Wed, Jan 1, 2025, 1:00 PM ESTChick-fil-A Peach Bowl · CFP Quarterfinal · Neutral site
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12-2 · Power #2
39
▲ winner
Final
vs
11-2 · Power #18
31
final
Closing spread
TEX -13.5
✓ ASU W
Total
52.5
▲ Over · 70 pts
Model before kickoff
TEX 32–19 ASU
✓ TEX (83%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTEX -12.5
CloseTEX -13.5
Total51.5 → 52.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Texas
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TEX -12.5 · closed TEX -13.5 · moved 1 toward TEXmodel TEX -13
Opened 51.5 · closed 52.5 · moved 1 upmodel 51.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 50% (122 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTEX -12.5
CloseTEX -13.5
Total51.5 → 52.5
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 TEX as a 13.5-point neutral-site favorite against ASU, the favorite won 10, covered 9, and 7 went over the total.

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This game: TEX won 39–31; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 1 of the 10 similar games. 70 points went over 52.5, as in 7 of 10.
Favorite won
10 of 10100%
Normal range · usually 80%
Favorite covered
9 of 1090%
Above normal · usually 46%
Went over
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 51%

Covers above normal. Splits like this often fade, so treat it as context, not a pick. Average result: favorite by 27.2 against an average line of 13.2; 58.8 points a game (usually 54.6). Of the 3 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
UGA vs LSU
2022 · Week 14 · close · similar total & situation
-1750–30 W O52
Close
ALA vs CIN
2021 · Postseason · close · similar situation
-1327–6 W U57.5
Close
2023 · Week 14 · close · similar spread & situation
-14.549–21 W O56.5
Close
2024 · Week 10 · close · similar total & season form
-14.534–20 L O52.5
Close
UGA vs TCU
2022 · Postseason · close · similar spread & season form
-13.565–7 W O61.75
Close
MICH vs PUR
2022 · Week 14 · close · similar situation & spread
-15.7543–22 W O54
Close
UGA vs FLA
2021 · Week 9 · close · similar total & spread
-1434–7 W U50.5
Close
ALA vs KSU
2022 · Postseason · close · similar situation & season form
-7.545–20 W O58
Loose
UGA vs MICH
2021 · Postseason · loose · similar situation
-7.534–11 W U46
Loose
2024 · Week 13 · loose
-14.549–14 W O44.5
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 1 trend and market move behind it
Slight Arizona State 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.

Arizona State ATS trend (11-2)
Arizona State have covered 85% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
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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
TEX+19.1 →+23.9▲ 4.8#2
ASU−3.3 →+11.9▲ 15.2#19
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW16

TEX
Longer bar = better
ASU
#30
Offense
Even
#22
#7
Defense
◀ TEX better
#45
+0.4 #42
Turnovers
ASU better ▶
+1.1 #6
71 plays #18
Pace
◀ TEX faster
67 plays #71
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When TEX has the ball
Even matchup
TEX offASU defEdge
Points / game 33.9 #24 21.3 #28 Even
Yards / play 6.32 #27 5.16 #38 Even
PPA / play +0.18 #41 +0.04 #34 Even
Success rate 46% #27 42% #80 TEX
When ASU has the ball
Even matchup
ASU offTEX defEdge
Points / game 33.1 #32 13.3 #2 TEX
Yards / play 6.31 #30 4.17 #2 TEX
PPA / play +0.26 #16 −0.12 #2 Even
Success rate 50% #8 38% #22 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
TEX scoring against the ASU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TEX scored
8.2
#17
12.3
#5
20.5
#10
6.1
#62
7.1
#68
13.2
#68
ASU allowed
4.5
#43
5.7
#20
10.2
#25
5.0
#53
6.2
#55
11.2
#47
ASU scoring against the TEX defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ASU scored
8.2
#18
12.0
#8
20.2
#12
7.4
#34
5.5
#108
12.9
#76
TEX allowed
1.7
#3
3.6
#5
5.4
#1
4.1
#22
3.4
#6
7.5
#9

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
Neutral site
No home edge
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
TEX11d
ASU25d bye
ASU +14 days
Tempo
Average 138 plays
slowavg 134fast

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