Sat, Nov 29, 2025, 3:30 PM ESTWeek 14 · at UTSA · Conference game
Closing spread
UTSA -8.5
✓ ARMY W
Total
50.5
▲ Over · 51 pts
Model before kickoff
ARMY 21–30 UTSA
✗ UTSA (74%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUTSA -6.5
CloseUTSA -8.5
Total51.5 → 50.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenUTSA -6.5
2 → UTSA
CloseUTSA -8.5
2 pts toward UTSA
Total
Open51.5
▼ 1
Close50.5
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened UTSA -6.5 · closed UTSA -8.5 · moved 2 toward UTSAmodel UTSA -11
model UTSA -11
Opened 51.5 · closed 50.5 · moved 1 downmodel 51
model 51
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 7.5–9.5 since 2023: won 71%, covered 50% (164 games)ⓘ
Crossed 7The team the line moved toward covered 56% (91 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUTSA -6.5
CloseUTSA -8.5
Total51.5 → 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
UTSA as an 8.5-point home favorite against ARMY, the favorite won 5, covered 3, and 4 went over the total.
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This game: ARMY won 27–24 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 51 points went over 50.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 70%
Favorite covered
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 51%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 1.8 against an average line of 8.8; 46.6 points a game (usually 53.5). Of the 3 overs, 0 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 | 2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar total & rest |
-10 | 24–7 | W | U50 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & season form |
-10.5 | 22–23 | L | U46.25 |
| Very close |
2025 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & total |
-7 | 9–16 | L | U48.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 8 · very close · similar total & season form |
-9.5 | 35–20 | W | O51.5 |
| Very close |
2025 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & total |
-7 | 35–44 | L | O52.5 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & total |
-6 | 31–22 | W | O51.5 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & total |
-10 | 10–12 | L | U48.75 |
| Very close |
2025 · Week 10 · very close · similar rest & season form |
-7.5 | 10–23 | L | U52.5 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & season form |
-10 | 42–40 | L | O52 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & total |
-10.75 | 24–17 | L | U53.5 |
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
Slight UTSA ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.
Army 4-1 ATS on the road
Strong against the spread on the road this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 228-230 (50%)
UTSA 4-1 ATS at home
Strong against the spread at home this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 228-230 (50%)
Market moved toward UTSA
2 pts (UTSA -6.5 → UTSA -8.5), through the key number 7. · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 636 earlier overs in games with totals 46.5–54.5, 34% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-5 50% | 4-6 40% | 3-7 30% | |
| 6-4 60% | 5-5 50% | 7-3 70% |
Recent meetings
Last 2 since 2023
ARMY 2–0 UTSA
ARMY leads · 2 games since 2023 · ARMY has won the last 2 meetings
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30 2024 | UTSA 24 @ Army 29 | ARMY -6.5 | UTSA W |
| Sep 15 2023 | Army 37 @ UTSA 29 | UTSA -7 | 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 →−6.5▲ 3.2#91
UTSA−2.5 →+0.3▲ 2.8#64
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW13
Longer bar = better
#101
Offense
UTSA better ▶#32
#82
Defense
Even#92
+0.4 #38
Turnovers
Even+0.5 #34
71 plays #27
Pace
◀ ARMY faster69 plays #48
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| ARMY off | UTSA def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 22.6 #108 | 29.8 #108 | Even |
| Yards / play | 4.80 #128 | 6.01 #111 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.08 #84 | +0.15 #95 | Even |
| Success rate | 42% #82 | 41% #55 | UTSA |
| UTSA off | ARMY def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 34.6 #20 | 22.4 #48 | UTSA |
| Yards / play | 6.06 #39 | 5.68 #79 | UTSA |
| PPA / play | +0.20 #31 | +0.13 #86 | UTSA |
| Success rate | 46% #36 | 45% #115 | UTSA |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
ARMY scoring against the UTSA defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.5 #122 | 7.2 #87 | 10.7 #112 | 5.8 #78 | 5.8 #95 | 11.6 #89 | |
4.7 #53 | 8.0 #81 | 12.7 #70 | 9.5 #132 | 7.6 #98 | 17.1 #132 |
UTSA scoring against the ARMY defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.5 #31 | 11.3 #18 | 18.7 #20 | 8.6 #16 | 7.3 #55 | 15.9 #25 | |
5.8 #81 | 5.1 #19 | 10.9 #43 | 3.5 #23 | 6.7 #71 | 10.2 #42 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
ARMY7d
UTSA7d
Even
Tempo
Average 139 plays
slowavg 134fast
Travel
ARMY 1,601 mi
1 time zone
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