Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Oregon · Conference game
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.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenOSU -3.5
no move
CloseOSU -3.5
No change since the open
Total
Open55.5
▼ 1
Close54.5
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened OSU -3.5 · unchangedmodel OSU -2.5
model OSU -2.5
Opened 55.5 · closed 54.5 · moved 1 downmodel 57
model 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
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | 2022 · Week 3 · close · similar spread & total |
-3 | 16–31 | L | U53 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & team ratings |
-4.5 | 24–15 | W | U44.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 7 · close · similar situation & rest |
-4.5 | 34–28 | W | O51 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 6 · close · similar situation & rest |
-3 | 32–42 | L | O64.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & total |
-5 | 16–29 | L | U56.5 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & spread |
-6 | 34–27 | W | U62.75 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 12 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-9 | 38–10 | W | U59 |
| Loose | 2021 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & spread |
-4 | 38–24 | W | O50 |
| Loose | 2021 · Week 6 · loose · similar situation & rest |
-2.5 | 32–29 | W | O50 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-5.5 | 21–14 | 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.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 255 earlier overs in games with totals 50.5–58.5, 35% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8-2 80% | 5-4-1 56% | 5-5 50% | |
| 9-1 90% | 3-5 38% | 2-5-1 29% |
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
Longer bar = better
#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
| OSU off | ORE def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| ORE off | OSU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9.0 #21 | 13.2 #9 | 22.2 #14 | 16.8 #1 | 7.0 #68 | 23.8 #2 | |
2.6 #19 | 6.2 #55 | 8.8 #29 | 2.0 #9 | 6.2 #70 | 8.2 #26 |
ORE scoring against the OSU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.0 #53 | 12.8 #11 | 19.8 #24 | 5.2 #85 | 10.0 #14 | 15.2 #45 | |
2.0 #9 | 2.8 #9 | 4.8 #6 | 0.6 #3 | 1.4 #1 | 2.0 #1 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
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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