Sat, Sep 16, 2023, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Wisconsin
Closing spread
WIS -20.5
✓ WIS W
Total
65.5
▼ Under · 49 pts
Model before kickoff
GASO 20–38 WIS
✓ WIS (90%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseWIS -20.5
Total65.5
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Market
Open → close
Spread
Open—
no open
CloseWIS -20.5
Opening line not available
Total
Open—
no open
Close65.5
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseWIS -20.5
Total65.5
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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
WIS as a 20.5-point home favorite against GASO, the favorite won 9, covered 5, and 8 went over the total.
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This game: WIS won 35–14; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 49 points stayed under 65.5, as in 2 of 10.
Favorite won
9 of 1090%
Normal range · usually 89%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 49%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 16.5 against an average line of 18.7; 68.7 points a game (usually 56.5). 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 3 · close · similar rest & situation |
-19.5 | 49–21 | W | O60.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & total |
-19 | 52–21 | W | O67 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & total |
-19 | 38–14 | W | U64.75 |
| Loose | 2021 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & spread |
-19.5 | 38–7 | W | U74 |
| Loose | 2020 · Week 10 · loose · similar total |
-17 | 35–38 | L | O67.5 |
| Loose | 2020 · Week 12 · loose · similar rest |
-17.5 | 38–35 | L | O61.5 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-19.5 | 40–34 | L | O58 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 3 · loose · similar situation & rest |
-17.5 | 37–36 | L | O64 |
| Loose | 2020 · Week 8 · loose · similar spread & rest |
-21 | 51–34 | L | O71 |
| Loose | 2021 · Week 10 · loose · similar rest & total |
-17.5 | 48–21 | W | O66.5 |
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
Georgia Southern has 1 game with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 135 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
GASO+2.5 →+3.5▲ 1.0#39
WIS+6.6 →+8.0▲ 1.4#22
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2
Longer bar = better
#46
Offense
Even#55
#102
Defense
WIS better ▶#61
−2.0 #130
Turnovers
WIS better ▶+0.3 #60
76 plays #16
Pace
◀ GASO faster70 plays #50
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| GASO off | WIS def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 32.3 #57 | 20.7 #58 | Even |
| Yards / play | 6.12 #54 | 5.04 #61 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.17 #61 | −0.02 #40 | WIS |
| Success rate | 54% #11 | 41% #85 | GASO |
| WIS off | GASO def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 31.7 #59 | 23.3 #75 | Even |
| Yards / play | 6.33 #43 | 5.94 #108 | WIS |
| PPA / play | +0.13 #73 | +0.19 #107 | WIS |
| Success rate | 47% #46 | 47% #116 | WIS |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 22 FBS teams
GASO scoring against the WIS defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14.0 | 12.0 | 26.0 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 15.5 | |
7.0 | 10.0 | 17.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
WIS scoring against the GASO defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5.0 | 6.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 5.0 | 18.5 | |
0.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 6.5 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
69° · 2 mph
gusts 8 mph · at kickoff
Rest
GASO7d
WIS7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 145 plays
slowavg 134fast
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