Sat, Nov 23, 2024, 3:30 PM ESTWeek 13 · at Nebraska · Conference game
Weather at kickoff54°F8 mphgusts 17DryWeather watch ›
5-5 · Power #47
25
final
Final
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5-5 · Power #41
44
▲ winner
Closing spread
NEB -1.5
✓ NEB W
Total
40.5
▲ Over · 69 pts
Model before kickoff
WIS 20–21 NEB
✓ NEB (54%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenNEB -2
CloseNEB -1.5
Total42.5 → 40.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
0.5 pts toward Wisconsin
Total
Down 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened NEB -2 · closed NEB -1.5 · moved 0.5 toward WISmodel Pick’em
Opened 42.5 · closed 40.5 · moved 2 downmodel 40.5 matches the line
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 0.5–2.5 since 2023: won 50%, covered 47% (123 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenNEB -2
CloseNEB -1.5
Total42.5 → 40.5
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 NEB as a 1.5-point home favorite against WIS, the favorite won 6, covered 6, and 6 went over the total.

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This game: NEB won 44–25; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 69 points went over 40.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 56%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 49%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 0.1 against an average line of 2.4; 45.9 points a game (usually 53.3). Of the 5 overs, 2 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 10 · very close · similar total & rest
-2.542–10 W O40.5
Very close
2023 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & situation
-2.528–35 L O41
Very close
2024 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & spread
-210–24 L U43.5
Very close
2023 · Week 6 · very close · similar rest & spread
-2.520–14 W U38.5
Very close
UK vs LOU
2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & season form
-3.526–13 W U42.5
Very close
2023 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & situation
-2.510–48 L O47
Very close
AUB vs TA&M
2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & spread
-1.513–10 W U48.5
Very close
NEB vs IOWA
2021 · Week 13 · very close · similar situation & rest
-1.2521–28 L O41
Very close
2024 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & total
-3.524–17 W O39
Very close
2023 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & spread
-235–31 W O43.5
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
Slight Under trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Total moved down 2
42.5 → 40.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
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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
WIS+5.7 →+6.9▲ 1.2#38
NEB+2.3 →+4.6▲ 2.3#49
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW12

WIS
Longer bar = better
NEB
#91
Offense
Even
#89
#58
Defense
Even
#55
−0.5 #108
Turnovers
NEB better ▶
0.0 #68
68 plays #60
Pace
Even
67 plays #68
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When WIS has the ball
Advantage: NEB defense
WIS offNEB defEdge
Points / game 23.9 #100 20.0 #25 NEB
Yards / play 5.37 #101 5.30 #49 NEB
PPA / play +0.08 #98 +0.13 #85 Even
Success rate 44% #65 41% #62 Even
When NEB has the ball
Advantage: WIS defense
NEB offWIS defEdge
Points / game 23.2 #103 20.9 #34 WIS
Yards / play 5.23 #112 5.33 #53 WIS
PPA / play +0.14 #68 +0.14 #88 Even
Success rate 43% #71 41% #56 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
WIS scoring against the NEB defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
WIS scored
5.8
#66
6.5
#107
12.3
#91
6.1
#66
5.5
#109
11.6
#96
NEB allowed
4.1
#45
4.8
#14
8.9
#20
4.8
#47
5.6
#45
10.4
#37
NEB scoring against the WIS defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
NEB scored
5.2
#83
9.2
#50
14.4
#64
3.6
#121
5.2
#115
8.8
#122
WIS allowed
2.0
#6
5.4
#24
7.4
#7
6.2
#86
7.3
#85
13.5
#89

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
NEB +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
54° · 8 mph
gusts 17 mph · at kickoff
Rest
WIS7d
NEB7d
Even
Tempo
Average 135 plays
slowavg 134fast

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