Sat, Sep 21, 2024, 4:00 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Oklahoma State · Conference game
Weather at kickoff96°F9 mphgusts 22DryWeather watch ›
3-0 · Power #49
22
▲ winner
Final
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3-0 · Power #87
19
final
Closing spread
UTAH -0.5
✓ UTAH W
Total
53.5
▼ Under · 41 pts
Model before kickoff
UTAH 25–25 OKST
✓ UTAH (52%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenOKST -2.5
CloseUTAH -0.5
Total52.5 → 53.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
3 pts toward Utah
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened OKST -2.5 · closed UTAH -0.5 · moved 3 toward UTAHmodel UTAH -1.5
Opened 52.5 · closed 53.5 · moved 1 upmodel 50
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 0.5–2.5 since 2023: won 51%, covered 47% (47 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 48% (42 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenOKST -2.5
CloseUTAH -0.5
Total52.5 → 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 UTAH as a 0.5-point road favorite at OKST, the favorite won 5, covered 5, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: UTAH won 22–19; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 41 points stayed under 53.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 55%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
4 of 944%
Normal range · usually 47%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 1 against an average line of 3.2; 55 points a game (usually 52.9). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
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MSST @ LSU
2022 · Week 3 · close · similar situation & rest
-316–31 L U53
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ISU @ KU
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & situation
-3.511–14 L U59
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ASU @ BYU
2021 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & total
-3.517–27 L U50.5
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CLEM @ FSU
2022 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & total
-4.534–28 W O51
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2023 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & spread
-231–24 W P55
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AFA @ NEV
2021 · Week 12 · close · similar total & spread
-1.7541–39 W O54.25
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PITT @ GT
2021 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & situation
-352–21 W O57.5
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MICH @ PSU
2021 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & spread
-2.521–17 W U48
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2023 · Week 2 · close · similar rest & situation
-5.522–31 L U58
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2023 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & situation
-335–38 L O58.5
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
Slight Utah ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (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.

Market moved toward Utah
3 pts (OKST -2.5 → UTAH -0.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Small sample warning
Utah have 3 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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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
UTAH+6.4 →+10.2▲ 3.8#22
OKST+4.1 →+6.0▲ 1.9#35
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

UTAH
Longer bar = better
OKST
#46
Offense
Even
#41
#19
Defense
◀ UTAH better
#71
+0.3 #52
Turnovers
OKST better ▶
+1.0 #35
66 plays #61
Pace
OKST faster ▶
73 plays #18
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UTAH has the ball
Advantage: UTAH offense
UTAH offOKST defEdge
Points / game 36.7 #30 20.3 #62 UTAH
Yards / play 6.36 #51 6.11 #106 UTAH
PPA / play +0.20 #59 +0.02 #58 Even
Success rate 46% #45 37% #57 Even
When OKST has the ball
Advantage: UTAH defense
OKST offUTAH defEdge
Points / game 42.7 #18 11.0 #21 Even
Yards / play 6.09 #69 4.19 #24 UTAH
PPA / play +0.33 #23 −0.14 #14 Even
Success rate 45% #55 31% #15 UTAH

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 129 FBS teams
UTAH scoring against the OKST defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UTAH scored
9.0
#38
16.0
#10
25.0
#15
6.0
#74
5.7
#82
11.7
#81
OKST allowed
4.7
#66
4.3
#32
9.0
#48
2.3
#22
9.0
#112
11.3
#66
OKST scoring against the UTAH defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
OKST scored
5.7
#74
11.7
#41
17.3
#51
12.3
#10
10.3
#16
22.7
#6
UTAH allowed
2.3
#25
3.3
#24
5.7
#19
5.3
#65
0.0
#1
5.3
#23

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
OKST +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
96° · 9 mph
gusts 22 mph · at kickoff
Rest
UTAH7d
OKST7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 140 plays
slowavg 132fast
Quarterback
UTAH backup QB started
Not the usual starter

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