Sat, Oct 5, 2024, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 6 · at San José State · Conference game
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.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenSJSU -7.5
no move
CloseSJSU -7.5
No change since the open
Total
Open47.5
▲ 4
Close51.5
Up 4 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened SJSU -7.5 · unchangedmodel SJSU -8.5
model SJSU -8.5
Opened 47.5 · closed 51.5 · moved 4 upmodel 48
model 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 ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | 2021 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & situation |
-9.25 | 49–52 | L | O54.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & season form |
-11 | 28–25 | L | O49 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & season form |
-11.5 | 20–33 | L | U55 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar situation |
-11 | 27–30 | L | O51.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 4 · close · similar season form & total |
-3.5 | 49–31 | W | O50.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 11 · close · similar spread & situation |
-7 | 45–18 | W | O58 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 9 · close · similar spread & situation |
-7.5 | 23–28 | L | U54 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 8 · close · similar situation & spread |
-6.25 | 38–18 | W | O51.25 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 6 · close · similar spread & situation |
-6.5 | 34–17 | W | O49.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 7 · close · similar situation |
-11.25 | 21–49 | 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.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q3. Of 285 earlier overs in games with totals 47.5–55.5, 36% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-7 30% | 5-5 50% | 6-4 60% | |
| 8-2 80% | 7-2 78% | 3-6 33% |
Recent meetings
The series
NEV 21–8 SJSU
NEV leads · 29 games since 1948 · NEV has won the last meeting
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
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
Longer bar = better
#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
| NEV off | SJSU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| SJSU off | NEV def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.0 #55 | 4.6 #121 | 11.6 #98 | 7.8 #46 | 4.2 #113 | 12.0 #85 | |
7.8 #116 | 5.0 #34 | 12.8 #76 | 3.5 #34 | 5.5 #59 | 9.0 #34 |
SJSU scoring against the NEV defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.8 #43 | 7.8 #80 | 15.5 #62 | 8.8 #31 | 9.8 #23 | 18.5 #20 | |
4.0 #41 | 8.8 #93 | 12.8 #78 | 3.2 #24 | 7.6 #101 | 10.8 #52 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
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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