Virginia Tech @ Vanderbilt: Result, Lines & ATS Trends (Week 1, 2024)

Sat, Aug 31, 2024, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 1 · at Vanderbilt

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Virginia Tech

0-0 · Power #38

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Final

Vanderbilt

0-0 · Power #53

▲ winner

Closing spread

VT -13.5

✓ VAN W

Total

48.5

▲ Over · 61 pts

Model before kickoff

VT 34–21 VAN

✗ VT (81%) lost

Closing line · ESPN BET

SourceESPN BET closing line

OpenVT -13.5

CloseVT -13.5

Total53.5 → 48.5

Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

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Market

Open → close

Spread

OpenVT -13.5

no move

CloseVT -13.5

No change since the open

Total

Open53.5

▼ 5

Close48.5

Down 5 since the open

Line movement

Opening and closing line · tap a dot

Opened VT -13.5 · unchangedmodel VT -8.5

model VT -8.5

Openline modelKickoff

Closing line · ESPN BET

SourceESPN BET closing line

OpenVT -13.5

CloseVT -13.5

Total53.5 → 48.5

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 VT as a 13.5-point road favorite at VAN, the favorite won 7, covered 5, and 7 went over the total.

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This game: VAN won 34–27 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 61 points went over 48.5, as in 7 of 10.

Favorite won

7 of 1070%

Normal range · usually 82%

Favorite covered

5 of 1050%

Normal range · usually 47%

Went over

7 of 1070%

Normal range · usually 52%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 11.9 against an average line of 12.6; 54.1 points a game (usually 55.4). Of the 2 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games

Match	Game	Line	Final	Covered	O/U
Very close	NCST @ ECU 2022 · Week 1 · very close · similar situation & total	-12.5	21–20	L	U51.75
Very close	AFA @ UNLV 2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar total & team ratings	-10	42–7	W	U50
Close	AFA @ UNM 2021 · Week 5 · close · similar spread	-11.5	38–10	W	O45.5
Close	MIZ @ VAN 2023 · Week 5 · close · similar spread & team ratings	-13.5	38–21	W	O54.5
Close	TTU @ WYO 2023 · Week 1 · close · similar spread & situation	-13.5	33–35	L	O50.5
Close	AFA @ WYO 2022 · Week 3 · close · similar team ratings	-16.5	14–17	L	U47
Close	JMU @ ARST 2022 · Week 6 · close · similar team ratings & spread	-11.5	42–20	W	O55
Close	LOU @ BC 2022 · Week 5 · close	-13.5	33–34	L	O48.25
Close	BUFF @ ODU 2021 · Week 4 · close · similar spread & situation	-13	35–34	L	O50.5
Close	PITT @ WMU 2022 · Week 3 · close · similar situation & team ratings	-10	34–13	W	O46

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