Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Purdue
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.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenND -10.5
3 → PUR
CloseND -7.5
3 pts toward Purdue
Total
Open45.5
▲ 2
Close47.5
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
model ND -12
Opened 45.5 · closed 47.5 · moved 2 upmodel 48.5
model 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
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loose |
2023 · Week 5 · loose · similar spread |
-7 | 31–14 | 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.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q3. Of 192 earlier overs in games with totals 43.5–51.5, 31% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7-3 70% | 7-3 70% | 6-3 67% | |
| 4-6 40% | 4-6 40% | 6-3 67% |
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
Longer bar = better
#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
| ND off | PUR def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| PUR off | ND def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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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