Sat, Sep 9, 2023, 6:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Florida Atlantic
Weather at kickoff84°F6 mphgusts 16DryWeather watch ›
1-1 · Power #63
17
▲ winner
Final
@
1-0 · Power #105
10
final
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
Opening line not available
Total
 
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 ›

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MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
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BSU vs OKST
2021 · Week 3 · very close · similar spread & rest
-3.520–21 L U58
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WAKE vs FSU
2021 · Week 3 · very close · similar rest & total
-4.535–14 W U62.5
Very close
BC vs MIZ
2021 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & situation
-141–34 W O58
Very close
FRES vs NEV
2021 · Week 8 · very close · similar spread & rest
-3.534–32 L O64.5
Close
FRES vs BSU
2021 · Week 10 · close · similar total & rest
-414–40 L U61
Close
ORST vs WASH
2021 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread
-2.527–24 W U57.5
Close
DUKE vs UVA
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread
-238–17 W P55
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WKU vs UAB
2022 · Week 8 · close · similar total & rest
-1.2520–17 W U60.5
Close
MD vs PUR
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & spread
-329–31 L O59.5
Close
ECU vs MEM
2022 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & total
-5.547–45 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.
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
OHIO
Longer bar = better
FAU
#89
Offense
FAU better ▶
#28
#51
Defense
Even
#55
−1.0 #81
Turnovers
◀ OHIO better
−1.0 #106
71 plays #38
Pace
◀ OHIO faster
59 plays #113
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When OHIO has the ball
Advantage: FAU defense
OHIO offFAU defEdge
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
When FAU has the ball
Advantage: FAU offense
FAU offOHIO defEdge
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
FAU +2.5
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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