Sat, Sep 21, 2024, 7:00 PM EDTWeek 4 · at North Texas
Weather at kickoff93°F10 mphgusts 19DryWeather watch ›
0-3 · Power #114
17
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Final
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2-1 · Power #94
44
▲ winner
Closing spread
UNT -7.5
✓ UNT W
Total
55.5
▲ Over · 61 pts
Model before kickoff
WYO 25–33 UNT
✓ UNT (70%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUNT -9.5
CloseUNT -7.5
Total55.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2 pts toward Wyoming
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened UNT -9.5 · closed UNT -7.5 · moved 2 toward WYOmodel UNT -7.5 matches the line
Opened 55.5 · unchangedmodel 58
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 6.5–8.5 since 2023: won 65%, covered 54% (71 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 42% (38 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUNT -9.5
CloseUNT -7.5
Total55.5
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 7.5-point home favorite against WYO, the favorite won 6, covered 3, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: UNT won 44–17; the favorite covered, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 61 points went over 55.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 69%
Favorite covered
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 49%
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 3.2 against an average line of 7.4; 53.8 points a game (usually 53.5). Of the 2 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
BUFF vs OHIO
2021 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & total
-7.527–26 L U54.5
Close
CMU vs BGSU
2022 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & spread
-618–34 L O50.5
Close
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar spread & rest
-7.543–28 W O48.25
Close
OHIO vs AKR
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & total
-1055–34 W O59
Close
2023 · Week 11 · close · similar total & spread
-8.531–34 L O52.5
Loose
UVA vs ODU
2022 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & spread
-8.2516–14 L U52.5
Loose
2023 · Week 4 · loose · similar situation & rest
-414–22 L U54.5
Loose
2023 · Week 5 · loose · similar total & spread
-6.531–10 W U60
Loose
EMU vs OHIO
2021 · Week 11 · loose · similar rest & spread
-626–34 L U61.75
Loose
LT vs UNT
2021 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest & spread
-1024–17 L U65.25
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Wyoming ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.

Market moved toward Wyoming
2 pts (UNT -9.5 → UNT -7.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Small sample warning
Wyoming 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
WYO−4.9 →−11.1▼ 6.2#110
UNT−6.3 →−7.2▼ 0.9#94
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

WYO
Longer bar = better
UNT
#136
Offense
UNT better ▶
#58
#110
Defense
Even
#112
−1.3 #126
Turnovers
Even
−1.7 #130
62 plays #106
Pace
UNT faster ▶
72 plays #23
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When WYO has the ball
Advantage: UNT defense
WYO offUNT defEdge
Points / game 11.3 #135 41.3 #130 Even
Yards / play 3.27 #137 6.35 #116 UNT
PPA / play −0.20 #136 +0.22 #113 UNT
Success rate 26% #137 42% #90 UNT
When UNT has the ball
Advantage: UNT offense
UNT offWYO defEdge
Points / game 36.0 #34 33.0 #118 UNT
Yards / play 6.48 #40 5.97 #102 UNT
PPA / play +0.13 #78 +0.19 #101 UNT
Success rate 42% #79 46% #119 UNT

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 129 FBS teams
WYO scoring against the UNT defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
WYO scored
3.3
#105
2.3
#122
5.7
#126
0.0
#127
5.7
#82
5.7
#126
UNT allowed
10.0
#118
19.3
#129
29.3
#128
5.7
#67
6.3
#80
12.0
#72
UNT scoring against the WYO defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UNT scored
9.3
#31
4.7
#106
14.0
#75
14.0
#4
8.0
#40
22.0
#7
WYO allowed
10.3
#122
10.0
#103
20.3
#119
12.7
#127
0.0
#1
12.7
#81

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
UNT +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
93° · 10 mph
gusts 19 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
WYO7d
UNT7d
Even
Tempo
Average 134 plays
slowavg 132fast