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BYU Cougars

5-0 straight up · 5-0 ATS · 2-3 over-under · #17 of 138 in our ratings

Next gameSat Oct 17, 7:30 PMABCESPN Unlimited
vs2Notre Dame Fighting Irish
SpreadBYU +10.5
Total46.5
Moneyline+320
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Upcoming lines

Open = the line when most books posted it for this week (Sunday night). A dash means we don't have that number.

Against the spread

SplitATSCover %Real or luck?Avg vs spread
All games5-0100%Small sample+2.9
Home3-0100%Small sample+4.2
Road2-0100%Small sample+1
Favorite5-0100%Small sample+2.9
Conference3-0100%Small sample+2.8
Non-conference2-0100%Small sample+3
Last 55-0100%Small sample+2.9

5 graded games. Under 20 games, every split here is a small sample. Avg vs spread is the average margin against the closing number.

Over-under

SplitO-UOver %Real or luck?Avg vs total
All games2-340%Small sample-4.1
Home1-233%Small sample-2.8
Road1-150%Small sample-6
Conference0-30%Small sample-12.8
Non-conference2-0100%Small sample+9
Last 52-340%Small sample-4.1

Game log with closing lines

DateOpponentResultCloseATSTotalO-U
Oct 9vs Iowa StateW 24-10-11.5W +2.546.5U -12.5
Oct 3at TCUW 17-10-5.5W +1.548.5U -21.5
Sep 19at Colorado StateW 41-23-17.5W +0.554.5O +9.5
Sep 12vs ArizonaW 28-17-6.5W +4.549.5U -4.5
Sep 5vs Utah Tech TrailblazersW 63-7-50.5W +5.561.5O +8.5

Close is BYU's spread at kickoff, from ESPN's odds archive (DraftKings). ATS margin is how much they beat or missed the number by.

Season by season

SeasonSUATSCover %Real or luck?O-UOver %Avg vs spread
20265-05-0100%Small sample2-340%+2.9
202512-29-469%Small sample6-746%+6
202411-27-464%Small sample7-464%+9.9
20235-75-742%Small sample7-558%-2.2
20228-55-838%Small sample8-562%-10.6
202110-35-838%Small sample6-746%-0.4
202011-18-3-173%Small sample5-742%+9.2
20197-64-931%Small sample6-746%-2.4

Regular season and postseason, graded against the closing line. "Could be luck" means a coin flip could have done the same thing.

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