Sat, Nov 16, 2024, 2:00 PM ESTWeek 12 · at Jacksonville State · Conference game
Closing spread
JXST -12.5
✓ FIU W
Total
58.5
▲ Over · 65 pts
Model before kickoff
FIU 21–34 JXST
✓ JXST (82%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenJXST -14
CloseJXST -12.5
Total57.5 → 58.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenJXST -14
1.5 → FIU
CloseJXST -12.5
1.5 pts toward Florida International
Total
Open57.5
▲ 1
Close58.5
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened JXST -14 · closed JXST -12.5 · moved 1.5 toward FIUmodel JXST -14
model JXST -14
Opened 57.5 · closed 58.5 · moved 1 upmodel 55.5
model 55.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 11.5–13.5 since 2023: won 75%, covered 47% (61 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 53% (102 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenJXST -14
CloseJXST -12.5
Total57.5 → 58.5
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
JXST as a 12.5-point home favorite against FIU, the favorite won 6, covered 5, and 5 went over the total.
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This game: JXST won 34–31; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 65 points went over 58.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 79%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 51%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 10.1 against an average line of 12.7; 65.5 points a game (usually 54.6). Of the 3 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close | 2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & total |
-11.25 | 21–49 | L | O58.5 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-14 | 34–17 | W | U61.5 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 10 · very close · similar situation & total |
-14.5 | 56–30 | W | O59 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & total |
-13 | 43–46 | L | O59 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 11 · very close · similar total & season form |
-13.5 | 38–10 | W | U58.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 11 · very close · similar situation & total |
-14 | 55–19 | W | O60 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar season form & situation |
-13.5 | 45–10 | W | U61 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 12 · very close · similar situation & spread |
-11 | 28–23 | L | U52.25 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 11 · close · similar total & spread |
-13.5 | 28–31 | L | U59.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 10 · close · similar situation & season form |
-9 | 30–42 | L | O64.5 |
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 Florida International 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.
Florida International 5-1 ATS as an underdog
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 271-262 (51%)
Jacksonville State 3-1 ATS at home
Strong against the spread at home this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 228-230 (50%)
Market moved toward Florida International
1.5 pts (JXST -14 → JXST -12.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 246 earlier overs in games with totals 54.5–62.5, 35% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-7 30% | 6-4 60% | 6-4 60% | |
| 7-3 70% | 5-4-1 56% | 7-3 70% |
Recent meetings
Last 1 since 2023
FIU 1–4 JXST
JXST leads · 5 games since 2020 · JXST has won the last meeting
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 2023 | Jacksonville State 41 @ Florida International 16 | JXST -9 | JXST W |
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
FIU−14.7 →−13.1▲ 1.6#117
JXST−4.5 →−3.6▲ 0.9#82
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW11
Longer bar = better
#114
Offense
JXST better ▶#21
#53
Defense
◀ FIU better#85
−0.3 #90
Turnovers
JXST better ▶+0.8 #22
60 plays #127
Pace
JXST faster ▶68 plays #50
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| FIU off | JXST def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 24.9 #98 | 29.2 #98 | Even |
| Yards / play | 5.38 #100 | 5.77 #83 | Even |
| PPA / play | −0.07 #132 | +0.08 #55 | JXST |
| Success rate | 37% #127 | 44% #105 | JXST |
| JXST off | FIU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 39.2 #9 | 24.9 #70 | JXST |
| Yards / play | 6.69 #19 | 5.11 #37 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.21 #28 | +0.04 #42 | Even |
| Success rate | 46% #27 | 41% #62 | JXST |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
FIU scoring against the JXST defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5.0 #87 | 7.0 #96 | 12.0 #98 | 5.4 #83 | 7.4 #57 | 12.9 #71 | |
8.3 #122 | 9.7 #108 | 18.0 #118 | 3.6 #20 | 7.0 #81 | 10.6 #39 |
JXST scoring against the FIU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.3 #37 | 12.1 #8 | 19.4 #20 | 9.9 #11 | 8.8 #23 | 18.7 #7 | |
3.8 #34 | 8.9 #95 | 12.7 #70 | 6.6 #92 | 4.9 #30 | 11.4 #57 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
64° · 3 mph
gusts 11 mph · at kickoff
Rest
FIU18d bye
JXST7d
FIU +11 days
Tempo
Average 128 plays
slowavg 134fast
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