Sat, Nov 16, 2024, 8:00 PM ESTWeek 12 · at Memphis · Conference game
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2-7 · Power #116
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Final
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8-2 · Power #56
53
▲ winner
Closing spread
MEM -17.5
✓ MEM W
Total
60.5
▲ Over · 71 pts
Model before kickoff
UAB 22–40 MEM
✓ MEM (89%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMEM -15.5
CloseMEM -17.5
Total62.5 → 60.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2 pts toward Memphis
Total
Down 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened MEM -15.5 · closed MEM -17.5 · moved 2 toward MEMmodel MEM -17
Opened 62.5 · closed 60.5 · moved 2 downmodel 61.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 16.5–18.5 since 2023: won 94%, covered 52% (71 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 50% (100 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMEM -15.5
CloseMEM -17.5
Total62.5 → 60.5
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 MEM as a 17.5-point home favorite against UAB, the favorite won 9, covered 2, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: MEM won 53–18; the favorite covered, as in 2 of the 10 similar games. 71 points went over 60.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
9 of 1090%
Normal range · usually 89%
Favorite covered
2 of 1020%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 47%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 10.3 against an average line of 15.5; 47.5 points a game (usually 54.1). 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
UCF vs TULN
2021 · Week 10 · very close · similar season form & rest
-13.514–10 L U57
Very close
2023 · Week 13 · very close · similar situation & rest
-15.527–13 L U61.25
Very close
MRSH vs ODU
2021 · Week 6 · very close · similar rest & total
-2120–13 L U62.5
Very close
2023 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & situation
-14.521–14 L U55
Close
DUKE vs KU
2021 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & spread
-16.2552–33 W O57.5
Close
TLSA vs USF
2022 · Week 12 · close · similar situation & rest
-13.7548–42 L O57.5
Close
UCF vs USF
2021 · Week 13 · close · similar team ratings & season form
-1717–13 L U62
Close
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar rest & situation
-13.57–10 L U58
Close
WKU vs RICE
2022 · Week 11 · close · similar total & situation
-13.545–10 W U61
Close
2023 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & season form
-16.538–28 L O60.5
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Moderate Memphis ATS trend Hit
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.

UAB 1-4 ATS as an underdog
Struggling to cover in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 221-216 (51%)
Market moved toward Memphis
2 pts (MEM -15.5 → MEM -17.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved down 2
62.5 → 60.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
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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
UAB−6.4 →−12.8▼ 6.4#116
MEM+2.0 →+0.3▼ 1.7#66
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UAB
Longer bar = better
MEM
#85
Offense
MEM better ▶
#50
#108
Defense
MEM better ▶
#55
−1.2 #132
Turnovers
MEM better ▶
+0.9 #17
71 plays #23
Pace
Even
72 plays #14
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UAB has the ball
Advantage: MEM defense
UAB offMEM defEdge
Points / game 25.4 #93 23.1 #57 MEM
Yards / play 5.57 #83 5.59 #69 Even
PPA / play +0.02 #116 +0.09 #62 MEM
Success rate 45% #46 38% #33 Even
When MEM has the ball
Advantage: MEM offense
MEM offUAB defEdge
Points / game 33.5 #30 35.0 #123 MEM
Yards / play 6.01 #54 5.71 #83 MEM
PPA / play +0.19 #40 +0.22 #114 MEM
Success rate 43% #76 45% #112 MEM

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
UAB scoring against the MEM defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UAB scored
7.0
#41
8.6
#61
15.6
#54
4.1
#110
5.8
#101
9.9
#115
MEM allowed
5.5
#76
5.4
#26
10.9
#42
4.0
#27
8.2
#107
12.2
#68
MEM scoring against the UAB defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
MEM scored
6.9
#42
11.7
#13
18.6
#26
6.4
#59
8.5
#26
14.9
#46
UAB allowed
6.6
#101
9.6
#104
16.1
#108
8.9
#123
10.0
#125
18.9
#130

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
MEM +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
57° · 4 mph
gusts 7 mph · at kickoff
Rest
UAB7d
MEM8d
MEM +1 day
Tempo
Fast 143 plays
slowavg 134fast

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