Sat, Sep 19, 2026, 8:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Texas
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.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenTEX -29.5
no move
CloseTEX -29.5
No change since the open
Total
Open57.5
▲ 1
Close58.5
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TEX -29.5 · unchangedmodel TEX -28.5
model TEX -28.5
Opened 57.5 · closed 58.5 · moved 1 upmodel 54.5
model 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
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close |
2025 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & situation |
-26.5 | 31–15 | L | U56 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 2 · close · similar situation & rest |
-31 | 66–13 | W | O54 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 2 · close · similar rest & situation |
-29.5 | 48–0 | W | U63 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & situation |
-29.5 | 63–10 | W | O64.75 |
| Close |
2025 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & situation |
-24.5 | 45–24 | L | O52.5 |
| Loose |
2024 · Week 9 · loose · similar rest |
-22.5 | 38–9 | W | U54 |
| Loose |
2025 · Week 7 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-23.5 | 36–7 | W | U59.5 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 3 · loose · similar situation & rest |
-31 | 31–10 | L | U48.5 |
| Loose |
2025 · Week 9 · loose · similar rest |
-27.5 | 56–6 | W | O53.5 |
| Loose |
2024 · Week 11 · loose · similar total |
-24 | 39–18 | 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.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 30 in the 4th quarter and got 7. 48% of games with totals 54.5–62.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7-3 70% | 7-3 70% | 8-2 80% | |
| 9-1 90% | 5-5 50% | 5-5 50% |
Recent meetings
Last 1 since 2023
UTSA 0–3 TEX
TEX leads · 3 games since 2022 · TEX has won the last 3 meetings
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14 2024 | UTSA 7 @ Texas 56 | TEX -36.5 | TEX W |
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
Longer bar = better
#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
| UTSA off | TEX def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| TEX off | UTSA def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.0 | 12.0 | 19.0 | 5.0 | 14.0 | 19.0 | |
5.0 | 8.5 | 13.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
TEX scoring against the UTSA defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.0 | 8.5 | 15.5 | 10.5 | 15.5 | 26.0 | |
0.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.0 | 6.5 | 9.5 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
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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