Sat, Oct 26, 2024, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 9 · at Oregon · Conference game
Weather at kickoff72°F10 mphgusts 19DryWeather watch ›
6-1 · Power #44
9
final
Final
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7-0 · Power #5
38
▲ winner
Closing spread
ORE -22.5
✓ ORE W
Total
54.5
▼ Under · 47 pts
Model before kickoff
ILL 15–37 ORE
✓ ORE (94%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenORE -22
CloseORE -22.5
Total54.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
0.5 pts toward Oregon
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ORE -22 · closed ORE -22.5 · moved 0.5 toward OREmodel ORE -21.5
Opened 54.5 · unchangedmodel 52.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 20.5–24.5 since 2023: won 95%, covered 46% (80 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenORE -22
CloseORE -22.5
Total54.5
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 ORE as a 22.5-point home favorite against ILL, the favorite won 10, covered 3, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: ORE won 38–9; the favorite covered, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 47 points stayed under 54.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
10 of 10100%
Normal range · usually 91%
Favorite covered
3 of 933%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 48%

Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 17.5 against an average line of 21.7; 54.1 points a game (usually 54.5). 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
2024 · Week 8 · very close · similar situation & rest
-2048–31 L O57.5
Very close
2024 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & spread
-2127–25 L O50
Very close
ALA vs AUB
2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar spread & rest
-2249–27 P O51
Very close
2024 · Week 6 · very close · similar total & situation
-22.531–10 L U53
Very close
2023 · Week 6 · very close · similar situation & spread
-2117–12 L U53
Very close
2023 · Week 9 · very close · similar situation & rest
-20.535–6 W U49.5
Very close
2023 · Week 6 · very close · similar situation & total
-2439–17 L O52.5
Very close
2024 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & situation
-2440–14 W U58
Close
ALA vs MSST
2022 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & situation
-21.2530–6 W U61.5
Close
ALA vs ARK
2021 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & spread
-20.542–35 L O58.5
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
Moderate Illinois ATS trend Miss
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.

Illinois ATS trend (5-2)
Illinois have covered 71% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Illinois 4-0 ATS as an underdog
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 271-262 (51%)
Oregon 1-3 ATS as a favorite
Struggling to cover in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 221-216 (51%)
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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
ILL−0.5 →+4.1▲ 4.6#51
ORE+22.4 →+20.3▼ 2.1#6
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW8

ILL
Longer bar = better
ORE
#57
Offense
ORE better ▶
#19
#73
Defense
ORE better ▶
#31
+1.0 #17
Turnovers
◀ ILL better
+0.3 #54
63 plays #109
Pace
ORE faster ▶
68 plays #54
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When ILL has the ball
Advantage: ORE defense
ILL offORE defEdge
Points / game 29.6 #63 16.6 #14 ORE
Yards / play 5.80 #75 5.04 #35 ORE
PPA / play +0.26 #20 +0.05 #43 ILL
Success rate 43% #68 38% #32 ORE
When ORE has the ball
Advantage: ORE offense
ORE offILL defEdge
Points / game 34.6 #27 18.1 #22 Even
Yards / play 6.73 #20 5.45 #67 ORE
PPA / play +0.26 #19 +0.12 #84 ORE
Success rate 50% #9 47% #120 ORE

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
ILL scoring against the ORE defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ILL scored
7.3
#44
8.6
#67
15.9
#50
5.0
#90
6.7
#78
11.7
#96
ORE allowed
2.9
#15
6.4
#48
9.3
#32
2.4
#8
4.9
#36
7.3
#12
ORE scoring against the ILL defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ORE scored
7.9
#32
12.4
#11
20.3
#18
3.7
#114
10.6
#9
14.3
#55
ILL allowed
2.9
#15
4.3
#16
7.1
#9
4.4
#39
5.7
#54
10.1
#34

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ORE +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
72° · 10 mph
gusts 19 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
ILL7d
ORE8d
ORE +1 day
Tempo
Average 131 plays
slowavg 133fast
Travel
ILL 1,793 mi
2 time zones

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