Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 7:00 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Fresno State
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.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenWSU -3.5
no move
CloseWSU -3.5
No change since the open
Total
Open61.5
▼ 1
Close60.5
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened WSU -3.5 · unchangedmodel WSU -4
model WSU -4
Opened 61.5 · closed 60.5 · moved 1 downmodel 57
model 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
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close | 2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-4 | 41–27 | W | O60 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 10 · close · similar total & season form |
-3 | 35–28 | W | O60.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 9 · close · similar season form & spread |
-2 | 25–39 | L | O56.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 7 · close · similar spread & situation |
-3 | 40–43 | L | O55 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 6 · close · similar spread & total |
-4 | 24–31 | L | U59 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 10 · close · similar team ratings & spread |
-1.5 | 28–13 | W | U57.75 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & situation |
-4.5 | 31–21 | W | U55 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & team ratings |
-3.5 | 28–26 | L | U60 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 11 · close · similar spread & team ratings |
-2.5 | 28–31 | L | U61.25 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar rest & spread |
-2.25 | 32–24 | 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.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 31 in the 4th quarter and got 12. 45% of games with totals 56.5–64.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-5 50% | 4-4 50% | 5-3 63% | |
| 5-5 50% | 4-5 44% | 5-4 56% |
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
Longer bar = better
#27
Offense
◀ WSU better#88
#105
Defense
FRES better ▶#61
+0.8 #28
Turnovers
◀ WSU better+0.2 #58
70 plays #35
Pace
Even70 plays #38
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| WSU off | FRES def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| FRES off | WSU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10.6 #13 | 14.8 #4 | 25.4 #8 | 5.6 #81 | 9.2 #28 | 14.8 #50 | |
5.4 #78 | 4.8 #28 | 10.2 #52 | 4.0 #36 | 13.8 #132 | 17.8 #126 |
FRES scoring against the WSU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8.0 #34 | 8.8 #59 | 16.8 #47 | 8.2 #30 | 6.2 #82 | 14.4 #55 | |
6.8 #97 | 8.0 #80 | 14.8 #96 | 8.0 #112 | 8.4 #112 | 16.4 #118 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
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
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