Sat, Nov 1, 2025, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 10 · at Air Force
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.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenARMY -1.5
no move
CloseARMY -1.5
No change since the open
Total
Open49.5
▼ 1
Close48.5
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ARMY -1.5 · unchangedmodel AFA -3.5
model AFA -3.5
Opened 49.5 · closed 48.5 · moved 1 downmodel 55.5
model 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
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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
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close |
2024 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & season form |
-2 | 42–28 | W | O52 |
| Close |
2025 · Week 7 · close · similar spread & total |
-1.5 | 19–8 | W | U46.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 7 · close · similar spread & season form |
-3 | 39–41 | L | O49.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 9 · close · similar total & spread |
-3.5 | 6–34 | L | U47 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & season form |
-3 | 27–25 | L | O50.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 10 · close · similar season form & total |
-4 | 24–38 | L | O51.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 13 · close · similar total & spread |
-3 | 20–10 | W | U50 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & season form |
-2 | 38–21 | W | O45.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 7 · close · similar spread & total |
-3 | 14–0 | W | U44.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & situation |
-3.5 | 23–17 | 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%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 29 in the 4th quarter and got 17. 54% of games with totals 44.5–52.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-5 50% | 5-5 50% | 4-6 40% | |
| 5-5 50% | 6-4 60% | 7-3 70% |
Recent meetings
Last 2 since 2023
ARMY 21–38 AFA (1 tied)
AFA leads · 60 games since 1959 · ARMY has won the last 3 meetings
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 2024 | Air Force 3 @ Army 20 | ARMY -18.5 | AFA W |
| Nov 4 2023 | Army 23 @ Air Force 3 | AFA -18.5 | ARMY W |
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
Longer bar = better
#98
Offense
AFA better ▶#14
#81
Defense
◀ ARMY better#135
0.0 #74
Turnovers
Even−0.1 #86
74 plays #6
Pace
◀ ARMY faster68 plays #51
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| ARMY off | AFA def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| AFA off | ARMY def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.0 #124 | 6.7 #100 | 9.7 #115 | 6.9 #56 | 6.9 #71 | 13.7 #60 | |
7.4 #109 | 6.3 #50 | 13.7 #80 | 10.7 #133 | 12.9 #136 | 23.6 #136 |
AFA scoring against the ARMY defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.4 #65 | 7.3 #90 | 13.7 #82 | 8.4 #26 | 14.1 #1 | 22.6 #2 | |
6.9 #100 | 4.9 #20 | 11.7 #60 | 3.6 #33 | 6.9 #77 | 10.4 #45 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
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
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