Sat, Sep 12, 2026, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Texas State
Weather at kickoff98°F7 mphDryWeather watch ›
1-0 · Power #71
31
▲ winner
Final
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0-1 · Power #58
26
final
Closing spread
TXST -1.5
✓ UTSA W
Total
65.5
▼ Under · 57 pts
Model before kickoff
UTSA 32–33 TXST
✗ TXST (52%) lost
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenTXST -1.5
CloseTXST -1.5
Total64.5 → 65.5
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 TXST -1.5 · unchangedmodel UTSA -2.5
Opened 64.5 · closed 65.5 · moved 1 upmodel 65
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 0.5–2.5 since 2023: won 51%, covered 49% (205 games)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenTXST -1.5
CloseTXST -1.5
Total64.5 → 65.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

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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 has 1 game 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 →−0.1▼ 0.5#67
TXST−1.3 →−4.5▼ 3.2#84
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

UTSA
Longer bar = better
TXST
#27
Offense
◀ UTSA better
#100
#62
Defense
◀ UTSA better
#127
+2.0 #22
Turnovers
◀ UTSA better
−2.0 #128
58 plays #111
Pace
TXST faster ▶
70 plays #61
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UTSA has the ball
Advantage: UTSA offense
UTSA offTXST defEdge
Points / game 45.0 #39 59.0 #136 UTSA
Yards / play 9.09 #10 7.37 #123 UTSA
PPA / play +0.36 #46 +0.45 #126 UTSA
Success rate 64% #11 50% #121 UTSA
When TXST has the ball
Advantage: UTSA defense
TXST offUTSA defEdge
Points / game 7.0 #130 16.0 #72 UTSA
Yards / play 4.99 #102 5.21 #80 UTSA
PPA / play +0.08 #90 −0.24 #31 UTSA
Success rate 43% #79 37% #65 Even

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TXST +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
98° · 7 mph
gusts 8 mph · at kickoff
Rest
UTSA7d
TXST7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 128 plays
slowavg 135fast

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