Sat, Sep 16, 2023, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Ohio
Closing spread
ISU -1.5
✓ OHIO W
Total
42
▼ Under · 17 pts
Model before kickoff
ISU 21–22 OHIO
✓ OHIO (52%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseISU -1.5
Total42
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Market
Open → close
Spread
Open—
no open
CloseISU -1.5
Opening line not available
Total
Open—
no open
Close42
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseISU -1.5
Total42
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Similar games
The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out
In the 10 games most like
ISU as a 1.5-point road favorite at OHIO, the favorite won 6, covered 5, and 7 went over the total.
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This game: OHIO won 10–7 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 17 points stayed under 42, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 58%
Favorite covered
5 of 956%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 46%
Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 3.2 against an average line of 2; 42.8 points a game (usually 54.7). When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | 2022 · Week 5 · close · similar total & rest |
-2.5 | 33–16 | W | O42.5 |
| Close | 2020 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & season form |
-2.5 | 3–20 | L | U40.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 13 · close · similar spread & rest |
-1 | 27–24 | W | O44 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 13 · close · similar spread & rest |
-1 | 40–13 | W | O45 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & spread |
-2 | 30–20 | W | O44.25 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & season form |
-3 | 35–21 | W | O45 |
| Close | 2020 · Week 12 · close · similar spread & rest |
-1.5 | 21–26 | L | O46.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & spread |
-1 | 10–9 | P | U45 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 9 · close · similar total & spread |
-2.5 | 24–39 | L | O42.75 |
| Close | 2020 · Week 16 · close · similar spread & season form |
-2.5 | 7–10 | L | U37.5 |
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 State have 2 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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−4.8 →−5.1▼ 0.3#95
OHIO+0.9 →+0.2▼ 0.7#67
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2
Longer bar = better
#120
Offense
Even#112
#20
Defense
Even#24
0.0 #72
Turnovers
Even−0.3 #82
56 plays #129
Pace
OHIO faster ▶71 plays #35
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| ISU off | OHIO def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 16.7 #126 | 11.8 #18 | OHIO |
| Yards / play | 4.86 #118 | 4.47 #28 | OHIO |
| PPA / play | −0.01 #119 | −0.11 #22 | OHIO |
| Success rate | 36% #115 | 34% #26 | OHIO |
| OHIO off | ISU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 16.8 #124 | 13.0 #22 | ISU |
| Yards / play | 4.54 #128 | 3.96 #12 | ISU |
| PPA / play | −0.02 #122 | −0.11 #20 | ISU |
| Success rate | 43% #74 | 34% #24 | ISU |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 22 FBS teams
ISU scoring against the OHIO defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.0 | 6.0 | 13.0 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 8.5 | |
1.0 #3 | 6.7 #11 | 7.7 #6 | 0.0 #1 | 5.7 #12 | 5.7 #3 |
OHIO scoring against the ISU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2.0 #22 | 8.0 #12 | 10.0 #20 | 5.7 #13 | 3.3 #20 | 9.0 #19 | |
1.5 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
72° · 1 mph
gusts 9 mph · at kickoff
Rest
ISU7d
OHIO7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 127 plays
slowavg 134fast
Quarterback
OHIO backup QB started
Not the usual starter
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