Sat, Sep 6, 2025, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Texas
Closing spread
TEX -36.5
✓ SJSU W
Total
52.5
▼ Under · 45 pts
Model before kickoff
SJSU 5–42 TEX
✓ TEX (100%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTEX -35.5
CloseTEX -36.5
Total51.5 → 52.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenTEX -35.5
1 → TEX
CloseTEX -36.5
1 pt toward Texas
Total
Open51.5
▲ 1
Close52.5
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TEX -35.5 · closed TEX -36.5 · moved 1 toward TEXmodel TEX -39
model TEX -39
Opened 51.5 · closed 52.5 · moved 1 upmodel 47
model 47
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 34.5–38.5 since 2023: won 100%, covered 50% (68 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 52% (137 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTEX -35.5
CloseTEX -36.5
Total51.5 → 52.5
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 2 games most like
TEX as a 36.5-point home favorite against SJSU, the favorite won 2, covered 1, and 2 went over the total.
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This game: TEX won 38–7; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 1 of the 2 similar games. 45 points stayed under 52.5, as in 0 of 2.
Favorite won
2 of 2100%
Normal range · usually 100%
Favorite covered
1 of 250%
Normal range · usually 55%
Went over
2 of 2100%
Normal range · usually 56%
Only 2 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 33 against an average line of 34.8; 67 points a game (usually 56). Of the 2 overs, 2 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›
All 2 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loose |
2023 · Week 10 · loose · similar spread & rest |
-35.5 | 59–3 | W | O55.5 |
| Loose |
2024 · Week 7 · loose · similar total |
-34 | 41–31 | L | O53.5 |
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 José State has 1 game with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 8 in the 4th quarter and got 0. 52% of games with totals 48.5–56.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4-6 40% | 2-8 20% | 5-5 50% | |
| 7-3 70% | 3-7 30% | 3-7 30% |
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−6.2 →−7.4▼ 1.2#99
TEX+23.2 →+24.4▲ 1.2#2
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1
Longer bar = better
#94
Offense
Even#105
#88
Defense
TEX better ▶#48
−3.0 #130
Turnovers
TEX better ▶−1.0 #107
69 plays #54
Pace
◀ SJSU faster67 plays #69
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| SJSU off | TEX def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 14.0 #105 | 14.0 #61 | TEX |
| Yards / play | 5.55 #75 | 3.76 #26 | TEX |
| PPA / play | +0.03 #99 | −0.02 #57 | TEX |
| Success rate | 38% #95 | 33% #46 | TEX |
| TEX off | SJSU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 7.0 #129 | 16.0 #67 | SJSU |
| Yards / play | 5.01 #86 | 5.48 #95 | Even |
| PPA / play | −0.24 #128 | +0.13 #91 | SJSU |
| Success rate | 42% #75 | 44% #100 | TEX |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
83° · 5 mph
gusts 14 mph · at kickoff
Rest
SJSU8d
TEX7d
SJSU +1 day
Tempo
Average 136 plays
slowavg 133fast
Travel
SJSU 1,464 mi
2 time zones
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