Sat, Sep 21, 2024, 2:00 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Coastal Carolina
Weather at kickoff82°F6 mphgusts 14DryWeather watch ›
2-1 · Power #77
43
▲ winner
Final
@
3-0 · Power #101
24
final
Closing spread
UVA -3.5
✓ UVA W
Total
52.5
▲ Over · 67 pts
Model before kickoff
UVA 28–26 CCU
✓ UVA (55%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUVA -3
CloseUVA -3.5
Total54.5 → 52.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
0.5 pts toward Virginia
Total
Down 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened UVA -3 · closed UVA -3.5 · moved 0.5 toward UVAmodel CCU -5.5
Opened 54.5 · closed 52.5 · moved 2 downmodel 54.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 2.5–4.5 since 2023: won 51%, covered 41% (70 games)ⓘ
Moved off 3Too few earlier games to rateⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUVA -3
CloseUVA -3.5
Total54.5 → 52.5
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 UVA as a 3.5-point road favorite at CCU, the favorite won 6, covered 6, and 1 went over the total.

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This game: UVA won 43–24; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 67 points went over 52.5, as in 1 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 58%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
1 of 1010%
Below normal · usually 48%

Overs below normal. Splits like this often fade, so treat it as context, not a pick. Average result: favorite by 3 against an average line of 3; 43.8 points a game (usually 53.1). Of the 1 over, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2023 · Week 9 · close · similar spread & rest
-3.56–34 L U47
Close
WVU @ VT
2022 · Week 4 · close · similar situation & total
-233–10 W U49.75
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2023 · Week 7 · close · similar total & spread
-4.531–21 W U55
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2023 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & spread
-221–17 W U46.5
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WMU @ TOL
2021 · Week 8 · close · similar rest
-1.515–34 L U54.5
Close
2023 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & situation
-613–20 L U54.5
Close
2023 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & situation
-545–38 W O52.5
Close
FRES @ WYO
2021 · Week 7 · close · similar total & spread
-317–0 W U53.5
Close
2023 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & total
-0.2517–20 L U48.5
Close
2023 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & spread
-2.536–10 W U58.5
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
No clear signal on the spread
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.

Total moved down 2
54.5 → 52.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
Virginia 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 137 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
UVA−2.9 →−4.6▼ 1.7#86
CCU−2.5 →−2.0▲ 0.5#75
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

UVA
Longer bar = better
CCU
#69
Offense
CCU better ▶
#43
#85
Defense
CCU better ▶
#58
−1.7 #129
Turnovers
CCU better ▶
+1.3 #20
67 plays #55
Pace
CCU faster ▶
71 plays #28
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UVA has the ball
Even matchup
UVA offCCU defEdge
Points / game 26.0 #92 22.7 #78 Even
Yards / play 6.45 #43 5.29 #73 UVA
PPA / play +0.16 #72 −0.14 #15 CCU
Success rate 44% #67 38% #64 Even
When CCU has the ball
Advantage: CCU offense
CCU offUVA defEdge
Points / game 41.0 #20 23.3 #81 CCU
Yards / play 6.08 #71 5.35 #76 Even
PPA / play +0.22 #53 +0.15 #93 CCU
Success rate 49% #28 41% #88 CCU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 119 FBS teams
UVA scoring against the CCU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UVA scored
7.7
#50
11.3
#38
19.0
#41
2.3
#107
4.7
#81
7.0
#105
CCU allowed
2.0
#21
7.0
#64
9.0
#44
4.7
#49
9.0
#99
13.7
#86
CCU scoring against the UVA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
CCU scored
15.0
#6
11.3
#38
26.3
#12
9.0
#33
5.7
#70
14.7
#52
UVA allowed
3.3
#44
8.0
#75
11.3
#64
7.7
#92
4.3
#46
12.0
#67

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
CCU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
82° · 6 mph
gusts 14 mph · at kickoff
Rest
UVA7d
CCU7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 138 plays
slowavg 132fast