Sat, Sep 27, 2025, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 5 · at Boise State
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2-1 · Power #115
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2-1 · Power #55
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▲ winner
Closing spread
BOIS -17.5
✓ BOIS W
Total
59.5
▲ Over · 61 pts
Model before kickoff
APP 22–39 BOIS
✓ BOIS (89%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenBOIS -16.5
CloseBOIS -17.5
Total61.5 → 59.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Boise State
Total
Down 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened BOIS -16.5 · closed BOIS -17.5 · moved 1 toward BOISmodel BOIS -16
Opened 61.5 · closed 59.5 · moved 2 downmodel 60.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 16.5–18.5 since 2023: won 90%, covered 50% (105 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 52% (180 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenBOIS -16.5
CloseBOIS -17.5
Total61.5 → 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 10 games most like BOIS as a 17.5-point home favorite against APP, the favorite won 10, covered 7, and 6 went over the total.

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This game: BOIS won 47–14; the favorite covered, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 61 points went over 59.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
10 of 10100%
Normal range · usually 88%
Favorite covered
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 48%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 27.4 against an average line of 16.3; 63.2 points a game (usually 53.5). Of the 3 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
HOU vs USF
2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & total
-17.542–27 L O59
Close
2024 · Week 11 · close · similar team ratings & total
-1455–19 W O60
Close
2024 · Week 12 · close · similar spread & total
-16.553–18 W O62
Close
ORE vs STAN
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar spread & situation
-17.545–27 W O63
Close
WAKE vs ARMY
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar situation & spread
-1645–10 W U65.5
Close
WKU vs RICE
2022 · Week 11 · close · similar total & team ratings
-13.545–10 W U61
Close
2023 · Week 13 · close · similar team ratings & spread
-15.527–13 L U61.25
Close
PUR vs NEB
2022 · Week 7 · close · similar total & situation
-1443–37 L O56
Close
2023 · Week 8 · close · similar spread & situation
-18.555–3 W O51
Close
WAKE vs BC
2022 · Week 8 · close · similar total & situation
-2043–15 W U60
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
No clear signal on the spread
Slight Under 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.

Total moved down 2
61.5 → 59.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
App State have 3 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
APP−6.4 →−7.4▼ 1.0#91
BOIS+6.0 →+3.7▼ 2.3#52
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW4

APP
Longer bar = better
BOIS
#71
Offense
BOIS better ▶
#30
#59
Defense
◀ APP better
#85
−1.0 #124
Turnovers
BOIS better ▶
−0.3 #94
82 plays #2
Pace
◀ APP faster
71 plays #29
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When APP has the ball
Even matchup
APP offBOIS defEdge
Points / game 25.3 #88 28.3 #103 Even
Yards / play 6.36 #45 6.02 #110 APP
PPA / play +0.03 #114 +0.15 #95 Even
Success rate 48% #38 36% #33 Even
When BOIS has the ball
Advantage: BOIS offense
BOIS offAPP defEdge
Points / game 35.7 #46 20.7 #58 Even
Yards / play 7.58 #13 4.60 #35 BOIS
PPA / play +0.32 #22 +0.11 #86 BOIS
Success rate 48% #40 39% #58 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
APP scoring against the BOIS defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
APP scored
7.0
#57
5.7
#110
12.7
#92
6.7
#69
6.0
#84
12.7
#80
BOIS allowed
2.3
#27
8.0
#89
10.3
#55
8.0
#121
10.0
#125
18.0
#131
BOIS scoring against the APP defense
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BOIS scored
13.7
#4
5.7
#110
19.3
#36
7.0
#54
9.3
#31
16.3
#43
APP allowed
3.3
#47
5.3
#42
8.7
#40
2.3
#22
9.7
#123
12.0
#81

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
BOIS +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
79° · 4 mph
gusts 14 mph · at kickoff
Rest
APP14d bye
BOIS7d
APP +7 days
Tempo
Fast 152 plays
slowavg 134fast
Travel
APP 1,884 mi
2 time zones