Sat, Sep 21, 2024, 8:30 PM EDTWeek 4 · at New Mexico · Conference game
Weather at kickoff66°F15 mphgusts 36DryWindy Over 48% of 274 games since 2023Weather watch ›
2-1 · Power #84
38
▲ winner
Final
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0-3 · Power #111
21
final
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.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
4.5 pts toward New Mexico
Total
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
Opened 61.5 · closed 62.5 · moved 1 upmodel 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
UTSA @ UNT
2021 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & total
-8.523–45 L O59.5
Close
2023 · Week 13 · close
-1032–17 W U54.5
Loose
CCU @ ULM
2022 · Week 6 · loose · similar rest
-12.528–21 L U58
Loose
2023 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & total
-13.7527–24 L U60.5
Loose
2023 · Week 10 · loose · similar rest
-717–37 L U59.5
Loose
WKU @ CLT
2022 · Week 10 · loose · similar rest
-14.559–7 W U72.5
Loose
MRSH @ CLT
2021 · Week 12 · loose · similar rest & total
-14.549–28 W O62
Loose
MRSH @ UNT
2021 · Week 7 · loose · similar rest & situation
-1149–21 W O66
Loose
2023 · Week 8 · loose
-8.527–17 W U59.5
Loose
2023 · Week 9 · loose · similar rest
-6.545–42 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.
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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
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

FRES
Longer bar = better
UNM
#75
Offense
Even
#74
#29
Defense
◀ FRES better
#135
+0.7 #43
Turnovers
◀ FRES better
+0.3 #64
68 plays #50
Pace
Even
68 plays #52
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When FRES has the ball
Advantage: FRES offense
FRES offUNM defEdge
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
When UNM has the ball
Advantage: FRES defense
UNM offFRES defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
FRES scored
10.7
#23
9.0
#61
19.7
#39
10.3
#16
4.7
#98
15.0
#52
UNM allowed
9.3
#117
10.0
#107
19.3
#117
11.7
#130
16.0
#131
27.7
#132
UNM scoring against the FRES defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UNM scored
11.3
#18
9.0
#61
20.3
#32
4.7
#97
4.7
#98
9.3
#108
FRES allowed
3.3
#49
3.3
#25
6.7
#21
3.3
#33
10.0
#122
13.3
#86

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
UNM +2.5
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