Sat, Oct 7, 2023, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 6 · at Navy · Conference game
Weather at kickoff66°F9 mphgusts 23DryWeather watch ›
2-2 · Power #103
24
final
Final
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1-3 · Power #108
27
▲ winner
Closing spread
NAVY -5
✓ UNT W
Total
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Model before kickoff
UNT 27–32 NAVY
✓ NAVY (65%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseNAVY -5
Total—
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Market

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Total
 
Line context
Home favorites of 3–7 since 2023: won 63%, covered 51% (51 games)ⓘ
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseNAVY -5
Total—
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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 NAVY as a 5-point home favorite against UNT, the favorite won 6, covered 4, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: NAVY won 27–24; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 62%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 47%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 0.6 against an average line of 4.6; 52 points a game (usually 54).

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
MTSU vs UNT
2020 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & situation
-3.535–52 L O71.5
Very close
WMU vs EMU
2022 · Week 6 · very close · similar rest & spread
-4.523–45 L O55.5
Very close
2023 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & season form
-3.527–24 L U57
Very close
BALL vs BUFF
2021 · Week 13 · very close · similar spread & rest
-620–3 W U59.5
Close
TULN vs USF
2021 · Week 12 · close · similar spread & rest
-5.545–14 W U59.5
Close
EMU vs NIU
2022 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & situation
-3.510–39 L U64.25
Close
WKU vs USM
2020 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & season form
-7.510–7 L U45
Close
TLSA vs MEM
2021 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & situation
-335–29 W O60.5
Close
TOL vs CMU
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & situation
-6.538–17 W U56
Close
WMU vs OHIO
2022 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & situation
-214–33 L U61.5
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Mixed signals 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.

North Texas ATS struggles (1-3)
North Texas have covered only 25% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 262-295 (47%)
Navy ATS struggles (1-3)
Navy have covered only 25% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 262-295 (47%)
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
UNT−15.5 →−9.8▲ 5.7#112
NAVY−15.5 →−7.0▲ 8.5#98
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5

UNT
Longer bar = better
NAVY
#46
Offense
◀ UNT better
#106
#128
Defense
NAVY better ▶
#95
0.0 #74
Turnovers
NAVY better ▶
+1.0 #13
75 plays #12
Pace
◀ UNT faster
62 plays #118
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UNT has the ball
Advantage: UNT offense
UNT offNAVY defEdge
Points / game 36.3 #26 28.5 #90 UNT
Yards / play 6.26 #41 5.65 #78 UNT
PPA / play +0.18 #55 +0.13 #87 UNT
Success rate 43% #61 47% #123 UNT
When NAVY has the ball
Advantage: NAVY offense
NAVY offUNT defEdge
Points / game 20.3 #118 43.0 #134 Even
Yards / play 5.44 #92 6.75 #129 NAVY
PPA / play +0.03 #109 +0.25 #123 Even
Success rate 39% #104 47% #126 NAVY

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 133 FBS teams
UNT scoring against the NAVY defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UNT scored
12.8
#7
11.0
#30
23.8
#7
7.0
#57
5.5
#94
12.5
#82
NAVY allowed
7.0
#107
9.3
#98
16.3
#103
5.3
#64
7.0
#80
12.3
#71
NAVY scoring against the UNT defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
NAVY scored
8.8
#31
4.0
#125
12.8
#91
2.5
#129
5.0
#99
7.5
#124
UNT allowed
7.0
#107
13.3
#129
20.3
#127
10.8
#130
12.0
#131
22.8
#132

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
NAVY +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
66° · 9 mph
gusts 23 mph · at kickoff
Rest
UNT7d
NAVY7d
Even
Tempo
Average 136 plays
slowavg 134fast

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