Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Oregon · Conference game
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5-0 · Power #1
31
final
Final
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5-0 · Power #5
32
▲ winner
Closing spread
OSU -3.5
✓ ORE W
Total
54.5
▲ Over · 63 pts
Model before kickoff
OSU 30–27 ORE
✗ OSU (59%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenOSU -3.5
CloseOSU -3.5
Total55.5 → 54.5
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 OSU -3.5 · unchangedmodel OSU -2.5
Opened 55.5 · closed 54.5 · moved 1 downmodel 57
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 2.5–4.5 since 2023: won 54%, covered 41% (84 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenOSU -3.5
CloseOSU -3.5
Total55.5 → 54.5
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 OSU as a 3.5-point road favorite at ORE, the favorite won 7, covered 7, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: ORE won 32–31 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 63 points went over 54.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 58%
Favorite covered
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
4 of 1040%
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 3.6 against an average line of 4.7; 53.4 points a game (usually 53.2). When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
MSST @ LSU
2022 · Week 3 · close · similar spread & total
-316–31 L U53
Close
2023 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & team ratings
-4.524–15 W U44.5
Close
CLEM @ FSU
2022 · Week 7 · close · similar situation & rest
-4.534–28 W O51
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UTAH @ UCLA
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar situation & rest
-332–42 L O64.5
Close
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & total
-516–29 L U56.5
Loose
TENN @ PITT
2022 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & spread
-634–27 W U62.75
Loose
2023 · Week 12 · loose · similar rest & situation
-938–10 W U59
Loose
CIN @ IU
2021 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & spread
-438–24 W O50
Loose
MICH @ NEB
2021 · Week 6 · loose · similar situation & rest
-2.532–29 W O50
Loose
2023 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & situation
-5.521–14 W U52.5
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 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
Oregon have 3 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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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
OSU+21.3 →+26.0▲ 4.7#1
ORE+22.4 →+19.8▼ 2.6#7
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6

OSU
Longer bar = better
ORE
#4
Offense
◀ OSU better
#29
#6
Defense
Even
#17
+1.0 #15
Turnovers
◀ OSU better
−0.2 #86
67 plays #68
Pace
ORE faster ▶
70 plays #30
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When OSU has the ball
Even matchup
OSU offORE defEdge
Points / game 46.0 #5 17.0 #22 Even
Yards / play 7.66 #6 4.59 #17 Even
PPA / play +0.56 #1 −0.01 #22 OSU
Success rate 56% #3 34% #5 Even
When ORE has the ball
Advantage: OSU defense
ORE offOSU defEdge
Points / game 35.0 #31 6.8 #1 OSU
Yards / play 6.51 #34 3.61 #1 OSU
PPA / play +0.23 #38 −0.12 #5 OSU
Success rate 51% #13 35% #16 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
OSU scoring against the ORE defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
OSU scored
9.0
#21
13.2
#9
22.2
#14
16.8
#1
7.0
#68
23.8
#2
ORE allowed
2.6
#19
6.2
#55
8.8
#29
2.0
#9
6.2
#70
8.2
#26
ORE scoring against the OSU defense
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ORE scored
7.0
#53
12.8
#11
19.8
#24
5.2
#85
10.0
#14
15.2
#45
OSU allowed
2.0
#9
2.8
#9
4.8
#6
0.6
#3
1.4
#1
2.0
#1

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ORE +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
74° · 3 mph
gusts 10 mph · at kickoff
Rest
OSU7d
ORE8d
ORE +1 day
Tempo
Average 137 plays
slowavg 133fast
Travel
OSU 2,054 mi
3 time zones

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