Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Wyoming · Conference game
Weather at kickoff68°F6 mphgusts 13DryWeather watch ›
2-3 · Power #122
27
▲ winner
Final
@
1-4 · Power #114
24
final
Closing spread
WYO -1.5
✓ SDSU W
Total
41.5
▲ Over · 51 pts
Model before kickoff
SDSU 22–24 WYO
✗ WYO (56%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenWYO -0.5
CloseWYO -1.5
Total42.5 → 41.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Wyoming
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened WYO -0.5 · closed WYO -1.5 · moved 1 toward WYOmodel WYO -4
Opened 42.5 · closed 41.5 · moved 1 downmodel 46
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 0.5–2.5 since 2023: won 50%, covered 47% (88 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 50% (56 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenWYO -0.5
CloseWYO -1.5
Total42.5 → 41.5
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 WYO as a 1.5-point home favorite against SDSU, the favorite won 5, covered 4, and 8 went over the total.

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This game: SDSU won 27–24 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 51 points went over 41.5, as in 8 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 56%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
8 of 1080%
Above normal · usually 48%

Overs above normal. Splits like this often fade, so treat it as context, not a pick. Average result: favorite by 1.3 against an average line of 2.9; 52.7 points a game (usually 53.2). Of the 3 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
UNM vs UNLV
2021 · Week 10 · very close · similar spread & rest
-1.517–31 L O45
Close
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar situation & season form
-4.526–33 L O47.5
Close
M-OH vs BALL
2022 · Week 13 · close · similar spread & situation
-2.518–17 L U45
Close
VT vs GT
2022 · Week 10 · close · similar total & situation
-427–28 L O40.5
Close
RICE vs USM
2021 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & total
-1.2524–19 W U45
Close
CSU vs SJSU
2021 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & total
-3.532–14 W O44.5
Close
2023 · Week 13 · close · similar total & spread
-327–29 L O44.25
Close
SJSU vs WYO
2021 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & total
-327–21 W O40.5
Close
2023 · Week 4 · close · similar spread
-3.531–34 L O48.5
Close
LT vs UTEP
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & situation
-1.7541–31 W O52.25
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Wyoming ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
No clear signal on the total

Green signals have beaten the market in our backtest; yellow ones only describe the data.

Wyoming ATS struggles (1-3)
Wyoming have covered only 25% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 262-295 (47%)
Wyoming at altitude (+2.1 km)
San Diego State climb about 7,021 ft to play here; visitors have covered less often than the line expects at altitude. · Backtest 2023–26: 64-41 (61%)
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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−8.3 →−10.9▼ 2.6#112
WYO−4.9 →−13.7▼ 8.8#120
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6

SDSU
Longer bar = better
WYO
#114
Offense
◀ SDSU better
#131
#66
Defense
◀ SDSU better
#116
+0.8 #23
Turnovers
◀ SDSU better
−0.8 #116
64 plays #89
Pace
◀ SDSU faster
62 plays #113
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When SDSU has the ball
Even matchup
SDSU offWYO defEdge
Points / game 20.6 #117 32.4 #118 Even
Yards / play 5.00 #117 6.13 #107 Even
PPA / play +0.11 #88 +0.24 #120 SDSU
Success rate 33% #132 47% #118 Even
When WYO has the ball
Advantage: SDSU defense
WYO offSDSU defEdge
Points / game 16.4 #127 22.4 #58 SDSU
Yards / play 3.93 #135 5.10 #49 SDSU
PPA / play −0.04 #126 +0.10 #77 SDSU
Success rate 32% #134 42% #81 SDSU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
SDSU scoring against the WYO defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
SDSU scored
3.2
#119
5.6
#112
8.8
#118
4.8
#96
7.0
#62
11.8
#92
WYO allowed
7.6
#108
12.6
#128
20.2
#124
10.4
#130
1.8
#4
12.2
#76
WYO scoring against the SDSU defense
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WYO scored
4.0
#103
4.2
#127
8.2
#122
2.8
#123
5.4
#106
8.2
#124
SDSU allowed
5.4
#76
3.2
#12
8.6
#30
7.0
#92
6.8
#80
13.8
#97

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
WYO +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
68° · 6 mph
gusts 13 mph · at kickoff
Rest
SDSU7d
WYO14d bye
WYO +7 days
Tempo
Slow 126 plays
slowavg 133fast
Altitude
SDSU +7,021 ft
thin air for the visitors