A wide disagreement of 5.3 points.
Across five seasons, cards this far from the market claimed 62% accuracy and delivered 48%. Atlas commonly struggles this far out.
How much weight this card's information deserves — not a recommendation.
Why
what the model is reading-
Defense, in points
USU +17.2 pts
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Offense, in points
CSU +8.5 pts
- Pace and possessions 107 plays · 38th percentile
Be careful about
- One book is quoting this game, so the market number has no depth behind it and may move sharply.
Projection built Oct 29, 2026 4:14 AM ETMarket updated Oct 29, 2026 4:14 AM ETData status
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Market detail where the line opened, where it is now, and the prices
| Spread | Open | Current | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah State | −3.5 | −6.5 | +3.0 |
| Colorado St | +3.5 | +6.5 | −3.0 |
| Price | −110 | −112 | — |
The spread has moved 3.0 toward Utah State and the total has moved 1.0 down since the open.
| Total | Open | Current | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game total | 64.5 | 63.5 | −1.0 |
| Price (over) | −110 | −108 | — |
DraftKings · 1 book quoting
Projection detail the projected score, the chance of winning, the total's range and the most likely exact score
Atlas difference
| Measure | Atlas model | Market | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spread | USU −11.8 | USU −6.5 | +5.3 |
| Total | 59.0 | 63.5 | −4.5 |
| Utah State win probability | 77.6% | 68.1% | +9.5 pts |
Matchup how each offense compares with the defense it faces, season to date, ranked among 138 FBS teams
Season to date through 24 October: Colorado St 7 games, Utah State 7 games. Ranks are among 138 FBS teams, 1st the best; the crest marks which side ranks better on each line.
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Other models what FPI, SP+ and Elo say about this game, beside Atlas and the market
| Model | Margin | Win | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| FPI (ESPN) | USU by 6.3 | 68% | Oct 28 |
| SP+ | USU by 1.7 | — | Oct 29 |
| Elo | USU by 10.6 | — | Oct 29 |
| Atlas | USU by 11.8 | 78% | live |
| Market | USU by 6.5 | — | live |
Each model's number for this game as its source published it before kickoff; Win is the favored side's chance to win, where the model gives one. FPI's margin and chance are ESPN's own. SP+ is the difference in the two teams' ratings, plus 2.5 for a home side; Elo is the difference in ratings at 24 points a point, plus 2.6 for a home side, as Atlas measured it on past seasons. None of these is an input to Atlas's number, and none is here to settle anything: they show where Atlas sits among other models.
How this grade was computed the four things that set the letter, out of a hundred
Low-reliability card
Atlas sits 5.3 points from the market. Cards in the 4-6 band claimed 62% accuracy and delivered 48% — read the drivers and the market context, and treat the projection as weak.
Atlas sits 5.3 points from the market. The calibration curve, fitted to every completed season out of sample, expects cards at that distance to fall 15.0% short of what they claim — which is where the calibration component above comes from.
The total has moved 3.0 points since it opened. Cards on a market that has moved have calibrated worse in five of six seasons.
The grade describes how much weight the information deserves. It says nothing about which side of a market anyone should take, and Atlas does not publish that. How grades are computed.
All drivers all 4 things the model is reading, and how each team ranks against the rest of the country
Atlas rates Utah State's defense at +4.2 points a game against FBS average and Colorado St's at -13.1, opponent-adjusted, after 6 games this season.
Atlas rates Colorado St's offense at +3.1 points a game against FBS average and Utah State's at -5.4, opponent-adjusted, after 6 games this season.
A combined 107 plays per game — the 38th percentile of this season's games. Few possessions, which pulls the projected total down.
Playing at home is worth 2.6 points in this season's model, fitted, not assumed.
Market movement how far the market has moved since the number opened, and which way
Total, open to current
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Opening number | 64.5 |
| Current number | 63.5 |
| Market direction | down 1.0 |
| Atlas direction | down |
Atlas and the market have moved the same way on this total.
Two findings that are not in conflict
Atlas has measured disagreement twice, against two different reference points, and they say different things.
| Measured against | What it predicts |
|---|---|
| The closing number | the model's own failure — so a large difference lowers the grade |
| The opening number | which way the line moves — tracked publicly, not graded |
A model far from the close is wrong; a model far from the open is early. The second finding is tracked in the open closing-line record and is deliberately kept out of the grade.
Reliability record what Atlas claimed and what it delivered, across the seasons it never saw while being built
Calibration by disagreement band
Two series, labeled directly. The widening gap is why Atlas grades large disagreements down.
This band, five seasons
| Measure | This band | All cards |
|---|---|---|
| Realized accuracy | 48.3% | 49.2% |
| Claimed accuracy | 61.9% | 58.0% |
| Calibration gap | −13.5 pts | −8.8 pts |
| Seasons above 50% | 1 of 5 | — |
| Games measured | 634 | 3,864 |