Baylor and ISU are about as close as you can get to identical teams in CFB.
Was looking over the analytics of each team so far this season and they are damn near identical. Each team has played two bad teams at home and then traveled to a raucous environment to face a solid team. Now, only difference there is that ISU won and Baylor lost in OT.
The line reflects that ISU favored by 2.5 given the home field. On a neutral site, game would be a pick'em.
In addition to the on field similarities, coaching and recent program accession is also very close to the same. Two younger, awesome coaches who are building great programs. ALSO, Baylor and ISU have the exact same jersey designs (obviously color scheme is different but still). Lol.
Fun to examine all these things and how much in common the two squads have - going to be a great game Saturday.