Wed, Oct 14 · 8:05 PM ET
Western Kentucky at Sam Houston
Western Kentucky favored by 1.5 · total 53.5
Game has kicked off — lines shown are the pre-kickoff close.
Western KentuckyHilltoppers
Away · Conference USA
-1.5
-112
ML
Sam HoustonBearkats
Home · Conference USA
+1.5
-108
ML
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Returning production
| Western Kentucky | Sam Houston | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 84% | 58% |
| Passing | 95% | -31%* |
| Rushing | 55% | -3%* |
| Receiving | 85% | 57% |
* 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
- A total of 53.5 sits right around the middle 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 8.6 points — the market 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
Western Kentucky
15-9 ATS · 15-9 SU
10-14 O/U · 7-5 away
Sam Houston
10-14 ATS · 12-12 SU
11-13 O/U · 3-2 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 1.5 — the 0-3 point band. In 982 archived games at this number, the favorite covered 48.7% of the time — a coin flip once the 95% range (45.6–51.8%) is taken into account.
- Total 53.5 — this game's spread sits in the 0-7 point band. In 2,739 archived games with a spread this size, the over hit 49.0% of the time — a coin flip once the 95% range (47.2–50.9%) 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 Sam Houston +10.1 versus the market's +1.5 — a 8.6-point disagreement.
Context, not a pick — tap the for what these numbers mean and what we measured.
Line movement
Spread (home)
1.5 → 1.5unmoved
Total
51.5 → 53.5+2.0
"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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