Sat, Oct 26, 2024, 4:00 PM EDTWeek 9 · at California
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4-3 · Power #98
7
final
Final
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3-4 · Power #55
44
▲ winner
Closing spread
CAL -11.5
✓ CAL W
Total
49.5
▲ Over · 51 pts
Model before kickoff
ORST 20–31 CAL
✓ CAL (78%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenCAL -11
CloseCAL -11.5
Total48.5 → 49.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
0.5 pts toward California
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened CAL -11 · closed CAL -11.5 · moved 0.5 toward CALmodel CAL -8.5
Opened 48.5 · closed 49.5 · moved 1 upmodel 51.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 10.5–12.5 since 2023: won 75%, covered 36% (59 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenCAL -11
CloseCAL -11.5
Total48.5 → 49.5
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 CAL as an 11.5-point home favorite against ORST, the favorite won 6, covered 4, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: CAL won 44–7; the favorite covered, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 51 points went over 49.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 77%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
5 of 1050%
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 7.3 against an average line of 10.9; 46.1 points a game (usually 55.3). Of the 2 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
FLA vs MIZ
2022 · Week 6 · very close · similar spread & rest
-10.7524–17 L U53.5
Very close
NEB vs NU
2021 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & spread
-11.2556–7 W O51.5
Very close
2023 · Week 5 · very close · similar situation & rest
-1035–24 W O48.5
Very close
FRES vs WYO
2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar total & rest
-1430–0 W U50.5
Very close
2023 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & season form
-9.57–33 L U51
Very close
2023 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & spread
-1210–24 L U43.5
Very close
TROY vs ARMY
2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & season form
-8.510–9 L U45.5
Very close
NCST vs SYR
2021 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & spread
-11.541–17 W O49.5
Very close
MSU vs IU
2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & spread
-1231–39 L O47.25
Very close
2024 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & team ratings
-9.523–24 L O46
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2021 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 no trends and market moves behind it
No clear signal on the spread
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.

No notable trends or market moves for this game.
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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
ORST+7.8 →−0.9▼ 8.7#73
CAL+2.0 →+4.4▲ 2.4#50
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW8

ORST
Longer bar = better
CAL
#55
Offense
◀ ORST better
#95
#109
Defense
CAL better ▶
#45
−0.1 #84
Turnovers
CAL better ▶
+1.6 #4
75 plays #5
Pace
◀ ORST faster
68 plays #51
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When ORST has the ball
Even matchup
ORST offCAL defEdge
Points / game 30.3 #57 18.7 #23 CAL
Yards / play 5.73 #80 5.01 #33 CAL
PPA / play +0.16 #57 +0.06 #49 Even
Success rate 47% #26 41% #73 ORST
When CAL has the ball
Even matchup
CAL offORST defEdge
Points / game 24.0 #98 27.3 #91 Even
Yards / play 5.43 #95 6.39 #120 CAL
PPA / play +0.08 #91 +0.19 #109 Even
Success rate 41% #94 45% #115 CAL

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
ORST scoring against the CAL defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ORST scored
5.4
#83
9.3
#55
14.7
#61
4.0
#105
9.4
#19
13.4
#66
CAL allowed
5.7
#80
3.9
#9
9.6
#33
1.1
#5
8.0
#104
9.1
#25
CAL scoring against the ORST defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
CAL scored
5.9
#72
6.1
#112
12.0
#100
7.3
#48
4.7
#118
12.0
#90
ORST allowed
4.7
#58
6.4
#51
11.1
#53
4.3
#37
10.9
#128
15.1
#114

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
CAL +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
74° · 4 mph
gusts 11 mph · at kickoff
Rest
ORST7d
CAL7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 144 plays
slowavg 133fast
Quarterback
ORST backup QB started
Not the usual starter