Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 6:30 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Wake Forest
Closing spread
MISS -20.5
✓ MISS W
Total
65.5
▼ Under · 46 pts
Model before kickoff
MISS 40–19 WAKE
✓ MISS (94%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMISS -23
CloseMISS -20.5
Total63.5 → 65.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenMISS -23
2.5 → WAKE
CloseMISS -20.5
2.5 pts toward Wake Forest
Total
Open63.5
▲ 2
Close65.5
Up 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened MISS -23 · closed MISS -20.5 · moved 2.5 toward WAKEmodel MISS -24.5
model MISS -24.5
Opened 63.5 · closed 65.5 · moved 2 upmodel 58.5
model 58.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 48% (25 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMISS -23
CloseMISS -20.5
Total63.5 → 65.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Signals
The data signal, and 3 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Wake Forest ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Over trend Miss
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 Wake Forest
2.5 pts (MISS -23 → MISS -20.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved up 2
63.5 → 65.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
Wake Forest has 1 game with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 30 in the 4th quarter and got 10. 42% of games with totals 61.5–69.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9-1 90% | 5-3-2 63% | 4-5 44% | |
| 2-8 20% | 4-5 44% | 5-3 63% |
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 137 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
MISS+12.8 →+20.9▲ 8.1#5
WAKE−3.0 →−4.3▼ 1.3#88
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2
Longer bar = better
#1
Offense
◀ MISS better#41
#13
Defense
◀ MISS better#96
+1.5 #22
Turnovers
◀ MISS better+0.5 #44
78 plays #10
Pace
Even76 plays #15
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| MISS off | WAKE def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 64.0 #1 | 22.0 #77 | MISS |
| Yards / play | 9.21 #1 | 5.48 #90 | MISS |
| PPA / play | +0.77 #1 | +0.14 #98 | MISS |
| Success rate | 67% #1 | 48% #120 | MISS |
| WAKE off | MISS def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 37.5 #38 | 1.5 #3 | MISS |
| Yards / play | 7.00 #34 | 3.49 #15 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.27 #48 | −0.14 #26 | MISS |
| Success rate | 48% #42 | 27% #8 | MISS |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 65 FBS teams
MISS scoring against the WAKE defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20.5 | 21.0 | 41.5 | 17.5 | 5.0 | 22.5 | |
5.0 | 8.5 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
WAKE scoring against the MISS defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8.5 | 10.0 | 18.5 | 15.5 | 3.5 | 19.0 | |
0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
75° · 9 mph
gusts 19 mph · at kickoff
Rest
MISS7d
WAKE7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 153 plays
slowavg 132fast
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