Sat, Sep 19, 2026, 8:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Texas
Weather at kickoff92°F8 mphDryWeather watch ›
2-0 · Power #71
6
final
Final
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2-0 · Power #8
30
▲ winner
Closing spread
TEX -29.5
✓ UTSA W
Total
58.5
▼ Under · 36 pts
Model before kickoff
UTSA 13–42 TEX
✓ TEX (98%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenTEX -29.5
CloseTEX -29.5
Total57.5 → 58.5
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 TEX -29.5 · unchangedmodel TEX -28.5
Opened 57.5 · closed 58.5 · moved 1 upmodel 54.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 28.5–30.5 since 2023: won 97%, covered 54% (79 games)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenTEX -29.5
CloseTEX -29.5
Total57.5 → 58.5
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 TEX as a 29.5-point home favorite against UTSA, the favorite won 10, covered 6, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: TEX won 30–6; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 36 points stayed under 58.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
10 of 10100%
Normal range · usually 96%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 46%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 53%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 34.1 against an average line of 27; 56.5 points a game (usually 54.6). Of the 4 overs, 2 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2025 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & situation
-26.531–15 L U56
Close
2023 · Week 2 · close · similar situation & rest
-3166–13 W O54
Close
2024 · Week 2 · close · similar rest & situation
-29.548–0 W U63
Close
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & situation
-29.563–10 W O64.75
Close
2025 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & situation
-24.545–24 L O52.5
Loose
2024 · Week 9 · loose · similar rest
-22.538–9 W U54
Loose
2025 · Week 7 · loose · similar rest & situation
-23.536–7 W U59.5
Loose
2023 · Week 3 · loose · similar situation & rest
-3131–10 L U48.5
Loose
2025 · Week 9 · loose · similar rest
-27.556–6 W O53.5
Loose
2024 · Week 11 · loose · similar total
-2439–18 L U58
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2023 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
UTSA have 2 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 138 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
UTSA+0.4 →−0.7▼ 1.1#68
TEX+18.4 →+22.7▲ 4.3#6
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

UTSA
Longer bar = better
TEX
#32
Offense
◀ UTSA better
#53
#76
Defense
Even
#71
+2.5 #4
Turnovers
◀ UTSA better
+0.5 #52
66 plays #77
Pace
TEX faster ▶
74 plays #15
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UTSA has the ball
Advantage: UTSA offense
UTSA offTEX defEdge
Points / game 38.0 #44 15.0 #29 Even
Yards / play 7.01 #29 5.42 #86 UTSA
PPA / play +0.28 #40 +0.10 #89 UTSA
Success rate 53% #15 41% #78 UTSA
When TEX has the ball
Advantage: TEX offense
TEX offUTSA defEdge
Points / game 41.5 #25 21.0 #66 TEX
Yards / play 5.76 #91 5.61 #98 Even
PPA / play +0.22 #59 −0.02 #40 Even
Success rate 49% #36 43% #99 TEX

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 114 FBS teams
UTSA scoring against the TEX defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UTSA scored
7.0
12.0
19.0
5.0
14.0
19.0
TEX allowed
5.0
8.5
13.5
1.5
0.0
1.5
TEX scoring against the UTSA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TEX scored
7.0
8.5
15.5
10.5
15.5
26.0
UTSA allowed
0.0
11.5
11.5
3.0
6.5
9.5

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TEX +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
92° · 8 mph
gusts 11 mph · at kickoff
Rest
UTSA7d
TEX7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 140 plays
slowavg 133fast

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