Sat, Sep 28, 2024, 7:00 PM EDTWeek 5 · at North Texas · Conference game
Closing spread
UNT -7.5
✓ UNT W
Total
65.5
▲ Over · 72 pts
Model before kickoff
TLSA 29–37 UNT
✓ UNT (72%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUNT -7
CloseUNT -7.5
Total68.5 → 65.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenUNT -7
0.5 → UNT
CloseUNT -7.5
0.5 pts toward North Texas
Total
Open68.5
▼ 3
Close65.5
Down 3 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened UNT -7 · closed UNT -7.5 · moved 0.5 toward UNTmodel UNT -11.5
model UNT -11.5
Opened 68.5 · closed 65.5 · moved 3 downmodel 65.5 matches the line
model 65.5 = line ✓
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 6.5–8.5 since 2023: won 68%, covered 55% (77 games)ⓘ
Moved off 7Too few earlier games to rateⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUNT -7
CloseUNT -7.5
Total68.5 → 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 10 games most like
UNT as a 7.5-point home favorite against TLSA, the favorite won 7, covered 5, and 2 went over the total.
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This game: UNT won 52–20; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 72 points went over 65.5, as in 2 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 69%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
2 of 1020%
Normal range · usually 49%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 7.7 against an average line of 8.7; 49.3 points a game (usually 53.6). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close | 2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar spread & rest |
-7.5 | 24–31 | L | U60 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & season form |
-6.5 | 25–23 | L | U60 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 13 · very close · similar spread & situation |
-8.5 | 31–10 | W | U63.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & rest |
-10 | 13–40 | L | U70 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 11 · close · similar spread & situation |
-6.5 | 26–10 | W | U62.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 6 · close · similar total & rest |
-10 | 20–16 | L | U65.25 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & spread |
-8 | 34–24 | W | U61.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & season form |
-11 | 44–20 | W | O59 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & situation |
-7.5 | 16–17 | L | U63.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & situation |
-11.25 | 52–17 | W | O64 |
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
No clear signal on the spread
Slight Under 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.
Total moved down 3
68.5 → 65.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
North Texas have 3 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 46 earlier overs in games with totals 61.5–69.5, 22% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-7 30% | 4-6 40% | 4-6 40% | |
| 5-5 50% | 6-2-1 75% | 4-5 44% |
Recent meetings
Last 1 since 2023
TLSA 0–1 UNT
UNT leads · 1 game since 2023 · UNT has won the last meeting
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18 2023 | North Texas 35 @ Tulsa 28 | UNT -2 | UNT W |
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
TLSA−9.9 →−12.0▼ 2.1#114
UNT−6.3 →−4.0▲ 2.3#83
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW4
Longer bar = better
#72
Offense
UNT better ▶#38
#84
Defense
◀ TLSA better#100
+0.5 #51
Turnovers
◀ TLSA better−1.3 #126
67 plays #61
Pace
UNT faster ▶73 plays #18
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| TLSA off | UNT def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 29.8 #75 | 35.3 #122 | TLSA |
| Yards / play | 6.25 #55 | 5.87 #96 | TLSA |
| PPA / play | +0.20 #54 | +0.19 #106 | TLSA |
| Success rate | 40% #105 | 41% #75 | UNT |
| UNT off | TLSA def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 38.0 #23 | 30.3 #105 | UNT |
| Yards / play | 6.65 #30 | 5.37 #65 | UNT |
| PPA / play | +0.24 #43 | +0.18 #100 | UNT |
| Success rate | 45% #56 | 40% #67 | Even |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
TLSA scoring against the UNT defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.0 #74 | 11.0 #39 | 17.0 #51 | 5.3 #89 | 6.8 #69 | 12.0 #81 | |
8.3 #115 | 18.0 #134 | 26.3 #132 | 4.3 #48 | 4.8 #56 | 9.0 #39 |
UNT scoring against the TLSA defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8.8 #35 | 8.5 #66 | 17.3 #49 | 14.0 #3 | 6.8 #69 | 20.8 #15 | |
7.0 #97 | 7.0 #66 | 14.0 #91 | 7.8 #107 | 8.5 #113 | 16.3 #118 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
86° · 8 mph
gusts 19 mph · at kickoff
Rest
TLSA7d
UNT7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 140 plays
slowavg 132fast
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