Sat, Oct 5, 2024, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 6 · at Wisconsin · Conference game
Closing spread
WIS -11.5
✓ WIS W
Total
45.5
▲ Over · 58 pts
Model before kickoff
PUR 17–29 WIS
✓ WIS (80%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenWIS -13.5
CloseWIS -11.5
Total46.5 → 45.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenWIS -13.5
2 → PUR
CloseWIS -11.5
2 pts toward Purdue
Total
Open46.5
▼ 1
Close45.5
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened WIS -13.5 · closed WIS -11.5 · moved 2 toward PURmodel WIS -14
model WIS -14
Opened 46.5 · closed 45.5 · moved 1 downmodel 47
model 47
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 10.5–12.5 since 2023: won 73%, covered 38% (49 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 45% (47 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenWIS -13.5
CloseWIS -11.5
Total46.5 → 45.5
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
WIS as an 11.5-point home favorite against PUR, the favorite won 7, covered 5, and 4 went over the total.
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This game: WIS won 52–6; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 58 points went over 45.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 77%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
4 of 1040%
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 11.8 against an average line of 11.3; 42.8 points a game (usually 55.5). Of the 1 over, 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 12 · close · similar rest & situation |
-12 | 31–39 | L | O47.25 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & spread |
-10 | 27–21 | L | O41 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & spread |
-13.5 | 35–6 | W | U47.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & situation |
-12.5 | 24–21 | L | U47.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & total |
-13.5 | 42–9 | W | O45 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 8 · close · similar situation & rest |
-8.25 | 26–3 | W | U44 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & spread |
-11 | 0–6 | L | U48.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & situation |
-6.5 | 27–12 | W | U41 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & situation |
-14.75 | 44–18 | W | O52.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 9 · close · similar total & situation |
-11 | 17–20 | L | U46 |
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 5 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.
Purdue ATS struggles (1-3)
Purdue have covered only 25% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 262-295 (47%)
Purdue 0-3 ATS as an underdog
Struggling to cover in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 221-216 (51%)
Wisconsin ATS struggles (0-4)
Wisconsin have covered only 0% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 262-295 (47%)
Wisconsin home ATS weakness (0-3)
Weak against the spread at home this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 216-236 (48%)
Market moved toward Purdue
2 pts (WIS -13.5 → WIS -11.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q3. Of 196 earlier overs in games with totals 41.5–49.5, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-7 30% | 3-7 30% | 6-4 60% | |
| 4-6 40% | 3-6-1 33% | 4-6 40% |
Recent meetings
Last 1 since 2023
PUR 0–1 WIS
WIS leads · 1 game since 2023 · WIS has won the last meeting
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 2023 | Wisconsin 38 @ Purdue 17 | WIS -6 | WIS 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
PUR+1.0 →−6.8▼ 7.8#97
WIS+5.7 →+3.1▼ 2.6#57
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5
Longer bar = better
#95
Offense
Even#89
#114
Defense
WIS better ▶#98
−1.5 #131
Turnovers
WIS better ▶−0.3 #86
55 plays #135
Pace
WIS faster ▶68 plays #49
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| PUR off | WIS def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 21.8 #109 | 26.8 #89 | Even |
| Yards / play | 5.91 #67 | 5.70 #90 | PUR |
| PPA / play | +0.01 #113 | +0.23 #114 | Even |
| Success rate | 41% #89 | 42% #98 | Even |
| WIS off | PUR def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 21.5 #111 | 33.0 #117 | Even |
| Yards / play | 4.94 #119 | 6.21 #110 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.10 #87 | +0.27 #125 | WIS |
| Success rate | 47% #40 | 44% #105 | WIS |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
PUR scoring against the WIS defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.8 #132 | 5.3 #111 | 7.0 #127 | 6.0 #78 | 8.8 #40 | 14.8 #54 | |
3.5 #42 | 6.8 #60 | 10.3 #53 | 9.5 #123 | 7.0 #89 | 16.5 #118 |
WIS scoring against the PUR defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.0 #73 | 6.8 #95 | 12.8 #86 | 3.3 #120 | 5.5 #91 | 8.8 #117 | |
5.3 #75 | 9.5 #105 | 14.8 #99 | 6.0 #75 | 12.3 #130 | 18.3 #128 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
67° · 13 mph
gusts 25 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
PUR7d
WIS7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 123 plays
slowavg 133fast
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