Sat, Sep 6, 2025, 10:15 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Washington State
Weather at kickoff79°F5 mphgusts 15DryWeather watch ›
1-0 · Power #68
13
final
Final
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1-0 · Power #60
36
▲ winner
Closing spread
WSU -2.5
✓ WSU W
Total
46.5
▲ Over · 49 pts
Model before kickoff
SDSU 25–29 WSU
✓ WSU (63%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenWSU -1.5
CloseWSU -2.5
Total45.5 → 46.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Washington State
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened WSU -1.5 · closed WSU -2.5 · moved 1 toward WSUmodel WSU -12.5
Opened 45.5 · closed 46.5 · moved 1 upmodel 54
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 56%, covered 48% (226 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 52% (149 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenWSU -1.5
CloseWSU -2.5
Total45.5 → 46.5
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 6 games most like WSU as a 2.5-point home favorite against SDSU, the favorite won 2, covered 1, and 2 went over the total.

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This game: WSU won 36–13; the favorite covered, as in 1 of the 6 similar games. 49 points went over 46.5, as in 2 of 6.
Favorite won
2 of 633%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
1 of 520%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
2 of 633%
Normal range · usually 51%

Only 6 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 1 against an average line of 4.7; 45.3 points a game (usually 52.8). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 6 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2024 · Week 4 · close · similar situation & spread
-3.2523–26 L O44.75
Loose
2024 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & situation
-1.57–24 L U42.5
Loose
APP vs JMU
2022 · Week 4 · loose · similar situation
-6.2528–32 L O57
Loose
2024 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & situation
-724–17 P U46.5
Loose
2024 · Week 3 · loose · similar situation & rest
-4.533–7 W U44
Loose
HOU vs TULN
2022 · Week 5 · loose
-5.524–27 L U52
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2022 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
San Diego State have 0 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 137 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
SDSU−12.0 →−9.4▲ 2.6#105
WSU−2.0 →−1.6▲ 0.4#72
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

SDSU
Longer bar = better
WSU
#66
Offense
◀ SDSU better
#126
#2
Defense
◀ SDSU better
#42
0.0 #65
Turnovers
WSU better ▶
+1.0 #37
83 plays #3
Pace
◀ SDSU faster
54 plays #131
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When SDSU has the ball
Advantage: WSU defense
SDSU offWSU defEdge
Points / game 42.0 #27 10.0 #25 Even
Yards / play 5.59 #81 3.40 #9 WSU
PPA / play +0.16 #70 −0.11 #24 WSU
Success rate 41% #84 44% #108 SDSU
When WSU has the ball
Advantage: SDSU defense
WSU offSDSU defEdge
Points / game 13.0 #125 0.0 #1 SDSU
Yards / play 3.91 #133 1.79 #2 SDSU
PPA / play −0.02 #119 −0.29 #3 SDSU
Success rate 35% #125 16% #3 SDSU

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
WSU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
79° · 5 mph
gusts 15 mph · at kickoff
Rest
SDSU9d
WSU7d
SDSU +2 days
Tempo
Average 137 plays
slowavg 133fast
Altitude
SDSU +2,330 ft
moderate climb

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