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CFB · Week 9 · Sat, Oct 31 · 3:30 PM ET · Fargodome

UTEP at North Dakota State. No call on the spread and no call on the total.

The call

No call on this game yet

The analyst panel has not called this game.

How to read this page

The calls come first on this page: the spread and the total, each a Pick or a Lean, then Ace, Stack and Buck one by one. The market's number, our number and the gap between them sit further down as MODEL CONTEXT: that is the input our analyst panel argued from, not a call of its own. A Pick is our strongest call and goes on the record. A Lean is which way we lean on a game and is not a pick.The meter shows how strongly the panel backs the call. It is not a probability or a hit rate.

The signals and the market

No directional signals on this game yet. The trend engine re-reads every game as lines move through the week; signals land here when they fire.

Model context

The numbers the panel argued from. Our models price a game, the panel makes the call, and the calls above are the call. Nothing in this block is a call.

Market line
North Dakota State -25.5
DraftKings
Market total
43.5
DraftKings, captured Oct 27, 4:05 AM ET

Our number on this game is for members. It is context; the panel makes the call.

Trends and splits

Descriptive context, every line with the games it counts. Filters like these did not hold up as predictors in our testing, so none of this feeds a call and none of it is a reason a pick wins. Situational splits look back 3 seasons and need at least 8 decided games to be shown at all. Records against the number and on the total join these once our closing-line history is restored; the straight-up splits are live now.

UTEP
  • won 0 of their last 5 (n=5, 2026)
  • lost 5 straight
  • 1-14 straight up on the road (n=15, 2024 to 2026)
North Dakota State
  • won 3 of their last 5 (n=5, 2026)
  • 11-0 straight up in home divisional games (n=11, 2024 to 2026)
The rest of the splits we can compute on this game
UTEP
  • won 1 of their last 10 (n=10, 2025 to 2026)
  • 1-8 straight up in road day games (n=9, 2024 to 2026)
  • 1-8 straight up on the road after a straight up loss (n=9, 2024 to 2026)
  • 1-7 straight up in road divisional games (n=8, 2024 to 2026)
  • 2-11 straight up in day games (n=13, 2024 to 2026)
  • 2-9 straight up in night divisional games (n=11, 2024 to 2026)
  • 2-8 straight up in day games after a straight up loss (n=10, 2024 to 2026)
  • 2-8 straight up in home divisional games (n=10, 2024 to 2026)
  • 4-15 straight up in divisional games (n=19, 2024 to 2026)
  • 4-14 straight up in night games (n=18, 2024 to 2026)
  • 4-13 straight up in divisional games after a straight up loss (n=17, 2024 to 2026)
  • 6-19 straight up after a straight up loss (n=25, 2024 to 2026)
  • 2-6 straight up in day divisional games (n=8, 2024 to 2026)
  • 4-11 straight up at home (n=15, 2024 to 2026)
  • 4-11 straight up at home after a straight up loss (n=15, 2024 to 2026)
  • 4-11 straight up in night games after a straight up loss (n=15, 2024 to 2026)
  • 3-8 straight up in home night games (n=11, 2024 to 2026)
North Dakota State
  • won 7 of their last 10 (n=10, 2025 to 2026)
  • 19-1 straight up at home (n=20, 2024 to 2026)
  • 17-1 straight up in home day games (n=18, 2024 to 2026)
  • 14-1 straight up in day divisional games (n=15, 2024 to 2026)
  • 25-2 straight up in day games (n=27, 2024 to 2026)
  • 8-1 straight up in road day games (n=9, 2024 to 2025)
  • 19-3 straight up in divisional games (n=22, 2024 to 2026)
  • 12-4 straight up on the road (n=16, 2024 to 2026)
  • 8-3 straight up in road divisional games (n=11, 2024 to 2026)
  • 7-3 straight up in night games (n=10, 2024 to 2026)

Forecast at the venue

Indoor (roof). · wind 0 mph

The ratings underneath, and where the numbers come from

The two numbers underneath

TeamEL ratingConference
UTEP -18.564 Mountain West
North Dakota State 0.783 Mountain West

Our number includes about 2.5 points of home field. Full board: the power ratings.

Where the numbers come from. Schedules and finals come from the league data we load each night. Lines are the latest capture at DraftKings, FanDuel or BetMGM, with the book named beside every number. Every Pick locks when it posts and grades at that number on the public record. Our number is context; the panel makes the call. Research, never a guarantee. 21+.