Sat, Sep 9, 2023, 7:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Boise State
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
Open → close
Spread
Open—
no open
CloseUCF -3
Opening line not available
Total
Open—
no open
Close58.5
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseUCF -3
Total58.5
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 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 ›
All 1 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loose | 2021 · Week 2 · loose · similar spread & situation |
-3 | 20–17 | 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.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 40 in the 4th quarter and got 15. 44% of games with totals 54.5–62.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-0 100% | 1-0 100% | 0-0 — | |
| 0-1 0% | 0-1 0% | 0-0 — |
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
Longer bar = better
#15
Offense
◀ UCF better#95
#30
Defense
◀ UCF better#127
−2.0 #117
Turnovers
Even−2.0 #119
81 plays #10
Pace
◀ UCF faster75 plays #25
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| UCF off | BOIS def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| BOIS off | UCF def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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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