Sat, Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 6 · at Bowling Green · Conference game
Weather at kickoff73°F7 mphgusts 13DryWeather watch ›
1-4 · Power #138
10
final
Final
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1-4 · Power #129
38
▲ winner
Closing spread
BGSU -9.5
✓ BGSU W
Total
43.5
▲ Over · 48 pts
Model before kickoff
SAC 17–27 BGSU
✓ BGSU (76%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenBGSU -6.5
CloseBGSU -9.5
Total46.5 → 43.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
3 pts toward Bowling Green
Total
Down 3 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened BGSU -6.5 · closed BGSU -9.5 · moved 3 toward BGSUmodel BGSU -11.5
Opened 46.5 · closed 43.5 · moved 3 downmodel 44.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 8.5–10.5 since 2023: won 77%, covered 47% (173 games)ⓘ
Crossed 7The team the line moved toward covered 56% (115 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenBGSU -6.5
CloseBGSU -9.5
Total46.5 → 43.5
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 BGSU as a 9.5-point home favorite against SAC, the favorite won 8, covered 6, and 7 went over the total.

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This game: BGSU won 38–10; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 48 points went over 43.5, as in 7 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 74%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 50%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 12.5 against an average line of 7.9; 54.7 points a game (usually 52.8). Of the 7 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2025 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & team ratings
-6.521–7 W U42
Close
2024 · Week 10 · close · similar rest & team ratings
-734–13 W O43.5
Close
2023 · Week 12 · close · similar total & situation
-12.530–20 L O45.5
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar situation
-7.526–23 L O47.5
Close
2026 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & season form
-6.541–17 W O47.5
Close
2024 · Week 11 · close · similar situation & team ratings
-4.543–35 W O42.5
Close
2025 · Week 14 · close · similar team ratings & situation
-531–35 L O44.5
Close
2023 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & situation
-1014–21 L U49
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & spread
-8.556–34 W O48.5
Loose
2023 · Week 11 · loose · similar rest & situation
-10.540–6 W U51
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Moderate Bowling Green ATS trend Hit
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Under trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Sacramento State 1-3 ATS as an underdog
Struggling to cover in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 221-216 (51%)
Market moved toward Bowling Green
3 pts (BGSU -6.5 → BGSU -9.5), through the key number 7. · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved down 3
46.5 → 43.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
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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
SAC−16.9 →−22.2▼ 5.3#138
BGSU−12.7 →−15.9▼ 3.2#128
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SAC
Longer bar = better
BGSU
#126
Offense
Even
#133
#84
Defense
◀ SAC better
#120
−1.8 #138
Turnovers
BGSU better ▶
−0.2 #82
68 plays #51
Pace
◀ SAC faster
58 plays #131
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When SAC has the ball
Even matchup
SAC offBGSU defEdge
Points / game 17.6 #130 33.0 #123 Even
Yards / play 4.79 #132 6.81 #132 Even
PPA / play −0.11 #136 +0.16 #100 BGSU
Success rate 40% #107 46% #123 Even
When BGSU has the ball
Advantage: SAC defense
BGSU offSAC defEdge
Points / game 11.4 #138 28.6 #109 SAC
Yards / play 4.49 #135 5.85 #105 SAC
PPA / play −0.09 #133 +0.13 #90 SAC
Success rate 38% #124 36% #31 SAC

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 138 FBS teams
SAC scoring against the BGSU defense
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SAC scored
2.8
#118
7.2
#98
10.0
#118
2.0
#132
5.6
#101
7.6
#129
BGSU allowed
8.4
#126
10.2
#114
18.6
#126
2.6
#28
11.8
#135
14.4
#114
BGSU scoring against the SAC defense
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BGSU scored
2.0
#129
4.0
#128
6.0
#136
0.6
#137
4.8
#111
5.4
#137
SAC allowed
5.6
#91
14.8
#136
20.4
#132
5.6
#79
2.6
#6
8.2
#32

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
BGSU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
73° · 7 mph
gusts 13 mph · at kickoff
Rest
SAC14d bye
BGSU7d
SAC +7 days
Tempo
Slow 126 plays
slowavg 133fast
Travel
SAC 1,995 mi
3 time zones