Sat, Sep 16, 2023, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Oregon State
Closing spread
ORST -24.5
✓ SDSU W
Total
48.5
▼ Under · 35 pts
Model before kickoff
SDSU 14–36 ORST
✓ ORST (95%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseORST -24.5
Total48.5
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Market
Open → close
Spread
Open—
no open
CloseORST -24.5
Opening line not available
Total
Open—
no open
Close48.5
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseORST -24.5
Total48.5
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Similar games
The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out
In the 9 games most like
ORST as a 24.5-point home favorite against SDSU, the favorite won 7, covered 3, and 5 went over the total.
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This game: ORST won 26–9; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 9 similar games. 35 points stayed under 48.5, as in 4 of 9.
Favorite won
7 of 978%
Normal range · usually 90%
Favorite covered
3 of 838%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
5 of 956%
Normal range · usually 53%
Only 9 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 14.6 against an average line of 23.8; 49.7 points a game (usually 55.8). When games like this go over ›
All 9 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close | 2021 · Week 2 · very close · similar situation & rest |
-27 | 49–22 | P | O52 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 4 · close · similar spread & rest |
-24 | 48–20 | W | O47 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & total |
-21.75 | 40–13 | W | O51.5 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 2 · loose · similar total & situation |
-24 | 24–16 | L | U48.5 |
| Loose | 2020 · Week 9 · loose · similar rest & total |
-21.5 | 24–27 | L | U51.5 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-26.75 | 31–23 | L | O53 |
| Loose | 2020 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & total |
-22 | 28–7 | L | U45.5 |
| Loose | 2020 · Week 14 · loose · similar spread |
-24.5 | 0–20 | L | U42.5 |
| Loose | 2021 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-23 | 45–10 | W | O52.5 |
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2020 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
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.
Small sample warning
Oregon State have 2 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 27 in the 4th quarter and got 13. 61% of games with totals 44.5–52.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-1 67% | 1-2 33% | 1-1 50% | |
| 2-0 100% | 2-0 100% | 1-0 100% |
Recent meetings
The series
SDSU 2–6 ORST
ORST leads · 8 games since 1972 · ORST has won the last 6 meetings
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 135 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
SDSU+1.0 →−7.3▼ 8.3#110
ORST+11.2 →+5.2▼ 6.0#32
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2
Longer bar = better
#99
Offense
ORST better ▶#14
#103
Defense
ORST better ▶#21
+0.5 #45
Turnovers
Even+0.7 #44
66 plays #75
Pace
◀ SDSU faster63 plays #102
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| SDSU off | ORST def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 18.8 #118 | 11.0 #13 | ORST |
| Yards / play | 4.91 #110 | 4.13 #15 | ORST |
| PPA / play | +0.06 #102 | −0.18 #4 | ORST |
| Success rate | 43% #64 | 37% #50 | Even |
| ORST off | SDSU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 41.0 #18 | 25.5 #88 | ORST |
| Yards / play | 7.44 #14 | 6.02 #110 | ORST |
| PPA / play | +0.42 #13 | +0.14 #96 | ORST |
| Success rate | 54% #11 | 47% #117 | ORST |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 48 FBS teams
SDSU scoring against the ORST defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.7 #21 | 6.7 #33 | 13.3 #31 | 3.0 #42 | 5.7 #28 | 8.7 #42 | |
0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
ORST scoring against the SDSU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10.5 | 19.0 | 29.5 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 19.0 | |
4.3 #24 | 11.3 #43 | 15.7 #38 | 2.3 #7 | 7.3 #34 | 9.7 #22 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
79° · 4 mph
gusts 12 mph · at kickoff
Rest
SDSU7d
ORST7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 128 plays
slowavg 134fast
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