Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 11:59 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Hawai'i · Conference game
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3-2 · Power #86
26
final
Final
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4-2 · Power #90
44
▲ winner
Closing spread
USU -1.5
✓ HAW W
Total
57.5
▲ Over · 70 pts
Model before kickoff
USU 29–28 HAW
✗ USU (53%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenHAW -1.5
CloseUSU -1.5
Total58.5 → 57.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
3 pts toward Utah State
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened HAW -1.5 · closed USU -1.5 · moved 3 toward USUmodel HAW -1.5
Opened 58.5 · closed 57.5 · moved 1 downmodel 56.5
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Line context
Road favorites of 0.5–2.5 since 2023: won 53%, covered 49% (138 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 53% (188 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenHAW -1.5
CloseUSU -1.5
Total58.5 → 57.5
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 USU as a 1.5-point road favorite at HAW, the favorite won 5, covered 4, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: HAW won 44–26 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 70 points went over 57.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 56%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 52%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 0 against an average line of 3.2; 55.8 points a game (usually 53.1). Of the 4 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar rest & situation
-2.2532–24 W U56.5
Close
OHIO @ M-OH
2022 · Week 11 · close · similar team ratings & situation
-2.537–21 W O52
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KENT @ M-OH
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar situation & total
-524–27 L U56.5
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2024 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & situation
-6.530–38 L O61.5
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2024 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & season form
-3.525–17 W U60.5
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2023 · Week 6 · close · similar situation & spread
-324–44 L O62
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2025 · Week 4 · close · similar total & team ratings
-517–16 L U58.5
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BUFF @ BGSU
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar spread & situation
-238–7 W U55.75
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2024 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & spread
-119–47 L O51.5
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2023 · Week 11 · close · similar total & team ratings
-1.533–38 L O56.5
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2022 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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Utah State ATS trend Miss
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.

Utah State ATS trend (5-0)
Utah State have covered 100% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Hawai'i 3-1 ATS at home
Strong against the spread at home this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 228-230 (50%)
Market moved toward Utah State
3 pts (HAW -1.5 → USU -1.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (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
USU−10.4 →−6.3▲ 4.1#86
HAW−11.4 →−9.4▲ 2.0#103
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6

USU
Longer bar = better
HAW
#38
Offense
◀ USU better
#106
#110
Defense
HAW better ▶
#57
+0.4 #49
Turnovers
◀ USU better
−1.2 #131
64 plays #104
Pace
HAW faster ▶
74 plays #12
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When USU has the ball
Even matchup
USU offHAW defEdge
Points / game 36.4 #27 23.5 #67 USU
Yards / play 6.55 #29 5.33 #57 USU
PPA / play +0.23 #33 +0.06 #53 Even
Success rate 44% #62 40% #49 Even
When HAW has the ball
Even matchup
HAW offUSU defEdge
Points / game 25.7 #86 30.4 #117 HAW
Yards / play 5.00 #117 5.61 #85 USU
PPA / play +0.04 #112 +0.20 #115 Even
Success rate 40% #108 47% #123 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
USU scoring against the HAW defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
USU scored
8.6
#27
10.4
#42
19.0
#33
10.2
#10
7.2
#64
17.4
#25
HAW allowed
4.5
#57
3.8
#15
8.3
#27
6.2
#91
9.0
#126
15.2
#121
HAW scoring against the USU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
HAW scored
5.2
#83
7.7
#88
12.8
#91
3.7
#116
9.2
#29
12.8
#71
USU allowed
4.8
#65
12.8
#135
17.6
#118
6.0
#87
6.8
#83
12.8
#91

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
HAW +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
79° · 8 mph
gusts 22 mph · at kickoff
Rest
USU14d bye
HAW14d bye
Even
Tempo
Average 138 plays
slowavg 134fast
Travel
USU 3,010 mi
4 time zones