Sat, Sep 6, 2025, 5:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Arkansas
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1-0 · Power #110
14
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Final
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1-0 · Power #40
56
▲ winner
Closing spread
ARK -24.5
✓ ARK W
Total
61.5
▲ Over · 70 pts
Model before kickoff
ARST 18–42 ARK
✓ ARK (96%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenARK -23.5
CloseARK -24.5
Total63.5 → 61.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Arkansas
Total
Down 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ARK -23.5 · closed ARK -24.5 · moved 1 toward ARKmodel ARK -22.5
Opened 63.5 · closed 61.5 · moved 2 downmodel 60
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 23.5–25.5 since 2023: won 95%, covered 50% (59 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 51% (143 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenARK -23.5
CloseARK -24.5
Total63.5 → 61.5
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 ARK as a 24.5-point home favorite against ARST, the favorite won 9, covered 5, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: ARK won 56–14; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 70 points went over 61.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
9 of 1090%
Normal range · usually 92%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 43%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 52%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 23.5 against an average line of 24.6; 60.7 points a game (usually 54.1). Of the 3 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
MIA vs MTSU
2022 · Week 4 · close · similar situation & rest
-25.531–45 L O53.5
Close
PSU vs CMU
2022 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & situation
-2833–14 L U61.5
Loose
2023 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & situation
-24.538–20 L O50
Loose
USC vs ASU
2022 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & spread
-24.542–25 L O61
Loose
2024 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & spread
-2440–14 W U58
Loose
2024 · Week 10 · loose · similar spread & rest
-24.556–24 W O55.5
Loose
2023 · Week 9 · loose · similar rest
-20.569–10 W O55
Loose
2024 · Week 11 · loose · similar rest
-23.528–21 L U61.5
Loose
2023 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest & situation
-2142–6 W U70
Loose
BAY vs TXST
2022 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & situation
-3042–7 W U53
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
63.5 → 61.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
Arkansas 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 136 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
ARST−9.7 →−9.6▲ 0.1#106
ARK+8.7 →+8.2▼ 0.5#33
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

ARST
Longer bar = better
ARK
#36
Offense
ARK better ▶
#22
#93
Defense
ARK better ▶
#74
0.0 #70
Turnovers
ARK better ▶
+2.0 #20
68 plays #66
Pace
ARK faster ▶
76 plays #17
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When ARST has the ball
Advantage: ARST offense
ARST offARK defEdge
Points / game 42.0 #31 7.0 #27 Even
Yards / play 7.24 #22 4.27 #48 ARST
PPA / play +0.33 #39 +0.25 #112 ARST
Success rate 48% #52 46% #107 ARST
When ARK has the ball
Advantage: ARK offense
ARK offARST defEdge
Points / game 52.0 #13 24.0 #95 ARK
Yards / play 7.26 #20 5.28 #92 ARK
PPA / play +0.50 #16 +0.19 #102 ARK
Success rate 51% #39 40% #81 ARK

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ARK +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
74° · 4 mph
gusts 13 mph · at kickoff
Rest
ARST7d
ARK7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 144 plays
slowavg 133fast

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