Sat, Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · Neutral site · Conference game
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1-1 · Power #66
24
▲ winner
Final
vs
1-1 · Power #46
17
final
Closing spread
ASU -5.5
✓ ASU W
Total
50.5
▼ Under · 41 pts
Model before kickoff
ASU 29–24 KU
✓ ASU (65%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenASU -5.5
CloseASU -5.5
Total56.5 → 50.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
Down 6 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ASU -5.5 · unchangedmodel ASU -4.5
Opened 56.5 · closed 50.5 · moved 6 downmodel 53.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Neutral-site favorites of 3.5–7.5 since 2023: won 60%, covered 39% (77 games)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenASU -5.5
CloseASU -5.5
Total56.5 → 50.5
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 ASU as a 5.5-point neutral-site favorite against KU, the favorite won 5, covered 3, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: ASU won 24–17; the favorite covered, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 41 points stayed under 50.5, as in 7 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 63%
Favorite covered
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 50%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 0.7 against an average line of 5.9; 42.3 points a game (usually 52.8). Of the 3 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & team ratings
-6.521–17 L U50.5
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & season form
-6.534–22 W O54
Loose
2023 · Postseason · loose · similar total & spread
-7.514–24 L U48.5
Loose
2025 · Postseason · loose · similar season form
-410–24 L U52.5
Loose
2024 · Postseason · loose · similar spread
-327–35 L O49
Loose
2025 · Postseason · loose · similar season form
-47–13 L U43.5
Loose
2023 · Week 14 · loose · similar rest & spread
-714–23 L U43.5
Loose
2023 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest
-1021–14 L U50.5
Loose
2023 · Postseason · loose · similar team ratings
-6.535–22 W O45.25
Loose
2025 · Postseason · loose · similar spread & season form
-3.525–21 W U55
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
No clear signal on the spread
Slight Under trend Hit
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 6
56.5 → 50.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
Arizona State 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 138 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
ASU+6.4 →+8.4▲ 2.0#35
KU+3.1 →+4.6▲ 1.5#47
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

ASU
Longer bar = better
KU
#34
Offense
◀ ASU better
#73
#55
Defense
Even
#55
−2.0 #133
Turnovers
KU better ▶
−1.0 #114
67 plays #64
Pace
KU faster ▶
72 plays #32
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When ASU has the ball
Even matchup
ASU offKU defEdge
Points / game 45.0 #28 22.0 #76 ASU
Yards / play 7.84 #15 4.96 #63 ASU
PPA / play +0.20 #60 +0.03 #63 Even
Success rate 50% #34 30% #16 Even
When KU has the ball
Even matchup
KU offASU defEdge
Points / game 36.0 #49 27.5 #103 KU
Yards / play 6.06 #70 4.06 #27 ASU
PPA / play +0.13 #78 −0.06 #41 ASU
Success rate 41% #93 36% #47 ASU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 19 FBS teams
ASU scoring against the KU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ASU scored
17.5
12.0
29.5
15.5
0.0
15.5
KU allowed
0.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
8.0
15.0
KU scoring against the ASU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
KU scored
3.0
19.0
22.0
7.0
7.0
14.0
ASU allowed
7.0
5.0
12.0
3.5
12.0
15.5

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
Neutral site
No home edge
Weather
70° · 11 mph
gusts 23 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
ASU7d
KU8d
KU +1 day
Tempo
Fast 139 plays
slowavg 133fast