Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 8 · at Washington State
Closing spread
WSU -18.5
✓ WSU W
Total
54.5
▼ Under · 52 pts
Model before kickoff
HAW 18–37 WSU
✓ WSU (91%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenWSU -20
CloseWSU -18.5
Total55.5 → 54.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenWSU -20
1.5 → HAW
CloseWSU -18.5
1.5 pts toward Hawai'i
Total
Open55.5
▼ 1
Close54.5
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened WSU -20 · closed WSU -18.5 · moved 1.5 toward HAWmodel WSU -22
model WSU -22
Opened 55.5 · closed 54.5 · moved 1 downmodel 54.5 matches the line
model 54.5 = line ✓
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Line context
Home favorites of 17.5–19.5 since 2023: won 98%, covered 51% (51 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 48% (60 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenWSU -20
CloseWSU -18.5
Total55.5 → 54.5
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
WSU as an 18.5-point home favorite against HAW, the favorite won 9, covered 6, and 6 went over the total.
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This game: WSU won 42–10; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 52 points stayed under 54.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
9 of 1090%
Normal range · usually 90%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 46%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 21.5 against an average line of 19; 54.3 points a game (usually 54.3). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close | 2021 · Week 9 · very close · similar spread & rest |
-19 | 51–20 | W | O58.25 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & total |
-20 | 43–36 | L | O56 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-18.5 | 24–3 | W | U50 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 5 · very close · similar situation & rest |
-17.75 | 34–27 | L | O56 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & total |
-15.25 | 14–17 | L | U53 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & season form |
-21.25 | 38–24 | L | O49.75 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & season form |
-21.5 | 31–7 | W | U51.75 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & situation |
-20 | 41–13 | W | U58.75 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 8 · close · similar total & situation |
-18.5 | 55–3 | W | O51 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 13 · close · similar rest |
-18.5 | 48–14 | W | O49.5 |
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Mixed signals 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.
Washington State ATS trend (3-1)
Washington State have covered 75% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Market moved toward Hawai'i
1.5 pts (WSU -20 → WSU -18.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 17 in the 4th quarter and got 14. 52% of games with totals 50.5–58.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-5 50% | 5-4 56% | 2-7 22% | |
| 6-4 60% | 5-3 63% | 4-4 50% |
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 →−10.3▲ 1.4#108
WSU+2.5 →+4.3▲ 1.8#50
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW7
Longer bar = better
#94
Offense
WSU better ▶#37
#51
Defense
◀ HAW better#91
−0.2 #82
Turnovers
WSU better ▶+0.7 #32
66 plays #75
Pace
WSU faster ▶70 plays #33
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| HAW off | WSU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 21.3 #114 | 29.8 #100 | Even |
| Yards / play | 5.28 #102 | 6.22 #114 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.11 #85 | +0.12 #80 | Even |
| Success rate | 43% #75 | 41% #69 | Even |
| WSU off | HAW def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 39.0 #20 | 20.5 #38 | Even |
| Yards / play | 6.60 #30 | 5.31 #59 | WSU |
| PPA / play | +0.20 #45 | +0.13 #85 | WSU |
| Success rate | 45% #52 | 36% #21 | HAW |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
HAW scoring against the WSU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.5 #60 | 4.5 #123 | 11.0 #103 | 5.7 #79 | 4.7 #124 | 10.3 #108 | |
6.8 #102 | 6.7 #53 | 13.5 #81 | 7.8 #114 | 7.5 #97 | 15.3 #114 |
WSU scoring against the HAW defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11.0 #10 | 12.3 #16 | 23.3 #11 | 5.2 #82 | 9.2 #29 | 14.3 #57 | |
3.3 #30 | 6.8 #56 | 10.2 #46 | 4.5 #43 | 5.8 #58 | 10.3 #41 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
64° · 8 mph
gusts 16 mph · at kickoff
Rest
HAW7d
WSU7d
Even
Tempo
Average 136 plays
slowavg 133fast
Altitude
HAW +2,461 ft
moderate climb
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