Sat, Sep 7, 2024, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Iowa
Weather at kickoff65°F7 mphgusts 16DryWeather watch ›
1-0 · Power #24
20
▲ winner
Final
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1-0 · Power #30
19
final
Closing spread
IOWA -2.5
✓ ISU W
Total
36.5
▲ Over · 39 pts
Model before kickoff
ISU 17–19 IOWA
✗ IOWA (57%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenIOWA -2.5
CloseIOWA -2.5
Total37.5 → 36.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened IOWA -2.5 · unchangedmodel IOWA -2
Opened 37.5 · closed 36.5 · moved 1 downmodel 36.5 matches the line
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 59%, covered 50% (109 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenIOWA -2.5
CloseIOWA -2.5
Total37.5 → 36.5
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 7 games most like IOWA as a 2.5-point home favorite against ISU, the favorite won 6, covered 5, and 6 went over the total.

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This game: ISU won 20–19 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 2 of the 7 similar games. 39 points went over 36.5, as in 6 of 7.
Favorite won
6 of 786%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
5 of 771%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
6 of 786%
Above normal · usually 47%

Only 7 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 10.3 against an average line of 3.4; 46.6 points a game (usually 53.2). Of the 2 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 7 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
2023 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & spread
-1.533–14 W O45
Loose
ISU vs BAY
2022 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest & situation
-2.524–31 L O45
Loose
IOWA vs PSU
2021 · Week 6 · loose · similar spread & rest
-2.523–20 W O41
Loose
2023 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & situation
-6.535–16 W O37.5
Loose
ILL vs IOWA
2022 · Week 6 · loose · similar rest & spread
-3.59–6 L U36.5
Loose
BAY vs WVU
2021 · Week 6 · loose · similar rest
-145–20 W O45
Loose
CLEM vs NCST
2022 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest
-6.530–20 W O45.75
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 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 have 0 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 135 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
ISU+4.2 →+3.8▼ 0.4#44
IOWA+2.5 →+3.3▲ 0.8#48
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

ISU
Longer bar = better
IOWA
#57
Offense
Even
#63
#59
Defense
IOWA better ▶
#23
+1.0 #33
Turnovers
IOWA better ▶
+3.0 #5
48 plays #132
Pace
IOWA faster ▶
71 plays #41
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When ISU has the ball
Advantage: IOWA defense
ISU offIOWA defEdge
Points / game 21.0 #104 0.0 #4 IOWA
Yards / play 7.35 #35 3.05 #17 Even
PPA / play +0.35 #45 −0.37 #13 IOWA
Success rate 52% #42 35% #57 Even
When IOWA has the ball
Even matchup
IOWA offISU defEdge
Points / game 40.0 #50 3.0 #20 ISU
Yards / play 6.93 #50 4.10 #46 Even
PPA / play +0.16 #82 0.00 #71 Even
Success rate 46% #70 43% #97 IOWA

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
IOWA +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
65° · 7 mph
gusts 16 mph · at kickoff
Rest
ISU7d
IOWA7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 119 plays
slowavg 133fast

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