Fri, Sep 29, 2023, 9:00 PM EDTWeek 5 · at Oregon State · Conference game
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
Open → close
Spread
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no open
CloseORST -4
Opening line not available
Total
Open—
no open
Close43
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
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close | 2022 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread & situation |
-4 | 42–24 | W | O45 |
| Very close | 2020 · Week 16 · very close · similar spread & rest |
-4.5 | 13–22 | L | U44.75 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & total |
-2.5 | 24–31 | L | O45 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 6 · very close · similar spread & situation |
-4.5 | 14–24 | L | U44.5 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar spread & total |
-4 | 25–10 | W | U43 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 6 · close · similar season form & situation |
-1 | 45–20 | W | O45 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 8 · close · similar spread & situation |
-3 | 14–20 | L | U39 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & rest |
-2.5 | 13–20 | L | U46 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 8 · close · similar situation & spread |
-3.5 | 27–17 | W | U47 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 8 · close · similar total & situation |
-5.5 | 45–17 | 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.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 30 in the 4th quarter and got 14. 57% of games with totals 39–47 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4-0 100% | 2-1-1 67% | 0-3 0% | |
| 3-1 75% | 2-2 50% | 2-1 67% |
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
Longer bar = better
#106
Offense
ORST better ▶#18
#9
Defense
◀ UTAH better#46
+1.3 #12
Turnovers
◀ UTAH better+0.8 #33
66 plays #76
Pace
Even65 plays #89
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| UTAH off | ORST def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| ORST off | UTAH def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5.3 #75 | 7.5 #86 | 12.8 #83 | 6.0 #65 | 3.5 #113 | 9.5 #107 | |
3.5 #45 | 5.0 #39 | 8.5 #40 | 1.8 #10 | 7.5 #91 | 9.3 #38 |
ORST scoring against the UTAH defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.8 #39 | 13.5 #17 | 21.3 #18 | 6.0 #65 | 12.3 #6 | 18.3 #24 | |
0.8 #5 | 4.3 #30 | 5.0 #4 | 0.8 #7 | 3.8 #33 | 4.5 #9 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
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
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