Sat, Sep 16, 2023, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · Neutral site
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2-0 · Power #21
21
▲ winner
Final
vs
1-1 · Power #89
14
final
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
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseLOU -10
Total51
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Total
 
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
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TOL vs MTSU
2021 · Postseason · close · similar spread & total
-10.524–31 L O50
Loose
ECU vs USF
2022 · Week 5 · loose · similar spread & rest
-9.548–28 W O55.5
Loose
FRES vs UTEP
2021 · Postseason · loose
-1331–24 L O54.5
Loose
UL vs UTSA
2020 · Postseason · loose · similar rest
-1431–24 L O54.5
Loose
MICH vs IOWA
2021 · Week 14 · loose · similar rest & spread
-1242–3 W O44
Loose
MINN vs SYR
2022 · Postseason · loose · similar spread
-10.528–20 L O44.75
Loose
UAB vs M-OH
2022 · Postseason · loose · similar spread
-10.7524–20 L U45.75
Loose
WISC vs WAKE
2020 · Postseason · loose · similar spread & total
-1042–28 W O51.5
Loose
OKST vs BAY
2021 · Week 14 · loose · similar rest
-716–21 L U45
Loose
NEB vs NU
2022 · Week 1 · loose · similar total
-12.2528–31 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.
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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
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

LOU
Longer bar = better
IU
#17
Offense
◀ LOU better
#98
#65
Defense
◀ LOU better
#79
+0.7 #36
Turnovers
◀ LOU better
+0.3 #54
68 plays #57
Pace
◀ LOU faster
64 plays #82
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When LOU has the ball
Advantage: LOU offense
LOU offIU defEdge
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
When IU has the ball
Advantage: LOU defense
IU offLOU defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
LOU scored
6.5
14.0
20.5
12.0
15.0
27.0
IU allowed
3.5
5.0
8.5
5.0
1.5
6.5
IU scoring against the LOU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
IU scored
10.5
3.0
13.5
3.5
5.0
8.5
LOU allowed
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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