Sat, Oct 5, 2024, 8:00 PM EDTWeek 6 · at San Diego State · Conference game
Weather at kickoff75°F8 mphgusts 17DryWeather watch ›
2-2 · Power #109
24
final
Final
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1-3 · Power #122
27
▲ winner
Closing spread
SDSU -1.5
✓ SDSU W
Total
48.5
▲ Over · 51 pts
Model before kickoff
HAW 21–23 SDSU
✓ SDSU (56%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenSDSU -2.5
CloseSDSU -1.5
Total46.5 → 48.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Hawai'i
Total
Up 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened SDSU -2.5 · closed SDSU -1.5 · moved 1 toward HAWmodel SDSU -4.5
Opened 46.5 · closed 48.5 · moved 2 upmodel 44.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 0.5–2.5 since 2023: won 49%, covered 45% (84 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 49% (45 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenSDSU -2.5
CloseSDSU -1.5
Total46.5 → 48.5
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 SDSU as a 1.5-point home favorite against HAW, the favorite won 5, covered 3, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: SDSU won 27–24; the favorite covered, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 51 points went over 48.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 55%
Favorite covered
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 48%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 2.4 against an average line of 3.1; 44.6 points a game (usually 53.2). Of the 3 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
FAU vs MTSU
2021 · Week 13 · very close · similar season form & team ratings
-3.517–27 L U49.5
Very close
2023 · Week 6 · very close · similar situation & spread
-330–45 L O52
Close
BALL vs M-OH
2021 · Week 8 · close · similar situation & season form
-3.517–24 L U53
Close
M-OH vs BALL
2022 · Week 13 · close · similar situation & spread
-2.518–17 L U45
Close
SDSU vs UNLV
2022 · Week 10 · close · similar rest & situation
-514–10 L U47
Close
TROY vs USA
2021 · Week 10 · close · similar season form & situation
-3.531–24 W O47.5
Close
UTEP vs MTSU
2022 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & situation
-2.513–24 L U52
Close
2024 · Week 4 · close · similar spread & team ratings
-148–14 W O45.5
Close
GT vs UVA
2022 · Week 8 · close · similar situation & total
-3.59–16 L U48
Close
2023 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & spread
-2.538–10 W O47
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
No clear signal on the spread
Slight Over trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Total moved up 2
46.5 → 48.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
Hawai'i have 3 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
HAW−11.7 →−10.4▲ 1.3#109
SDSU−8.3 →−10.2▼ 1.9#107
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5

HAW
Longer bar = better
SDSU
#80
Offense
◀ HAW better
#116
#30
Defense
◀ HAW better
#61
0.0 #68
Turnovers
SDSU better ▶
+0.8 #33
65 plays #79
Pace
◀ HAW faster
64 plays #93
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When HAW has the ball
Even matchup
HAW offSDSU defEdge
Points / game 24.3 #100 22.0 #55 SDSU
Yards / play 5.54 #92 5.15 #52 SDSU
PPA / play +0.09 #87 +0.06 #54 SDSU
Success rate 46% #39 42% #84 HAW
When SDSU has the ball
Advantage: HAW defense
SDSU offHAW defEdge
Points / game 19.0 #120 17.0 #24 HAW
Yards / play 5.05 #112 5.06 #43 HAW
PPA / play +0.07 #98 +0.03 #40 HAW
Success rate 33% #132 35% #12 HAW

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
HAW scoring against the SDSU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
HAW scored
9.0
#22
3.3
#130
12.3
#94
6.8
#66
5.3
#107
12.0
#85
SDSU allowed
6.0
#90
2.3
#8
8.3
#30
7.0
#94
6.8
#82
13.8
#98
SDSU scoring against the HAW defense
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SDSU scored
3.3
#116
3.5
#128
6.8
#130
5.3
#89
7.0
#59
12.3
#83
HAW allowed
1.8
#8
6.0
#44
7.8
#19
6.0
#78
3.3
#21
9.3
#38

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
SDSU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
75° · 8 mph
gusts 17 mph · at kickoff
Rest
HAW14d bye
SDSU7d
HAW +7 days
Tempo
Average 129 plays
slowavg 133fast
Travel
HAW 2,609 mi
3 time zones

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