Sat, Sep 9, 2023, 6:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Florida Atlantic
Closing spread
FAU -3.5
✓ OHIO W
Total
61
▼ Under · 27 pts
Model before kickoff
OHIO 24–27 FAU
✗ FAU (59%) lost
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseFAU -3.5
Total61
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Market
Open → close
Spread
Open—
no open
CloseFAU -3.5
Opening line not available
Total
Open—
no open
Close61
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseFAU -3.5
Total61
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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
FAU as a 3.5-point home favorite against OHIO, the favorite won 7, covered 5, and 4 went over the total.
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This game: OHIO won 17–10 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 27 points stayed under 61, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 59%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
4 of 944%
Normal range · usually 48%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 3 against an average line of 3.1; 58 points a game (usually 54.8). When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close | 2021 · Week 3 · very close · similar spread & rest |
-3.5 | 20–21 | L | U58 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 3 · very close · similar rest & total |
-4.5 | 35–14 | W | U62.5 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & situation |
-1 | 41–34 | W | O58 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 8 · very close · similar spread & rest |
-3.5 | 34–32 | L | O64.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 10 · close · similar total & rest |
-4 | 14–40 | L | U61 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread |
-2.5 | 27–24 | W | U57.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread |
-2 | 38–17 | W | P55 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 8 · close · similar total & rest |
-1.25 | 20–17 | W | U60.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & spread |
-3 | 29–31 | L | O59.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & total |
-5.5 | 47–45 | L | O62.5 |
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 1 trend and market move behind it
No clear signal 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.
Small sample warning
Florida Atlantic has 1 game with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 38 in the 4th quarter and got 3. 40% of games with totals 57–65 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-1 50% | 0-2 0% | 0-1 0% | |
| 1-0 100% | 0-1 0% | 1-0 100% |
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
Longer bar = better
#89
Offense
FAU better ▶#28
#51
Defense
Even#55
−1.0 #81
Turnovers
◀ OHIO better−1.0 #106
71 plays #38
Pace
◀ OHIO faster59 plays #113
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| OHIO off | FAU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 20.0 #99 | 20.0 #70 | FAU |
| Yards / play | 4.88 #101 | 4.35 #45 | FAU |
| PPA / play | +0.03 #94 | −0.06 #51 | FAU |
| Success rate | 44% #61 | 35% #52 | Even |
| FAU off | OHIO def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 42.0 #34 | 15.0 #52 | Even |
| Yards / play | 8.36 #10 | 4.60 #56 | FAU |
| PPA / play | +0.36 #35 | −0.06 #47 | Even |
| Success rate | 53% #32 | 35% #49 | Even |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
84° · 6 mph
gusts 16 mph · at kickoff
Rest
OHIO7d
FAU7d
Even
Tempo
Average 130 plays
slowavg 135fast
Quarterback
OHIO backup QB started
Not the usual starter
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