Sat, Sep 7, 2024, 10:30 PM EDTWeek 2 · at San Diego State
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1-0 · Power #98
21
▲ winner
Final
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1-0 · Power #122
0
final
Closing spread
ORST -5.5
✓ ORST W
Total
54.5
▼ Under · 21 pts
Model before kickoff
ORST 29–23 SDSU
✓ ORST (67%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenORST -4.5
CloseORST -5.5
Total55.5 → 54.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Oregon State
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ORST -4.5 · closed ORST -5.5 · moved 1 toward ORSTmodel ORST -9
Opened 55.5 · closed 54.5 · moved 1 downmodel 52.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 4.5–6.5 since 2023: won 62%, covered 51% (53 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenORST -4.5
CloseORST -5.5
Total55.5 → 54.5
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 5.5-point road favorite at SDSU, the favorite won 4, covered 2, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: ORST won 21–0; the favorite covered, as in 2 of the 10 similar games. 21 points stayed under 54.5, as in 7 of 10.
Favorite won
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 62%
Favorite covered
2 of 1020%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 47%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 1.8 against an average line of 5.5; 50 points a game (usually 53.1). When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 2 · very close · similar situation & rest
-5.522–31 L U58
Close
ISU @ BAY
2021 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & spread
-729–31 L O46
Close
LIB @ SYR
2021 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & spread
-6.521–24 L U54
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & total
-731–14 W U53
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & situation
-5.521–14 W U52.5
Loose
TEX @ ARK
2021 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & situation
-621–40 L O57.5
Loose
ISU @ KU
2022 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & spread
-3.511–14 L U59
Loose
MSST @ LSU
2022 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & total
-316–31 L U53
Loose
2023 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & total
-514–10 L U55.5
Loose
MEM @ ARST
2021 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & situation
-5.555–50 L O64.5
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 1 trend and market move 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.

Small sample warning
San Diego State have 0 games 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
ORST+7.8 →+5.2▼ 2.6#36
SDSU−8.3 →−5.3▲ 3.0#92
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

ORST
Longer bar = better
SDSU
#28
Offense
◀ ORST better
#54
#76
Defense
SDSU better ▶
#33
+1.0 #43
Turnovers
SDSU better ▶
+3.0 #4
72 plays #34
Pace
Even
73 plays #28
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When ORST has the ball
Even matchup
ORST offSDSU defEdge
Points / game 38.0 #41 14.0 #44 Even
Yards / play 7.08 #34 3.05 #8 SDSU
PPA / play +0.37 #29 −0.36 #3 SDSU
Success rate 61% #6 38% #77 ORST
When SDSU has the ball
Advantage: SDSU offense
SDSU offORST defEdge
Points / game 45.0 #20 15.0 #51 SDSU
Yards / play 6.41 #56 5.10 #75 Even
PPA / play +0.23 #56 +0.07 #83 SDSU
Success rate 41% #83 42% #94 Even

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
SDSU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
80° · 3 mph
gusts 7 mph · at kickoff
Rest
ORST7d
SDSU7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 145 plays
slowavg 132fast

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