Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 10:00 PM EDTWeek 8 · at Oregon State
Weather at kickoff61°F4 mphDryWeather watch ›
5-1 · Power #42
33
▲ winner
Final
@
4-2 · Power #98
25
final
Closing spread
UNLV -6.5
✓ UNLV W
Total
61.5
▼ Under · 58 pts
Model before kickoff
UNLV 32–26 ORST
✓ UNLV (67%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUNLV -6
CloseUNLV -6.5
Total61.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
0.5 pts toward UNLV
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened UNLV -6 · closed UNLV -6.5 · moved 0.5 toward UNLVmodel UNLV -5.5
Opened 61.5 · unchangedmodel 57.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 5.5–7.5 since 2023: won 65%, covered 56% (84 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUNLV -6
CloseUNLV -6.5
Total61.5
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 UNLV as a 6.5-point road favorite at ORST, the favorite won 7, covered 5, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: UNLV won 33–25; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 58 points stayed under 61.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 66%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 49%
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: favorite by 5 against an average line of 6; 61.2 points a game (usually 53.6). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
UCF @ ECU
2022 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & spread
-5.513–34 L U63
Very close
ORST @ WSU
2021 · Week 6 · very close · similar rest & team ratings
-424–31 L U59
Very close
UTSA @ LT
2021 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & spread
-5.545–16 W O59.5
Very close
WKU @ FAU
2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & spread
-7.532–31 L O62.25
Very close
UCLA @ STAN
2021 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & total
-435–24 W U60
Very close
2023 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & total
-442–29 W O61.5
Very close
WAKE @ SYR
2021 · Week 6 · very close · similar rest & spread
-640–37 L O58.5
Very close
WKU @ MTSU
2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar spread & rest
-7.535–17 W U67.5
Very close
ORE @ STAN
2021 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & situation
-8.524–31 L U57.5
Very close
TCU @ WVU
2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar spread & rest
-741–31 W O69.75
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 1 trend and market move behind it
No clear signal on the spread
Slight Over trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Both teams trending Over (7-3 combined)
Their games this season have mostly gone over the total. · Backtest 2023–26: 66-66 (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
UNLV−2.0 →+6.6▲ 8.6#36
ORST+7.8 →−0.8▼ 8.6#70
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW7

UNLV
Longer bar = better
ORST
#19
Offense
◀ UNLV better
#46
#38
Defense
◀ UNLV better
#109
+2.0 #3
Turnovers
◀ UNLV better
−0.2 #87
64 plays #106
Pace
ORST faster ▶
75 plays #5
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UNLV has the ball
Advantage: UNLV offense
UNLV offORST defEdge
Points / game 45.3 #4 26.3 #86 UNLV
Yards / play 6.88 #14 6.52 #125 UNLV
PPA / play +0.28 #16 +0.18 #110 UNLV
Success rate 46% #40 45% #115 UNLV
When ORST has the ball
Even matchup
ORST offUNLV defEdge
Points / game 31.2 #50 22.2 #51 Even
Yards / play 5.85 #68 5.21 #49 Even
PPA / play +0.18 #54 −0.02 #16 UNLV
Success rate 49% #13 38% #37 ORST

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
UNLV scoring against the ORST defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UNLV scored
11.0
#10
14.7
#3
25.7
#4
7.7
#39
11.5
#7
19.2
#9
ORST allowed
5.0
#71
5.3
#36
10.3
#48
3.8
#27
11.0
#130
14.8
#110
ORST scoring against the UNLV defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ORST scored
5.8
#78
8.5
#68
14.3
#72
4.7
#96
9.7
#18
14.3
#57
UNLV allowed
5.8
#78
2.2
#3
8.0
#19
7.0
#98
6.2
#69
13.2
#88

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ORST +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
61° · 4 mph
gusts 7 mph · at kickoff
Rest
UNLV8d
ORST7d
UNLV +1 day
Tempo
Fast 139 plays
slowavg 133fast