Sat, Oct 5, 2024, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 6 · at San José State · Conference game
Weather at kickoff101°F12 mphgusts 20DryWeather watch ›
2-3 · Power #102
31
final
Final
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3-1 · Power #86
35
▲ winner
Closing spread
SJSU -7.5
✓ NEV W
Total
51.5
▲ Over · 66 pts
Model before kickoff
NEV 20–28 SJSU
✓ SJSU (71%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenSJSU -7.5
CloseSJSU -7.5
Total47.5 → 51.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
Up 4 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened SJSU -7.5 · unchangedmodel SJSU -8.5
Opened 47.5 · closed 51.5 · moved 4 upmodel 48
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 6.5–8.5 since 2023: won 66%, covered 54% (82 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenSJSU -7.5
CloseSJSU -7.5
Total47.5 → 51.5
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 SJSU as a 7.5-point home favorite against NEV, the favorite won 5, covered 4, and 8 went over the total.

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This game: SJSU won 35–31; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 66 points went over 51.5, as in 8 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 70%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 50%
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 3.3 against an average line of 8.5; 63.5 points a game (usually 53.6). Of the 2 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

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MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
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TOL vs EMU
2021 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & situation
-9.2549–52 L O54.5
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FAU vs UTEP
2021 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & season form
-1128–25 L O49
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2023 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & season form
-11.520–33 L U55
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2024 · Week 5 · close · similar situation
-1127–30 L O51.5
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CAL vs ARIZ
2022 · Week 4 · close · similar season form & total
-3.549–31 W O50.5
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M-OH vs BUFF
2021 · Week 11 · close · similar spread & situation
-745–18 W O58
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NEB vs PUR
2021 · Week 9 · close · similar spread & situation
-7.523–28 L U54
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UL vs ARST
2022 · Week 8 · close · similar situation & spread
-6.2538–18 W O51.25
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2023 · Week 6 · close · similar spread & situation
-6.534–17 W O49.5
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CCU vs ODU
2022 · Week 7 · close · similar situation
-11.2521–49 L O58.5
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
No clear signal on the spread
Slight Over trend Hit
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 up 4
47.5 → 51.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
San José State 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
NEV−15.0 →−9.1▲ 5.9#103
SJSU−2.2 →−3.5▼ 1.3#82
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5

NEV
Longer bar = better
SJSU
#77
Offense
Even
#64
#85
Defense
SJSU better ▶
#40
−0.4 #93
Turnovers
SJSU better ▶
+0.5 #48
65 plays #82
Pace
SJSU faster ▶
68 plays #52
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When NEV has the ball
Advantage: SJSU defense
NEV offSJSU defEdge
Points / game 23.6 #98 23.8 #72 SJSU
Yards / play 5.83 #76 4.47 #20 SJSU
PPA / play +0.17 #67 −0.08 #14 SJSU
Success rate 44% #65 38% #53 Even
When SJSU has the ball
Advantage: SJSU offense
SJSU offNEV defEdge
Points / game 35.5 #34 23.6 #71 SJSU
Yards / play 5.91 #68 5.83 #94 SJSU
PPA / play +0.12 #80 +0.17 #101 SJSU
Success rate 43% #74 41% #75 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
NEV scoring against the SJSU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
NEV scored
7.0
#55
4.6
#121
11.6
#98
7.8
#46
4.2
#113
12.0
#85
SJSU allowed
7.8
#116
5.0
#34
12.8
#76
3.5
#34
5.5
#59
9.0
#34
SJSU scoring against the NEV defense
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SJSU scored
7.8
#43
7.8
#80
15.5
#62
8.8
#31
9.8
#23
18.5
#20
NEV allowed
4.0
#41
8.8
#93
12.8
#78
3.2
#24
7.6
#101
10.8
#52

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
SJSU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
101° · 12 mph
gusts 20 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
NEV14d bye
SJSU15d bye
SJSU +1 day
Tempo
Average 133 plays
slowavg 133fast

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