Sat, Nov 15, 2025, 3:30 PM ESTWeek 12 · at Nevada · Conference game
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3-6 · Power #106
10
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Final
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1-8 · Power #121
55
▲ winner
Closing spread
SJSU -9.5
✓ NEV W
Total
49.5
▲ Over · 65 pts
Model before kickoff
SJSU 31–21 NEV
✗ SJSU (74%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenSJSU -8.5
CloseSJSU -9.5
Total52.5 → 49.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward San José State
Total
Down 3 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened SJSU -8.5 · closed SJSU -9.5 · moved 1 toward SJSUmodel SJSU -7.5
Opened 52.5 · closed 49.5 · moved 3 downmodel 52
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 8.5–10.5 since 2023: won 72%, covered 48% (83 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 48% (244 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenSJSU -8.5
CloseSJSU -9.5
Total52.5 → 49.5
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 SJSU as a 9.5-point road favorite at NEV, the favorite won 5, covered 4, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: NEV won 55–10 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 65 points went over 49.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 74%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 51%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 5.3 against an average line of 9.4; 55.7 points a game (usually 53.8). Of the 3 overs, 2 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & spread
-9.545–46 L O52.5
Very close
TOL @ WMU
2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar situation & spread
-8.514–20 L U50.5
Very close
UNLV @ HAW
2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar situation & rest
-1125–31 L U56.5
Very close
2023 · Week 13 · very close · similar situation & rest
-11.541–28 W O54.25
Very close
M-OH @ BGSU
2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & season form
-713–17 L U45
Very close
2023 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & spread
-1035–0 W U57
Very close
2024 · Week 14 · very close · similar situation & spread
-9.514–21 L U49.5
Close
2023 · Week 12 · close · similar situation & rest
-6.527–15 W U53.5
Close
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread
-9.550–40 W O54
Close
USU @ HAW
2022 · Week 11 · close · similar situation & rest
-10.541–34 L O55
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Nevada ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Under trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

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

Nevada home ATS weakness (0-4)
Weak against the spread at home this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 216-236 (48%)
Total moved down 3
52.5 → 49.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Nevada at altitude (+1.4 km)
San José State climb about 4,528 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−6.2 →−6.1▲ 0.1#93
NEV−9.7 →−17.8▼ 8.1#129
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW11

SJSU
Longer bar = better
NEV
#43
Offense
◀ SJSU better
#132
#104
Defense
Even
#101
−0.4 #111
Turnovers
◀ SJSU better
−1.8 #137
68 plays #46
Pace
◀ SJSU faster
60 plays #133
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When SJSU has the ball
Advantage: SJSU offense
SJSU offNEV defEdge
Points / game 25.6 #81 30.1 #110 SJSU
Yards / play 6.60 #23 5.67 #82 SJSU
PPA / play +0.19 #38 +0.16 #102 SJSU
Success rate 46% #31 45% #110 SJSU
When NEV has the ball
Advantage: SJSU defense
NEV offSJSU defEdge
Points / game 14.0 #135 29.9 #106 SJSU
Yards / play 4.83 #124 6.10 #115 Even
PPA / play −0.13 #136 +0.18 #110 SJSU
Success rate 34% #133 42% #83 SJSU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
SJSU scoring against the NEV defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
SJSU scored
4.9
#94
10.7
#29
15.6
#60
5.3
#81
4.7
#118
10.0
#111
NEV allowed
7.6
#112
11.0
#126
18.6
#128
5.8
#80
5.8
#52
11.6
#62
NEV scoring against the SJSU defense
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NEV scored
1.3
#134
5.0
#120
6.3
#134
2.7
#132
5.0
#109
7.7
#127
SJSU allowed
6.6
#97
9.0
#101
15.6
#104
5.0
#54
9.3
#127
14.3
#108

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
NEV +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
60° · 8 mph
gusts 20 mph · at kickoff
Rest
SJSU7d
NEV7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 128 plays
slowavg 134fast
Altitude
SJSU +4,528 ft
thin air for the visitors