Sat, Sep 16, 2023, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · Neutral site
Closing spread
LOU -10
✓ IU W
Total
51
▼ Under · 35 pts
Model before kickoff
LOU 32–21 IU
✓ LOU (78%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
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CloseLOU -10
Total51
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Close51
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
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CloseLOU -10
Total51
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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
LOU as a 10-point neutral-site favorite against IU, the favorite won 7, covered 3, and 8 went over the total.
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This game: LOU won 21–14; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 35 points stayed under 51, as in 2 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 74%
Favorite covered
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 49%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 8.4 against an average line of 11; 54.4 points a game (usually 55.2). When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | 2021 · Postseason · close · similar spread & total |
-10.5 | 24–31 | L | O50 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 5 · loose · similar spread & rest |
-9.5 | 48–28 | W | O55.5 |
| Loose | 2021 · Postseason · loose |
-13 | 31–24 | L | O54.5 |
| Loose | 2020 · Postseason · loose · similar rest |
-14 | 31–24 | L | O54.5 |
| Loose | 2021 · Week 14 · loose · similar rest & spread |
-12 | 42–3 | W | O44 |
| Loose | 2022 · Postseason · loose · similar spread |
-10.5 | 28–20 | L | O44.75 |
| Loose | 2022 · Postseason · loose · similar spread |
-10.75 | 24–20 | L | U45.75 |
| Loose | 2020 · Postseason · loose · similar spread & total |
-10 | 42–28 | W | O51.5 |
| Loose | 2021 · Week 14 · loose · similar rest |
-7 | 16–21 | L | U45 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 1 · loose · similar total |
-12.25 | 28–31 | L | O52.25 |
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
Louisville have 2 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 17 in the 4th quarter and got 0. 65% of games with totals 47–55 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-0 100% | 1-1 50% | 1-0 100% | |
| 1-1 50% | 2-0 100% | 1-1 50% |
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
LOU+2.1 →+6.6▲ 4.5#27
IU−10.1 →−5.5▲ 4.6#99
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2
Longer bar = better
#17
Offense
◀ LOU better#98
#65
Defense
◀ LOU better#79
+0.7 #36
Turnovers
◀ LOU better+0.3 #54
68 plays #57
Pace
◀ LOU faster64 plays #82
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| LOU off | IU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 38.7 #29 | 17.0 #41 | Even |
| Yards / play | 7.74 #9 | 5.20 #69 | LOU |
| PPA / play | +0.43 #11 | +0.14 #99 | LOU |
| Success rate | 53% #17 | 46% #107 | LOU |
| IU off | LOU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 19.3 #117 | 16.0 #39 | LOU |
| Yards / play | 5.53 #82 | 5.46 #84 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.07 #90 | +0.05 #62 | LOU |
| Success rate | 39% #103 | 40% #76 | LOU |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 22 FBS teams
LOU scoring against the IU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.5 | 14.0 | 20.5 | 12.0 | 15.0 | 27.0 | |
3.5 | 5.0 | 8.5 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 6.5 |
IU scoring against the LOU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10.5 | 3.0 | 13.5 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 8.5 | |
0.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
Neutral site
No home edge
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
LOU9d
IU8d
LOU +1 day
Tempo
Average 133 plays
slowavg 134fast
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