Wed, Dec 27, 2023, 9:00 PM ESTTaxAct Texas Bowl · Neutral site
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7-5 · Power #17
23
final
Final
vs
9-4 · Power #43
31
▲ winner
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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Spread
Opening line not available
Total
 
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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
MSU vs PITT
2021 · Postseason · very close · similar situation & spread
-3.531–21 W U55
Very close
FRES vs WSU
2022 · Postseason · very close · similar rest & total
-5.529–6 W U54
Close
UL vs MRSH
2021 · Postseason · close · similar spread & total
-436–21 W O55.5
Close
WMU vs NEV
2021 · Postseason · close · similar situation & total
-6.552–24 W O57
Close
MD vs VT
2021 · Postseason · close · similar total & spread
-4.554–10 W O55.5
Close
USA vs WKU
2022 · Postseason · close · similar spread & situation
-3.7523–44 L O58
Loose
ARK vs PSU
2021 · Postseason · loose · similar spread & season form
-3.524–10 W U51
Loose
DUKE vs UCF
2022 · Postseason · loose · similar spread & situation
-3.2530–13 W U62.75
Loose
CLEM vs TENN
2022 · Postseason · loose · similar spread & rest
-414–31 L U61.5
Loose
TOL vs LIB
2022 · Postseason · loose · similar rest & spread
-3.521–19 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.
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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
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

TA&M
Longer bar = better
OKST
#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
When TA&M has the ball
Advantage: TA&M offense
TA&M offOKST defEdge
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
When OKST has the ball
Advantage: TA&M defense
OKST offTA&M defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TA&M scored
6.2
#62
13.2
#6
19.3
#14
7.6
#38
7.3
#54
14.8
#38
OKST allowed
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
OKST scored
6.2
#61
6.3
#97
12.5
#85
5.5
#81
10.5
#5
15.9
#31
TA&M allowed
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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