Fri, Aug 30, 2024, 10:30 PM EDTWeek 1 · at Stanford
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0-0 · Power #34
34
▲ winner
Final
@
0-0 · Power #96
27
final
Closing spread
TCU -8.5
✓ STAN W
Total
58.5
▲ Over · 61 pts
Model before kickoff
TCU 34–25 STAN
✓ TCU (73%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTCU -8
CloseTCU -8.5
Total61.5 → 58.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
0.5 pts toward TCU
Total
Down 3 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TCU -8 · closed TCU -8.5 · moved 0.5 toward TCUmodel TCU -9.5
Opened 61.5 · closed 58.5 · moved 3 downmodel 59.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 6.5–10.5 since 2023: won 78%, covered 61% (76 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTCU -8
CloseTCU -8.5
Total61.5 → 58.5
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 TCU as an 8.5-point road favorite at STAN, the favorite won 7, covered 5, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: TCU won 34–27; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 61 points went over 58.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 71%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
5 of 1050%
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 8.6 against an average line of 7.8; 57.8 points a game (usually 54.1). Of the 3 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

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MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 7 · very close · similar spread & total
-7.530–31 L O60
Very close
HOU @ TULN
2021 · Week 6 · very close · similar total & team ratings
-6.540–22 W O60
Very close
ORE @ STAN
2021 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread
-8.524–31 L U57.5
Very close
APP @ GAST
2021 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread
-1045–16 W O54.5
Very close
WASH @ CAL
2022 · Week 8 · very close · similar spread & total
-7.528–21 L U54.5
Very close
2023 · Week 13 · very close · similar spread & team ratings
-8.534–31 L O54
Very close
USC @ WSU
2021 · Week 3 · very close · similar total & team ratings
-745–14 W U61
Very close
2023 · Week 12 · very close · similar total & team ratings
-6.543–30 W O57.5
Very close
UCF @ ECU
2022 · Week 8 · very close · similar team ratings
-5.513–34 L U63
Very close
PUR @ IU
2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar team ratings & spread
-1030–16 W U53
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
No clear signal on the spread
Slight Under trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Total moved down 3
61.5 → 58.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
TCU have 0 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
STAN +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
67° · 3 mph
gusts 10 mph · at kickoff
Rest
TCU1st game
STAN1st game
Even
Travel
TCU 1,435 mi
2 time zones

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