Sat, Sep 13, 2025, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 3 · at North Texas
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.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenUNT -5.5
1 → UNT
CloseUNT -6.5
1 pt toward North Texas
Total
Open58.5
no move
Close58.5
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
model UNT -5
Opened 58.5 · unchangedmodel 59
model 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
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close |
2023 · Week 4 · very close · similar spread & season form |
-6.5 | 17–30 | L | U62.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 15 · close · similar rest & total |
-5 | 3–31 | L | U57.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar spread & rest |
-5.5 | 41–44 | L | O55.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & spread |
-7 | 38–28 | W | O55.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & season form |
-3.5 | 17–15 | L | U57.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 15 · close · similar rest & total |
-4 | 21–7 | W | U57.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 2 · close · similar rest & situation |
-3.5 | 10–17 | L | U61.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & total |
-7.5 | 27–13 | W | U58.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread |
-6.5 | 22–19 | L | U55 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 2 · close · similar situation & rest |
-3.5 | 34–23 | 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.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 323 earlier overs in games with totals 54.5–62.5, 33% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6-4 60% | 5-5 50% | 5-5 50% | |
| 4-6 40% | 3-7 30% | 5-5 50% |
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
Longer bar = better
#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
| WSU off | UNT def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| UNT off | WSU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.5 | 9.5 | 13.0 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 11.5 | |
0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 5.0 |
UNT scoring against the WSU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.5 | 15.5 | 22.0 | 12.0 | 5.0 | 17.0 | |
3.5 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
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
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