Sat, Nov 23, 2024, 12:00 PM ESTWeek 13 · at Jacksonville State · Conference game
Closing spread
JXST -5.5
✓ JXST W
Total
57.5
▼ Under · 32 pts
Model before kickoff
SHSU 26–31 JXST
✓ JXST (64%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenJXST -6.5
CloseJXST -5.5
Total55.5 → 57.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenJXST -6.5
1 → SHSU
CloseJXST -5.5
1 pt toward Sam Houston
Total
Open55.5
▲ 2
Close57.5
Up 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened JXST -6.5 · closed JXST -5.5 · moved 1 toward SHSUmodel JXST -3.5
model JXST -3.5
Opened 55.5 · closed 57.5 · moved 2 upmodel 56.5
model 56.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 4.5–6.5 since 2023: won 69%, covered 57% (106 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 54% (112 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenJXST -6.5
CloseJXST -5.5
Total55.5 → 57.5
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
JXST as a 5.5-point home favorite against SHSU, the favorite won 6, covered 5, and 4 went over the total.
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This game: JXST won 21–11; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 32 points stayed under 57.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 62%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 48%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 4.1 against an average line of 5.5; 54.3 points a game (usually 53.1). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close |
2024 · Week 12 · very close · similar situation & total |
-7.5 | 31–19 | W | U57 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 10 · very close · similar total & rest |
-3 | 31–9 | W | U57.5 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & situation |
-5.5 | 17–20 | L | U61.5 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & situation |
-4.5 | 14–21 | L | U55.5 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 12 · very close · similar spread & situation |
-5.75 | 17–44 | L | O52 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 10 · very close · similar rest & situation |
-4 | 14–40 | L | U61 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & situation |
-7 | 55–28 | W | O61.5 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread & rest |
-6 | 38–28 | W | O64.5 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 13 · very close · similar situation & rest |
-5.5 | 33–28 | L | O58 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & season form |
-6.5 | 42–14 | W | U58.5 |
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 1 trend and market move behind it
No clear signal on the spread
Slight Over 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.
Total moved up 2
55.5 → 57.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 33 in the 4th quarter and got 7. 52% of games with totals 53.5–61.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8-2 80% | 4-5 44% | 3-6 33% | |
| 7-3 70% | 5-5 50% | 7-3 70% |
Recent meetings
Last 1 since 2023
SHSU 0–1 JXST
JXST leads · 1 game since 2023 · JXST has won the last meeting
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 2023 | Jacksonville State 35 @ Sam Houston 28 | JXST -7 | P |
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
SHSU−10.8 →−5.3▲ 5.5#93
JXST−4.5 →−4.5–#87
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW12
Longer bar = better
#100
Offense
JXST better ▶#22
#35
Defense
◀ SHSU better#89
+0.6 #30
Turnovers
Even+0.8 #19
70 plays #26
Pace
Even69 plays #39
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| SHSU off | JXST def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 24.7 #96 | 29.4 #98 | Even |
| Yards / play | 5.21 #115 | 5.82 #88 | JXST |
| PPA / play | +0.09 #93 | +0.09 #60 | JXST |
| Success rate | 41% #97 | 45% #111 | Even |
| JXST off | SHSU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 38.7 #10 | 20.1 #28 | Even |
| Yards / play | 6.60 #18 | 4.88 #25 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.22 #29 | +0.01 #22 | Even |
| Success rate | 46% #29 | 41% #64 | JXST |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
SHSU scoring against the JXST defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.7 #91 | 7.9 #74 | 12.6 #87 | 7.2 #47 | 4.3 #128 | 11.5 #97 | |
7.8 #114 | 10.1 #114 | 17.9 #119 | 3.9 #25 | 7.0 #77 | 10.9 #45 |
JXST scoring against the SHSU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.9 #40 | 12.6 #7 | 19.5 #19 | 8.9 #19 | 9.3 #17 | 18.2 #10 | |
4.9 #60 | 5.0 #16 | 9.9 #30 | 5.2 #55 | 5.0 #32 | 10.2 #33 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
51° · 6 mph
gusts 17 mph · at kickoff
Rest
SHSU7d
JXST7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 139 plays
slowavg 134fast
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