Sat, Sep 28, 2024, 10:00 PM EDTWeek 5 · at Boise State
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4-0 · Power #68
24
final
Final
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2-1 · Power #29
45
▲ winner
Closing spread
BOIS -6.5
✓ BOIS W
Total
65.5
▲ Over · 69 pts
Model before kickoff
WSU 30–36 BOIS
✓ BOIS (67%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenBOIS -7
CloseBOIS -6.5
Total64.5 → 65.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
0.5 pts toward Washington State
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened BOIS -7 · closed BOIS -6.5 · moved 0.5 toward WSUmodel BOIS -5.5
Opened 64.5 · closed 65.5 · moved 1 upmodel 66.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 5.5–7.5 since 2023: won 66%, covered 56% (92 games)ⓘ
Moved off 7Too few earlier games to rateⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenBOIS -7
CloseBOIS -6.5
Total64.5 → 65.5
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 BOIS as a 6.5-point home favorite against WSU, the favorite won 7, covered 6, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: BOIS won 45–24; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 69 points went over 65.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 66%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
5 of 1050%
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 9.3 against an average line of 6.4; 60.1 points a game (usually 53.5). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
TEX vs TCU
2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & total
-7.510–17 L U65.75
Very close
2023 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & spread
-734–17 W U63
Very close
FSU vs WAKE
2022 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread & rest
-621–31 L U67.5
Very close
SMU vs UCF
2021 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & rest
-755–28 W O61.5
Close
2023 · Week 4 · close · similar spread & total
-6.517–30 L U62.5
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread
-638–28 W O64.5
Close
ORE vs ORST
2021 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & spread
-7.538–29 W O61.25
Close
UNC vs UVA
2021 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & total
-7.559–39 W O66.5
Close
FRES vs NEV
2021 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & situation
-3.534–32 L O64.5
Close
2023 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & spread
-5.541–3 W U60
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
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
Washington State have 2 games 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
WSU+2.5 →+5.1▲ 2.6#40
BOIS+2.2 →+7.1▲ 4.9#31
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW4

WSU
Longer bar = better
BOIS
#21
Offense
Even
#9
#89
Defense
Even
#96
+1.0 #20
Turnovers
◀ WSU better
+0.3 #57
69 plays #46
Pace
Even
68 plays #48
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When WSU has the ball
Advantage: WSU offense
WSU offBOIS defEdge
Points / game 46.3 #9 32.0 #114 WSU
Yards / play 7.49 #12 5.45 #72 WSU
PPA / play +0.30 #21 +0.18 #102 WSU
Success rate 46% #41 42% #94 WSU
When BOIS has the ball
Advantage: BOIS offense
BOIS offWSU defEdge
Points / game 48.7 #5 29.3 #101 BOIS
Yards / play 7.95 #4 6.05 #103 BOIS
PPA / play +0.40 #9 +0.09 #72 BOIS
Success rate 50% #18 41% #78 BOIS

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
WSU scoring against the BOIS defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
WSU scored
11.5
#15
17.8
#1
29.3
#3
7.0
#61
8.0
#47
15.0
#49
BOIS allowed
4.7
#70
7.7
#79
12.3
#76
9.0
#118
10.7
#125
19.7
#131
BOIS scoring against the WSU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
BOIS scored
8.0
#40
17.3
#4
25.3
#10
7.3
#58
16.0
#1
23.3
#3
WSU allowed
6.8
#96
7.5
#73
14.3
#91
8.3
#114
5.3
#59
13.5
#90

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
BOIS +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
75° · 5 mph
gusts 8 mph · at kickoff
Rest
WSU8d
BOIS7d
WSU +1 day
Tempo
Average 137 plays
slowavg 133fast

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