Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 9:00 PM EDTWeek 4 · at UTEP
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1-2 · Power #48
33
▲ winner
Final
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1-2 · Power #136
7
final
Closing spread
ORST -11.5
✓ ORST W
Total
56.5
▼ Under · 40 pts
Model before kickoff
ORST 33–23 UTEP
✓ ORST (78%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenORST -12.5
CloseORST -11.5
Total55.5 → 56.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward UTEP
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ORST -12.5 · closed ORST -11.5 · moved 1 toward UTEPmodel ORST -7
Opened 55.5 · closed 56.5 · moved 1 upmodel 56.5 matches the line
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 10.5–12.5 since 2023: won 81%, covered 50% (69 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 48% (363 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenORST -12.5
CloseORST -11.5
Total55.5 → 56.5
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 an 11.5-point road favorite at UTEP, the favorite won 8, covered 6, and 7 went over the total.

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This game: ORST won 33–7; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 40 points stayed under 56.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 78%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
7 of 1070%
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 17.5 against an average line of 11.1; 62.1 points a game (usually 52.9). Of the 7 overs, 6 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar season form & spread
-1041–21 W O49.5
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & team ratings
-14.523–3 W U49.5
Close
2025 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & total
-1228–21 L U60.5
Close
2025 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & season form
-9.549–14 W O47.5
Close
2025 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & spread
-10.556–16 W O50.5
Close
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & spread
-9.547–42 L O49.5
Close
2023 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & spread
-1155–7 W O51
Close
2024 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & spread
-1138–41 L O56.5
Close
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & season form
-9.524–55 L O47.5
Close
2024 · Week 11 · close · similar spread & season form
-13.537–3 W U53.5
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2023 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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Slight UTEP ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
No clear signal on the total

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

UTEP at altitude (+1.1 km)
Oregon State climb about 3,675 ft to play here; visitors have covered less often than the line expects at altitude. · Backtest 2023–26: 64-41 (61%)
Small sample warning
Oregon State have 3 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 138 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
ORST−8.0 →−5.8▲ 2.2#91
UTEP−15.9 →−16.9▼ 1.0#130
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

ORST
Longer bar = better
UTEP
#68
Offense
◀ ORST better
#113
#93
Defense
◀ ORST better
#120
+1.0 #32
Turnovers
◀ ORST better
+0.3 #50
71 plays #33
Pace
◀ ORST faster
52 plays #138
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When ORST has the ball
Advantage: ORST offense
ORST offUTEP defEdge
Points / game 32.0 #64 37.7 #135 ORST
Yards / play 6.52 #42 5.49 #80 ORST
PPA / play +0.21 #51 +0.29 #132 ORST
Success rate 39% #114 48% #132 Even
When UTEP has the ball
Even matchup
UTEP offORST defEdge
Points / game 22.7 #107 28.3 #107 Even
Yards / play 5.34 #109 5.58 #86 ORST
PPA / play −0.10 #132 +0.15 #98 ORST
Success rate 40% #104 41% #79 ORST

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 137 FBS teams
ORST scoring against the UTEP defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ORST scored
7.0
#56
9.3
#73
16.3
#76
9.0
#31
6.7
#83
15.7
#47
UTEP allowed
9.3
#124
8.7
#93
18.0
#120
15.0
#137
4.7
#43
19.7
#134
UTEP scoring against the ORST defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UTEP scored
4.7
#97
7.0
#96
11.7
#103
7.0
#56
4.0
#112
11.0
#98
ORST allowed
3.0
#39
9.0
#96
12.0
#72
7.0
#102
9.3
#121
16.3
#122

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
UTEP +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
87° · 5 mph
gusts 8 mph · at kickoff
Rest
ORST7d
UTEP7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 123 plays
slowavg 133fast
Altitude
ORST +3,675 ft
thin air for the visitors

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