Sat, Sep 7, 2024, 7:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Arkansas State
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1-0 · Power #131
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Final
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1-0 · Power #113
28
▲ winner
Closing spread
ARST -9.5
✓ TLSA W
Total
65.5
▼ Under · 52 pts
Model before kickoff
TLSA 26–34 ARST
✓ ARST (71%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenARST -6
CloseARST -9.5
Total64.5 → 65.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
3.5 pts toward Arkansas State
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ARST -6 · closed ARST -9.5 · moved 3.5 toward ARSTmodel ARST -0.5
Opened 64.5 · closed 65.5 · moved 1 upmodel 59.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 8.5–10.5 since 2023: won 80%, covered 44% (55 games)ⓘ
Crossed 7Too few earlier games to rateⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenARST -6
CloseARST -9.5
Total64.5 → 65.5
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 2 games most like ARST as a 9.5-point home favorite against TLSA, the favorite won 2, covered 0, and 1 went over the total.

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This game: ARST won 28–24; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 2 of the 2 similar games. 52 points stayed under 65.5, as in 1 of 2.
Favorite won
2 of 2100%
Normal range · usually 74%
Favorite covered
0 of 20%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
1 of 250%
Normal range · usually 50%

Only 2 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 3 against an average line of 6.8; 61 points a game (usually 54.5). When games like this go over ›

All 2 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
UTSA vs WKU
2022 · Week 6 · loose · similar rest
-6.531–28 L U72.5
Loose
IU vs WKU
2022 · Week 3 · loose · similar situation
-733–30 L O61.5
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Arkansas State ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (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.

Market moved toward Arkansas State
3.5 pts (ARST -6 → ARST -9.5), through the key number 7. · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Small sample warning
Arkansas State have 0 games 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
TLSA−9.9 →−6.9▲ 3.0#98
ARST−7.6 →−8.7▼ 1.1#106
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

TLSA
Longer bar = better
ARST
#16
Offense
◀ TLSA better
#87
#73
Defense
◀ TLSA better
#111
−1.0 #99
Turnovers
◀ TLSA better
−2.0 #119
71 plays #39
Pace
ARST faster ▶
90 plays #2
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When TLSA has the ball
Advantage: TLSA offense
TLSA offARST defEdge
Points / game 62.0 #8 31.0 #108 TLSA
Yards / play 8.76 #15 7.08 #117 TLSA
PPA / play +0.69 #8 +0.31 #117 TLSA
Success rate 53% #34 43% #100 TLSA
When ARST has the ball
Even matchup
ARST offTLSA defEdge
Points / game 34.0 #66 28.0 #101 ARST
Yards / play 5.08 #96 4.26 #55 TLSA
PPA / play +0.12 #83 +0.22 #103 Even
Success rate 38% #102 29% #33 TLSA

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ARST +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
72° · 10 mph
gusts 22 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
TLSA9d
ARST7d
TLSA +2 days
Tempo
Fast 161 plays
slowavg 133fast

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