Sat, Oct 17, 2026, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Houston · Conference game
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4-1 · Power #44
32
final
Final
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5-1 · Power #21
35
▲ winner
Closing spread
HOU -4
✓ OKST W
Total
62.5
▲ Over · 67 pts
Model before kickoff
OKST 26–32 HOU
✓ HOU (65%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenHOU -3.5
CloseHOU -4
Total57.5 → 62.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
0.5 pts toward Houston
Total
Up 5 since the open
Line movement
Pre-kickoff prices from ESPN · tap a dot
Opened HOU -3.5 · closed HOU -4 · moved 0.5 toward HOUmodel HOU -11
Opened 57.5 · closed 62.5 · moved 5 upmodel 58
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 3–5 since 2023: won 65%, covered 50% (250 games)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenHOU -3.5
CloseHOU -4
Total57.5 → 62.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

Prices

DraftKings · prices at kickoff
BookSpreadTotalMoneyline
OKSTHOUOverUnderOKSTHOU
DraftKingsDK+4-108-4-11262.5-10562.5-115+154-185

Similar games

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

In the 10 games most like HOU as a 4-point home favorite against OKST, the favorite won 8, covered 8, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: HOU won 35–32; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 2 of the 10 similar games. 67 points went over 62.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 60%
Favorite covered
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 50%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 15 against an average line of 5.4; 55.2 points a game (usually 52.6). Of the 4 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & situation
-642–20 W O58
Close
2023 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & situation
-5.541–3 W U60
Close
2025 · Week 10 · close · similar rest & situation
-6.531–17 W U68.5
Close
2025 · Week 7 · close · similar situation & team ratings
-9.538–19 W U62.5
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & spread
-541–13 W U62.5
Close
2025 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & season form
-2.524–45 L O66.5
Close
2026 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & team ratings
-734–7 W U56.5
Close
2025 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & situation
-1.538–30 W O55.5
Close
2024 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & season form
-417–23 L U60.5
Close
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & situation
-6.545–24 W O66
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2023 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 Oklahoma State ATS trend Hit
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Over trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Oklahoma State ATS trend (4-1)
Oklahoma State have covered 80% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Houston 1-3 ATS as a favorite
Struggling to cover in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 221-216 (51%)
Total moved up 5
57.5 → 62.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 138 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
OKST−8.9 →+5.1▲ 14.0#47
HOU+3.9 →+12.9▲ 9.0#21
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OKST
Longer bar = better
HOU
#34
Offense
HOU better ▶
#13
#49
Defense
Even
#62
−0.6 #115
Turnovers
HOU better ▶
+0.7 #31
74 plays #9
Pace
◀ OKST faster
71 plays #27
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When OKST has the ball
Advantage: OKST offense
OKST offHOU defEdge
Points / game 38.2 #24 19.2 #38 Even
Yards / play 7.05 #12 5.40 #71 OKST
PPA / play +0.14 #73 +0.09 #74 Even
Success rate 49% #27 40% #64 OKST
When HOU has the ball
Advantage: HOU offense
HOU offOKST defEdge
Points / game 40.0 #16 21.4 #49 HOU
Yards / play 6.82 #21 4.94 #41 Even
PPA / play +0.33 #12 +0.04 #49 HOU
Success rate 53% #4 39% #57 HOU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 138 FBS teams
OKST scoring against the HOU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
OKST scored
5.4
#91
13.0
#18
18.4
#42
10.4
#11
9.4
#22
19.8
#7
HOU allowed
2.8
#20
5.2
#28
8.0
#18
6.5
#98
4.7
#37
11.2
#71
HOU scoring against the OKST defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
HOU scored
11.3
#11
11.0
#37
22.3
#15
11.0
#6
6.7
#78
17.7
#20
OKST allowed
6.2
#102
6.2
#52
12.4
#72
4.8
#73
4.2
#27
9.0
#39

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
HOU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
63° · 4 mph
gusts 13 mph · at kickoff
Rest
OKST7d
HOU7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 145 plays
slowavg 133fast