Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Iowa · Conference game
Weather at kickoff70°F8 mphgusts 19DryWeather watch ›
4-2 · Power #31
16
final
Final
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3-2 · Power #30
40
▲ winner
Closing spread
IOWA -2.5
✓ IOWA W
Total
41.5
▲ Over · 56 pts
Model before kickoff
WASH 20–22 IOWA
✓ IOWA (55%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenIOWA -2.5
CloseIOWA -2.5
Total40.5 → 41.5
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 IOWA -2.5 · unchangedmodel WASH -1
Opened 40.5 · closed 41.5 · moved 1 upmodel 42.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 58%, covered 50% (144 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenIOWA -2.5
CloseIOWA -2.5
Total40.5 → 41.5
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 IOWA as a 2.5-point home favorite against WASH, the favorite won 5, covered 5, and 7 went over the total.

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This game: IOWA won 40–16; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 56 points went over 41.5, as in 7 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 48%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 1.8 against an average line of 2.5; 50.6 points a game (usually 53.1). Of the 2 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
WISC vs MINN
2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & spread
-316–23 L O37
Very close
UK vs LOU
2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & spread
-3.526–13 W U42.5
Very close
PSU vs MINN
2022 · Week 8 · very close · similar situation & rest
-5.545–17 W O43
Very close
2023 · Week 12 · very close · similar season form & rest
-131–38 L O46.5
Close
2024 · Week 2 · close · similar spread & rest
-2.520–26 L O37.5
Close
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & rest
-1.2521–18 W U45
Close
IOWA vs PSU
2021 · Week 6 · close · similar spread & rest
-2.523–20 W O41
Close
FLA vs LSU
2022 · Week 7 · close · similar situation & rest
-235–45 L O51.5
Close
KSU vs BAY
2021 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & situation
-2.510–20 L U50
Close
WISC vs PUR
2022 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & season form
-1.535–24 W O51.5
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 1 trend and market move behind it
Slight Washington ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.

Iowa ATS struggles (1-3)
Iowa have covered only 25% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 262-295 (47%)
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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
WASH+12.9 →+12.9–#16
IOWA+2.5 →+8.1▲ 5.6#28
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6

WASH
Longer bar = better
IOWA
#35
Offense
◀ WASH better
#82
#14
Defense
◀ WASH better
#42
+0.5 #43
Turnovers
IOWA better ▶
+0.8 #25
66 plays #77
Pace
◀ WASH faster
64 plays #94
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When WASH has the ball
Even matchup
WASH offIOWA defEdge
Points / game 25.5 #96 18.0 #26 IOWA
Yards / play 7.06 #17 5.08 #46 WASH
PPA / play +0.32 #17 +0.03 #40 WASH
Success rate 53% #8 40% #57 WASH
When IOWA has the ball
Advantage: WASH defense
IOWA offWASH defEdge
Points / game 27.0 #87 13.2 #10 WASH
Yards / play 5.70 #81 4.16 #6 WASH
PPA / play +0.11 #83 −0.08 #8 WASH
Success rate 43% #77 37% #32 WASH

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
WASH scoring against the IOWA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
WASH scored
4.0
#102
9.7
#49
13.7
#78
6.0
#77
5.8
#90
11.8
#89
IOWA allowed
1.4
#6
5.6
#40
7.0
#12
8.4
#116
2.6
#8
11.0
#54
IOWA scoring against the WASH defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
IOWA scored
3.4
#113
3.8
#129
7.2
#129
10.0
#13
9.8
#17
19.8
#11
WASH allowed
2.2
#17
6.0
#45
8.2
#28
3.3
#23
1.7
#3
5.0
#7

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
IOWA +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
70° · 8 mph
gusts 19 mph · at kickoff
Rest
WASH7d
IOWA7d
Even
Tempo
Average 129 plays
slowavg 133fast
Travel
WASH 1,556 mi
2 time zones

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