Sat, Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · at East Carolina
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1-0 · Power #94
27
▲ winner
Final
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0-1 · Power #93
24
final
Closing spread
ECU -6.5
✓ APP W
Total
55.5
▼ Under · 51 pts
Model before kickoff
APP 24–31 ECU
✗ ECU (70%) lost
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenECU -11.5
CloseECU -6.5
Total56.5 → 55.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
5 pts toward App State
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ECU -11.5 · closed ECU -6.5 · moved 5 toward APPmodel ECU -11
Opened 56.5 · closed 55.5 · moved 1 downmodel 55.5 matches the line
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 5.5–7.5 since 2023: won 69%, covered 56% (243 games)ⓘ
Crossed 7The team the line moved toward covered 55% (101 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenECU -11.5
CloseECU -6.5
Total56.5 → 55.5
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 1 games most like ECU as a 6.5-point home favorite against APP, the favorite won 1, covered 0, and 0 went over the total.

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This game: APP won 27–24 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 1 of the 1 similar games. 51 points stayed under 55.5, as in 1 of 1.
Favorite won
1 of 1100%
Normal range · usually 68%
Favorite covered
0 of 10%
Normal range · usually 52%
Went over
0 of 10%
Normal range · usually 50%

Only 1 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 7 against an average line of 7.3; 47 points a game (usually 52.9). When games like this go over ›

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MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
2025 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & total
-7.2527–20 L U57.5
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2023 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 App State 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.

Market moved toward App State
5 pts (ECU -11.5 → ECU -6.5), through the key number 7. · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Small sample warning
App State has 1 game with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 138 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
APP−10.7 →−8.7▲ 2.0#100
ECU+2.1 →−1.1▼ 3.2#72
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

APP
Longer bar = better
ECU
#22
Offense
◀ APP better
#128
#24
Defense
◀ APP better
#120
+1.0 #47
Turnovers
◀ APP better
0.0 #70
72 plays #46
Pace
◀ APP faster
41 plays #136
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When APP has the ball
Advantage: APP offense
APP offECU defEdge
Points / game 55.0 #23 48.0 #126 APP
Yards / play 8.99 #12 6.01 #103 APP
PPA / play +0.50 #24 +0.36 #122 APP
Success rate 56% #30 54% #129 APP
When ECU has the ball
Advantage: APP defense
ECU offAPP defEdge
Points / game 10.0 #123 3.0 #12 APP
Yards / play 3.95 #127 4.17 #50 APP
PPA / play −0.17 #129 −0.34 #14 APP
Success rate 24% #132 21% #21 APP

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ECU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
85° · 3 mph
gusts 6 mph · at kickoff
Rest
APP7d
ECU7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 113 plays
slowavg 135fast

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