Sat, Sep 13, 2025, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 3 · at North Texas
Weather at kickoff92°F10 mphgusts 22DryWeather watch ›
2-0 · Power #60
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2-0 · Power #38
59
▲ winner
Closing spread
UNT -6.5
✓ UNT W
Total
58.5
▲ Over · 69 pts
Model before kickoff
WSU 26–33 UNT
✓ UNT (67%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUNT -5.5
CloseUNT -6.5
Total58.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward North Texas
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened UNT -5.5 · closed UNT -6.5 · moved 1 toward UNTmodel UNT -5
Opened 58.5 · unchangedmodel 59
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 5.5–7.5 since 2023: won 71%, covered 57% (160 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 52% (153 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUNT -5.5
CloseUNT -6.5
Total58.5
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 UNT as a 6.5-point home favorite against WSU, the favorite won 6, covered 4, and 2 went over the total.

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This game: UNT won 59–10; the favorite covered, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 69 points went over 58.5, as in 2 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 68%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
2 of 1020%
Normal range · usually 50%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 0.3 against an average line of 5.3; 45.7 points a game (usually 53.1). Of the 1 over, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 4 · very close · similar spread & season form
-6.517–30 L U62.5
Close
2024 · Week 15 · close · similar rest & total
-53–31 L U57.5
Close
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar spread & rest
-5.541–44 L O55.5
Close
TULN vs MEM
2022 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & spread
-738–28 W O55.5
Close
2024 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & season form
-3.517–15 L U57.5
Close
2024 · Week 15 · close · similar rest & total
-421–7 W U57.5
Close
2023 · Week 2 · close · similar rest & situation
-3.510–17 L U61.5
Close
MD vs MSU
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & total
-7.527–13 W U58.5
Close
MISS vs UK
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread
-6.522–19 L U55
Close
2023 · Week 2 · close · similar situation & rest
-3.534–23 W U57.5
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2022 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−2.0 →−1.8▲ 0.2#76
UNT−6.2 →−0.5▲ 5.7#71
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

WSU
Longer bar = better
UNT
#98
Offense
UNT better ▶
#41
#39
Defense
Even
#28
+0.5 #61
Turnovers
Even
+0.5 #59
66 plays #74
Pace
UNT faster ▶
69 plays #45
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When WSU has the ball
Advantage: UNT defense
WSU offUNT defEdge
Points / game 24.5 #89 15.0 #48 UNT
Yards / play 4.60 #119 3.38 #6 UNT
PPA / play +0.09 #92 −0.11 #20 UNT
Success rate 41% #90 34% #38 UNT
When UNT has the ball
Even matchup
UNT offWSU defEdge
Points / game 42.0 #31 11.5 #34 Even
Yards / play 6.29 #53 3.49 #8 WSU
PPA / play +0.35 #25 −0.12 #19 Even
Success rate 46% #55 42% #95 UNT

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 42 FBS teams
WSU scoring against the UNT defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
WSU scored
3.5
9.5
13.0
6.5
5.0
11.5
UNT allowed
0.0
8.5
8.5
3.5
1.5
5.0
UNT scoring against the WSU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UNT scored
6.5
15.5
22.0
12.0
5.0
17.0
WSU allowed
3.5
0.0
3.5
3.0
5.0
8.0

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
UNT +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
92° · 10 mph
gusts 22 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
WSU7d
UNT7d
Even
Tempo
Average 135 plays
slowavg 133fast
Travel
WSU 1,405 mi
2 time zones