Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 5 · at Tulsa · Conference game
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2-2 · Power #128
26
final
Final
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2-2 · Power #118
48
▲ winner
Closing spread
TLSA -3
✓ TLSA W
Total
56
▲ Over · 74 pts
Model before kickoff
TEM 25–28 TLSA
✓ TLSA (58%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseTLSA -3
Total56
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Market

Open → close
Spread
Opening line not available
Total
 
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseTLSA -3
Total56
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Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 10 games most like TLSA as a 3-point home favorite against TEM, the favorite won 3, covered 3, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: TLSA won 48–26; the favorite covered, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 74 points went over 56, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 59%
Favorite covered
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 47%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 3 against an average line of 2.8; 50.4 points a game (usually 54.2). When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
WMU vs EMU
2022 · Week 6 · very close · similar total & season form
-4.523–45 L O55.5
Very close
TXST vs GASO
2021 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & season form
-230–38 L O52
Very close
BALL vs M-OH
2021 · Week 8 · very close · similar spread & situation
-3.517–24 L U53
Very close
2023 · Week 4 · very close · similar total & spread
-414–22 L U54.5
Very close
CMU vs BUFF
2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & total
-2.7531–27 W O54
Very close
BUFF vs M-OH
2022 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread & situation
-324–20 W U50.25
Very close
BALL vs EMU
2022 · Week 8 · very close · similar spread & total
-2.516–20 L U57.5
Very close
USF vs TEM
2021 · Week 8 · very close · similar situation & total
-1.534–14 W U55
Very close
RICE vs UNT
2021 · Week 9 · very close · similar situation & total
-1.524–30 L U55
Very close
MD vs RUTG
2020 · Week 15 · very close · similar spread & total
-324–27 L U54.5
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2020 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
Slight Tulsa ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.

Temple ATS struggles (1-3)
Temple have covered only 25% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 262-295 (47%)
Small sample warning
Tulsa have 3 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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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
TEM+1.0 →−7.8▼ 8.8#99
TLSA+3.9 →−8.9▼ 12.8#107
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW4

TEM
Longer bar = better
TLSA
#94
Offense
Even
#95
#97
Defense
◀ TEM better
#120
−1.0 #120
Turnovers
Even
−1.0 #114
68 plays #60
Pace
TLSA faster ▶
71 plays #35
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When TEM has the ball
Advantage: TEM offense
TEM offTLSA defEdge
Points / game 19.8 #118 32.5 #114 Even
Yards / play 5.41 #88 6.46 #122 TEM
PPA / play +0.10 #81 +0.23 #119 TEM
Success rate 40% #89 48% #124 TEM
When TLSA has the ball
Even matchup
TLSA offTEM defEdge
Points / game 22.8 #96 26.8 #86 Even
Yards / play 4.99 #110 5.87 #101 Even
PPA / play −0.01 #118 +0.21 #113 Even
Success rate 44% #54 42% #87 TLSA

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 133 FBS teams
TEM scoring against the TLSA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TEM scored
3.5
#104
7.8
#82
11.3
#102
4.0
#109
4.5
#101
8.5
#119
TLSA allowed
12.3
#132
6.3
#62
18.5
#116
10.5
#127
3.5
#21
14.0
#97
TLSA scoring against the TEM defense
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TLSA scored
1.3
#131
12.3
#25
13.5
#77
3.3
#118
6.0
#75
9.3
#112
TEM allowed
5.3
#85
11.0
#115
16.3
#102
3.5
#35
7.0
#78
10.5
#63

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TLSA +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
82° · 6 mph
gusts 10 mph · at kickoff
Rest
TEM5d short
TLSA5d short
Even
Tempo
Average 138 plays
slowavg 134fast