Fri, Oct 18, 2024, 10:15 PM EDTWeek 8 · at BYU · Conference game
Weather at kickoff44°F3 mphgusts 13DryWeather watch ›
3-3 · Power #87
35
final
Final
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6-0 · Power #22
38
▲ winner
Closing spread
BYU -7.5
✓ OKST W
Total
52.5
▲ Over · 73 pts
Model before kickoff
OKST 23–32 BYU
✓ BYU (73%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenBYU -8.5
CloseBYU -7.5
Total55.5 → 52.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Oklahoma State
Total
Down 3 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened BYU -8.5 · closed BYU -7.5 · moved 1 toward OKSTmodel BYU -14
Opened 55.5 · closed 52.5 · moved 3 downmodel 55
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 6.5–8.5 since 2023: won 68%, covered 56% (88 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 47% (59 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenBYU -8.5
CloseBYU -7.5
Total55.5 → 52.5
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 BYU as a 7.5-point home favorite against OKST, the favorite won 5, covered 4, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: BYU won 38–35; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 73 points went over 52.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 70%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 50%
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 0.9 against an average line of 8.2; 56.9 points a game (usually 53.6). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
NCST vs LOU
2021 · Week 9 · very close · similar situation & spread
-628–13 W U57
Close
KSU vs TTU
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & spread
-7.537–28 W O56
Close
2023 · Week 7 · close · similar spread & situation
-7.56–44 L U56.5
Close
2023 · Week 13 · close · similar spread & situation
-9.57–33 L U51
Close
2023 · Week 13 · close · similar spread
-7.531–38 L O47.5
Close
HOU vs MEM
2021 · Week 12 · close · similar team ratings & situation
-9.531–13 W U59.25
Close
JMU vs GAST
2022 · Week 12 · close · similar total & situation
-1042–40 L O52
Close
OKST vs TCU
2021 · Week 11 · close · similar team ratings & situation
-1163–17 W O54
Close
WVU vs TTU
2021 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & spread
-7.520–23 L U55.25
Close
ILL vs PUR
2022 · Week 11 · close · similar spread
-624–31 L O44
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Moderate BYU ATS trend Miss
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Under trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

Green signals have beaten the market in our backtest; yellow ones only describe the data.

BYU ATS trend (4-0)
BYU have covered 100% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Total moved down 3
55.5 → 52.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
BYU at altitude (+1.1 km)
Oklahoma State climb about 3,740 ft to play here; visitors have covered less often than the line expects at altitude. · Backtest 2023–26: 64-41 (61%)
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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
OKST+4.1 →+0.7▼ 3.4#66
BYU−4.1 →+8.5▲ 12.6#27
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW7

OKST
Longer bar = better
BYU
#75
Offense
BYU better ▶
#52
#98
Defense
BYU better ▶
#16
0.0 #79
Turnovers
BYU better ▶
+1.2 #14
67 plays #63
Pace
◀ OKST faster
64 plays #93
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When OKST has the ball
Advantage: BYU defense
OKST offBYU defEdge
Points / game 30.2 #58 16.3 #16 BYU
Yards / play 5.79 #78 4.42 #9 BYU
PPA / play +0.17 #57 −0.05 #10 BYU
Success rate 39% #105 37% #28 BYU
When BYU has the ball
Advantage: BYU offense
BYU offOKST defEdge
Points / game 34.3 #30 27.2 #91 BYU
Yards / play 6.04 #61 6.52 #125 BYU
PPA / play +0.19 #51 +0.15 #94 BYU
Success rate 44% #67 42% #81 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
OKST scoring against the BYU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
OKST scored
3.8
#112
8.7
#62
12.5
#94
6.2
#72
10.2
#13
16.3
#30
BYU allowed
2.8
#17
5.3
#40
8.2
#24
3.8
#28
4.3
#28
8.2
#24
BYU scoring against the OKST defense
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BYU scored
8.2
#32
9.0
#55
17.2
#45
11.5
#5
5.7
#94
17.2
#23
OKST allowed
5.2
#71
9.7
#101
14.8
#97
4.0
#33
8.3
#110
12.3
#73

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
BYU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
44° · 3 mph
gusts 13 mph · at kickoff
Rest
OKST13d bye
BYU6d
OKST +7 days
Tempo
Average 132 plays
slowavg 133fast
Altitude
OKST +3,740 ft
thin air for the visitors

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