Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Nevada
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4-1 · Power #98
37
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Final
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2-4 · Power #102
42
▲ winner
Closing spread
ORST -2.5
✓ NEV W
Total
45.5
▲ Over · 79 pts
Model before kickoff
ORST 27–24 NEV
✗ ORST (58%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenORST -3.5
CloseORST -2.5
Total48.5 → 45.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Nevada
Total
Down 3 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ORST -3.5 · closed ORST -2.5 · moved 1 toward NEVmodel ORST -4.5
Opened 48.5 · closed 45.5 · moved 3 downmodel 50.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 53%, covered 43% (96 games)ⓘ
Crossed 3The team the line moved toward covered 48% (21 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenORST -3.5
CloseORST -2.5
Total48.5 → 45.5
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 ORST as a 2.5-point road favorite at NEV, the favorite won 3, covered 3, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: NEV won 42–37 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 79 points went over 45.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 48%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 3.3 against an average line of 3.7; 46.1 points a game (usually 53.1). Of the 1 over, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
UAB @ FAU
2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar total & rest
-4.7517–24 L U45
Very close
2023 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & spread
-128–7 W U46.5
Very close
UL @ USM
2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar season form & situation
-2.524–39 L O42.75
Very close
2023 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & rest
-226–6 W U43
Very close
AFA @ CSU
2021 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & season form
-335–21 W O45
Very close
FAU @ ODU
2021 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & season form
-6.516–30 L U48
Very close
2023 · Week 3 · very close · similar rest & spread
-27–10 L U41.75
Very close
2023 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & season form
-5.513–23 L U45
Very close
2023 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & total
-4.527–38 L O49
Very close
FAU @ MTSU
2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & season form
-5.521–49 L O51
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Moderate Nevada ATS trend Hit
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Under trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

Green signals have beaten the market in our backtest; yellow ones only describe the data.

Nevada 3-1 ATS as an underdog
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 271-262 (51%)
Total moved down 3
48.5 → 45.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Nevada at altitude (+1.3 km)
Oregon State climb about 4,397 ft to play here; visitors have covered less often than the line expects at altitude. · Backtest 2023–26: 64-41 (61%)
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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 →+0.1▼ 7.7#69
NEV−15.0 →−8.5▲ 6.5#100
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6

ORST
Longer bar = better
NEV
#56
Offense
Even
#68
#92
Defense
Even
#99
+0.6 #41
Turnovers
◀ ORST better
−0.5 #100
73 plays #11
Pace
◀ ORST faster
65 plays #80
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When ORST has the ball
Advantage: ORST offense
ORST offNEV defEdge
Points / game 30.0 #67 25.5 #83 Even
Yards / play 5.67 #82 5.93 #101 Even
PPA / play +0.19 #50 +0.21 #111 ORST
Success rate 48% #25 43% #99 ORST
When NEV has the ball
Advantage: NEV offense
NEV offORST defEdge
Points / game 24.8 #98 23.2 #64 ORST
Yards / play 5.90 #68 6.29 #117 NEV
PPA / play +0.20 #47 +0.13 #90 NEV
Success rate 45% #60 43% #97 NEV

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
ORST scoring against the NEV defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ORST scored
5.6
#81
8.2
#74
13.8
#74
4.2
#107
9.0
#34
13.2
#74
NEV allowed
4.5
#52
9.7
#99
14.2
#92
3.8
#30
7.5
#96
11.3
#53
NEV scoring against the ORST defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
NEV scored
7.0
#53
6.2
#102
13.2
#84
7.7
#43
4.0
#124
11.7
#96
ORST allowed
4.6
#57
5.0
#31
9.6
#39
3.2
#19
9.0
#118
12.2
#75

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
NEV +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
72° · 7 mph
gusts 16 mph · at kickoff
Rest
ORST7d
NEV7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 139 plays
slowavg 133fast
Altitude
ORST +4,397 ft
thin air for the visitors