Sat, Nov 8, 2025, 6:00 PM ESTWeek 11 · at San José State · Conference game
Closing spread
SJSU -6.5
✓ AFA W
Total
68.5
▼ Under · 42 pts
Model before kickoff
AFA 29–36 SJSU
✗ SJSU (68%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenSJSU -3.5
CloseSJSU -6.5
Total65.5 → 68.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenSJSU -3.5
3 → SJSU
CloseSJSU -6.5
3 pts toward San José State
Total
Open65.5
▲ 3
Close68.5
Up 3 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened SJSU -3.5 · closed SJSU -6.5 · moved 3 toward SJSUmodel SJSU -6
model SJSU -6
Opened 65.5 · closed 68.5 · moved 3 upmodel 65
model 65
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Line context
Home favorites of 5.5–7.5 since 2023: won 70%, covered 56% (219 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 52% (219 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenSJSU -3.5
CloseSJSU -6.5
Total65.5 → 68.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Similar games
The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out
In the 10 games most like
SJSU as a 6.5-point home favorite against AFA, the favorite won 7, covered 3, and 3 went over the total.
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This game: AFA won 26–16 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 42 points stayed under 68.5, as in 7 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 68%
Favorite covered
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 51%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 1.4 against an average line of 6.6; 60.4 points a game (usually 53.3). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close |
2023 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & total |
-9 | 41–20 | W | U67 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 13 · close · similar situation & total |
-4 | 38–35 | L | O66.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & season form |
-3.5 | 10–39 | L | U64.25 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 10 · close · similar situation & spread |
-7 | 20–27 | L | U61.75 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & spread |
-5.5 | 47–45 | L | O62.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & situation |
-10.5 | 55–27 | W | O63 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & season form |
-10 | 31–27 | L | U73 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 11 · close · similar situation & season form |
-6.5 | 26–10 | W | U62.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & season form |
-2.5 | 14–42 | L | U62.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 11 · close · similar situation & rest |
-7.5 | 27–23 | L | U69.5 |
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2022 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found
Signals
The data signal, and 2 trends and market moves behind it
Slight San José State ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Over trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.
Market moved toward San José State
3 pts (SJSU -3.5 → SJSU -6.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved up 3
65.5 → 68.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 47 in the 4th quarter and got 20. 45% of games with totals 64.5–72.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4-6 40% | 5-5 50% | 7-3 70% | |
| 4-6 40% | 5-5 50% | 7-3 70% |
Recent meetings
Last 2 since 2023
AFA 6–3 SJSU
AFA leads · 9 games since 1996 · AFA has won the last meeting
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7 2024 | San José State 17 @ Air Force 7 | AFA -1.5 | SJSU W |
| Sep 22 2023 | Air Force 45 @ San José State 20 | AFA -6.5 | AFA W |
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 137 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
AFA−8.0 →−8.9▼ 0.9#102
SJSU−6.2 →−6.2–#90
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW10
Longer bar = better
#20
Offense
◀ AFA better#49
#134
Defense
SJSU better ▶#110
−0.5 #109
Turnovers
SJSU better ▶−0.1 #83
68 plays #48
Pace
Even69 plays #35
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| AFA off | SJSU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 33.9 #34 | 30.4 #110 | AFA |
| Yards / play | 6.67 #23 | 6.36 #127 | AFA |
| PPA / play | +0.29 #12 | +0.19 #112 | AFA |
| Success rate | 50% #11 | 43% #91 | AFA |
| SJSU off | AFA def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 26.8 #76 | 35.1 #130 | SJSU |
| Yards / play | 6.54 #25 | 7.53 #137 | SJSU |
| PPA / play | +0.18 #42 | +0.41 #137 | SJSU |
| Success rate | 44% #51 | 49% #132 | SJSU |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
AFA scoring against the SJSU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.0 #71 | 6.4 #102 | 12.4 #91 | 8.3 #24 | 13.3 #1 | 21.5 #1 | |
7.4 #109 | 8.1 #85 | 15.5 #100 | 5.6 #75 | 9.3 #127 | 14.9 #116 |
SJSU scoring against the AFA defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5.1 #89 | 12.0 #12 | 17.1 #43 | 5.6 #76 | 4.0 #125 | 9.6 #114 | |
7.4 #109 | 5.9 #36 | 13.3 #78 | 9.4 #129 | 12.5 #135 | 21.9 #136 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
73° · 4 mph
gusts 12 mph · at kickoff
Rest
AFA7d
SJSU7d
Even
Tempo
Average 138 plays
slowavg 134fast
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