Sat, Sep 7, 2024, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Washington
Weather at kickoff77°F7 mphgusts 17DryWeather watch ›
1-0 · Power #120
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Final
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1-0 · Power #31
30
▲ winner
Closing spread
WASH -25.5
✓ EMU W
Total
49.5
▼ Under · 39 pts
Model before kickoff
EMU 12–38 WASH
✓ WASH (97%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenWASH -23.5
CloseWASH -25.5
Total47.5 → 49.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2 pts toward Washington
Total
Up 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened WASH -23.5 · closed WASH -25.5 · moved 2 toward WASHmodel WASH -29.5
Opened 47.5 · closed 49.5 · moved 2 upmodel 50.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 23.5–27.5 since 2023: won 92%, covered 50% (53 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenWASH -23.5
CloseWASH -25.5
Total47.5 → 49.5
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 WASH as a 25.5-point home favorite against EMU, the favorite won 8, covered 5, and 7 went over the total.

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This game: WASH won 30–9; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 39 points stayed under 49.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 92%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 55%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 24 against an average line of 26.4; 59 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
Close
MIA vs MTSU
2022 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & situation
-25.531–45 L O53.5
Close
MICH vs NIU
2021 · Week 3 · close · similar situation & rest
-27.563–10 W O55
Close
FSU vs UL
2022 · Week 12 · close · similar spread & rest
-2549–17 W O52.5
Loose
LIB vs ODU
2021 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & situation
-27.545–17 W O53
Loose
2023 · Week 2 · loose · similar situation & rest
-24.538–20 L O50
Loose
UCF vs TEM
2022 · Week 7 · loose
-23.570–13 W O46.5
Loose
2023 · Week 12 · loose · similar rest & spread
-2510–31 L U48.5
Loose
2023 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & situation
-24.526–9 L U48.5
Loose
CIN vs TEM
2021 · Week 6 · loose · similar rest
-3052–3 W O52.5
Loose
2023 · Week 3 · loose · similar situation & rest
-3131–10 L U48.5
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
Slight Washington ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Over trend Miss
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.

Market moved toward Washington
2 pts (WASH -23.5 → WASH -25.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved up 2
47.5 → 49.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
Eastern Michigan has 1 game with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 135 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
EMU−13.3 →−11.3▲ 2.0#119
WASH+12.9 →+11.5▼ 1.4#19
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

EMU
Longer bar = better
WASH
#80
Offense
WASH better ▶
#44
#76
Defense
WASH better ▶
#36
0.0 #68
Turnovers
Even
0.0 #75
63 plays #93
Pace
WASH faster ▶
67 plays #63
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When EMU has the ball
Advantage: WASH defense
EMU offWASH defEdge
Points / game 28.0 #81 3.0 #21 WASH
Yards / play 5.95 #74 3.67 #34 WASH
PPA / play +0.16 #80 −0.05 #63 Even
Success rate 42% #85 27% #26 WASH
When WASH has the ball
Advantage: WASH offense
WASH offEMU defEdge
Points / game 35.0 #60 14.0 #57 Even
Yards / play 7.19 #41 4.63 #65 WASH
PPA / play +0.39 #37 +0.06 #76 WASH
Success rate 53% #36 44% #104 WASH

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
WASH +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
77° · 7 mph
gusts 17 mph · at kickoff
Rest
EMU7d
WASH7d
Even
Tempo
Average 130 plays
slowavg 133fast
Travel
EMU 1,906 mi
3 time zones

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