Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Colorado State · Conference game
Weather at kickoff79°F12 mphgusts 24DryWeather watch ›
4-1 · Power #86
24
final
Final
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2-3 · Power #100
31
▲ winner
Closing spread
CSU -2.5
✓ CSU W
Total
54.5
▲ Over · 55 pts
Model before kickoff
SJSU 25–27 CSU
✓ CSU (56%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenSJSU -2
CloseCSU -2.5
Total55.5 → 54.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
4.5 pts toward Colorado State
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened SJSU -2 · closed CSU -2.5 · moved 4.5 toward CSUmodel CSU -1
Opened 55.5 · closed 54.5 · moved 1 downmodel 51
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 58%, covered 50% (146 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 3.5+ pts toward the favorite: that team covered 45% (38 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenSJSU -2
CloseCSU -2.5
Total55.5 → 54.5
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 CSU as a 2.5-point home favorite against SJSU, the favorite won 7, covered 7, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: CSU won 31–24; the favorite covered, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 55 points went over 54.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 48%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 2.6 against an average line of 1.9; 54.8 points a game (usually 53.1). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
CMU vs BUFF
2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar total & rest
-2.7531–27 W O54
Very close
USU vs SJSU
2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & spread
-135–31 W O51
Very close
2023 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & spread
-128–45 L O49.5
Very close
UNT vs UTEP
2021 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & total
-0.520–17 W U55
Close
BUFF vs M-OH
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & rest
-324–20 W U50.25
Close
2023 · Week 7 · close · similar situation & rest
-1.530–13 W U48.5
Close
EMU vs CMU
2022 · Week 13 · close · similar total & situation
-138–19 W O53.5
Close
HOU vs TULN
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & situation
-5.524–27 L U52
Close
FSU vs LOU
2021 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & spread
-1.2523–31 L U60.75
Close
WSU vs STAN
2021 · Week 7 · close · similar situation & rest
-134–31 W O53
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Moderate Colorado State ATS trend Hit
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (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.

San José State ATS trend (3-1)
San José State have covered 75% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Market moved toward Colorado State
4.5 pts (SJSU -2 → CSU -2.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Colorado State at altitude (+1.5 km)
San José State climb about 4,922 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
SJSU−2.2 →−4.7▼ 2.5#87
CSU−8.3 →−9.3▼ 1.0#106
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6

SJSU
Longer bar = better
CSU
#51
Offense
◀ SJSU better
#102
#50
Defense
◀ SJSU better
#92
+0.6 #35
Turnovers
◀ SJSU better
−0.8 #114
68 plays #51
Pace
◀ SJSU faster
65 plays #81
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When SJSU has the ball
Advantage: SJSU offense
SJSU offCSU defEdge
Points / game 35.4 #28 30.6 #102 SJSU
Yards / play 6.01 #60 5.75 #92 SJSU
PPA / play +0.18 #60 +0.09 #71 Even
Success rate 45% #56 44% #101 SJSU
When CSU has the ball
Advantage: SJSU defense
CSU offSJSU defEdge
Points / game 21.0 #115 25.2 #79 SJSU
Yards / play 5.38 #104 4.78 #24 SJSU
PPA / play +0.02 #112 0.00 #27 SJSU
Success rate 43% #78 40% #69 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
SJSU scoring against the CSU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
SJSU scored
7.6
#41
9.0
#57
16.6
#53
8.4
#32
9.2
#28
17.6
#22
CSU allowed
2.8
#21
11.0
#117
13.8
#85
7.0
#92
6.8
#80
13.8
#97
CSU scoring against the SJSU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
CSU scored
5.4
#85
4.8
#121
10.2
#108
3.4
#118
6.0
#85
9.4
#120
SJSU allowed
7.6
#108
6.8
#56
14.4
#90
4.2
#43
5.0
#48
9.2
#33

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
CSU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
79° · 12 mph
gusts 24 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
SJSU7d
CSU7d
Even
Tempo
Average 133 plays
slowavg 133fast
Altitude
SJSU +4,922 ft
thin air for the visitors
Quarterback
SJSU backup QB started
Not the usual starter