Sat, Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Texas A&M
Closing spread
TA&M -15.5
✓ TA&M W
Total
51.5
▲ Over · 68 pts
Model before kickoff
ASU 17–33 TA&M
✓ TA&M (87%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenTA&M -14.5
CloseTA&M -15.5
Total51.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenTA&M -14.5
1 → TA&M
CloseTA&M -15.5
1 pt toward Texas A&M
Total
Open51.5
no move
Close51.5
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TA&M -14.5 · closed TA&M -15.5 · moved 1 toward TA&Mmodel TA&M -18.5
model TA&M -18.5
Opened 51.5 · unchangedmodel 49.5
model 49.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 14.5–16.5 since 2023: won 88%, covered 47% (119 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 50% (291 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenTA&M -14.5
CloseTA&M -15.5
Total51.5
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
TA&M as a 15.5-point home favorite against ASU, the favorite won 1, covered 0, and 0 went over the total.
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This game: TA&M won 48–20; the favorite covered, as in 0 of the 1 similar games. 68 points went over 51.5, as in 0 of 1.
Favorite won
1 of 1100%
Normal range · usually 87%
Favorite covered
0 of 10%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
0 of 10%
Normal range · usually 48%
Only 1 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 6 against an average line of 14.5; 48 points a game (usually 52.5). When games like this go over ›
All 1 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loose |
2024 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-14.5 | 27–21 | L | U52 |
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 1 trend and market move behind it
No clear signal on the spread
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.
Small sample warning
Arizona State has 1 game with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 717 earlier overs in games with totals 47.5–55.5, 33% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6-4 60% | 6-4 60% | 5-5 50% | |
| 8-2 80% | 5-5 50% | 5-5 50% |
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
ASU+6.4 →+8.3▲ 1.9#35
TA&M+19.7 →+21.6▲ 1.9#8
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1
Longer bar = better
#4
Offense
◀ ASU better#48
#36
Defense
TA&M better ▶#6
−1.0 #99
Turnovers
TA&M better ▶+1.0 #51
71 plays #54
Pace
TA&M faster ▶85 plays #8
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| ASU off | TA&M def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 70.0 #5 | 0.0 #6 | Even |
| Yards / play | 9.59 #4 | 1.68 #2 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.88 #2 | −0.59 #4 | Even |
| Success rate | 71% #3 | 16% #13 | Even |
| TA&M off | ASU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 50.0 #30 | 7.0 #28 | Even |
| Yards / play | 5.94 #73 | 3.84 #41 | ASU |
| PPA / play | +0.30 #57 | −0.21 #35 | ASU |
| Success rate | 55% #33 | 30% #40 | Even |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
88° · 11 mph
gusts 17 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
ASU7d
TA&M7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 156 plays
slowavg 135fast
Travel
ASU 933 mi
2 time zones
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