Sat, Sep 7, 2024, 4:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Texas State
Weather at kickoff84°F17 mphgusts 34DryWindy Over 48% of 274 games since 2023Weather watch ›
1-0 · Power #82
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Final
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1-0 · Power #54
49
▲ winner
Closing spread
TXST -2.5
✓ TXST W
Total
58.5
▲ Over · 59 pts
Model before kickoff
UTSA 26–27 TXST
✓ TXST (54%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTXST -1
CloseTXST -2.5
Total60.5 → 58.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1.5 pts toward Texas State
Total
Down 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TXST -1 · closed TXST -2.5 · moved 1.5 toward TXSTmodel UTSA -2.5
Opened 60.5 · closed 58.5 · moved 2 downmodel 53.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 58%, covered 49% (110 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTXST -1
CloseTXST -2.5
Total60.5 → 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 TXST as a 2.5-point home favorite against UTSA, the favorite won 5, covered 5, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: TXST won 49–10; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 59 points went over 58.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
5 of 956%
Normal range · usually 47%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 2.5 against an average line of 2.5; 52.1 points a game (usually 53.2). Of the 2 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
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NIU vs VAN
2022 · Week 3 · close · similar situation & rest
-2.528–38 L O58.5
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TULN vs UAB
2021 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & total
-2.521–28 L U54.5
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ILL vs UVA
2022 · Week 2 · close · similar rest & spread
-424–3 W U55
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MD vs PUR
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & total
-329–31 L O59.5
Close
2023 · Week 7 · close · similar spread & season form
-1.541–24 W O53.5
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UCF vs CIN
2022 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & spread
-1.525–21 W U55.5
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UCLA vs ASU
2021 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & season form
-323–42 L O56
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2023 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & spread
-221–41 L O59.5
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DUKE vs UVA
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread
-238–17 W P55
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WMU vs SJSU
2021 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & situation
-2.523–3 W U61.75
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Texas State ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Under trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Market moved toward Texas State
1.5 pts (TXST -1 → TXST -2.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved down 2
60.5 → 58.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
UTSA have 0 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 135 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
UTSA+1.0 →+0.1▼ 0.9#66
TXST−3.2 →−4.5▼ 1.3#87
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

UTSA
Longer bar = better
TXST
#81
Offense
Even
#72
#40
Defense
◀ UTSA better
#57
0.0 #82
Turnovers
◀ UTSA better
−2.0 #126
72 plays #34
Pace
TXST faster ▶
81 plays #13
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UTSA has the ball
Advantage: TXST defense
UTSA offTXST defEdge
Points / game 28.0 #84 27.0 #94 Even
Yards / play 5.78 #83 4.57 #63 Even
PPA / play +0.21 #69 −0.10 #54 Even
Success rate 42% #87 22% #15 TXST
When TXST has the ball
Advantage: UTSA defense
TXST offUTSA defEdge
Points / game 34.0 #68 16.0 #69 Even
Yards / play 6.00 #73 3.78 #36 UTSA
PPA / play +0.16 #81 −0.22 #33 UTSA
Success rate 46% #65 25% #21 UTSA

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TXST +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
84° · 17 mph
gusts 34 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
UTSA7d
TXST7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 153 plays
slowavg 133fast
Quarterback
UTSA backup QB started
Not the usual starter

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