Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 2:00 PM EDTWeek 8 · at Temple · Conference game
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2-4 · Power #131
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Final
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1-5 · Power #127
20
▲ winner
Closing spread
TEM -2.5
✓ TEM W
Total
51.5
▼ Under · 30 pts
Model before kickoff
TLSA 26–28 TEM
✓ TEM (57%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTEM -1.5
CloseTEM -2.5
Total52.5 → 51.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Temple
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TEM -1.5 · closed TEM -2.5 · moved 1 toward TEMmodel TEM -2
Opened 52.5 · closed 51.5 · moved 1 downmodel 53.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 58%, covered 49% (156 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 48% (64 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTEM -1.5
CloseTEM -2.5
Total52.5 → 51.5
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 TEM as a 2.5-point home favorite against TLSA, the favorite won 4, covered 3, and 6 went over the total.

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This game: TEM won 20–10; the favorite covered, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 30 points stayed under 51.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 48%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 0.6 against an average line of 2.8; 52 points a game (usually 53.1). Of the 3 overs, 3 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 5 · very close · similar situation & spread
-1.542–24 W O50.5
Very close
2023 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread & team ratings
-1.528–52 L O55
Very close
2024 · Week 7 · very close · similar situation & total
-548–21 W O47.5
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar spread & situation
-2.510–13 L U55.5
Close
BGSU vs WMU
2022 · Week 10 · close · similar situation & spread
-513–9 L U48
Close
TXST vs GASO
2021 · Week 11 · close · similar total & situation
-230–38 L O52
Close
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar total & season form
-3.514–27 L U50
Close
UNM vs UNLV
2021 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & situation
-1.517–31 L O45
Close
LT vs UTEP
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar total & situation
-1.7541–31 W O52.25
Close
NEV vs CSU
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar situation & rest
-3.514–17 L U45
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 no trends and market moves behind it
No clear signal on the spread
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.

No notable trends or market moves for this game.
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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 →−16.8▼ 6.9#124
TEM−13.8 →−17.8▼ 4.0#127
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW7

TLSA
Longer bar = better
TEM
#102
Offense
◀ TLSA better
#128
#117
Defense
Even
#109
0.0 #74
Turnovers
◀ TLSA better
−1.8 #135
72 plays #20
Pace
◀ TLSA faster
63 plays #107
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When TLSA has the ball
Even matchup
TLSA offTEM defEdge
Points / game 24.3 #99 36.2 #125 TLSA
Yards / play 5.47 #98 5.83 #93 Even
PPA / play +0.08 #96 +0.18 #108 Even
Success rate 38% #115 44% #111 Even
When TEM has the ball
Even matchup
TEM offTLSA defEdge
Points / game 18.8 #124 37.0 #127 Even
Yards / play 4.69 #129 6.77 #128 Even
PPA / play −0.06 #130 +0.31 #132 Even
Success rate 34% #130 42% #79 TLSA

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
TLSA scoring against the TEM defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TLSA scored
5.2
#84
7.8
#84
13.0
#89
3.5
#116
7.3
#63
10.8
#102
TEM allowed
8.3
#122
12.0
#127
20.3
#128
7.7
#113
8.2
#105
15.8
#118
TEM scoring against the TLSA defense
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TEM scored
0.5
#134
5.7
#113
6.2
#133
4.8
#94
7.8
#50
12.7
#78
TLSA allowed
5.8
#81
11.0
#120
16.8
#109
12.2
#134
8.0
#103
20.2
#132

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TEM +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
70° · 1 mph
gusts 9 mph · at kickoff
Rest
TLSA14d bye
TEM14d bye
Even
Tempo
Average 134 plays
slowavg 133fast