Sat, Aug 26, 2023, 7:00 PM EDTWeek 1 · at San Diego State
Closing spread
SDSU -3.5
✓ SDSU W
Total
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Model before kickoff
OHIO 24–27 SDSU
✓ SDSU (60%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
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CloseSDSU -3.5
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CloseSDSU -3.5
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Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
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CloseSDSU -3.5
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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
SDSU as a 3.5-point home favorite against OHIO, the favorite won 5, covered 3, and 2 went over the total.
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This game: SDSU won 20–13; the favorite covered, as in 3 of the 10 similar games.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 59%
Favorite covered
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
2 of 1020%
Normal range · usually 48%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 3.5 against an average line of 3.3; 41.1 points a game (usually 54.9).
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close | 2022 · Week 8 · very close · similar spread & team ratings |
-3 | 15–14 | L | U52 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 9 · very close · similar spread & team ratings |
-3.5 | 17–26 | L | U55.25 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 8 · very close · similar spread & team ratings |
-3.5 | 34–32 | L | O64.5 |
| Very close | 2020 · Week 3 · very close · similar spread & situation |
-3.5 | 6–26 | L | U50.5 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 6 · very close · similar team ratings & spread |
-2.5 | 24–9 | W | U55.5 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread & team ratings |
-3.5 | 10–45 | L | O54 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 7 · very close · similar spread & team ratings |
-3 | 17–24 | L | U52 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar spread & team ratings |
-3.5 | 10–23 | L | U45.25 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 2 · very close · similar spread & team ratings |
-3 | 27–10 | W | U45 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 8 · very close · similar spread & team ratings |
-4 | 28–14 | W | U57.5 |
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
Ohio have 0 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
77° · 12 mph
gusts 23 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
OHIO1st game
SDSU1st game
Even
Travel
OHIO 1,995 mi
3 time zones
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