Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 5 · at Georgia State · Conference game
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1-3 · Power #112
10
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Final
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3-1 · Power #91
42
▲ winner
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.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
3 pts toward Georgia State
Total
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
Opened 52.5 · closed 51.5 · moved 1 downmodel 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2026 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & spread
-2.541–16 W O50.5
Close
2024 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & situation
-3.538–34 W O52.5
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar total & situation
-17–28 L U51
Close
2025 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & total
-3.528–6 W U52.5
Close
2023 · Week 2 · close · similar rest & total
-117–24 L U49
Close
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar total & situation
-3.513–7 W U55.5
Close
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & total
-2.534–31 W O54.5
Close
2025 · Week 12 · close · similar spread & situation
-1.517–13 W U47
Close
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar rest
-2.7517–27 L U52.25
Close
2023 · Week 11 · close · similar rest
-2.534–14 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%)
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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
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

ODU
Longer bar = better
GAST
#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
When ODU has the ball
Advantage: GAST defense
ODU offGAST defEdge
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
When GAST has the ball
Even matchup
GAST offODU defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ODU scored
4.3
#97
10.0
#64
14.3
#86
5.3
#86
2.8
#127
8.0
#124
GAST allowed
6.8
#105
4.3
#23
11.0
#58
5.5
#85
4.8
#42
10.3
#60
GAST scoring against the ODU defense
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GAST scored
8.5
#42
16.8
#8
25.3
#12
12.0
#10
1.5
#136
13.5
#73
ODU allowed
10.3
#130
10.0
#110
20.3
#131
4.8
#73
5.0
#48
9.8
#58

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
GAST +2.5
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