Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 5 · at Georgia State · Conference game
Closing spread
GAST -1.5
✓ GAST W
Total
51.5
▲ Over · 52 pts
Model before kickoff
ODU 25–26 GAST
✓ GAST (54%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenODU -1.5
CloseGAST -1.5
Total52.5 → 51.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenODU -1.5
3 → GAST
CloseGAST -1.5
3 pts toward Georgia State
Total
Open52.5
▼ 1
Close51.5
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ODU -1.5 · closed GAST -1.5 · moved 3 toward GASTmodel GAST -0.5
model GAST -0.5
Opened 52.5 · closed 51.5 · moved 1 downmodel 51
model 51
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 0.5–2.5 since 2023: won 51%, covered 49% (216 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 49% (329 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenODU -1.5
CloseGAST -1.5
Total52.5 → 51.5
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
GAST as a 1.5-point home favorite against ODU, the favorite won 7, covered 7, and 3 went over the total.
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This game: GAST won 42–10; the favorite covered, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 52 points went over 51.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
7 of 1070%
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 4.6 against an average line of 2.4; 44.6 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
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close |
2026 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & spread |
-2.5 | 41–16 | W | O50.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & situation |
-3.5 | 38–34 | W | O52.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar total & situation |
-1 | 7–28 | L | U51 |
| Close |
2025 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & total |
-3.5 | 28–6 | W | U52.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 2 · close · similar rest & total |
-1 | 17–24 | L | U49 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar total & situation |
-3.5 | 13–7 | W | U55.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & total |
-2.5 | 34–31 | W | O54.5 |
| Close |
2025 · Week 12 · close · similar spread & situation |
-1.5 | 17–13 | W | U47 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar rest |
-2.75 | 17–27 | L | U52.25 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 11 · close · similar rest |
-2.5 | 34–14 | W | U48.25 |
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 Georgia State ATS trend Hit
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (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.
Old Dominion ATS struggles (0-4)
Old Dominion have covered only 0% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 262-295 (47%)
Georgia State ATS trend (4-0)
Georgia State have covered 100% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Market moved toward Georgia State
3 pts (ODU -1.5 → GAST -1.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q3. Of 793 earlier overs in games with totals 47.5–55.5, 33% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7-3 70% | 4-6 40% | 2-8 20% | |
| 3-7 30% | 5-5 50% | 5-5 50% |
Recent meetings
Last 3 since 2023
ODU 3–0 GAST
ODU leads · 3 games since 2023 · ODU has won the last 3 meetings
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29 2025 | Georgia State 10 @ Old Dominion 27 | ODU -28.5 | GAST W |
| Oct 12 2024 | Old Dominion 21 @ Georgia State 14 | GAST -2.5 | ODU W |
| Nov 25 2023 | Georgia State 24 @ Old Dominion 25 | ODU -1.5 | GAST W |
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
ODU+1.2 →−6.3▼ 7.5#94
GAST−14.5 →−8.4▲ 6.1#103
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW4
Longer bar = better
#127
Offense
GAST better ▶#35
#50
Defense
◀ ODU better#64
−0.5 #105
Turnovers
Even−0.8 #113
60 plays #124
Pace
GAST faster ▶71 plays #34
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| ODU off | GAST def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 22.3 #108 | 21.3 #54 | GAST |
| Yards / play | 4.81 #127 | 5.70 #92 | GAST |
| PPA / play | −0.10 #135 | +0.02 #55 | GAST |
| Success rate | 31% #138 | 38% #53 | GAST |
| GAST off | ODU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 38.8 #27 | 30.0 #115 | GAST |
| Yards / play | 6.64 #33 | 4.49 #27 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.25 #42 | −0.01 #34 | Even |
| Success rate | 47% #39 | 35% #22 | Even |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 138 FBS teams
ODU scoring against the GAST defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.3 #97 | 10.0 #64 | 14.3 #86 | 5.3 #86 | 2.8 #127 | 8.0 #124 | |
6.8 #105 | 4.3 #23 | 11.0 #58 | 5.5 #85 | 4.8 #42 | 10.3 #60 |
GAST scoring against the ODU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8.5 #42 | 16.8 #8 | 25.3 #12 | 12.0 #10 | 1.5 #136 | 13.5 #73 | |
10.3 #130 | 10.0 #110 | 20.3 #131 | 4.8 #73 | 5.0 #48 | 9.8 #58 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
80° · 9 mph
gusts 12 mph · at kickoff
Rest
ODU7d
GAST7d
Even
Tempo
Average 130 plays
slowavg 133fast
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