Sat, Sep 7, 2024, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Memphis
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.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenMEM -17
1.5 → MEM
CloseMEM -18.5
1.5 pts toward Memphis
Total
Open54.5
▲ 3
Close57.5
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
model MEM -9.5
Opened 54.5 · closed 57.5 · moved 3 upmodel 51
model 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
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loose | 2022 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-17.5 | 14–17 | 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.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 17 in the 4th quarter and got 14. 52% of games with totals 53.5–61.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8-2 80% | 7-3 70% | 5-4 56% | |
| 8-2 80% | 4-4-2 50% | 8-2 80% |
Recent meetings
The series
TROY 0–2 MEM
MEM leads · 2 games since 2024 · MEM has won the last 2 meetings
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
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
Longer bar = better
#75
Offense
MEM better ▶#44
#115
Defense
MEM better ▶#13
0.0 #83
Turnovers
MEM better ▶+3.0 #9
66 plays #74
Pace
◀ TROY faster56 plays #122
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| TROY off | MEM def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| MEM off | TROY def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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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