Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 7:00 PM EDTWeek 4 · at West Virginia · Conference game
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2-1 · Power #44
41
▲ winner
Final
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3-0 · Power #73
24
final
Closing spread
WVU -1.5
✓ OKST W
Total
60.5
▲ Over · 65 pts
Model before kickoff
OKST 27–29 WVU
✗ WVU (55%) lost
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenOKST -2.5
CloseWVU -1.5
Total57.5 → 60.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
4 pts toward West Virginia
Total
Up 3 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened OKST -2.5 · closed WVU -1.5 · moved 4 toward WVUmodel WVU -3.5
Opened 57.5 · closed 60.5 · moved 3 upmodel 56.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 0.5–2.5 since 2023: won 51%, covered 49% (212 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 3.5+ pts toward the favorite: that team covered 49% (205 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenOKST -2.5
CloseWVU -1.5
Total57.5 → 60.5
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 WVU as a 1.5-point home favorite against OKST, the favorite won 6, covered 5, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: OKST won 41–24 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 65 points went over 60.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 51%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 5 against an average line of 3.7; 53 points a game (usually 52.8). Of the 3 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2023 · Week 2 · close · similar rest & situation
-3.534–23 W U57.5
Close
2024 · Week 10 · close · similar total & season form
-417–23 L U60.5
Close
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & situation
-221–41 L O59.5
Close
2023 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & situation
-121–38 L O57.5
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2025 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread
-2.524–19 W U58
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & team ratings
-3.535–32 L O59.5
Close
2025 · Week 15 · close · similar rest & total
-638–21 W U59.5
Close
2025 · Week 8 · close · similar situation & season form
-3.518–27 L U60.5
Close
2023 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & season form
-5.541–3 W U60
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar team ratings & total
-541–13 W U62.5
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
Slight West Virginia ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (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.

Market moved toward West Virginia
4 pts (OKST -2.5 → WVU -1.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved up 3
57.5 → 60.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
Oklahoma State have 3 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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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 →+2.3▲ 11.2#60
WVU−1.3 →+2.4▲ 3.7#58
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

OKST
Longer bar = better
WVU
#69
Offense
WVU better ▶
#40
#47
Defense
◀ OKST better
#77
−1.3 #132
Turnovers
WVU better ▶
+0.7 #49
81 plays #3
Pace
◀ OKST faster
69 plays #52
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When OKST has the ball
Even matchup
OKST offWVU defEdge
Points / game 36.0 #49 19.3 #56 Even
Yards / play 6.55 #44 5.38 #83 OKST
PPA / play +0.03 #115 +0.09 #84 WVU
Success rate 45% #66 41% #84 Even
When WVU has the ball
Even matchup
WVU offOKST defEdge
Points / game 40.3 #26 18.3 #49 WVU
Yards / play 6.67 #40 4.95 #58 Even
PPA / play +0.31 #30 +0.01 #52 WVU
Success rate 45% #63 34% #30 OKST

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 137 FBS teams
OKST scoring against the WVU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
OKST scored
5.7
#83
13.7
#28
19.3
#44
11.3
#12
5.3
#100
16.7
#36
WVU allowed
4.7
#73
0.0
#1
4.7
#8
4.7
#73
10.0
#121
14.7
#109
WVU scoring against the OKST defense
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WVU scored
14.0
#4
10.3
#60
24.3
#20
8.0
#45
8.0
#55
16.0
#44
OKST allowed
3.3
#47
5.7
#47
9.0
#43
4.7
#73
4.7
#44
9.3
#56

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
WVU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
67° · 5 mph
gusts 13 mph · at kickoff
Rest
OKST7d
WVU7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 149 plays
slowavg 133fast

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