Sat, Sep 16, 2023, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Tulsa
Weather at kickoff81°F5 mphgusts 12DryWeather watch ›
2-0 · Power #9
66
▲ winner
Final
@
1-1 · Power #118
17
final
Closing spread
OU -28
✓ OU W
Total
59.5
▲ Over · 83 pts
Model before kickoff
OU 42–17 TLSA
✓ OU (97%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseOU -28
Total59.5
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Opening line not available
Total
 
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseOU -28
Total59.5
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Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 3 games most like OU as a 28-point road favorite at TLSA, the favorite won 3, covered 1, and 1 went over the total.

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This game: OU won 66–17; the favorite covered, as in 1 of the 3 similar games. 83 points went over 59.5, as in 1 of 3.
Favorite won
3 of 3100%
Normal range · usually 94%
Favorite covered
1 of 333%
Normal range · usually 58%
Went over
1 of 333%
Normal range · usually 62%

Only 3 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 23 against an average line of 26.2; 51 points a game (usually 59.2). When games like this go over ›

All 3 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
CIN @ TULN
2021 · Week 9 · close · similar spread & total
-2831–12 L U61.5
Loose
MICH @ IU
2022 · Week 6 · loose · similar rest & total
-23.531–10 L U57.5
Loose
OSU @ MSU
2022 · Week 6 · loose · similar rest & spread
-2749–20 W O64.5
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
Tulsa 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 135 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
OU+20.5 →+10.9▼ 9.6#13
TLSA+3.9 →−5.4▼ 9.3#96
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

OU
Longer bar = better
TLSA
#13
Offense
◀ OU better
#72
#17
Defense
◀ OU better
#107
+1.5 #14
Turnovers
◀ OU better
−0.5 #89
78 plays #8
Pace
◀ OU faster
71 plays #41
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When OU has the ball
Advantage: OU offense
OU offTLSA defEdge
Points / game 50.5 #6 25.0 #79 OU
Yards / play 6.46 #40 6.22 #113 OU
PPA / play +0.52 #6 +0.23 #110 OU
Success rate 64% #1 50% #124 OU
When TLSA has the ball
Advantage: OU defense
TLSA offOU defEdge
Points / game 26.0 #90 5.5 #6 OU
Yards / play 5.92 #65 4.46 #30 OU
PPA / play +0.10 #82 −0.13 #22 OU
Success rate 46% #52 30% #11 OU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 48 FBS teams
OU scoring against the TLSA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
OU scored
17.5
12.0
29.5
10.5
10.5
21.0
TLSA allowed
10.5
4.0
14.5
7.0
3.5
10.5
TLSA scoring against the OU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TLSA scored
1.5
14.0
15.5
3.5
7.0
10.5
OU allowed
1.5
0.0
1.5
0.0
4.0
4.0

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TLSA +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
81° · 5 mph
gusts 12 mph · at kickoff
Rest
OU7d
TLSA7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 149 plays
slowavg 134fast
Quarterback
TLSA backup QB started
Not the usual starter

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