Sat, Sep 9, 2023, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Kansas State
Weather at kickoff80°F3 mphgusts 11DryWeather watch ›
1-0 · Power #29
13
final
Final
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1-0 · Power #11
42
▲ winner
Closing spread
KSU -15
✓ KSU W
Total
50
▲ Over · 55 pts
Model before kickoff
TROY 20–33 KSU
✓ KSU (82%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseKSU -15
Total50
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Market

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Spread
Opening line not available
Total
 
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseKSU -15
Total50
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Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 2 games most like KSU as a 15-point home favorite against TROY, the favorite won 0, covered 0, and 1 went over the total.

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This game: KSU won 42–13; the favorite covered, as in 0 of the 2 similar games. 55 points went over 50, as in 1 of 2.
Favorite won
0 of 20%
Below normal · usually 82%
Favorite covered
0 of 20%
Normal range · usually 46%
Went over
1 of 250%
Normal range · usually 49%

Only 2 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: underdog by 7 against an average line of 13.5; 51 points a game (usually 56.1). When games like this go over ›

All 2 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
KSU vs TULN
2022 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & total
-13.510–17 L U49
Loose
OU vs KSU
2022 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest & spread
-13.534–41 L O53
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 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
Troy has 1 game with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
TROY
Longer bar = better
KSU
#25
Offense
Even
#14
#40
Defense
KSU better ▶
#18
−3.0 #131
Turnovers
KSU better ▶
−1.0 #109
64 plays #88
Pace
KSU faster ▶
71 plays #44
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When TROY has the ball
Even matchup
TROY offKSU defEdge
Points / game 48.0 #20 0.0 #4 Even
Yards / play 8.44 #9 3.60 #20 Even
PPA / play +0.23 #49 −0.19 #25 KSU
Success rate 56% #20 29% #21 Even
When KSU has the ball
Advantage: KSU offense
KSU offTROY defEdge
Points / game 45.0 #25 30.0 #95 KSU
Yards / play 8.28 #12 4.07 #31 Even
PPA / play +0.57 #11 −0.32 #10 Even
Success rate 61% #9 30% #24 Even

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
KSU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
80° · 3 mph
gusts 11 mph · at kickoff
Rest
TROY7d
KSU7d
Even
Tempo
Average 135 plays
slowavg 135fast

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