Fri, Nov 29, 2024, 4:00 PM ESTWeek 14 · at San José State
Weather at kickoff55°F3 mphgusts 11DryWeather watch ›
3-8 · Power #96
31
final
Final
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6-5 · Power #86
34
▲ winner
Closing spread
SJSU -2.5
✓ SJSU W
Total
54.5
▲ Over · 65 pts
Model before kickoff
STAN 25–28 SJSU
✓ SJSU (58%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenSJSU -2
CloseSJSU -2.5
Total55.5 → 54.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
0.5 pts toward San José State
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened SJSU -2 · closed SJSU -2.5 · moved 0.5 toward SJSUmodel SJSU -4
Opened 55.5 · closed 54.5 · moved 1 downmodel 53.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 55%, covered 48% (202 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenSJSU -2
CloseSJSU -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 SJSU as a 2.5-point home favorite against STAN, the favorite won 8, covered 6, and 6 went over the total.

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This game: SJSU won 34–31; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 65 points went over 54.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
6 of 1060%
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 9.4 against an average line of 3.3; 54.6 points a game (usually 53.2). Of the 1 over, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 6 · very close · similar rest & spread
-352–37 W O56.5
Very close
2023 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread & rest
-3.527–24 L U52.5
Very close
2023 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & spread
-424–0 W U55.5
Very close
USA vs GASO
2021 · Week 7 · very close · similar season form & spread
-2.541–14 W O49.5
Very close
NIU vs CMU
2022 · Week 10 · very close · similar total & spread
-4.522–35 L O54
Very close
MEM vs TULN
2021 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & season form
-5.533–28 L O58
Very close
2023 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread & rest
-2.510–13 L U55.5
Very close
CLT vs MTSU
2021 · Week 4 · very close · similar spread & total
-2.542–39 W O55.5
Very close
EMU vs CMU
2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar total & season form
-138–19 W O53.5
Close
GAST vs ODU
2022 · Week 9 · close · similar spread & total
-3.531–17 W U53.75
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 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 137 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
STAN−5.0 →−6.2▼ 1.2#95
SJSU−2.2 →−4.8▼ 2.6#90
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW13

STAN
Longer bar = better
SJSU
#118
Offense
SJSU better ▶
#64
#119
Defense
SJSU better ▶
#50
−0.4 #95
Turnovers
SJSU better ▶
−0.1 #77
67 plays #72
Pace
◀ STAN faster
65 plays #91
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When STAN has the ball
Advantage: SJSU defense
STAN offSJSU defEdge
Points / game 22.1 #114 26.0 #77 SJSU
Yards / play 4.77 #127 5.11 #37 SJSU
PPA / play −0.03 #128 +0.02 #25 SJSU
Success rate 40% #104 41% #61 SJSU
When SJSU has the ball
Advantage: SJSU offense
SJSU offSTAN defEdge
Points / game 26.9 #79 33.6 #118 SJSU
Yards / play 6.25 #37 6.42 #119 SJSU
PPA / play +0.13 #74 +0.23 #120 SJSU
Success rate 43% #67 46% #118 SJSU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
STAN scoring against the SJSU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
STAN scored
5.4
#76
5.8
#118
11.2
#104
5.1
#88
5.8
#104
10.9
#106
SJSU allowed
4.6
#56
8.1
#79
12.7
#71
6.3
#84
6.3
#61
12.5
#73
SJSU scoring against the STAN defense
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SJSU scored
6.0
#60
8.4
#64
14.4
#63
4.7
#98
7.3
#61
12.0
#89
STAN allowed
7.9
#120
9.6
#105
17.5
#119
7.8
#114
8.3
#105
16.1
#114

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
SJSU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
55° · 3 mph
gusts 11 mph · at kickoff
Rest
STAN6d
SJSU7d
SJSU +1 day
Tempo
Average 131 plays
slowavg 134fast