Sat, Nov 23, 2024, 12:00 PM ESTWeek 13 · at Syracuse
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7-3 · Power #80
24
final
Final
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7-3 · Power #43
31
▲ winner
Closing spread
SYR -9.5
✓ CONN W
Total
53.5
▲ Over · 55 pts
Model before kickoff
CONN 22–32 SYR
✓ SYR (76%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenSYR -11
CloseSYR -9.5
Total54.5 → 53.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1.5 pts toward UConn
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened SYR -11 · closed SYR -9.5 · moved 1.5 toward CONNmodel SYR -12
Opened 54.5 · closed 53.5 · moved 1 downmodel 54
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 8.5–10.5 since 2023: won 78%, covered 43% (88 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 54% (112 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenSYR -11
CloseSYR -9.5
Total54.5 → 53.5
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 SYR as a 9.5-point home favorite against CONN, the favorite won 7, covered 5, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: SYR won 31–24; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 55 points went over 53.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 73%
Favorite covered
5 of 956%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 52%

Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 11.5 against an average line of 9.1; 53.9 points a game (usually 54.6). Of the 2 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
LOU vs JMU
2022 · Week 10 · very close · similar rest & total
-6.534–10 W U53.5
Close
FAU vs UTEP
2021 · Week 9 · close · similar spread & rest
-1128–25 L O49
Close
APP vs GAST
2022 · Week 8 · close · similar team ratings & spread
-9.542–17 W U60.25
Close
FLA vs SC
2022 · Week 11 · close · similar season form & spread
-838–6 W U58
Close
2024 · Week 12 · close · similar total & spread
-11.57–12 L U52.5
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar spread
-1035–24 W O48.5
Close
UAB vs MTSU
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar total
-1041–14 W O53
Close
TOL vs EMU
2021 · Week 10 · close · similar season form & spread
-9.2549–52 L O54.5
Close
ILL vs CLT
2021 · Week 5 · close · similar total
-1024–14 P U54
Close
2023 · Week 11 · close · similar season form
-529–38 L O54.5
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Moderate UConn ATS trend Hit
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.

Syracuse 1-3 ATS as a favorite
Struggling to cover in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 221-216 (51%)
Market moved toward UConn
1.5 pts (SYR -11 → SYR -9.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
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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
CONN−11.5 →−4.7▲ 6.8#88
SYR−2.1 →+3.9▲ 6.0#52
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW12

CONN
Longer bar = better
SYR
#69
Offense
SYR better ▶
#47
#29
Defense
◀ CONN better
#101
−0.1 #74
Turnovers
Even
−0.1 #78
71 plays #23
Pace
SYR faster ▶
79 plays #2
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When CONN has the ball
Advantage: CONN offense
CONN offSYR defEdge
Points / game 31.7 #38 28.2 #91 CONN
Yards / play 5.66 #75 6.09 #108 CONN
PPA / play +0.13 #71 +0.18 #104 CONN
Success rate 42% #91 44% #101 Even
When SYR has the ball
Even matchup
SYR offCONN defEdge
Points / game 31.8 #37 21.3 #37 Even
Yards / play 5.64 #78 4.90 #28 CONN
PPA / play +0.17 #49 −0.02 #14 CONN
Success rate 47% #23 38% #37 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
CONN scoring against the SYR defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
CONN scored
6.7
#45
6.7
#107
13.4
#74
8.7
#22
9.6
#15
18.3
#8
SYR allowed
5.8
#86
8.6
#90
14.4
#88
5.4
#63
8.1
#106
13.5
#88
SYR scoring against the CONN defense
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SYR scored
4.4
#100
10.3
#31
14.7
#58
8.3
#25
7.5
#54
15.8
#31
CONN allowed
3.7
#28
6.6
#50
10.3
#34
3.9
#25
7.1
#82
11.0
#49

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
SYR +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
CONN14d bye
SYR7d
CONN +7 days
Tempo
Fast 150 plays
slowavg 134fast
Quarterback
CONN backup QB started
Not the usual starter

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