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Kansas -39Before any Factor adjustments This is the matchup estimate implied by the OV Ratings before any game-specific Factors. Why doesn’t OnVarsity adjust it automatically?Kansas -38.51-book consensus · updated Aug 26Comparable games put Kansas's chance of winning by at least 28 at about 81%. Historically, the market shaded about 1.2 points toward Kansas (average-estimate range 0.3–2.3), but actual results were too noisy to treat that as a dependable OV Line adjustment.
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Isaiah Marshall is expected to start at quarterback for Kansas with only 3 career passing attempts. After ordinary lopsided game flow is accounted for, markets in 22 comparable FBS-FCS openers averaged about 0.8 points more toward the FBS favorite, but the estimate is highly uncertain (from 3.3 points away to 4.0 points toward).
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Kansas -39Before any Factor adjustments This is the matchup estimate implied by the OV Ratings before any game-specific Factors. Why doesn’t OnVarsity adjust it automatically?Kansas -40.5Based on 2 booksIsaiah Marshall is expected to start at quarterback for Kansas with only 3 career passing attempts. After ordinary lopsided game flow is accounted for, markets in 22 comparable FBS-FCS openers averaged about 0.8 points more toward the FBS favorite, but the estimate is highly uncertain (from 3.3 points away to 4.0 points toward).
See the full studyComparable games put Kansas's chance of winning by at least 28 at about 81%. Historically, the market shaded about 1.2 points toward Kansas (average-estimate range 0.3–2.3), but actual results were too noisy to treat that as a dependable OV Line adjustment.
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