Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 8:00 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Texas State · Conference game
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3-2 · Power #99
48
▲ winner
Final
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3-2 · Power #71
41
final
Closing spread
TXST -7.5
✓ TROY W
Total
53.5
▲ Over · 89 pts
Model before kickoff
TROY 23–31 TXST
✗ TXST (72%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTXST -10.5
CloseTXST -7.5
Total54.5 → 53.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
3 pts toward Troy
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TXST -10.5 · closed TXST -7.5 · moved 3 toward TROYmodel TXST -10
Opened 54.5 · closed 53.5 · moved 1 downmodel 55
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 6.5–8.5 since 2023: won 73%, covered 57% (160 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 50% (164 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTXST -10.5
CloseTXST -7.5
Total54.5 → 53.5
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 TXST as a 7.5-point home favorite against TROY, the favorite won 8, covered 6, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: TROY won 48–41 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 89 points went over 53.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 70%
Favorite covered
6 of 967%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 51%

Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 13.4 against an average line of 8.2; 49.4 points a game (usually 53.4). Of the 4 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & spread
-7.551–30 W O51.5
Very close
2024 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & rest
-727–20 P U50.5
Very close
2025 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread & situation
-7.535–20 W O49.5
Very close
OHIO vs BGSU
2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & total
-5.538–14 W U52.5
Very close
2025 · Week 6 · very close · similar season form & situation
-751–10 W O52
Very close
2024 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & season form
-11.57–12 L U52.5
Very close
2023 · Week 11 · very close · similar total & spread
-8.531–34 L O52.5
Very close
UVA vs ODU
2022 · Week 3 · very close · similar rest & total
-8.2516–14 L U52.5
Very close
2023 · Week 2 · very close · similar rest & total
-9.533–17 W U54.5
Very close
2024 · Week 8 · very close · similar situation & team ratings
-1025–9 W U53
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2022 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
Moderate Troy ATS trend Hit
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.

Troy ATS trend (4-1)
Troy have covered 80% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Troy 3-1 ATS as an underdog
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 271-262 (51%)
Market moved toward Troy
3 pts (TXST -10.5 → TXST -7.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
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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
TROY−7.1 →−7.3▼ 0.2#91
TXST+1.6 →−0.3▼ 1.9#68
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6

TROY
Longer bar = better
TXST
#109
Offense
TXST better ▶
#27
#55
Defense
◀ TROY better
#94
−0.8 #120
Turnovers
Even
−0.6 #112
67 plays #64
Pace
TXST faster ▶
70 plays #30
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When TROY has the ball
Even matchup
TROY offTXST defEdge
Points / game 22.6 #103 26.2 #86 Even
Yards / play 4.82 #123 5.55 #78 TXST
PPA / play +0.07 #100 +0.20 #114 Even
Success rate 40% #109 44% #97 Even
When TXST has the ball
Advantage: TXST offense
TXST offTROY defEdge
Points / game 35.0 #36 23.2 #66 TXST
Yards / play 6.51 #33 5.26 #53 Even
PPA / play +0.29 #18 +0.06 #55 TXST
Success rate 49% #21 40% #47 TXST

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
TROY scoring against the TXST defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TROY scored
2.8
#128
6.0
#108
8.8
#122
2.0
#131
10.4
#17
12.4
#77
TXST allowed
3.2
#35
9.6
#111
12.8
#74
5.6
#81
7.8
#99
13.4
#98
TXST scoring against the TROY defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TXST scored
6.6
#62
10.2
#46
16.8
#54
7.4
#48
10.8
#13
18.2
#19
TROY allowed
4.2
#57
5.4
#36
9.6
#38
8.2
#123
5.4
#46
13.6
#101

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TXST +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
80° · 4 mph
gusts 6 mph · at kickoff
Rest
TROY7d
TXST7d
Even
Tempo
Average 137 plays
slowavg 134fast