Sat, Sep 7, 2024, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Memphis
Weather at kickoff74°F15 mphgusts 28DryWindy Over 48% of 274 games since 2023Weather watch ›
0-1 · Power #97
17
final
Final
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1-0 · Power #56
38
▲ winner
Closing spread
MEM -18.5
✓ MEM W
Total
57.5
▼ Under · 55 pts
Model before kickoff
TROY 17–34 MEM
✓ MEM (88%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMEM -17
CloseMEM -18.5
Total54.5 → 57.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1.5 pts toward Memphis
Total
Up 3 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened MEM -17 · closed MEM -18.5 · moved 1.5 toward MEMmodel MEM -9.5
Opened 54.5 · closed 57.5 · moved 3 upmodel 51
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 16.5–20.5 since 2023: won 94%, covered 49% (68 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMEM -17
CloseMEM -18.5
Total54.5 → 57.5
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 MEM as an 18.5-point home favorite against TROY, the favorite won 0, covered 0, and 0 went over the total.

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This game: MEM won 38–17; the favorite covered, as in 0 of the 1 similar games. 55 points stayed under 57.5, as in 1 of 1.
Favorite won
0 of 10%
Below normal · usually 89%
Favorite covered
0 of 10%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
0 of 10%
Normal range · usually 46%

Only 1 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: underdog by 3 against an average line of 17.5; 31 points a game (usually 54.5). When games like this go over ›

All 1 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
WISC vs WSU
2022 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & situation
-17.514–17 L U49
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Memphis ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Over trend Miss
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.

Market moved toward Memphis
1.5 pts (MEM -17 → MEM -18.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved up 3
54.5 → 57.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
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 135 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
TROY+2.8 →−2.4▼ 5.2#76
MEM+2.0 →+3.9▲ 1.9#42
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

TROY
Longer bar = better
MEM
#75
Offense
MEM better ▶
#44
#115
Defense
MEM better ▶
#13
0.0 #83
Turnovers
MEM better ▶
+3.0 #9
66 plays #74
Pace
◀ TROY faster
56 plays #122
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When TROY has the ball
Advantage: MEM defense
TROY offMEM defEdge
Points / game 26.0 #91 0.0 #10 MEM
Yards / play 5.92 #76 3.14 #19 MEM
PPA / play +0.32 #54 −0.72 #2 MEM
Success rate 43% #77 24% #19 MEM
When MEM has the ball
Advantage: MEM offense
MEM offTROY defEdge
Points / game 40.0 #51 28.0 #102 MEM
Yards / play 6.55 #57 7.15 #120 MEM
PPA / play +0.47 #23 +0.29 #114 MEM
Success rate 51% #46 53% #123 MEM

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
MEM +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
74° · 15 mph
gusts 28 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
TROY7d
MEM7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 122 plays
slowavg 133fast
Quarterback
TROY backup QB started
Not the usual starter

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