Sat, Sep 16, 2023, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Oregon State
Weather at kickoff79°F4 mphgusts 12DryWeather watch ›
2-1 · Power #112
9
final
Final
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2-0 · Power #20
26
▲ winner
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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Spread
Opening line not available
Total
 
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseORST -24.5
Total48.5
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 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
CCU vs KU
2021 · Week 2 · very close · similar situation & rest
-2749–22 P O52
Close
AFA vs NEV
2022 · Week 4 · close · similar spread & rest
-2448–20 W O47
Close
JMU vs TXST
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & total
-21.7540–13 W O51.5
Loose
AUB vs SJSU
2022 · Week 2 · loose · similar total & situation
-2424–16 L U48.5
Loose
MICH vs MSU
2020 · Week 9 · loose · similar rest & total
-21.524–27 L U51.5
Loose
UK vs NIU
2022 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest & situation
-26.7531–23 L O53
Loose
CIN vs USF
2020 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & total
-2228–7 L U45.5
Loose
MRSH vs RICE
2020 · Week 14 · loose · similar spread
-24.50–20 L U42.5
Loose
ARK vs GASO
2021 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & situation
-2345–10 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.
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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

SDSU
Longer bar = better
ORST
#99
Offense
ORST better ▶
#14
#103
Defense
ORST better ▶
#21
+0.5 #45
Turnovers
Even
+0.7 #44
66 plays #75
Pace
◀ SDSU faster
63 plays #102
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When SDSU has the ball
Advantage: ORST defense
SDSU offORST defEdge
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
When ORST has the ball
Advantage: ORST offense
ORST offSDSU defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
SDSU scored
6.7
#21
6.7
#33
13.3
#31
3.0
#42
5.7
#28
8.7
#42
ORST allowed
0.0
1.5
1.5
0.0
10.5
10.5
ORST scoring against the SDSU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ORST scored
10.5
19.0
29.5
8.5
10.5
19.0
SDSU allowed
4.3
#24
11.3
#43
15.7
#38
2.3
#7
7.3
#34
9.7
#22

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ORST +2.5
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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