Wed, Dec 27, 2023, 9:00 PM ESTTaxAct Texas Bowl · Neutral site
Closing spread
OKST -4
✓ OKST W
Total
56
▼ Under · 54 pts
Model before kickoff
TA&M 27–28 OKST
✓ OKST (53%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseOKST -4
Total56
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Market
Open → close
Spread
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CloseOKST -4
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Total
Open—
no open
Close56
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseOKST -4
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
OKST as a 4-point neutral-site favorite against TA&M, the favorite won 8, covered 7, and 4 went over the total.
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This game: OKST won 31–23; the favorite covered, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 54 points stayed under 56, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 60%
Favorite covered
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 48%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 11.5 against an average line of 4.2; 51.3 points a game (usually 54.1). When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close | 2021 · Postseason · very close · similar situation & spread |
-3.5 | 31–21 | W | U55 |
| Very close | 2022 · Postseason · very close · similar rest & total |
-5.5 | 29–6 | W | U54 |
| Close | 2021 · Postseason · close · similar spread & total |
-4 | 36–21 | W | O55.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Postseason · close · similar situation & total |
-6.5 | 52–24 | W | O57 |
| Close | 2021 · Postseason · close · similar total & spread |
-4.5 | 54–10 | W | O55.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Postseason · close · similar spread & situation |
-3.75 | 23–44 | L | O58 |
| Loose | 2021 · Postseason · loose · similar spread & season form |
-3.5 | 24–10 | W | U51 |
| Loose | 2022 · Postseason · loose · similar spread & situation |
-3.25 | 30–13 | W | U62.75 |
| Loose | 2022 · Postseason · loose · similar spread & rest |
-4 | 14–31 | L | U61.5 |
| Loose | 2022 · Postseason · loose · similar rest & spread |
-3.5 | 21–19 | L | U51 |
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 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.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 6 in the 4th quarter and got 3. 51% of games with totals 52–60 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6-4 60% | 5-4-1 56% | 4-5 44% | |
| 7-3 70% | 6-4 60% | 7-2 78% |
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
TA&M+10.3 →+13.3▲ 3.0#15
OKST−1.5 →+3.2▲ 4.7#47
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW15
Longer bar = better
#46
Offense
◀ TA&M better#63
#22
Defense
◀ TA&M better#86
−0.2 #92
Turnovers
OKST better ▶+0.2 #53
69 plays #46
Pace
OKST faster ▶72 plays #16
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| TA&M off | OKST def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 34.2 #24 | 29.0 #95 | TA&M |
| Yards / play | 5.89 #55 | 6.41 #124 | TA&M |
| PPA / play | +0.17 #50 | +0.14 #85 | TA&M |
| Success rate | 43% #53 | 40% #41 | Even |
| OKST off | TA&M def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 29.5 #57 | 21.3 #34 | TA&M |
| Yards / play | 5.82 #59 | 5.01 #26 | TA&M |
| PPA / play | +0.11 #74 | +0.01 #18 | TA&M |
| Success rate | 42% #62 | 35% #9 | TA&M |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 133 FBS teams
TA&M scoring against the OKST defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.2 #62 | 13.2 #6 | 19.3 #14 | 7.6 #38 | 7.3 #54 | 14.8 #38 | |
7.8 #112 | 10.2 #117 | 18.0 #119 | 4.9 #46 | 5.5 #39 | 10.5 #35 |
OKST scoring against the TA&M defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.2 #61 | 6.3 #97 | 12.5 #85 | 5.5 #81 | 10.5 #5 | 15.9 #31 | |
4.6 #41 | 5.0 #18 | 9.6 #22 | 5.4 #58 | 6.3 #63 | 11.8 #56 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
Neutral site
No home edge
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
TA&M32d bye
OKST25d bye
TA&M +7 days
Tempo
Fast 141 plays
slowavg 133fast
Quarterback
TA&M backup QB started
Not the usual starter
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