Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 7 · Neutral site · Conference game
Weather at kickoff93°F16 mphgusts 27DryWindy Over 48% of 274 games since 2023Weather watch ›
5-0 · Power #2
34
▲ winner
Final
vs
4-1 · Power #28
3
final
Closing spread
TEX -16.5
✓ TEX W
Total
48.5
▼ Under · 37 pts
Model before kickoff
TEX 33–17 OU
✓ TEX (87%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTEX -14.5
CloseTEX -16.5
Total54.5 → 48.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2 pts toward Texas
Total
Down 6 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TEX -14.5 · closed TEX -16.5 · moved 2 toward TEXmodel TEX -14
Opened 54.5 · closed 48.5 · moved 6 downmodel 49.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 43% (63 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTEX -14.5
CloseTEX -16.5
Total54.5 → 48.5
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 1 games most like TEX as a 16.5-point neutral-site favorite against OU, the favorite won 1, covered 1, and 0 went over the total.

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This game: TEX won 34–3; the favorite covered, as in 1 of the 1 similar games. 37 points stayed under 48.5, as in 1 of 1.
Favorite won
1 of 1100%
Normal range · usually 86%
Favorite covered
1 of 1100%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
0 of 10%
Normal range · usually 47%

Only 1 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 27 against an average line of 14; 41 points a game (usually 53.8). When games like this go over ›

All 1 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
UGA vs FLA
2021 · Week 9 · loose · similar situation & rest
-1434–7 W U50.5
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 4 trends and market moves behind it
Moderate Texas ATS trend Hit
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Under trend Hit
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.

Texas ATS trend (4-1)
Texas have covered 80% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Texas 4-1 ATS as a favorite
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 271-262 (51%)
Market moved toward Texas
2 pts (TEX -14.5 → TEX -16.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved down 6
54.5 → 48.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
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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 →+24.9▲ 5.8#2
OU+17.8 →+12.0▼ 5.8#20
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6

TEX
Longer bar = better
OU
#9
Offense
◀ TEX better
#112
#4
Defense
◀ TEX better
#18
+0.4 #51
Turnovers
OU better ▶
+1.6 #3
70 plays #31
Pace
◀ TEX faster
63 plays #101
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When TEX has the ball
Even matchup
TEX offOU defEdge
Points / game 45.0 #7 16.0 #19 Even
Yards / play 7.30 #11 4.78 #25 Even
PPA / play +0.40 #9 −0.05 #14 Even
Success rate 54% #7 35% #14 Even
When OU has the ball
Advantage: TEX defense
OU offTEX defEdge
Points / game 28.6 #70 7.0 #2 TEX
Yards / play 4.71 #127 3.75 #2 TEX
PPA / play −0.01 #119 −0.14 #4 TEX
Success rate 33% #133 34% #9 TEX

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
TEX scoring against the OU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TEX scored
11.2
#9
13.8
#8
25.0
#9
10.2
#11
9.8
#18
20.0
#9
OU allowed
2.6
#19
6.4
#52
9.0
#33
3.8
#34
3.2
#16
7.0
#17
OU scoring against the TEX defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
OU scored
8.2
#34
7.6
#82
15.8
#60
1.8
#128
11.0
#10
12.8
#79
TEX allowed
0.0
#1
3.8
#16
3.8
#3
0.6
#2
2.6
#8
3.2
#3

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
Neutral site
No home edge
Weather
93° · 16 mph
gusts 27 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
TEX14d bye
OU14d bye
Even
Tempo
Average 134 plays
slowavg 133fast

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