Sat, Sep 7, 2024, 10:30 PM EDTWeek 2 · at San Diego State
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.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenORST -4.5
1 → ORST
CloseORST -5.5
1 pt toward Oregon State
Total
Open55.5
▼ 1
Close54.5
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
model ORST -9
Opened 55.5 · closed 54.5 · moved 1 downmodel 52.5
model 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
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close |
2023 · Week 2 · very close · similar situation & rest |
-5.5 | 22–31 | L | U58 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & spread |
-7 | 29–31 | L | O46 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & spread |
-6.5 | 21–24 | L | U54 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & total |
-7 | 31–14 | W | U53 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & situation |
-5.5 | 21–14 | W | U52.5 |
| Loose | 2021 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-6 | 21–40 | L | O57.5 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & spread |
-3.5 | 11–14 | L | U59 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & total |
-3 | 16–31 | L | U53 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & total |
-5 | 14–10 | L | U55.5 |
| Loose | 2021 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-5.5 | 55–50 | 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.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 48 in the 4th quarter and got 14. 51% of games with totals 50.5–58.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6-4 60% | 4-6 40% | 3-6 33% | |
| 3-7 30% | 6-3 67% | 4-4-1 50% |
Recent meetings
Last 1 since 2023
ORST 6–2 SDSU
ORST leads · 8 games since 1972 · ORST has won the last 6 meetings
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 2023 | San Diego State 9 @ Oregon State 26 | ORST -24.5 | SDSU W |
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
Longer bar = better
#28
Offense
◀ ORST better#54
#76
Defense
SDSU better ▶#33
+1.0 #43
Turnovers
SDSU better ▶+3.0 #4
72 plays #34
Pace
Even73 plays #28
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| ORST off | SDSU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| SDSU off | ORST def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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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