Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 6:30 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Wake Forest
Weather at kickoff75°F9 mphgusts 19DryWeather watch ›
2-0 · Power #3
40
▲ winner
Final
@
1-1 · Power #89
6
final
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.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2.5 pts toward Wake Forest
Total
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
Opened 63.5 · closed 65.5 · moved 2 upmodel 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.
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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

MISS
Longer bar = better
WAKE
#1
Offense
◀ MISS better
#41
#13
Defense
◀ MISS better
#96
+1.5 #22
Turnovers
◀ MISS better
+0.5 #44
78 plays #10
Pace
Even
76 plays #15
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When MISS has the ball
Advantage: MISS offense
MISS offWAKE defEdge
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
When WAKE has the ball
Advantage: MISS defense
WAKE offMISS defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
MISS scored
20.5
21.0
41.5
17.5
5.0
22.5
WAKE allowed
5.0
8.5
13.5
0.0
8.5
8.5
WAKE scoring against the MISS defense
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WAKE scored
8.5
10.0
18.5
15.5
3.5
19.0
MISS allowed
0.0
1.5
1.5
0.0
0.0
0.0

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
WAKE +2.5
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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