Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Iowa · Conference game
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.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenIOWA -2.5
no move
CloseIOWA -2.5
No change since the open
Total
Open40.5
▲ 1
Close41.5
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened IOWA -2.5 · unchangedmodel WASH -1
model WASH -1
Opened 40.5 · closed 41.5 · moved 1 upmodel 42.5
model 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
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close | 2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-3 | 16–23 | L | O37 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-3.5 | 26–13 | W | U42.5 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 8 · very close · similar situation & rest |
-5.5 | 45–17 | W | O43 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 12 · very close · similar season form & rest |
-1 | 31–38 | L | O46.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 2 · close · similar spread & rest |
-2.5 | 20–26 | L | O37.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & rest |
-1.25 | 21–18 | W | U45 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 6 · close · similar spread & rest |
-2.5 | 23–20 | W | O41 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 7 · close · similar situation & rest |
-2 | 35–45 | L | O51.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & situation |
-2.5 | 10–20 | L | U50 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & season form |
-1.5 | 35–24 | 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%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 114 earlier overs in games with totals 37.5–45.5, 32% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7-3 70% | 4-4 50% | 2-5-1 29% | |
| 6-4 60% | 1-6 14% | 3-4 43% |
Recent meetings
The series
WASH 3–5 IOWA
IOWA leads · 8 games since 1937 · IOWA has won the last 3 meetings
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
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
Longer bar = better
#35
Offense
◀ WASH better#82
#14
Defense
◀ WASH better#42
+0.5 #43
Turnovers
IOWA better ▶+0.8 #25
66 plays #77
Pace
◀ WASH faster64 plays #94
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| WASH off | IOWA def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| IOWA off | WASH def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.0 #102 | 9.7 #49 | 13.7 #78 | 6.0 #77 | 5.8 #90 | 11.8 #89 | |
1.4 #6 | 5.6 #40 | 7.0 #12 | 8.4 #116 | 2.6 #8 | 11.0 #54 |
IOWA scoring against the WASH defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.4 #113 | 3.8 #129 | 7.2 #129 | 10.0 #13 | 9.8 #17 | 19.8 #11 | |
2.2 #17 | 6.0 #45 | 8.2 #28 | 3.3 #23 | 1.7 #3 | 5.0 #7 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
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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