Sat, Sep 9, 2023, 7:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Boise State
Weather at kickoff88°F0 mphgusts 9DryWeather watch ›
1-0 · Power #31
18
▲ winner
Final
@
0-1 · Power #48
16
final
Closing spread
UCF -3
✓ BOIS W
Total
58.5
▼ Under · 34 pts
Model before kickoff
UCF 36–29 BOIS
✓ UCF (69%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseUCF -3
Total58.5
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Market

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Spread
Opening line not available
Total
 
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseUCF -3
Total58.5
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Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 1 games most like UCF as a 3-point road favorite at BOIS, the favorite won 1, covered 0, and 0 went over the total.

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This game: UCF won 18–16; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 0 of the 1 similar games. 34 points stayed under 58.5, as in 1 of 1.
Favorite won
1 of 1100%
Normal range · usually 59%
Favorite covered
—
Went over
0 of 10%
Normal range · usually 47%

Only 1 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 3 against an average line of 3; 37 points a game (usually 54.4). When games like this go over ›

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MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
SC @ ECU
2021 · Week 2 · loose · similar spread & situation
-320–17 P U56.5
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2020 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 1 trend and market move 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.

Small sample warning
UCF has 1 game with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
UCF
Longer bar = better
BOIS
#15
Offense
◀ UCF better
#95
#30
Defense
◀ UCF better
#127
−2.0 #117
Turnovers
Even
−2.0 #119
81 plays #10
Pace
◀ UCF faster
75 plays #25
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UCF has the ball
Advantage: UCF offense
UCF offBOIS defEdge
Points / game 56.0 #9 56.0 #130 UCF
Yards / play 8.93 #7 9.31 #133 UCF
PPA / play +0.49 #19 +0.50 #127 UCF
Success rate 55% #25 50% #116 UCF
When BOIS has the ball
Advantage: UCF defense
BOIS offUCF defEdge
Points / game 19.0 #100 6.0 #13 UCF
Yards / play 5.36 #83 3.51 #19 UCF
PPA / play +0.12 #77 −0.04 #58 Even
Success rate 32% #121 32% #28 UCF

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
BOIS +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
88° · 0 mph
gusts 9 mph · at kickoff
Rest
UCF9d
BOIS7d
UCF +2 days
Tempo
Fast 156 plays
slowavg 135fast
Altitude
UCF +2,625 ft
moderate climb

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