Sat, Nov 1, 2025, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 10 · at Air Force
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3-4 · Power #83
20
▲ winner
Final
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2-5 · Power #95
17
final
Closing spread
ARMY -1.5
✓ ARMY W
Total
48.5
▼ Under · 37 pts
Model before kickoff
ARMY 28–28 AFA
✓ ARMY (51%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenARMY -1.5
CloseARMY -1.5
Total49.5 → 48.5
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 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ARMY -1.5 · unchangedmodel AFA -3.5
Opened 49.5 · closed 48.5 · moved 1 downmodel 55.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 0.5–2.5 since 2023: won 53%, covered 49% (148 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenARMY -1.5
CloseARMY -1.5
Total49.5 → 48.5
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 ARMY as a 1.5-point road favorite at AFA, the favorite won 7, covered 6, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: ARMY won 20–17; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 37 points stayed under 48.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 48%
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 3 against an average line of 2.9; 47.4 points a game (usually 53.1). Of the 5 overs, 2 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & season form
-242–28 W O52
Close
2025 · Week 7 · close · similar spread & total
-1.519–8 W U46.5
Close
2023 · Week 7 · close · similar spread & season form
-339–41 L O49.5
Close
2023 · Week 9 · close · similar total & spread
-3.56–34 L U47
Close
2024 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & season form
-327–25 L O50.5
Close
2024 · Week 10 · close · similar season form & total
-424–38 L O51.5
Close
USM @ ULM
2022 · Week 13 · close · similar total & spread
-320–10 W U50
Close
2024 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & season form
-238–21 W O45.5
Close
2023 · Week 7 · close · similar spread & total
-314–0 W U44.5
Close
TROY @ UL
2022 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & situation
-3.523–17 W U42.5
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Mixed signals on the spread
No clear signal on the total

Green signals have beaten the market in our backtest; yellow ones only describe the data.

Army 3-1 ATS on the road
Strong against the spread on the road this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 228-230 (50%)
Air Force home ATS weakness (1-3)
Weak against the spread at home this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 216-236 (48%)
Air Force at altitude (+1.9 km)
Army climb about 6,332 ft to play here; visitors have covered less often than the line expects at altitude. · Backtest 2023–26: 64-41 (61%)
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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
ARMY−9.7 →−4.4▲ 5.3#82
AFA−8.0 →−8.0–#97
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW9

ARMY
Longer bar = better
AFA
#98
Offense
AFA better ▶
#14
#81
Defense
◀ ARMY better
#135
0.0 #74
Turnovers
Even
−0.1 #86
74 plays #6
Pace
◀ ARMY faster
68 plays #51
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When ARMY has the ball
Advantage: ARMY offense
ARMY offAFA defEdge
Points / game 23.9 #97 37.3 #133 ARMY
Yards / play 4.86 #125 7.79 #137 Even
PPA / play +0.07 #100 +0.45 #137 ARMY
Success rate 43% #69 50% #133 ARMY
When AFA has the ball
Advantage: AFA offense
AFA offARMY defEdge
Points / game 36.3 #22 24.0 #67 AFA
Yards / play 6.91 #15 5.57 #74 AFA
PPA / play +0.32 #8 +0.11 #77 AFA
Success rate 51% #12 44% #105 AFA

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
ARMY scoring against the AFA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ARMY scored
3.0
#124
6.7
#100
9.7
#115
6.9
#56
6.9
#71
13.7
#60
AFA allowed
7.4
#109
6.3
#50
13.7
#80
10.7
#133
12.9
#136
23.6
#136
AFA scoring against the ARMY defense
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AFA scored
6.4
#65
7.3
#90
13.7
#82
8.4
#26
14.1
#1
22.6
#2
ARMY allowed
6.9
#100
4.9
#20
11.7
#60
3.6
#33
6.9
#77
10.4
#45

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
AFA +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
40° · 5 mph
gusts 11 mph · at kickoff
Rest
ARMY14d bye
AFA14d bye
Even
Tempo
Fast 143 plays
slowavg 134fast
Altitude
ARMY +6,332 ft
thin air for the visitors