Sat, Nov 23, 2024, 12:00 PM ESTWeek 13 · at Jacksonville State · Conference game
Weather at kickoff51°F6 mphgusts 17DryWeather watch ›
8-2 · Power #93
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Final
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7-3 · Power #81
21
▲ winner
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.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Sam Houston
Total
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
Opened 55.5 · closed 57.5 · moved 2 upmodel 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 12 · very close · similar situation & total
-7.531–19 W U57
Very close
2023 · Week 10 · very close · similar total & rest
-331–9 W U57.5
Very close
2023 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & situation
-5.517–20 L U61.5
Very close
MRSH vs UAB
2021 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & situation
-4.514–21 L U55.5
Very close
USU vs WYO
2021 · Week 12 · very close · similar spread & situation
-5.7517–44 L O52
Very close
FRES vs BSU
2021 · Week 10 · very close · similar rest & situation
-414–40 L U61
Very close
SMU vs UCF
2021 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & situation
-755–28 W O61.5
Very close
2023 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread & rest
-638–28 W O64.5
Very close
MEM vs TULN
2021 · Week 13 · very close · similar situation & rest
-5.533–28 L O58
Very close
UCLA vs CAL
2021 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & season form
-6.542–14 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%)
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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

SHSU
Longer bar = better
JXST
#100
Offense
JXST better ▶
#22
#35
Defense
◀ SHSU better
#89
+0.6 #30
Turnovers
Even
+0.8 #19
70 plays #26
Pace
Even
69 plays #39
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When SHSU has the ball
Even matchup
SHSU offJXST defEdge
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
When JXST has the ball
Even matchup
JXST offSHSU defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
SHSU scored
4.7
#91
7.9
#74
12.6
#87
7.2
#47
4.3
#128
11.5
#97
JXST allowed
7.8
#114
10.1
#114
17.9
#119
3.9
#25
7.0
#77
10.9
#45
JXST scoring against the SHSU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
JXST scored
6.9
#40
12.6
#7
19.5
#19
8.9
#19
9.3
#17
18.2
#10
SHSU allowed
4.9
#60
5.0
#16
9.9
#30
5.2
#55
5.0
#32
10.2
#33

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
JXST +2.5
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