Sat, Oct 14, 2023, 7:00 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Texas Tech · Conference game
Weather at kickoff66°F2 mphgusts 9DryWeather watch ›
3-2 · Power #11
38
▲ winner
Final
@
3-3 · Power #45
21
final
Closing spread
TTU -0.5
✓ KSU W
Total
56.5
▲ Over · 59 pts
Model before kickoff
KSU 29–30 TTU
✗ TTU (53%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
Opennot available
CloseTTU -0.5
Total56.5
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Market

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Spread
Opening line not available
Total
 
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
Opennot available
CloseTTU -0.5
Total56.5
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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 TTU as a 0.5-point home favorite against KSU, the favorite won 4, covered 4, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: KSU won 38–21 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 59 points went over 56.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 46%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 1 against an average line of 1.9; 57.6 points a game (usually 54.4). When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
UCF vs CIN
2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar total & rest
-1.525–21 W U55.5
Very close
UCLA vs ORE
2021 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & spread
-131–34 L O61.5
Very close
TTU vs BAY
2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar situation & rest
-1.517–45 L O61
Very close
SMU vs CIN
2020 · Week 8 · very close · similar total & spread
-113–42 L U57
Very close
KSU vs OKST
2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar total & season form
-2.548–0 W U57.5
Very close
TULN vs UCF
2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & rest
-131–38 L O54.5
Very close
LOU vs UK
2021 · Week 13 · very close · similar total & team ratings
-321–52 L O57.75
Very close
TULN vs ECU
2022 · Week 6 · very close · similar total & rest
-2.524–9 W U55.5
Very close
UTAH vs ORE
2021 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & season form
-338–7 W U58.5
Very close
FLA vs LSU
2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & situation
-235–45 L O51.5
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 no trends and market moves 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.

No notable trends or market moves for this game.
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
KSU+2.0 →+7.7▲ 5.7#28
TTU+2.7 →+6.6▲ 3.9#32
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6

KSU
Longer bar = better
TTU
#39
Offense
◀ KSU better
#62
#40
Defense
Even
#38
−0.6 #111
Turnovers
TTU better ▶
0.0 #72
74 plays #16
Pace
Even
72 plays #24
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When KSU has the ball
Even matchup
KSU offTTU defEdge
Points / game 35.8 #23 23.0 #53 KSU
Yards / play 6.24 #44 5.03 #32 Even
PPA / play +0.18 #50 −0.01 #30 Even
Success rate 46% #39 38% #37 Even
When TTU has the ball
Advantage: KSU defense
TTU offKSU defEdge
Points / game 34.2 #33 20.6 #40 Even
Yards / play 5.56 #79 5.37 #56 KSU
PPA / play +0.13 #70 +0.02 #43 KSU
Success rate 43% #65 35% #20 KSU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 133 FBS teams
KSU scoring against the TTU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
KSU scored
5.6
#76
14.0
#8
19.6
#17
7.6
#45
8.6
#32
16.2
#29
TTU allowed
6.0
#90
6.0
#43
12.0
#67
1.2
#5
7.3
#86
8.5
#25
TTU scoring against the KSU defense
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TTU scored
11.5
#10
6.7
#104
18.2
#34
6.3
#68
7.5
#53
13.8
#61
KSU allowed
6.0
#90
6.8
#62
12.8
#77
2.6
#15
5.2
#47
7.8
#15

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TTU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
66° · 2 mph
gusts 9 mph · at kickoff
Rest
KSU8d
TTU7d
KSU +1 day
Tempo
Fast 145 plays
slowavg 134fast
Altitude
KSU +2,133 ft
moderate climb
Quarterback
TTU backup QB started
Not the usual starter