Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 8 · at Miami (OH) · Conference game
Weather at kickoff66°F3 mphgusts 10DryWeather watch ›
4-2 · Power #65
20
final
Final
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2-4 · Power #73
30
▲ winner
Closing spread
M-OH -3.5
✓ M-OH W
Total
42.5
▲ Over · 50 pts
Model before kickoff
OHIO 20–24 M-OH
✓ M-OH (60%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenM-OH -3.5
CloseM-OH -3.5
Total43.5 → 42.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened M-OH -3.5 · unchangedmodel M-OH -4.5
Opened 43.5 · closed 42.5 · moved 1 downmodel 44
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 2.5–4.5 since 2023: won 59%, covered 49% (156 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenM-OH -3.5
CloseM-OH -3.5
Total43.5 → 42.5
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 10 games most like M-OH as a 3.5-point home favorite against OHIO, the favorite won 5, covered 4, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: M-OH won 30–20; the favorite covered, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 50 points went over 42.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 59%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 49%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 0 against an average line of 3.5; 51.6 points a game (usually 53.2). Of the 2 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
VT vs GT
2022 · Week 10 · very close · similar spread & team ratings
-427–28 L O40.5
Very close
SJSU vs WYO
2021 · Week 9 · very close · similar spread & situation
-327–21 W O40.5
Very close
M-OH vs BALL
2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar season form & rest
-2.518–17 L U45
Very close
2023 · Week 10 · very close · similar season form & rest
-624–15 W U43.5
Very close
2023 · Week 12 · very close · similar spread & season form
-1.7524–16 W U46.75
Very close
2023 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & season form
-5.543–45 L O46.75
Very close
VT vs SYR
2021 · Week 8 · very close · similar spread & rest
-3.536–41 L O45.5
Very close
2023 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & total
-235–31 W O43.5
Very close
FAU vs MTSU
2021 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & spread
-3.517–27 L U49.5
Very close
2024 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & spread
-37–17 L U46.5
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 no trends and market moves 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.

No notable trends or market moves for this game.
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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
OHIO−3.6 →−6.3▼ 2.7#94
M-OH−4.7 →−4.5▲ 0.2#85
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW7

OHIO
Longer bar = better
M-OH
#81
Offense
◀ OHIO better
#108
#60
Defense
Even
#71
−1.2 #126
Turnovers
M-OH better ▶
0.0 #75
62 plays #108
Pace
◀ OHIO faster
60 plays #128
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When OHIO has the ball
Even matchup
OHIO offM-OH defEdge
Points / game 22.2 #111 22.0 #52 M-OH
Yards / play 6.08 #59 5.37 #64 Even
PPA / play +0.10 #87 +0.08 #62 M-OH
Success rate 44% #68 44% #106 OHIO
When M-OH has the ball
Advantage: OHIO defense
M-OH offOHIO defEdge
Points / game 17.7 #127 23.3 #65 OHIO
Yards / play 5.56 #92 5.18 #51 OHIO
PPA / play +0.05 #107 +0.10 #76 OHIO
Success rate 40% #104 39% #47 OHIO

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
OHIO scoring against the M-OH defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
OHIO scored
4.3
#99
8.7
#62
13.0
#89
3.8
#113
5.3
#108
9.2
#120
M-OH allowed
5.7
#79
5.0
#29
10.7
#53
5.2
#63
6.2
#68
11.3
#56
M-OH scoring against the OHIO defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
M-OH scored
3.3
#116
4.3
#126
7.7
#129
3.5
#117
6.0
#86
9.5
#114
OHIO allowed
1.5
#8
8.5
#85
10.0
#41
6.5
#91
6.8
#79
13.3
#91

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
M-OH +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
66° · 3 mph
gusts 10 mph · at kickoff
Rest
OHIO7d
M-OH7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 122 plays
slowavg 133fast

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