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Sat, Sep 12 ยท 7:15 PM ET

Western Illinois at Wisconsin

Wisconsin favored by 38.5 ยท total 48.5

Western IllinoisLeathernecks

Away ยท OVC

+38.5

-115

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WisconsinBadgers

Home ยท Big Ten

-38.5

-105

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SpreadWestern Illinois +38.5-115
SpreadWisconsin -38.5-105
TotalOver 48.5-112
TotalUnder 48.5-108

Returning production

Western IllinoisWisconsin
Overallโ€”31%
Passingโ€”-500%*
Rushingโ€”32%
Receivingโ€”34%

* Outside 0โ€“100% on purpose โ€” production is PPA-weighted, so a departing player who cost his team yards pushes the share above 100 and a returning group with negative combined output shows below zero.

The read

  • A total of 48.5 sits on the low side of real college football scores (the median FBS game lands on 54). That places the number; it does not predict the result โ€” overs land almost exactly 50% against closing totals.

Team profile

Western IllinoispercentileWisconsin

With the ball

โ€”Efficiency (PPA)3
โ€”Success rate4
โ€”Explosiveness45
โ€”Points per trip1

Without it

โ€”Efficiency allowed35
โ€”Success rate allowed18
โ€”Havoc12
โ€”Stuff rate82

Last three seasons

Wisconsin

8-13 ATS ยท 6-15 SU

6-15 O/U ยท 4-8 home

A record, not a signal โ€” we measured team-level situational splits at 50% against the spread. Useful for knowing a team, not for picking one.

How games at these numbers have gone

  • Spread 38.5 โ€” the 35+ point band. In 449 archived games at this number, the favorite covered 48.1% of the time โ€” a coin flip once the 95% range (43.5โ€“52.7%) is taken into account.
  • Total 48.5 โ€” this game's spread sits in the 28+ point band. In 715 archived games with a spread this size, the over hit 54.5% of the time (95% range 50.9โ€“58.2%), against a 52.38% break-even rate at โˆ’110.

Measured on our archive of FBS games with a closing line and a final score. Context, not a pick โ€” see every band.

Total48.5O -112 ยท U -108

Line movement

The number hasn't moved. The spread has held at -38.5 and the total at 48.5 across 7 checks between Sep 9. Most college lines sit still until news moves them โ€” 83% of the games we track haven't budged โ€” so a still number is the normal state, not missing data.

"From" is the first price we recorded, not necessarily the market open โ€” DraftKings publishes no opening number, so we only claim what we saw.

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