Sat, Oct 14, 2023, 7:00 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Texas State · Conference game
Closing spread
TXST -19.5
✓ ULM W
Total
64.5
▼ Under · 41 pts
Model before kickoff
ULM 21–40 TXST
✓ TXST (91%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
Opennot available
CloseTXST -19.5
Total64.5
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Market
Open → close
Spread
Open—
no open
CloseTXST -19.5
Opening line not available
Total
Open—
no open
Close64.5
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
Opennot available
CloseTXST -19.5
Total64.5
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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
TXST as a 19.5-point home favorite against ULM, the favorite won 9, covered 5, and 1 went over the total.
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This game: TXST won 21–20; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 41 points stayed under 64.5, as in 9 of 10.
Favorite won
9 of 1090%
Normal range · usually 89%
Favorite covered
5 of 956%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
1 of 1010%
Below normal · usually 47%
Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 18.5 against an average line of 19.3; 48.1 points a game (usually 55.6). When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close | 2020 · Week 13 · very close · similar total & spread |
-18.5 | 30–27 | L | U64.5 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 5 · very close · similar situation & rest |
-21.25 | 41–17 | W | U68.5 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 6 · very close · similar rest & situation |
-21 | 20–13 | L | U62.5 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & total |
-21.25 | 17–21 | L | U63 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & total |
-17 | 17–13 | L | U62 |
| Close | 2020 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & season form |
-17 | 34–17 | P | U61 |
| Close | 2020 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & total |
-17 | 40–7 | W | U63.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 9 · close · similar total & situation |
-21.5 | 38–0 | W | U64 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 9 · close · similar spread & situation |
-19.5 | 45–13 | W | U71.75 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 9 · close · similar spread & situation |
-19 | 51–20 | W | O58.25 |
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.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 46 in the 4th quarter and got 22. 46% of games with totals 60.5–68.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-3 40% | 2-3 40% | 1-2 33% | |
| 4-2 67% | 4-2 67% | 2-3 40% |
Recent meetings
The series
ULM 6–8 TXST
TXST leads · 14 games since 2000 · TXST has won the last 3 meetings
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
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
ULM+0.7 →−13.8▼ 14.5#125
TXST+3.4 →−1.4▼ 4.8#70
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6
Longer bar = better
#107
Offense
TXST better ▶#13
#119
Defense
TXST better ▶#74
+1.0 #16
Turnovers
◀ ULM better0.0 #69
60 plays #124
Pace
TXST faster ▶68 plays #64
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| ULM off | TXST def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 18.2 #127 | 29.8 #100 | TXST |
| Yards / play | 5.42 #95 | 5.61 #75 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.06 #100 | +0.06 #53 | TXST |
| Success rate | 39% #106 | 42% #69 | TXST |
| TXST off | ULM def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 41.2 #8 | 34.0 #122 | TXST |
| Yards / play | 7.38 #8 | 6.42 #121 | TXST |
| PPA / play | +0.27 #22 | +0.20 #116 | TXST |
| Success rate | 50% #13 | 46% #118 | TXST |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 133 FBS teams
ULM scoring against the TXST defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.2 #102 | 8.2 #77 | 12.4 #92 | 2.4 #130 | 3.4 #124 | 5.8 #130 | |
5.8 #85 | 8.2 #84 | 14.0 #85 | 6.3 #85 | 9.5 #117 | 15.8 #104 |
TXST scoring against the ULM defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12.2 #7 | 13.8 #9 | 26.0 #5 | 6.3 #68 | 8.8 #29 | 15.2 #44 | |
7.6 #114 | 11.6 #122 | 19.2 #127 | 6.2 #81 | 8.6 #105 | 14.8 #100 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
77° · 8 mph
gusts 20 mph · at kickoff
Rest
ULM7d
TXST7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 128 plays
slowavg 134fast
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