What happened in the game?
Sacramento State travels 18 miles to this game, a short road trip.
The trip crosses none of the distance or time-zone thresholds that have measured a price, so travel is not a factor here.
UC Davis won by 4 in a closely contested finish.
Sacramento State covered the spread narrowly.
The total went Under by 5.5 points.
How do Sacramento State and UC Davis compare on power ratings?
Blue Chip Analytics power ratings rate Sacramento State (-18.0) and UC Davis (-17.9) as essentially equal on a neutral field. In this range, home field, travel, rest, and weather context carry more weight than the raw rating differential. UC Davis brings a meaningful home field advantage to this matchup (Blue Chip HFA: 2.5). Add this to the neutral-site differential to arrive at a venue-adjusted line.
Blue Chip Analytics power ratings represent expected point margin against an average
FBS opponent on a neutral field, calculated from game data sourced via
CollegeFootballData.com (CFBD).
They are one input: cross-reference with the travel, rest, and weather data above
before drawing conclusions.
UC Davis won and Sacramento State covered the spread.
