Sat, Sep 28, 2024, 10:00 PM EDTWeek 5 · at Boise State
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
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Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenBOIS -7
0.5 → WSU
CloseBOIS -6.5
0.5 pts toward Washington State
Total
Open64.5
▲ 1
Close65.5
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
model BOIS -5.5
Opened 64.5 · closed 65.5 · moved 1 upmodel 66.5
model 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
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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
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
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close | 2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & total |
-7.5 | 10–17 | L | U65.75 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-7 | 34–17 | W | U63 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread & rest |
-6 | 21–31 | L | U67.5 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & rest |
-7 | 55–28 | W | O61.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 4 · close · similar spread & total |
-6.5 | 17–30 | L | U62.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread |
-6 | 38–28 | W | O64.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & spread |
-7.5 | 38–29 | W | O61.25 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & total |
-7.5 | 59–39 | W | O66.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & situation |
-3.5 | 34–32 | L | O64.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & spread |
-5.5 | 41–3 | 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.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 47 earlier overs in games with totals 61.5–69.5, 21% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-5 50% | 5-3 63% | 5-3 63% | |
| 7-3 70% | 6-3 67% | 6-3 67% |
Recent meetings
The series
WSU 5–2 BOIS
WSU leads · 7 games since 1997 · BOIS has won the last meeting
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
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
Longer bar = better
#21
Offense
Even#9
#89
Defense
Even#96
+1.0 #20
Turnovers
◀ WSU better+0.3 #57
69 plays #46
Pace
Even68 plays #48
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| WSU off | BOIS def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| BOIS off | WSU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11.5 #15 | 17.8 #1 | 29.3 #3 | 7.0 #61 | 8.0 #47 | 15.0 #49 | |
4.7 #70 | 7.7 #79 | 12.3 #76 | 9.0 #118 | 10.7 #125 | 19.7 #131 |
BOIS scoring against the WSU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8.0 #40 | 17.3 #4 | 25.3 #10 | 7.3 #58 | 16.0 #1 | 23.3 #3 | |
6.8 #96 | 7.5 #73 | 14.3 #91 | 8.3 #114 | 5.3 #59 | 13.5 #90 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
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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