Sat, Oct 5, 2024, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 6 · at Washington · Conference game
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4-1 · Power #27
17
final
Final
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3-2 · Power #31
27
▲ winner
Closing spread
WASH -1.5
✓ WASH W
Total
39.5
▲ Over · 44 pts
Model before kickoff
MICH 19–22 WASH
✓ WASH (57%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenWASH -2
CloseWASH -1.5
Total41.5 → 39.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
0.5 pts toward Michigan
Total
Down 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened WASH -2 · closed WASH -1.5 · moved 0.5 toward MICHmodel WASH -6
Opened 41.5 · closed 39.5 · moved 2 downmodel 40.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 0.5–2.5 since 2023: won 48%, covered 45% (83 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenWASH -2
CloseWASH -1.5
Total41.5 → 39.5
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 WASH as a 1.5-point home favorite against MICH, the favorite won 6, covered 5, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: WASH won 27–17; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 44 points went over 39.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 55%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 48%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 6.8 against an average line of 2.6; 41 points a game (usually 53.2). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
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MINN vs IOWA
2022 · Week 12 · close · similar spread & rest
-210–13 L U31.5
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MSST vs TA&M
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & rest
-442–24 W O45
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PUR vs MINN
2021 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & season form
-2.513–20 L U46
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NEB vs IOWA
2021 · Week 13 · close · similar situation & rest
-1.2521–28 L O41
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ILL vs IOWA
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar situation & rest
-3.59–6 L U36.5
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LOU vs NCST
2022 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & season form
-425–10 W U43
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2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & situation
-1.533–14 W O45
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BAY vs WVU
2021 · Week 6 · close · similar situation & rest
-145–20 W O45
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AFA vs BOIS
2022 · Week 8 · close · similar situation & season form
-2.2514–19 L U46.5
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PITT vs CLEM
2021 · Week 8 · close · similar situation & rest
-3.527–17 W U47
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
No clear signal on the spread
Slight Under trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Total moved down 2
41.5 → 39.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
Michigan have 3 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 137 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
MICH+21.1 →+10.5▼ 10.6#23
WASH+12.9 →+12.2▼ 0.7#16
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5

MICH
Longer bar = better
WASH
#97
Offense
WASH better ▶
#34
#39
Defense
WASH better ▶
#11
−0.6 #103
Turnovers
WASH better ▶
+0.4 #53
60 plays #124
Pace
WASH faster ▶
65 plays #81
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When MICH has the ball
Advantage: WASH defense
MICH offWASH defEdge
Points / game 24.8 #95 12.4 #10 WASH
Yards / play 5.20 #106 4.07 #8 WASH
PPA / play +0.04 #107 −0.12 #10 WASH
Success rate 42% #78 34% #17 WASH
When WASH has the ball
Even matchup
WASH offMICH defEdge
Points / game 25.2 #92 21.4 #51 MICH
Yards / play 7.22 #18 4.75 #29 Even
PPA / play +0.33 #18 +0.06 #61 WASH
Success rate 55% #6 34% #14 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
MICH scoring against the WASH defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
MICH scored
5.6
#78
8.2
#69
13.8
#74
3.0
#122
8.0
#45
11.0
#100
WASH allowed
2.6
#21
5.2
#39
7.8
#20
2.6
#15
2.0
#7
4.6
#9
WASH scoring against the MICH defense
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WASH scored
3.4
#110
10.2
#48
13.6
#78
7.2
#58
4.4
#110
11.6
#94
MICH allowed
1.4
#6
5.8
#45
7.2
#14
4.2
#45
10.0
#124
14.2
#101

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
WASH +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
60° · 10 mph
gusts 18 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
MICH7d
WASH8d
WASH +1 day
Tempo
Slow 125 plays
slowavg 133fast
Travel
MICH 1,901 mi
3 time zones
Quarterback
MICH backup QB started
Not the usual starter