Sat, Sep 16, 2023, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Wisconsin
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2-0 · Power #92
14
final
Final
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1-1 · Power #42
35
▲ winner
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

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Spread
Opening line not available
Total
 
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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
LSU vs CMU
2021 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & situation
-19.549–21 W O60.5
Close
OU vs TTU
2021 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & total
-1952–21 W O67
Close
FLA vs TENN
2021 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & total
-1938–14 W U64.75
Loose
UNC vs DUKE
2021 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & spread
-19.538–7 W U74
Loose
VT vs LIB
2020 · Week 10 · loose · similar total
-1735–38 L O67.5
Loose
ORE vs UCLA
2020 · Week 12 · loose · similar rest
-17.538–35 L O61.5
Loose
2023 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & situation
-19.540–34 L O58
Loose
WAKE vs LIB
2022 · Week 3 · loose · similar situation & rest
-17.537–36 L O64
Loose
UCF vs TULN
2020 · Week 8 · loose · similar spread & rest
-2151–34 L O71
Loose
WKU vs MTSU
2021 · Week 10 · loose · similar rest & total
-17.548–21 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.
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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

GASO
Longer bar = better
WIS
#46
Offense
Even
#55
#102
Defense
WIS better ▶
#61
−2.0 #130
Turnovers
WIS better ▶
+0.3 #60
76 plays #16
Pace
◀ GASO faster
70 plays #50
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When GASO has the ball
Even matchup
GASO offWIS defEdge
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
When WIS has the ball
Advantage: WIS offense
WIS offGASO defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
GASO scored
14.0
12.0
26.0
7.0
8.5
15.5
WIS allowed
7.0
10.0
17.0
0.0
7.0
7.0
WIS scoring against the GASO defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
WIS scored
5.0
6.5
11.5
13.5
5.0
18.5
GASO allowed
0.0
11.0
11.0
3.5
3.0
6.5

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
WIS +2.5
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