Sat, Sep 21, 2024, 8:30 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Oregon State
Closing spread
ORST -1.5
✓ ORST W
Total
49.5
▲ Over · 59 pts
Model before kickoff
PUR 26–29 ORST
✓ ORST (60%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenORST -5.5
CloseORST -1.5
Total50.5 → 49.5
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Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenORST -5.5
4 → PUR
CloseORST -1.5
4 pts toward Purdue
Total
Open50.5
▼ 1
Close49.5
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ORST -5.5 · closed ORST -1.5 · moved 4 toward PURmodel ORST -11
model ORST -11
Opened 50.5 · closed 49.5 · moved 1 downmodel 54.5
model 54.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 0.5–2.5 since 2023: won 46%, covered 43% (72 games)ⓘ
Crossed 3Too few earlier games to rateⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenORST -5.5
CloseORST -1.5
Total50.5 → 49.5
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 1.5-point home favorite against PUR, the favorite won 5, covered 4, and 4 went over the total.
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This game: ORST won 38–21; the favorite covered, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 59 points went over 49.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 55%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 47%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 1.5 against an average line of 2.8; 48.1 points a game (usually 53.2). Of the 3 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | 2022 · Week 9 · close · similar rest |
-3.5 | 10–23 | L | U45.25 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & total |
-3.5 | 24–21 | L | U46.75 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 7 · close · similar total & rest |
-2.5 | 41–14 | W | O49.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & situation |
-3.5 | 16–30 | L | U58.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar rest & spread |
-0.5 | 10–17 | L | U47.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 13 · close · similar rest |
-2 | 35–31 | W | O43.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 12 · close · similar rest |
-5 | 42–21 | W | O52.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 8 · close · similar total & season form |
-2.5 | 29–32 | L | O50.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 8 · close · similar total |
-4 | 34–16 | W | U53 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar total & rest |
-1 | 7–28 | L | U51 |
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Purdue ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.
Market moved toward Purdue
4 pts (ORST -5.5 → ORST -1.5), through the key number 3. · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Small sample warning
Purdue have 2 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 233 earlier overs in games with totals 45.5–53.5, 34% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4-6 40% | 4-6 40% | 6-3 67% | |
| 5-5 50% | 3-6 33% | 3-6 33% |
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
PUR+1.0 →−3.7▼ 4.7#82
ORST+7.8 →+2.4▼ 5.4#61
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3
Longer bar = better
#60
Offense
Even#66
#106
Defense
ORST better ▶#91
−1.5 #131
Turnovers
ORST better ▶+0.7 #47
58 plays #130
Pace
ORST faster ▶72 plays #20
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| PUR off | ORST def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 28.0 #84 | 21.3 #63 | ORST |
| Yards / play | 6.48 #42 | 6.13 #108 | PUR |
| PPA / play | +0.16 #72 | +0.18 #98 | PUR |
| Success rate | 47% #42 | 43% #95 | PUR |
| ORST off | PUR def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 24.3 #101 | 33.0 #117 | Even |
| Yards / play | 5.71 #87 | 5.95 #101 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.24 #45 | +0.31 #131 | ORST |
| Success rate | 49% #31 | 41% #74 | ORST |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 132 FBS teams
PUR scoring against the ORST defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.5 | 7.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 7.0 | 17.5 | |
5.3 #84 | 5.0 #37 | 10.3 #62 | 5.3 #66 | 5.7 #72 | 11.0 #62 |
ORST scoring against the PUR defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.0 #53 | 5.7 #101 | 12.7 #89 | 4.7 #97 | 7.0 #57 | 11.7 #84 | |
7.0 | 14.0 | 21.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 12.0 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
72° · 7 mph
gusts 17 mph · at kickoff
Rest
PUR7d
ORST7d
Even
Tempo
Average 130 plays
slowavg 132fast
Travel
PUR 1,859 mi
3 time zones
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