Sat, Sep 12 · 12:00 PM ET
Penn State at Temple
Penn State favored by 24.5 · total 49.5
Game has kicked off — lines shown are the pre-kickoff close.
Penn StateNittany Lions
Away · Big Ten
-24.5
-3200
ML
TempleOwls
Home · American Athletic
+24.5
+1400
ML
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Returning production
| Penn State | Temple | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8% | 37% |
| Passing | 3% | 0% |
| Rushing | -2%* | 23% |
| Receiving | 15% | 69% |
* Outside 0–100% on purpose — 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
- The spread has moved from 23.5 to 24.5 since it opened, toward the away side. It crossed 24, changing the result in 1.3% of historical games.
- A total of 49.5 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 — overs land almost exactly 50% against closing totals.
- SP+ and the market differ by 9.9 points — SP+ rates the home side higher. Worth knowing, but not a signal: we backtested betting that disagreement and it went 49.8% against the spread, versus the 52.4% needed to break even.
Team profile
With the ball
Without it
Last three seasons
Penn State
13-15 ATS · 19-9 SU
15-13 O/U · 5-5 away
Temple
12-11 ATS · 7-16 SU
13-9-1 O/U · 7-4 home
A record, not a signal — 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 24.5 — the 21-28 point band. In 805 archived games at this number, the favorite covered 48.3% of the time — a coin flip once the 95% range (44.9–51.8%) is taken into account.
- Total 49.5 — this game's spread sits in the 21-28 point band. In 688 archived games with a spread this size, the over hit 50.4% of the time — a coin flip once the 95% range (46.7–54.2%) is taken into account.
Measured on our archive of FBS games with a closing line and a final score. Context, not a pick — see every band.
SP+ team strength · 2026
SP+ implies Temple +14.6 versus the market's +24.5 — a 9.9-point disagreement.
Context, not a pick — tap the for what these numbers mean and what we measured.
Line movement
Spread (home)
23.5 → 24.5+1.0
Total
49.5 → 49.5unmoved
"From" is the first price we recorded, not necessarily the market open — DraftKings publishes no opening number, so we only claim what we saw.
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