Sat, Sep 28, 2024, 7:00 PM EDTWeek 5 · at North Texas · Conference game
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2-2 · Power #131
20
final
Final
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3-1 · Power #94
52
▲ winner
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.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
0.5 pts toward North Texas
Total
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
Opened 68.5 · closed 65.5 · moved 3 downmodel 65.5 matches the 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
KENT vs EMU
2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar spread & rest
-7.524–31 L U60
Very close
2023 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & season form
-6.525–23 L U60
Very close
CMU vs EMU
2021 · Week 13 · very close · similar spread & situation
-8.531–10 W U63.5
Close
WKU vs UNT
2022 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & rest
-1013–40 L U70
Close
MEM vs TLSA
2022 · Week 11 · close · similar spread & situation
-6.526–10 W U62.5
Close
UCF vs ECU
2021 · Week 6 · close · similar total & rest
-1020–16 L U65.25
Close
2023 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & spread
-834–24 W U61.5
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & season form
-1144–20 W O59
Close
CMU vs BALL
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & situation
-7.516–17 L U63.5
Close
WKU vs FAU
2021 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & situation
-11.2552–17 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.
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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
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

TLSA
Longer bar = better
UNT
#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
When TLSA has the ball
Advantage: TLSA offense
TLSA offUNT defEdge
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
When UNT has the ball
Advantage: UNT offense
UNT offTLSA defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TLSA scored
6.0
#74
11.0
#39
17.0
#51
5.3
#89
6.8
#69
12.0
#81
UNT allowed
8.3
#115
18.0
#134
26.3
#132
4.3
#48
4.8
#56
9.0
#39
UNT scoring against the TLSA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UNT scored
8.8
#35
8.5
#66
17.3
#49
14.0
#3
6.8
#69
20.8
#15
TLSA allowed
7.0
#97
7.0
#66
14.0
#91
7.8
#107
8.5
#113
16.3
#118

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
UNT +2.5
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