Sat, Sep 23, 2023, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Clemson · Conference game
Closing spread
FSU -2
✓ FSU W
Total
56
▼ Under · 55 pts
Model before kickoff
FSU 29–27 CLEM
✓ FSU (54%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
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CloseFSU -2
Total56
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Spread
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CloseFSU -2
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Total
Open—
no open
Close56
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseFSU -2
Total56
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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
FSU as a 2-point road favorite at CLEM, the favorite won 6, covered 5, and 5 went over the total.
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This game: FSU won 31–24; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 55 points stayed under 56, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 58%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 46%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 0.3 against an average line of 2.7; 58.1 points a game (usually 54.6). When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close | 2021 · Week 4 · very close · similar situation & rest |
-1.5 | 28–25 | W | U55 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar spread & rest |
-2 | 29–28 | L | U58 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & spread |
-3 | 16–31 | L | U53 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & spread |
-2.5 | 32–29 | W | O50 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 9 · close · similar spread & rest |
-1 | 37–44 | L | O61.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 10 · close · similar total & spread |
-3 | 34–27 | W | O54.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & total |
-3 | 52–21 | W | O57.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 2 · close · similar rest & total |
-6 | 21–40 | L | O57.5 |
| Close | 2020 · Week 13 · close · similar spread & rest |
-1.5 | 23–20 | W | U58 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & spread |
-3.5 | 17–27 | L | U50.5 |
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
No clear signal on the spread
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.
Small sample warning
Florida State have 3 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 9 in the 4th quarter and got 7. 46% of games with totals 52–60 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-0 100% | 2-1 67% | 2-0 100% | |
| 2-1 67% | 1-2 33% | 2-0 100% |
Recent meetings
The series
FSU 21–17 CLEM
FSU leads · 38 games since 1970 · CLEM has won the last 2 meetings
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
FSU+6.4 →+14.0▲ 7.6#12
CLEM−4.1 →+11.9▲ 16.0#17
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3
Longer bar = better
#35
Offense
Even#44
#69
Defense
CLEM better ▶#30
+0.5 #47
Turnovers
◀ FSU better0.0 #80
63 plays #110
Pace
CLEM faster ▶79 plays #5
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| FSU off | CLEM def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 43.3 #10 | 22.5 #62 | FSU |
| Yards / play | 6.84 #23 | 4.22 #9 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.26 #33 | −0.06 #25 | Even |
| Success rate | 42% #72 | 34% #22 | CLEM |
| CLEM off | FSU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 36.3 #33 | 22.5 #61 | CLEM |
| Yards / play | 6.02 #55 | 5.72 #90 | CLEM |
| PPA / play | +0.13 #72 | +0.08 #73 | Even |
| Success rate | 53% #15 | 38% #50 | CLEM |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 130 FBS teams
FSU scoring against the CLEM defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8.0 #37 | 12.7 #28 | 20.7 #28 | 15.0 #2 | 11.7 #13 | 26.7 #2 | |
5.7 #90 | 2.0 #6 | 7.7 #35 | 2.3 #19 | 9.7 #113 | 12.0 #77 |
CLEM scoring against the FSU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11.3 #13 | 10.3 #52 | 21.7 #25 | 11.7 #10 | 7.0 #63 | 18.7 #24 | |
4.7 #70 | 5.3 #47 | 10.0 #56 | 4.3 #54 | 7.7 #94 | 12.0 #77 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
77° · 3 mph
gusts 14 mph · at kickoff
Rest
FSU7d
CLEM7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 141 plays
slowavg 134fast
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