Sat, Oct 7, 2023, 8:00 PM EDTWeek 6 · at Boise State · Conference game
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1-4 · Power #60
27
final
Final
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2-3 · Power #48
35
▲ winner
Closing spread
BOIS -8
Push
Total
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Model before kickoff
SJSU 25–33 BOIS
✓ BOIS (72%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseBOIS -8
Total—
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Market

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Spread
Opening line not available
Total
 
Line context
Home favorites of 6–10 since 2023: won 76%, covered 56% (49 games)ⓘ
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseBOIS -8
Total—
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Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 10 games most like BOIS as an 8-point home favorite against SJSU, the favorite won 6, covered 5, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: BOIS won 35–27; the favorite pushed, as in 0 of the 10 similar games.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 71%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 49%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 4.8 against an average line of 7.8; 46.4 points a game (usually 54.3).

All 10 games
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2022 · Week 3 · very close · similar spread & season form
-8.2516–14 L U52.5
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M-OH vs BUFF
2021 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & situation
-745–18 W O58
Very close
WMU vs CMU
2021 · Week 10 · very close · similar spread & situation
-930–42 L O64.5
Very close
LT vs CLT
2021 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & season form
-742–32 W O58.25
Very close
NU vs M-OH
2022 · Week 4 · very close · similar spread & season form
-7.514–17 L U50
Very close
KENT vs BALL
2022 · Week 10 · very close · similar season form & spread
-720–27 L U61.75
Close
CAL vs WSU
2021 · Week 5 · close · similar spread & situation
-7.56–21 L U52.5
Close
ECU vs USF
2021 · Week 9 · close · similar season form & situation
-9.529–14 W U55.5
Close
CMU vs EMU
2021 · Week 13 · close · similar spread
-8.531–10 W U63.5
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 no trends and market moves 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.

No notable trends or market moves for this game.
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
SJSU−9.4 →−5.6▲ 3.8#91
BOIS−9.9 →−1.5▲ 8.4#69
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5

SJSU
Longer bar = better
BOIS
#77
Offense
BOIS better ▶
#56
#116
Defense
Even
#119
+0.6 #29
Turnovers
◀ SJSU better
0.0 #72
64 plays #96
Pace
BOIS faster ▶
68 plays #54
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When SJSU has the ball
Advantage: SJSU offense
SJSU offBOIS defEdge
Points / game 28.2 #76 31.6 #109 SJSU
Yards / play 5.57 #77 6.84 #133 SJSU
PPA / play +0.10 #77 +0.21 #116 SJSU
Success rate 41% #76 46% #119 SJSU
When BOIS has the ball
Advantage: BOIS offense
BOIS offSJSU defEdge
Points / game 28.6 #74 33.4 #115 BOIS
Yards / play 6.15 #52 5.86 #91 BOIS
PPA / play +0.16 #58 +0.34 #134 BOIS
Success rate 45% #41 47% #125 BOIS

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 133 FBS teams
SJSU scoring against the BOIS defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
SJSU scored
4.6
#92
12.4
#16
17.0
#48
7.0
#57
4.2
#112
11.2
#97
BOIS allowed
2.0
#11
12.8
#127
14.8
#90
5.2
#58
11.6
#127
16.8
#118
BOIS scoring against the SJSU defense
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BOIS scored
4.6
#92
10.8
#30
15.4
#68
4.8
#95
8.4
#37
13.2
#74
SJSU allowed
3.4
#36
10.4
#111
13.8
#83
9.8
#125
9.8
#120
19.6
#129

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
BOIS +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
77° · 3 mph
gusts 15 mph · at kickoff
Rest
SJSU15d bye
BOIS7d
SJSU +8 days
Tempo
Average 132 plays
slowavg 134fast
Altitude
SJSU +2,625 ft
moderate climb
Quarterback
BOIS backup QB started
Not the usual starter