Sat, Sep 9, 2023, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Iowa State
Weather at kickoff80°F6 mphgusts 15DryWeather watch ›
1-0 · Power #54
20
▲ winner
Final
@
1-0 · Power #35
13
final
Closing spread
IOWA -3.5
✓ IOWA W
Total
35
▼ Under · 33 pts
Model before kickoff
IOWA 25–21 ISU
✓ IOWA (62%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseIOWA -3.5
Total35
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Market

Open → close
Spread
Opening line not available
Total
 
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseIOWA -3.5
Total35
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 2 games most like IOWA as a 3.5-point road favorite at ISU, the favorite won 1, covered 1, and 2 went over the total.

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This game: IOWA won 20–13; the favorite covered, as in 1 of the 2 similar games. 33 points stayed under 35, as in 0 of 2.
Favorite won
1 of 250%
Normal range · usually 59%
Favorite covered
1 of 250%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
2 of 2100%
Normal range · usually 48%

Only 2 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 7.5 against an average line of 7.8; 50.5 points a game (usually 54.8). When games like this go over ›

All 2 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
IOWA @ RUTG
2022 · Week 4 · loose · similar total & rest
-7.527–10 W O34.5
Loose
UTAH @ SDSU
2021 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & season form
-831–33 L O43
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
Iowa 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 134 FBS teams
IOWA
Longer bar = better
ISU
#106
Offense
ISU better ▶
#80
#54
Defense
ISU better ▶
#25
+1.0 #35
Turnovers
ISU better ▶
+2.0 #15
69 plays #56
Pace
◀ IOWA faster
45 plays #134
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When IOWA has the ball
Advantage: ISU defense
IOWA offISU defEdge
Points / game 24.0 #83 9.0 #28 ISU
Yards / play 4.12 #121 3.88 #29 ISU
PPA / play +0.01 #99 −0.37 #7 ISU
Success rate 32% #122 32% #35 ISU
When ISU has the ball
Advantage: IOWA defense
ISU offIOWA defEdge
Points / game 30.0 #70 14.0 #43 IOWA
Yards / play 5.56 #79 4.57 #55 IOWA
PPA / play +0.27 #44 −0.06 #53 Even
Success rate 30% #127 38% #66 IOWA

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ISU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
80° · 6 mph
gusts 15 mph · at kickoff
Rest
IOWA7d
ISU7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 114 plays
slowavg 135fast

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