Sat, Nov 9, 2024, 12:00 PM ESTWeek 11 · at Texas · Conference game
Weather at kickoff68°F9 mphgusts 19DryWeather watch ›
4-4 · Power #21
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Final
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7-1 · Power #2
49
▲ winner
Closing spread
TEX -24.5
✓ TEX W
Total
48.5
▲ Over · 66 pts
Model before kickoff
FLA 14–37 TEX
✓ TEX (95%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTEX -21.5
CloseTEX -24.5
Total47.5 → 48.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
3 pts toward Texas
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TEX -21.5 · closed TEX -24.5 · moved 3 toward TEXmodel TEX -19
Opened 47.5 · closed 48.5 · moved 1 upmodel 50.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 23.5–25.5 since 2023: won 93%, covered 48% (45 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 47% (87 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTEX -21.5
CloseTEX -24.5
Total47.5 → 48.5
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 TEX as a 24.5-point home favorite against FLA, the favorite won 10, covered 6, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: TEX won 49–17; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 66 points went over 48.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
10 of 10100%
Normal range · usually 92%
Favorite covered
6 of 967%
Normal range · usually 46%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 51%

Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 23.5 against an average line of 21.2; 52.3 points a game (usually 54.3). Of the 4 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
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MICH vs NU
2021 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & total
-23.533–7 W U51
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2023 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & season form
-2158–7 W O45.5
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ALA vs AUB
2022 · Week 13 · close · similar situation & total
-2249–27 P O51
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2024 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & season form
-22.538–9 W U54
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2023 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & season form
-20.535–6 W U49.5
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2024 · Week 7 · close · similar season form & team ratings
-2127–25 L O50
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MICH vs MSU
2022 · Week 9 · close · similar season form & situation
-22.2529–7 L U55
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2024 · Week 10 · close · similar situation & season form
-2153–31 W O55.5
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MICH vs IU
2021 · Week 10 · close · similar situation & total
-20.529–7 W U51
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2024 · Week 10 · close · similar rest & situation
-17.528–18 L O45.5
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 1 trend and market move behind it
Slight Texas ATS trend Hit
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 Texas
3 pts (TEX -21.5 → TEX -24.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (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
FLA+8.5 →+8.8▲ 0.3#26
TEX+19.1 →+22.9▲ 3.8#4
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW10

FLA
Longer bar = better
TEX
#60
Offense
TEX better ▶
#28
#77
Defense
TEX better ▶
#4
0.0 #71
Turnovers
TEX better ▶
+0.4 #44
62 plays #122
Pace
TEX faster ▶
70 plays #33
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When FLA has the ball
Advantage: TEX defense
FLA offTEX defEdge
Points / game 29.5 #58 11.5 #2 TEX
Yards / play 6.34 #38 3.81 #1 TEX
PPA / play +0.09 #94 −0.15 #2 TEX
Success rate 45% #51 35% #10 TEX
When TEX has the ball
Advantage: TEX offense
TEX offFLA defEdge
Points / game 37.6 #16 24.9 #72 TEX
Yards / play 6.47 #28 5.34 #54 TEX
PPA / play +0.22 #30 +0.10 #67 TEX
Success rate 46% #39 46% #114 TEX

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
FLA scoring against the TEX defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
FLA scored
3.8
#115
11.1
#22
14.9
#59
6.1
#68
8.5
#30
14.6
#47
TEX allowed
2.1
#9
4.8
#16
6.9
#4
1.3
#3
3.4
#8
4.6
#3
TEX scoring against the FLA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TEX scored
8.8
#22
12.1
#9
20.9
#11
9.0
#21
7.8
#51
16.8
#26
FLA allowed
3.8
#32
6.3
#41
10.0
#30
9.4
#128
4.8
#28
14.1
#98

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TEX +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
68° · 9 mph
gusts 19 mph · at kickoff
Rest
FLA7d
TEX14d bye
TEX +7 days
Tempo
Average 132 plays
slowavg 134fast
Quarterback
FLA backup QB started
Not the usual starter

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