Sat, Nov 29, 2025, 3:30 PM ESTWeek 14 · at UTSA · Conference game
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5-5 · Power #83
27
▲ winner
Final
@
6-5 · Power #65
24
final
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.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2 pts toward UTSA
Total
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
Opened 51.5 · closed 50.5 · moved 1 downmodel 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 ›

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MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
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DUKE vs VT
2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar total & rest
-1024–7 W U50
Very close
LIB vs VT
2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & season form
-10.522–23 L U46.25
Very close
2025 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & total
-79–16 L U48.5
Very close
2024 · Week 8 · very close · similar total & season form
-9.535–20 W O51.5
Very close
2025 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & total
-735–44 L O52.5
Very close
2023 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & total
-631–22 W O51.5
Very close
CMU vs WMU
2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & total
-1010–12 L U48.75
Very close
2025 · Week 10 · very close · similar rest & season form
-7.510–23 L U52.5
Very close
JMU vs GAST
2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & season form
-1042–40 L O52
Close
FLA vs MIZ
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & total
-10.7524–17 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%)
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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 →−6.5▲ 3.2#91
UTSA−2.5 →+0.3▲ 2.8#64
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW13

ARMY
Longer bar = better
UTSA
#101
Offense
UTSA better ▶
#32
#82
Defense
Even
#92
+0.4 #38
Turnovers
Even
+0.5 #34
71 plays #27
Pace
◀ ARMY faster
69 plays #48
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When ARMY has the ball
Even matchup
ARMY offUTSA defEdge
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
When UTSA has the ball
Advantage: UTSA offense
UTSA offARMY defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ARMY scored
3.5
#122
7.2
#87
10.7
#112
5.8
#78
5.8
#95
11.6
#89
UTSA allowed
4.7
#53
8.0
#81
12.7
#70
9.5
#132
7.6
#98
17.1
#132
UTSA scoring against the ARMY defense
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UTSA scored
7.5
#31
11.3
#18
18.7
#20
8.6
#16
7.3
#55
15.9
#25
ARMY allowed
5.8
#81
5.1
#19
10.9
#43
3.5
#23
6.7
#71
10.2
#42

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
UTSA +2.5
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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