Sat, Oct 7, 2023, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 6 · Neutral site · Conference game
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5-0 · Power #9
34
▲ winner
Final
vs
5-0 · Power #8
30
final
Closing spread
TEX -5
✓ OU W
Total
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Model before kickoff
OU 26–30 TEX
✗ TEX (60%) lost
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseTEX -5
Total—
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Market

Open → close
Spread
Opening line not available
Total
 
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseTEX -5
Total—
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Similar games

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

In the 10 games most like TEX as a 5-point neutral-site favorite against OU, the favorite won 5, covered 4, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: OU won 34–30 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 62%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 47%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 5.6 against an average line of 4.3; 63.2 points a game (usually 54).

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
TA&M vs ARK
2021 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & spread
-4.510–20 L U47
Close
OU vs TEX
2021 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & spread
-455–48 W O65.5
Loose
UGA vs ALA
2021 · Postseason · loose · similar spread
-333–18 W U53
Loose
UGA vs ALA
2021 · Week 14 · loose · similar rest & spread
-6.2524–41 L O48.75
Loose
UGA vs OSU
2022 · Postseason · loose · similar spread
-5.2542–41 L O62
Loose
CLEM vs OSU
2020 · Postseason · loose · similar spread
-728–49 L O68.5
Loose
USC vs UTAH
2022 · Week 14 · loose · similar rest
-2.7524–47 L O67.75
Loose
CLEM vs TENN
2022 · Postseason · loose · similar spread
-414–31 L U61.5
Loose
OU vs ISU
2020 · Week 16 · loose · similar spread
-5.527–21 W U59.5
Loose
KSU vs TCU
2022 · Week 14 · loose · similar rest
-131–28 W U60.5
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
Slight Oklahoma ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-889 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.

Oklahoma
100%
covered this season (5-0) · backtest 50%
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
OU+20.5 →+20.6▲ 0.1#1
TEX+8.6 →+18.7▲ 10.1#5
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5

OU
Longer bar = better
TEX
#10
Offense
◀ OU better
#30
#14
Defense
Even
#13
+1.6 #5
Turnovers
◀ OU better
+0.8 #23
74 plays #13
Pace
◀ OU faster
69 plays #42
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When OU has the ball
Even matchup
OU offTEX defEdge
Points / game 47.4 #3 12.8 #12 Even
Yards / play 6.87 #21 4.71 #22 Even
PPA / play +0.42 #8 −0.08 #16 Even
Success rate 54% #8 29% #2 Even
When TEX has the ball
Even matchup
TEX offOU defEdge
Points / game 36.0 #29 10.8 #5 OU
Yards / play 6.89 #20 4.62 #19 Even
PPA / play +0.30 #19 −0.11 #7 Even
Success rate 44% #50 35% #23 OU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 133 FBS teams
OU scoring against the TEX defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
OU scored
18.2
#1
11.2
#28
29.4
#4
11.2
#6
6.8
#68
18.0
#21
TEX allowed
2.6
#21
3.2
#7
5.8
#8
4.0
#41
3.0
#9
7.0
#19
TEX scoring against the OU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TEX scored
6.0
#65
10.0
#52
16.0
#59
8.8
#32
11.2
#8
20.0
#9
OU allowed
3.2
#36
4.8
#34
8.0
#28
1.2
#6
1.6
#2
2.8
#1

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
Neutral site
No home edge
Weather
63° · 10 mph
gusts 21 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
OU7d
TEX7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 144 plays
slowavg 134fast

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