Sat, Sep 13, 2025, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Texas Tech
Weather at kickoff85°F11 mphgusts 28DryWindy Over 48% of 274 games since 2023Weather watch ›
0-2 · Power #100
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Final
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2-0 · Power #5
45
▲ winner
Closing spread
TTU -23.5
✓ TTU W
Total
61.5
▼ Under · 59 pts
Model before kickoff
ORST 18–41 TTU
✓ TTU (95%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTTU -24.5
CloseTTU -23.5
Total60.5 → 61.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Oregon State
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TTU -24.5 · closed TTU -23.5 · moved 1 toward ORSTmodel TTU -21.5
Opened 60.5 · closed 61.5 · moved 1 upmodel 59
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 22.5–24.5 since 2023: won 95%, covered 43% (59 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 50% (176 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTTU -24.5
CloseTTU -23.5
Total60.5 → 61.5
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 1 games most like TTU as a 23.5-point home favorite against ORST, the favorite won 1, covered 1, and 0 went over the total.

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This game: TTU won 45–14; the favorite covered, as in 1 of the 1 similar games. 59 points stayed under 61.5, as in 1 of 1.
Favorite won
1 of 1100%
Normal range · usually 92%
Favorite covered
1 of 1100%
Normal range · usually 45%
Went over
0 of 10%
Normal range · usually 50%

Only 1 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 21 against an average line of 18.5; 55 points a game (usually 54.1). When games like this go over ›

All 1 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
2024 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & situation
-18.538–17 W U56.5
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2022 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
Texas Tech 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
ORST−5.2 →−5.7▼ 0.5#88
TTU+5.6 →+8.7▲ 3.1#32
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

ORST
Longer bar = better
TTU
#73
Offense
TTU better ▶
#6
#98
Defense
TTU better ▶
#9
−1.5 #127
Turnovers
TTU better ▶
+1.0 #42
72 plays #30
Pace
Even
71 plays #40
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When ORST has the ball
Advantage: TTU defense
ORST offTTU defEdge
Points / game 21.0 #105 10.5 #28 TTU
Yards / play 5.84 #73 3.42 #7 TTU
PPA / play +0.15 #72 −0.70 #1 TTU
Success rate 48% #41 15% #1 TTU
When TTU has the ball
Advantage: TTU offense
TTU offORST defEdge
Points / game 64.5 #2 35.0 #121 TTU
Yards / play 8.57 #5 6.24 #115 TTU
PPA / play +0.51 #8 +0.14 #100 TTU
Success rate 60% #9 37% #56 TTU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 42 FBS teams
ORST scoring against the TTU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ORST scored
3.0
6.0
9.0
6.0
6.0
12.0
TTU allowed
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
10.5
10.5
TTU scoring against the ORST defense
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TTU scored
22.0
25.5
47.5
10.5
6.5
17.0
ORST allowed
10.5
8.0
18.5
3.5
13.0
16.5

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TTU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
85° · 11 mph
gusts 28 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
ORST7d
TTU7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 143 plays
slowavg 133fast
Altitude
ORST +2,986 ft
moderate climb