Fri, Sep 4, 2026, 8:00 PM EDTWeek 1 · at Michigan State
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0-0 · Power #75
20
final
Final
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0-0 · Power #69
30
▲ winner
Closing spread
MSU -10
Push
Total
48.5
▲ Over · 50 pts
Model before kickoff
TOL 21–29 MSU
✓ MSU (73%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenMSU -10.5
CloseMSU -10
Total49.5 → 48.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
0.5 pts toward Toledo
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened MSU -10.5 · closed MSU -10 · moved 0.5 toward TOLmodel MSU -2.5
Opened 49.5 · closed 48.5 · moved 1 downmodel 50
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 9–11 since 2023: won 77%, covered 42% (133 games)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenMSU -10.5
CloseMSU -10
Total49.5 → 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 10 games most like MSU as a 10-point home favorite against TOL, the favorite won 7, covered 3, and 6 went over the total.

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This game: MSU won 30–20; the favorite pushed, as in 2 of the 10 similar games. 50 points went over 48.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 73%
Favorite covered
3 of 838%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 52%

Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 4.3 against an average line of 8.4; 55.9 points a game (usually 53.7). Of the 6 overs, 2 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 4 · very close · similar situation & spread
-1150–70 L O48.5
Very close
2023 · Week 9 · very close · similar team ratings & spread
-7.545–13 W O53
Very close
2024 · Week 5 · very close · similar total & situation
-724–17 P U46.5
Very close
2023 · Week 6 · very close · similar team ratings & situation
-6.548–41 W O44
Very close
2025 · Week 7 · very close · similar team ratings
-726–19 P U53.5
Very close
2025 · Week 7 · very close · similar spread
-10.520–11 L U55.5
Very close
2024 · Week 1 · very close · similar situation & total
-1216–10 L U45
Close
2024 · Week 4 · close · similar spread & situation
-924–31 L O42
Close
2023 · Week 13 · close · similar team ratings & total
-6.527–19 W O44.75
Close
2023 · Week 2 · close · similar situation
-6.521–27 L O44.5
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2023 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
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.

Small sample warning
Toledo have 0 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
MSU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
74° · 4 mph
gusts 4 mph · at kickoff
Rest
TOL1st game
MSU1st game
Even

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