Sat, Oct 14, 2023, 8:00 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Oregon State · Conference game
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4-1 · Power #26
24
final
Final
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5-1 · Power #20
36
▲ winner
Closing spread
ORST -3.5
✓ ORST W
Total
53.5
▲ Over · 60 pts
Model before kickoff
UCLA 25–29 ORST
✓ ORST (60%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
Opennot available
CloseORST -3.5
Total53.5
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Spread
Opening line not available
Total
 
Line context
Home favorites of 2.5–4.5 since 2023: won 55%, covered 43% (49 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
Opennot available
CloseORST -3.5
Total53.5
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Similar games

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

In the 10 games most like ORST as a 3.5-point home favorite against UCLA, the favorite won 6, covered 3, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: ORST won 36–24; the favorite covered, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 60 points went over 53.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 60%
Favorite covered
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
5 of 1050%
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 2.9 against an average line of 3.8; 52.7 points a game (usually 54.6). Of the 1 over, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
MSU vs NEB
2021 · Week 4 · very close · similar spread & rest
-3.523–20 L U54.75
Very close
UCLA vs ASU
2021 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & spread
-323–42 L O56
Very close
ARK vs AUB
2021 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & total
-4.523–38 L O54.5
Very close
TCU vs KSU
2022 · Week 8 · very close · similar spread & total
-3.538–28 W O54.5
Very close
MD vs PUR
2022 · Week 6 · very close · similar rest & spread
-329–31 L O59.5
Very close
BAY vs KSU
2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & total
-2.53–31 L U52.25
Very close
UCF vs CIN
2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & total
-1.525–21 W U55.5
Very close
2023 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & total
-644–31 W O52.5
Very close
NCST vs FSU
2022 · Week 6 · very close · similar spread & rest
-3.519–17 L U50.5
Very close
MISS vs UK
2022 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & situation
-6.522–19 L U55
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 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 136 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
UCLA+2.8 →+9.1▲ 6.3#24
ORST+11.2 →+10.6▼ 0.6#21
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6

UCLA
Longer bar = better
ORST
#63
Offense
ORST better ▶
#14
#5
Defense
◀ UCLA better
#41
+0.6 #29
Turnovers
Even
+0.7 #28
70 plays #46
Pace
◀ UCLA faster
66 plays #85
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UCLA has the ball
Advantage: ORST defense
UCLA offORST defEdge
Points / game 30.6 #56 19.7 #30 ORST
Yards / play 6.59 #25 5.11 #39 Even
PPA / play +0.14 #65 −0.04 #14 ORST
Success rate 39% #104 42% #81 ORST
When ORST has the ball
Even matchup
ORST offUCLA defEdge
Points / game 38.5 #11 12.2 #6 Even
Yards / play 6.84 #17 3.74 #2 Even
PPA / play +0.32 #12 −0.19 #3 Even
Success rate 50% #14 33% #10 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 133 FBS teams
UCLA scoring against the ORST defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UCLA scored
9.8
#18
9.4
#51
19.2
#19
4.8
#100
6.6
#68
11.4
#99
ORST allowed
2.3
#12
6.2
#43
8.5
#20
3.7
#29
7.5
#91
11.2
#52
ORST scoring against the UCLA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ORST scored
7.5
#37
11.3
#24
18.8
#24
7.5
#45
12.2
#3
19.7
#8
UCLA allowed
3.4
#34
4.6
#21
8.0
#14
2.8
#14
1.4
#2
4.2
#3

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ORST +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
58° · 3 mph
gusts 8 mph · at kickoff
Rest
UCLA7d
ORST7d
Even
Tempo
Average 135 plays
slowavg 134fast