Sat, Sep 21, 2024, 8:30 PM EDTWeek 4 · at New Mexico · Conference game
Closing spread
FRES -11.5
✓ FRES W
Total
62.5
▼ Under · 59 pts
Model before kickoff
FRES 34–22 UNM
✓ FRES (81%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenFRES -16
CloseFRES -11.5
Total61.5 → 62.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenFRES -16
4.5 → UNM
CloseFRES -11.5
4.5 pts toward New Mexico
Total
Open61.5
▲ 1
Close62.5
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened FRES -16 · closed FRES -11.5 · moved 4.5 toward UNMmodel FRES -15.5
model FRES -15.5
Opened 61.5 · closed 62.5 · moved 1 upmodel 56.5
model 56.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 9.5–13.5 since 2023: won 85%, covered 49% (53 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenFRES -16
CloseFRES -11.5
Total61.5 → 62.5
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
FRES as an 11.5-point road favorite at UNM, the favorite won 8, covered 5, and 4 went over the total.
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This game: FRES won 38–21; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 59 points stayed under 62.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 78%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 50%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 9.7 against an average line of 10.7; 61.5 points a game (usually 55.2). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | 2021 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & total |
-8.5 | 23–45 | L | O59.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 13 · close |
-10 | 32–17 | W | U54.5 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 6 · loose · similar rest |
-12.5 | 28–21 | L | U58 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & total |
-13.75 | 27–24 | L | U60.5 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 10 · loose · similar rest |
-7 | 17–37 | L | U59.5 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 10 · loose · similar rest |
-14.5 | 59–7 | W | U72.5 |
| Loose | 2021 · Week 12 · loose · similar rest & total |
-14.5 | 49–28 | W | O62 |
| Loose | 2021 · Week 7 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-11 | 49–21 | W | O66 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 8 · loose |
-8.5 | 27–17 | W | U59.5 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 9 · loose · similar rest |
-6.5 | 45–42 | L | O69.5 |
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 New Mexico ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
No clear signal on the total
Green signals have beaten the market in our backtest; yellow ones only describe the data.
Market moved toward New Mexico
4.5 pts (FRES -16 → FRES -11.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
New Mexico at altitude (+1.4 km)
Fresno State climb about 4,757 ft to play here; visitors have covered less often than the line expects at altitude. · Backtest 2023–26: 64-41 (61%)
Small sample warning
Fresno State have 2 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 25 in the 4th quarter and got 21. 46% of games with totals 58.5–66.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6-4 60% | 3-6 33% | 5-4 56% | |
| 2-8 20% | 5-5 50% | 8-2 80% |
Recent meetings
Last 1 since 2023
FRES 16–6 UNM
FRES leads · 22 games since 1947 · FRES has won the last meeting
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18 2023 | New Mexico 25 @ Fresno State 17 | FRES -22 | UNM 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
FRES−2.4 →+3.7▲ 6.1#53
UNM−11.4 →−15.7▼ 4.3#125
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3
Longer bar = better
#75
Offense
Even#74
#29
Defense
◀ FRES better#135
+0.7 #43
Turnovers
◀ FRES better+0.3 #64
68 plays #50
Pace
Even68 plays #52
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| FRES off | UNM def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 34.7 #42 | 47.0 #136 | FRES |
| Yards / play | 6.25 #58 | 8.40 #135 | FRES |
| PPA / play | +0.10 #94 | +0.34 #132 | FRES |
| Success rate | 39% #107 | 56% #137 | FRES |
| UNM off | FRES def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 29.7 #77 | 20.0 #47 | FRES |
| Yards / play | 6.09 #67 | 4.42 #27 | FRES |
| PPA / play | +0.20 #58 | −0.10 #17 | FRES |
| Success rate | 41% #94 | 34% #23 | FRES |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 132 FBS teams
FRES scoring against the UNM defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10.7 #23 | 9.0 #61 | 19.7 #39 | 10.3 #16 | 4.7 #98 | 15.0 #52 | |
9.3 #117 | 10.0 #107 | 19.3 #117 | 11.7 #130 | 16.0 #131 | 27.7 #132 |
UNM scoring against the FRES defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11.3 #18 | 9.0 #61 | 20.3 #32 | 4.7 #97 | 4.7 #98 | 9.3 #108 | |
3.3 #49 | 3.3 #25 | 6.7 #21 | 3.3 #33 | 10.0 #122 | 13.3 #86 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
66° · 15 mph
gusts 36 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
FRES7d
UNM7d
Even
Tempo
Average 136 plays
slowavg 132fast
Altitude
FRES +4,757 ft
thin air for the visitors
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