Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Purdue
Weather at kickoff88°F11 mphgusts 21DryWeather watch ›
1-1 · Power #4
66
▲ winner
Final
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1-0 · Power #117
7
final
Closing spread
ND -7.5
✓ ND W
Total
47.5
▲ Over · 73 pts
Model before kickoff
ND 28–20 PUR
✓ ND (73%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenND -10.5
CloseND -7.5
Total45.5 → 47.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
3 pts toward Purdue
Total
Up 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ND -10.5 · closed ND -7.5 · moved 3 toward PURmodel ND -12
Opened 45.5 · closed 47.5 · moved 2 upmodel 48.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 6.5–8.5 since 2023: won 74%, covered 59% (57 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenND -10.5
CloseND -7.5
Total45.5 → 47.5
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 1 games most like ND as a 7.5-point road favorite at PUR, the favorite won 1, covered 1, and 0 went over the total.

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This game: ND won 66–7; the favorite covered, as in 1 of the 1 similar games. 73 points went over 47.5, as in 0 of 1.
Favorite won
1 of 1100%
Normal range · usually 70%
Favorite covered
1 of 1100%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
0 of 10%
Normal range · usually 49%

Only 1 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 17 against an average line of 7; 45 points a game (usually 53.5). When games like this go over ›

All 1 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
2023 · Week 5 · loose · similar spread
-731–14 W U53
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 Purdue ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.

Market moved toward Purdue
3 pts (ND -10.5 → ND -7.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved up 2
45.5 → 47.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
Purdue has 1 game 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
ND+18.9 →+14.6▼ 4.3#16
PUR+1.0 →+1.5▲ 0.5#63
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

ND
Longer bar = better
PUR
#104
Offense
PUR better ▶
#5
#59
Defense
PUR better ▶
#7
0.0 #59
Turnovers
◀ ND better
−1.0 #112
63 plays #94
Pace
PUR faster ▶
66 plays #70
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When ND has the ball
Advantage: PUR defense
ND offPUR defEdge
Points / game 18.5 #113 0.0 #2 PUR
Yards / play 5.14 #104 2.91 #5 PUR
PPA / play +0.09 #86 −0.20 #16 PUR
Success rate 37% #111 24% #4 PUR
When PUR has the ball
Advantage: PUR offense
PUR offND defEdge
Points / game 49.0 #10 14.5 #44 PUR
Yards / play 8.83 #5 4.77 #60 PUR
PPA / play +0.56 #4 −0.05 #46 PUR
Success rate 64% #2 40% #86 PUR

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
PUR +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
88° · 11 mph
gusts 21 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
ND7d
PUR14d bye
PUR +7 days
Tempo
Average 129 plays
slowavg 132fast

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