Fri, Oct 18, 2024, 10:15 PM EDTWeek 8 · at BYU · Conference game
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.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenBYU -8.5
1 → OKST
CloseBYU -7.5
1 pt toward Oklahoma State
Total
Open55.5
▼ 3
Close52.5
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
model BYU -14
Opened 55.5 · closed 52.5 · moved 3 downmodel 55
model 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
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close | 2021 · Week 9 · very close · similar situation & spread |
-6 | 28–13 | W | U57 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & spread |
-7.5 | 37–28 | W | O56 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 7 · close · similar spread & situation |
-7.5 | 6–44 | L | U56.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 13 · close · similar spread & situation |
-9.5 | 7–33 | L | U51 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 13 · close · similar spread |
-7.5 | 31–38 | L | O47.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 12 · close · similar team ratings & situation |
-9.5 | 31–13 | W | U59.25 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 12 · close · similar total & situation |
-10 | 42–40 | L | O52 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 11 · close · similar team ratings & situation |
-11 | 63–17 | W | O54 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & spread |
-7.5 | 20–23 | L | U55.25 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 11 · close · similar spread |
-6 | 24–31 | 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%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 277 earlier overs in games with totals 48.5–56.5, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6-4 60% | 4-6 40% | 6-4 60% | |
| 6-4 60% | 6-2 75% | 4-4 50% |
Recent meetings
Last 1 since 2023
OKST 1–0 BYU
OKST leads · 1 game since 2023 · OKST has won the last meeting
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25 2023 | BYU 34 @ Oklahoma State 40 | OKST -16.5 | BYU W |
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
Longer bar = better
#75
Offense
BYU better ▶#52
#98
Defense
BYU better ▶#16
0.0 #79
Turnovers
BYU better ▶+1.2 #14
67 plays #63
Pace
◀ OKST faster64 plays #93
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| OKST off | BYU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| BYU off | OKST def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.8 #112 | 8.7 #62 | 12.5 #94 | 6.2 #72 | 10.2 #13 | 16.3 #30 | |
2.8 #17 | 5.3 #40 | 8.2 #24 | 3.8 #28 | 4.3 #28 | 8.2 #24 |
BYU scoring against the OKST defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8.2 #32 | 9.0 #55 | 17.2 #45 | 11.5 #5 | 5.7 #94 | 17.2 #23 | |
5.2 #71 | 9.7 #101 | 14.8 #97 | 4.0 #33 | 8.3 #110 | 12.3 #73 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
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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