Sat, Sep 13, 2025, 8:30 PM EDTWeek 3 · at UAB
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0-2 · Power #127
28
final
Final
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1-1 · Power #119
31
▲ winner
Closing spread
UAB -13.5
✓ AKR W
Total
59.5
▼ Under · 59 pts
Model before kickoff
AKR 23–36 UAB
✓ UAB (83%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUAB -11.5
CloseUAB -13.5
Total53.5 → 59.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2 pts toward UAB
Total
Up 6 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened UAB -11.5 · closed UAB -13.5 · moved 2 toward UABmodel UAB -13
Opened 53.5 · closed 59.5 · moved 6 upmodel 58.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 12.5–14.5 since 2023: won 83%, covered 50% (95 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 52% (161 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUAB -11.5
CloseUAB -13.5
Total53.5 → 59.5
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 5 games most like UAB as a 13.5-point home favorite against AKR, the favorite won 3, covered 2, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: UAB won 31–28; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 3 of the 5 similar games. 59 points stayed under 59.5, as in 2 of 5.
Favorite won
3 of 560%
Normal range · usually 79%
Favorite covered
2 of 540%
Normal range · usually 45%
Went over
3 of 560%
Normal range · usually 51%

Only 5 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 8.8 against an average line of 16.7; 61.2 points a game (usually 54.1). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 5 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
ARIZ vs COLO
2022 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest
-17.7543–20 W O58
Loose
CLT vs FIU
2022 · Week 8 · loose · similar rest & total
-1415–34 L U63.5
Loose
2024 · Week 9 · loose · similar rest
-1952–21 W O61
Loose
2024 · Week 8 · loose · similar rest & spread
-1324–14 L U53
Loose
GAST vs CLT
2022 · Week 3 · loose · similar situation & rest
-19.541–42 L O63.75
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 UAB 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 UAB
2 pts (UAB -11.5 → UAB -13.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved up 6
53.5 → 59.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
Akron have 2 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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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
AKR−13.5 →−20.9▼ 7.4#134
UAB−11.1 →−12.1▼ 1.0#115
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

AKR
Longer bar = better
UAB
#137
Offense
UAB better ▶
#24
#120
Defense
◀ AKR better
#136
0.0 #71
Turnovers
◀ AKR better
−1.0 #112
63 plays #104
Pace
◀ AKR faster
59 plays #126
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When AKR has the ball
Even matchup
AKR offUAB defEdge
Points / game 0.0 #137 40.0 #132 Even
Yards / play 3.22 #137 7.88 #136 Even
PPA / play −0.27 #137 +0.54 #137 Even
Success rate 26% #137 58% #137 Even
When UAB has the ball
Advantage: UAB offense
UAB offAKR defEdge
Points / game 38.0 #41 39.0 #131 UAB
Yards / play 7.91 #11 7.80 #134 UAB
PPA / play +0.34 #27 +0.18 #105 UAB
Success rate 55% #17 45% #108 UAB

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 107 FBS teams
AKR scoring against the UAB defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
AKR scored
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
UAB allowed
10.5
12.0
22.5
7.0
10.5
17.5
UAB scoring against the AKR defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UAB scored
8.5
12.0
20.5
10.5
7.0
17.5
AKR allowed
4.5
13.5
18.0
10.5
10.5
21.0

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
UAB +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
81° · 4 mph
gusts 10 mph · at kickoff
Rest
AKR7d
UAB7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 122 plays
slowavg 134fast

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