & situation
-18.555–3 W O51
Close
ND vs BC
2022 · Week 12 · close · similar spread & season form
-2044–0 W O42
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
Slight Eastern Michigan 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.

Eastern Michigan 3-1 ATS on the road
Strong against the spread on the road this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 228-230 (50%)
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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
EMU−3.1 →−15.0▼ 11.9#127
TOL+0.7 →+2.3▲ 1.6#49
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW10

EMU
Longer bar = better
TOL
#127
Offense
TOL better ▶
#27
#52
Defense
TOL better ▶
#26
0.0 #66
Turnovers
Even
0.0 #71
58 plays #131
Pace
TOL faster ▶
67 plays #65
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When EMU has the ball
Advantage: TOL defense
EMU offTOL defEdge
Points / game 18.6 #122 19.3 #25 TOL
Yards / play 4.46 #132 4.94 #26 TOL
PPA / play −0.01 #126 −0.02 #18 TOL
Success rate 37% #126 38% #34 TOL
When TOL has the ball
Advantage: TOL offense
TOL offEMU defEdge
Points / game 34.4 #24 22.3 #43 Even
Yards / play 6.42 #31 5.39 #56 TOL
PPA / play +0.21 #34 +0.05 #41 Even
Success rate 48% #18 42% #66 TOL

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 133 FBS teams
EMU scoring against the TOL defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
EMU scored
4.8
#93
6.8
#92
11.6
#98
4.0
#111
3.0
#131
7.0
#128
TOL allowed
3.9
#31
5.6
#23
9.4
#26
5.9
#70
4.0
#15
9.9
#33
TOL scoring against the EMU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TOL scored
8.9
#15
9.1
#46
18.0
#24
9.3
#14
7.1
#57
16.4
#26
EMU allowed
4.2
#41
5.9
#33
10.1
#33
6.0
#72
6.2
#63
12.2
#70

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TOL +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
50° · 6 mph
gusts 13 mph · at kickoff
Rest
EMU11d
TOL8d
EMU +3 days
Tempo
Slow 126 plays
slowavg 134fast