Sat, Nov 23, 2024, 1:00 PM ESTWeek 13 · at Tennessee
Weather at kickoff49°F3 mphgusts 10DryWeather watch ›
2-8 · Power #128
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8-2 · Power #11
56
▲ winner
Closing spread
TENN -41.5
✓ TENN W
Total
54.5
▲ Over · 56 pts
Model before kickoff
UTEP 5–47 TENN
✓ TENN (100%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTENN -41.5
CloseTENN -41.5
Total53.5 → 54.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TENN -41.5 · unchangedmodel TENN -44
Opened 53.5 · closed 54.5 · moved 1 upmodel 51
Openline modelKickoff
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTENN -41.5
CloseTENN -41.5
Total53.5 → 54.5
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 TENN as a 41.5-point home favorite against UTEP, the favorite won 10, covered 6, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: TENN won 56–0; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 56 points went over 54.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
10 of 10100%
Normal range · usually 100%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 45%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 45%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 44.5 against an average line of 39; 52.5 points a game (usually 54.8). Of the 2 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

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MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
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FLA vs VAN
2021 · Week 6 · close · similar team ratings & spread
-3942–0 W U60
Close
ALA vs USM
2021 · Week 4 · close · similar total
-4563–14 W O57.75
Close
CLEM vs CONN
2021 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & situation
-40.544–7 L O50.5
Close
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar situation & total
-35.559–3 W O55.5
Close
2024 · Week 12 · close · similar situation
-38.538–3 L U54.5
Close
2023 · Week 7 · close · similar spread & situation
-4263–0 W O55
Close
2024 · Week 11 · close · similar total & situation
-37.545–0 W U55.5
Loose
2023 · Week 12 · loose · similar situation & season form
-3635–3 L U60.5
Loose
UGA vs VAN
2022 · Week 7 · loose · similar total
-37.555–0 W U56.5
Loose
NCST vs CONN
2022 · Week 4 · loose · similar season form
-38.541–10 L O47.75
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 no trends and market moves 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.

No notable trends or market moves for this game.
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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
UTEP−11.5 →−17.7▼ 6.2#128
TENN+13.9 →+18.8▲ 4.9#10
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW12

UTEP
Longer bar = better
TENN
#125
Offense
TENN better ▶
#36
#69
Defense
TENN better ▶
#7
0.0 #66
Turnovers
TENN better ▶
+0.3 #48
67 plays #64
Pace
TENN faster ▶
75 plays #7
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UTEP has the ball
Advantage: TENN defense
UTEP offTENN defEdge
Points / game 19.2 #125 14.4 #8 TENN
Yards / play 4.93 #125 4.46 #6 TENN
PPA / play −0.02 #125 −0.06 #4 TENN
Success rate 38% #123 36% #9 TENN
When TENN has the ball
Advantage: TENN offense
TENN offUTEP defEdge
Points / game 35.5 #18 29.7 #99 TENN
Yards / play 6.10 #46 5.66 #74 TENN
PPA / play +0.17 #48 +0.08 #58 Even
Success rate 46% #30 40% #45 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
UTEP scoring against the TENN defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UTEP scored
5.1
#85
4.1
#127
9.2
#121
4.7
#97
3.8
#132
8.5
#125
TENN allowed
1.6
#4
3.7
#6
5.3
#2
4.1
#30
5.0
#30
9.1
#19
TENN scoring against the UTEP defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TENN scored
9.5
#11
9.8
#41
19.3
#20
9.5
#13
6.1
#92
15.6
#35
UTEP allowed
6.5
#100
8.1
#82
14.6
#92
8.4
#121
5.7
#48
14.1
#100

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TENN +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
49° · 3 mph
gusts 10 mph · at kickoff
Rest
UTEP14d bye
TENN7d
UTEP +7 days
Tempo
Fast 142 plays
slowavg 134fast
Travel
UTEP 1,324 mi
2 time zones

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