Fri, Sep 29, 2023, 9:00 PM EDTWeek 5 · at Oregon State · Conference game
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4-0 · Power #33
7
final
Final
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3-1 · Power #20
21
▲ winner
Closing spread
ORST -4
✓ ORST W
Total
43
▼ Under · 28 pts
Model before kickoff
UTAH 21–25 ORST
✓ ORST (62%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseORST -4
Total43
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Market

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Spread
Opening line not available
Total
 
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseORST -4
Total43
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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 4-point home favorite against UTAH, the favorite won 5, covered 5, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: ORST won 21–7; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 28 points stayed under 43, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 60%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
4 of 1040%
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 5.7 against an average line of 3.5; 46.7 points a game (usually 54.5). When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
MSST vs TA&M
2022 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread & situation
-442–24 W O45
Very close
MRSH vs UAB
2020 · Week 16 · very close · similar spread & rest
-4.513–22 L U44.75
Very close
ISU vs BAY
2022 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & total
-2.524–31 L O45
Very close
UK vs SC
2022 · Week 6 · very close · similar spread & situation
-4.514–24 L U44.5
Very close
LOU vs NCST
2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar spread & total
-425–10 W U43
Close
BAY vs WVU
2021 · Week 6 · close · similar season form & situation
-145–20 W O45
Close
AFA vs SDSU
2021 · Week 8 · close · similar spread & situation
-314–20 L U39
Close
PUR vs MINN
2021 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & rest
-2.513–20 L U46
Close
PITT vs CLEM
2021 · Week 8 · close · similar situation & spread
-3.527–17 W U47
Close
PSU vs MINN
2022 · Week 8 · close · similar total & situation
-5.545–17 W O43
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 1 trend and market move 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.

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 136 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
UTAH+1.7 →+6.1▲ 4.4#33
ORST+11.2 →+8.9▼ 2.3#25
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW4

UTAH
Longer bar = better
ORST
#106
Offense
ORST better ▶
#18
#9
Defense
◀ UTAH better
#46
+1.3 #12
Turnovers
◀ UTAH better
+0.8 #33
66 plays #76
Pace
Even
65 plays #89
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UTAH has the ball
Advantage: ORST defense
UTAH offORST defEdge
Points / game 22.3 #99 17.8 #32 ORST
Yards / play 4.89 #118 5.15 #49 ORST
PPA / play +0.03 #107 −0.06 #22 ORST
Success rate 39% #101 42% #80 ORST
When ORST has the ball
Even matchup
ORST offUTAH defEdge
Points / game 39.5 #19 9.5 #6 Even
Yards / play 7.04 #20 4.57 #23 Even
PPA / play +0.33 #16 −0.17 #3 Even
Success rate 51% #18 28% #2 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 133 FBS teams
UTAH scoring against the ORST defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UTAH scored
5.3
#75
7.5
#86
12.8
#83
6.0
#65
3.5
#113
9.5
#107
ORST allowed
3.5
#45
5.0
#39
8.5
#40
1.8
#10
7.5
#91
9.3
#38
ORST scoring against the UTAH defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ORST scored
7.8
#39
13.5
#17
21.3
#18
6.0
#65
12.3
#6
18.3
#24
UTAH allowed
0.8
#5
4.3
#30
5.0
#4
0.8
#7
3.8
#33
4.5
#9

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ORST +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
60° · 7 mph
gusts 15 mph · at kickoff
Rest
UTAH6d
ORST6d
Even
Tempo
Average 131 plays
slowavg 134fast