Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 7:00 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Fresno State
Weather at kickoff87°F8 mphgusts 16DryWeather watch ›
4-1 · Power #68
25
▲ winner
Final
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3-2 · Power #84
17
final
Closing spread
WSU -3.5
✓ WSU W
Total
60.5
▼ Under · 42 pts
Model before kickoff
WSU 30–27 FRES
✓ WSU (60%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenWSU -3.5
CloseWSU -3.5
Total61.5 → 60.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened WSU -3.5 · unchangedmodel WSU -4
Opened 61.5 · closed 60.5 · moved 1 downmodel 57
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 2.5–4.5 since 2023: won 54%, covered 41% (82 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenWSU -3.5
CloseWSU -3.5
Total61.5 → 60.5
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 WSU as a 3.5-point road favorite at FRES, the favorite won 6, covered 5, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: WSU won 25–17; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 42 points stayed under 60.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 58%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 49%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 2.9 against an average line of 3; 59.5 points a game (usually 53.2). When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
ARK @ AUB
2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & spread
-441–27 W O60
Close
UCF @ MEM
2022 · Week 10 · close · similar total & season form
-335–28 W O60.5
Close
ORST @ CAL
2021 · Week 9 · close · similar season form & spread
-225–39 L O56.5
Close
BAY @ WVU
2022 · Week 7 · close · similar spread & situation
-340–43 L O55
Close
ORST @ WSU
2021 · Week 6 · close · similar spread & total
-424–31 L U59
Close
MRSH @ FAU
2021 · Week 10 · close · similar team ratings & spread
-1.528–13 W U57.75
Close
2023 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & situation
-4.531–21 W U55
Close
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & team ratings
-3.528–26 L U60
Close
MIA @ FSU
2021 · Week 11 · close · similar spread & team ratings
-2.528–31 L U61.25
Close
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar rest & spread
-2.2532–24 W U56.5
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
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 3 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 →+4.2▲ 1.7#53
FRES−2.4 →−1.7▲ 0.7#76
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6

WSU
Longer bar = better
FRES
#27
Offense
◀ WSU better
#88
#105
Defense
FRES better ▶
#61
+0.8 #28
Turnovers
◀ WSU better
+0.2 #58
70 plays #35
Pace
Even
70 plays #38
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When WSU has the ball
Advantage: WSU offense
WSU offFRES defEdge
Points / game 41.8 #13 28.0 #93 WSU
Yards / play 7.06 #18 5.41 #62 WSU
PPA / play +0.23 #36 +0.02 #32 Even
Success rate 46% #42 40% #56 Even
When FRES has the ball
Even matchup
FRES offWSU defEdge
Points / game 31.2 #55 32.4 #117 FRES
Yards / play 5.67 #83 6.37 #119 FRES
PPA / play +0.04 #109 +0.15 #97 Even
Success rate 40% #103 42% #86 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
WSU scoring against the FRES defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
WSU scored
10.6
#13
14.8
#4
25.4
#8
5.6
#81
9.2
#28
14.8
#50
FRES allowed
5.4
#78
4.8
#28
10.2
#52
4.0
#36
13.8
#132
17.8
#126
FRES scoring against the WSU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
FRES scored
8.0
#34
8.8
#59
16.8
#47
8.2
#30
6.2
#82
14.4
#55
WSU allowed
6.8
#97
8.0
#80
14.8
#96
8.0
#112
8.4
#112
16.4
#118

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
FRES +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
87° · 8 mph
gusts 16 mph · at kickoff
Rest
WSU14d bye
FRES14d bye
Even
Tempo
Fast 140 plays
slowavg 133fast