Thu, Aug 29, 2024, 10:00 PM EDTWeek 1 · at San José State
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▲ winner
Closing spread
SJSU -2.5
✓ SJSU W
Total
62.5
▲ Over · 66 pts
Model before kickoff
SAC 24–29 SJSU
✓ SJSU (63%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenSJSU -4
CloseSJSU -2.5
Total60.5 → 62.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1.5 pts toward Sacramento State
Total
Up 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened SJSU -4 · closed SJSU -2.5 · moved 1.5 toward SACmodel SJSU -13
Opened 60.5 · closed 62.5 · moved 2 upmodel 53.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 60%, covered 50% (102 games)ⓘ
Crossed 3Too few earlier games to rateⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenSJSU -4
CloseSJSU -2.5
Total60.5 → 62.5
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 SJSU as a 2.5-point home favorite against SAC, the favorite won 5, covered 5, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: SJSU won 42–24; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 66 points went over 62.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
5 of 1050%
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 5.3 against an average line of 4.4; 58.1 points a game (usually 53.3). Of the 2 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 2 · very close · similar total & situation
-3.510–17 L U61.5
Very close
2023 · Week 2 · very close · similar spread & situation
-335–14 W U54.5
Close
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar total & situation
-221–41 L O59.5
Close
EMU vs OHIO
2021 · Week 11 · close · similar total
-626–34 L U61.75
Close
USU vs HAW
2021 · Week 9 · close · similar spread
-451–31 W O66
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar spread
-348–26 W O55
Close
TOL vs KENT
2022 · Week 7 · close · similar total
-752–31 W O62.5
Close
GAST vs GASO
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar spread & total
-2.541–33 W O66.5
Close
CMU vs BALL
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar team ratings
-7.516–17 L U63.5
Close
2023 · Week 12 · close · similar total
-5.517–20 L U61.5
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Sacramento State ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Over trend Hit
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.

Market moved toward Sacramento State
1.5 pts (SJSU -4 → SJSU -2.5), through the key number 3. · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved up 2
60.5 → 62.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
Sacramento State have 0 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
SJSU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
71° · 11 mph
gusts 20 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
SAC1st game
SJSU1st game
Even