Sat, Nov 15, 2025, 12:00 PM ESTWeek 12 · at UConn
Weather at kickoff43°F2 mphgusts 8DryWeather watch ›
3-6 · Power #95
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Final
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7-3 · Power #87
26
▲ winner
Closing spread
CONN -7.5
✓ CONN W
Total
64.5
▼ Under · 42 pts
Model before kickoff
AFA 28–36 CONN
✓ CONN (71%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenCONN -8.5
CloseCONN -7.5
Total63.5 → 64.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Air Force
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened CONN -8.5 · closed CONN -7.5 · moved 1 toward AFAmodel CONN -9.5
Opened 63.5 · closed 64.5 · moved 1 upmodel 64
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 6.5–8.5 since 2023: won 71%, covered 55% (188 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 48% (279 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenCONN -8.5
CloseCONN -7.5
Total63.5 → 64.5
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 CONN as a 7.5-point home favorite against AFA, the favorite won 7, covered 4, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: CONN won 26–16; the favorite covered, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 42 points stayed under 64.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 70%
Favorite covered
4 of 944%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 50%

Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 4.1 against an average line of 7.4; 61.1 points a game (usually 53.3). Of the 2 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
TOL vs KENT
2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & total
-752–31 W O62.5
Very close
2024 · Week 10 · very close · similar season form & team ratings
-5.530–34 L O60
Very close
MEM vs TLSA
2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & total
-6.526–10 W U62.5
Very close
2024 · Week 12 · very close · similar spread & season form
-7.531–19 W U57
Very close
2023 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & spread
-5.517–20 L U61.5
Very close
UTSA vs UNT
2022 · Week 14 · very close · similar rest & season form
-8.548–27 W O70
Very close
2024 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & team ratings
-1034–24 P U64
Very close
CCU vs GASO
2022 · Week 5 · very close · similar team ratings & rest
-1034–30 L U69.75
Very close
ECU vs HOU
2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & season form
-63–42 L U66.5
Very close
2025 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & team ratings
-751–48 L O65.5
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Slight UConn ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
No clear signal on the total

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Air Force 3-1 ATS on the road
Strong against the spread on the road this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 228-230 (50%)
UConn ATS trend (7-3)
UConn have covered 70% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
UConn 4-1 ATS at home
Strong against the spread at home this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 228-230 (50%)
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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 →−7.9▲ 0.1#98
CONN−4.2 →−2.8▲ 1.4#79
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW11

AFA
Longer bar = better
CONN
#25
Offense
Even
#23
#133
Defense
CONN better ▶
#84
−0.1 #82
Turnovers
CONN better ▶
+1.3 #2
69 plays #40
Pace
Even
68 plays #50
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When AFA has the ball
Advantage: AFA offense
AFA offCONN defEdge
Points / game 33.0 #32 24.9 #74 AFA
Yards / play 6.37 #30 5.45 #65 AFA
PPA / play +0.28 #16 +0.11 #78 AFA
Success rate 48% #22 45% #117 AFA
When CONN has the ball
Advantage: CONN offense
CONN offAFA defEdge
Points / game 36.9 #16 33.0 #124 CONN
Yards / play 6.72 #18 7.50 #137 CONN
PPA / play +0.28 #12 +0.39 #137 CONN
Success rate 45% #44 50% #135 CONN

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
AFA scoring against the CONN defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
AFA scored
5.3
#81
7.4
#89
12.8
#89
7.3
#38
12.9
#1
20.2
#3
CONN allowed
3.7
#38
7.5
#74
11.2
#46
3.6
#23
7.5
#102
11.1
#54
CONN scoring against the AFA defense
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CONN scored
7.9
#28
12.0
#13
19.9
#17
8.8
#17
6.9
#59
15.7
#30
AFA allowed
6.9
#104
5.2
#21
12.1
#64
8.7
#127
12.2
#136
20.9
#135

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
CONN +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
43° · 2 mph
gusts 8 mph · at kickoff
Rest
AFA7d
CONN7d
Even
Tempo
Average 137 plays
slowavg 134fast
Travel
AFA 1,697 mi
2 time zones
Quarterback
AFA backup QB started
Not the usual starter