Sat, Nov 2, 2024, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 10 · at UTSA · Conference game
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7-1 · Power #56
36
final
Final
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3-5 · Power #82
44
▲ winner
Closing spread
MEM -7.5
✓ UTSA W
Total
61.5
▲ Over · 80 pts
Model before kickoff
MEM 33–25 UTSA
✗ MEM (70%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMEM -9
CloseMEM -7.5
Total60.5 → 61.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1.5 pts toward UTSA
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened MEM -9 · closed MEM -7.5 · moved 1.5 toward UTSAmodel MEM -7.5 matches the line
Opened 60.5 · closed 61.5 · moved 1 upmodel 58
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 6.5–8.5 since 2023: won 70%, covered 54% (79 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 52% (83 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMEM -9
CloseMEM -7.5
Total60.5 → 61.5
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 10 games most like MEM as a 7.5-point road favorite at UTSA, the favorite won 8, covered 4, and 8 went over the total.

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This game: UTSA won 44–36 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 80 points went over 61.5, as in 8 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 70%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 50%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 5.4 against an average line of 7.2; 63.8 points a game (usually 53.7). Of the 4 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
WKU @ FAU
2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & total
-7.532–31 L O62.25
Very close
UTSA @ LT
2021 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & total
-5.545–16 W O59.5
Very close
UNC @ UVA
2022 · Week 10 · very close · similar rest & spread
-7.2531–28 L U61.5
Very close
UTSA @ UNT
2021 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & team ratings
-8.523–45 L O59.5
Very close
2023 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & total
-7.549–16 W O59.25
Very close
2023 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & spread
-6.543–30 W O57.5
Very close
2023 · Week 10 · very close · similar rest & spread
-717–37 L U59.5
Very close
FRES @ UNLV
2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar situation & rest
-8.537–30 L O62
Very close
2023 · Week 6 · very close · similar rest & total
-635–28 W O59
Close
2023 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & situation
-834–31 L O55.5
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Memphis ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.

UTSA ATS struggles (2-5)
UTSA have covered only 29% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 262-295 (47%)
UTSA 0-3 ATS as an underdog
Struggling to cover in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 221-216 (51%)
Market moved toward UTSA
1.5 pts (MEM -9 → MEM -7.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 137 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
MEM+2.0 →+2.1▲ 0.1#62
UTSA+1.0 →−7.3▼ 8.3#97
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MEM
Longer bar = better
UTSA
#48
Offense
◀ MEM better
#102
#54
Defense
Even
#63
+1.4 #6
Turnovers
◀ MEM better
−0.1 #83
72 plays #17
Pace
UTSA faster ▶
81 plays #1
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When MEM has the ball
Even matchup
MEM offUTSA defEdge
Points / game 34.0 #28 32.1 #116 MEM
Yards / play 5.99 #59 5.52 #69 Even
PPA / play +0.22 #30 +0.09 #65 MEM
Success rate 43% #76 34% #3 UTSA
When UTSA has the ball
Advantage: MEM defense
UTSA offMEM defEdge
Points / game 27.5 #74 20.9 #35 MEM
Yards / play 5.26 #108 5.62 #76 MEM
PPA / play +0.06 #107 +0.08 #61 MEM
Success rate 38% #117 39% #45 MEM

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
MEM scoring against the UTSA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
MEM scored
7.4
#35
10.8
#26
18.1
#31
8.0
#31
7.9
#47
15.9
#34
UTSA allowed
5.1
#64
9.8
#109
14.9
#93
9.5
#131
7.8
#98
17.3
#125
UTSA scoring against the MEM defense
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UTSA scored
6.8
#54
10.4
#31
17.1
#40
3.9
#105
6.5
#82
10.4
#107
MEM allowed
4.4
#54
4.6
#15
9.0
#25
3.8
#21
8.1
#103
11.9
#64

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
UTSA +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
MEM7d
UTSA7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 153 plays
slowavg 133fast

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