Fri, Sep 22, 2023, 7:00 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Purdue · Conference game
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2-1 · Power #42
38
▲ winner
Final
@
1-2 · Power #66
17
final
Closing spread
WIS -6
✓ WIS W
Total
53.5
▲ Over · 55 pts
Model before kickoff
WIS 31–25 PUR
✓ WIS (67%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseWIS -6
Total53.5
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Spread
Opening line not available
Total
 
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseWIS -6
Total53.5
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Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 10 games most like WIS as a 6-point road favorite at PUR, the favorite won 7, covered 4, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: WIS won 38–17; the favorite covered, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 55 points went over 53.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 64%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 47%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 11.5 against an average line of 6.4; 58.9 points a game (usually 54.3). When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
FSU @ MIA
2022 · Week 10 · very close · similar total & spread
-6.545–3 W U54
Very close
WISC @ MSU
2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar spread & season form
-728–34 L O49.5
Very close
WASH @ CAL
2022 · Week 8 · very close · similar total & rest
-7.528–21 L U54.5
Very close
ORST @ ASU
2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar total & rest
-7.531–7 W U53.5
Very close
TOL @ CMU
2021 · Week 7 · very close · similar total & spread
-523–26 L U53
Very close
TEX @ KSU
2020 · Week 14 · very close · similar total & spread
-769–31 W O53.5
Very close
KSU @ WVU
2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar total & rest
-848–31 W O54.5
Very close
ISU @ WVU
2021 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & spread
-7.531–38 L O49
Very close
ORST @ STAN
2022 · Week 6 · very close · similar total & rest
-4.528–27 L O53.25
Very close
BYU @ WSU
2021 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & total
-3.521–19 L U56.5
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2020 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
Wisconsin 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 136 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
WIS+6.6 →+10.5▲ 3.9#21
PUR−4.2 →+0.8▲ 5.0#60
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

WIS
Longer bar = better
PUR
#54
Offense
◀ WIS better
#85
#59
Defense
◀ WIS better
#89
+0.3 #50
Turnovers
◀ WIS better
0.0 #68
70 plays #46
Pace
PUR faster ▶
73 plays #25
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When WIS has the ball
Advantage: WIS offense
WIS offPUR defEdge
Points / game 31.7 #57 30.3 #108 WIS
Yards / play 6.33 #38 5.69 #88 WIS
PPA / play +0.13 #76 +0.11 #85 Even
Success rate 47% #44 40% #75 WIS
When PUR has the ball
Advantage: WIS defense
PUR offWIS defEdge
Points / game 26.3 #82 20.7 #58 WIS
Yards / play 5.47 #88 5.04 #56 WIS
PPA / play +0.07 #94 −0.02 #41 WIS
Success rate 42% #75 41% #81 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 130 FBS teams
WIS scoring against the PUR defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
WIS scored
3.3
#99
6.7
#98
10.0
#109
16.0
#2
5.7
#79
21.7
#10
PUR allowed
4.7
#69
13.7
#123
18.3
#112
2.7
#38
9.3
#107
12.0
#78
PUR scoring against the WIS defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
PUR scored
4.7
#78
10.3
#52
15.0
#67
4.7
#92
6.7
#68
11.3
#86
WIS allowed
4.7
#69
9.0
#90
13.7
#89
2.3
#19
4.7
#42
7.0
#25

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
PUR +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
78° · 6 mph
gusts 15 mph · at kickoff
Rest
WIS6d
PUR6d
Even
Tempo
Fast 142 plays
slowavg 134fast

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