Sat, Sep 16, 2023, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Old Dominion
Closing spread
WAKE -13.5
✓ ODU W
Total
60
▼ Under · 51 pts
Model before kickoff
WAKE 33–20 ODU
✓ WAKE (83%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
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CloseWAKE -13.5
Total60
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Close60
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
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CloseWAKE -13.5
Total60
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Similar games
The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out
In the 10 games most like
WAKE as a 13.5-point road favorite at ODU, the favorite won 7, covered 3, and 4 went over the total.
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This game: WAKE won 27–24; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 51 points stayed under 60, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 80%
Favorite covered
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 51%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 9.2 against an average line of 13.3; 63 points a game (usually 56). When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close | 2022 · Week 6 · very close · similar spread & rest |
-13.5 | 38–45 | L | O56 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-14.5 | 49–28 | W | O62 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & team ratings |
-11 | 38–33 | L | O63.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & spread |
-14 | 24–31 | L | U58 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & spread |
-14 | 41–7 | W | U56 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & spread |
-12.5 | 28–21 | L | U58 |
| Close | 2020 · Week 9 · close · similar total & rest |
-14 | 38–14 | W | U59.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & spread |
-15 | 27–21 | L | U55 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & team ratings |
-10.75 | 24–27 | L | U64.25 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & team ratings |
-13.5 | 54–42 | L | O53 |
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2020 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
Wake Forest have 2 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 24 in the 4th quarter and got 14. 37% of games with totals 56–64 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-0 100% | 1-1 50% | 2-0 100% | |
| 1-1 50% | 1-1 50% | 2-0 100% |
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
WAKE+1.2 →+4.7▲ 3.5#35
ODU−5.2 →−8.0▼ 2.8#112
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2
Longer bar = better
#68
Offense
◀ WAKE better#97
#41
Defense
◀ WAKE better#88
+0.7 #33
Turnovers
◀ WAKE better−0.7 #105
74 plays #21
Pace
◀ WAKE faster62 plays #111
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| WAKE off | ODU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 33.3 #51 | 31.3 #111 | WAKE |
| Yards / play | 5.92 #65 | 5.28 #72 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.06 #96 | +0.06 #68 | ODU |
| Success rate | 44% #61 | 45% #100 | WAKE |
| ODU off | WAKE def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 26.3 #86 | 20.3 #54 | WAKE |
| Yards / play | 5.34 #98 | 5.10 #61 | WAKE |
| PPA / play | −0.04 #124 | −0.13 #15 | WAKE |
| Success rate | 42% #78 | 35% #34 | WAKE |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 22 FBS teams
WAKE scoring against the ODU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.5 | 17.5 | 24.0 | 4.5 | 8.0 | 12.5 | |
6.0 | 10.5 | 16.5 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 17.0 |
ODU scoring against the WAKE defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.5 | 10.0 | 13.5 | 10.5 | 3.5 | 14.0 | |
0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 11.5 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
75° · 10 mph
gusts 19 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
WAKE7d
ODU7d
Even
Tempo
Average 136 plays
slowavg 134fast
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