Sat, Nov 30, 2024, 3:30 PM ESTWeek 14 · at Alabama · Conference game
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5-6 · Power #33
14
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Final
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8-3 · Power #7
28
▲ winner
Closing spread
ALA -10.5
✓ ALA W
Total
50.5
▼ Under · 42 pts
Model before kickoff
AUB 20–32 ALA
✓ ALA (80%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenALA -11.5
CloseALA -10.5
Total52.5 → 50.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Auburn
Total
Down 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ALA -11.5 · closed ALA -10.5 · moved 1 toward AUBmodel ALA -16.5
Opened 52.5 · closed 50.5 · moved 2 downmodel 51.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 9.5–11.5 since 2023: won 76%, covered 41% (93 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 53% (133 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenALA -11.5
CloseALA -10.5
Total52.5 → 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 ALA as a 10.5-point home favorite against AUB, the favorite won 9, covered 7, and 7 went over the total.

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This game: ALA won 28–14; the favorite covered, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 42 points stayed under 50.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
9 of 1090%
Normal range · usually 75%
Favorite covered
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
7 of 1070%
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 19 against an average line of 10.8; 59 points a game (usually 54.9). Of the 1 over, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & situation
-9.535–42 L O46.25
Very close
UTAH vs ORST
2022 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & spread
-10.542–16 W O54
Very close
2023 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & team ratings
-14.527–20 L U50.5
Very close
CIN vs HOU
2021 · Week 14 · very close · similar rest & total
-10.535–20 W O52.5
Very close
PSU vs MD
2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & rest
-10.530–0 W U56.5
Very close
NCST vs SYR
2021 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & situation
-11.541–17 W O49.5
Close
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & situation
-9.7534–3 W U48.5
Close
FSU vs FLA
2022 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & spread
-1045–38 L O58
Close
TEX vs BAY
2022 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & season form
-1038–27 W O55.25
Close
OKST vs TCU
2021 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & situation
-1163–17 W O54
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2021 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
Moderate Auburn ATS trend Miss
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Under trend Hit
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.

Auburn 3-0 ATS on the road
Strong against the spread on the road this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 228-230 (50%)
Auburn 4-0 ATS as an underdog
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 271-262 (51%)
Total moved down 2
52.5 → 50.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
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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
AUB+7.1 →+8.7▲ 1.6#30
ALA+20.2 →+21.2▲ 1.0#5
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW13

AUB
Longer bar = better
ALA
#43
Offense
ALA better ▶
#23
#27
Defense
Even
#17
−1.0 #132
Turnovers
ALA better ▶
+1.0 #9
64 plays #97
Pace
Even
64 plays #106
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When AUB has the ball
Advantage: ALA defense
AUB offALA defEdge
Points / game 29.0 #59 17.5 #12 ALA
Yards / play 6.71 #12 4.76 #15 Even
PPA / play +0.14 #63 −0.04 #10 ALA
Success rate 45% #39 38% #29 Even
When ALA has the ball
Even matchup
ALA offAUB defEdge
Points / game 36.2 #18 20.7 #29 Even
Yards / play 6.60 #15 4.78 #19 Even
PPA / play +0.22 #25 +0.05 #43 Even
Success rate 46% #32 37% #16 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
AUB scoring against the ALA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
AUB scored
6.9
#43
7.5
#86
14.4
#64
7.6
#35
5.9
#103
13.5
#67
ALA allowed
2.0
#6
4.7
#13
6.7
#5
5.8
#75
5.0
#32
10.8
#41
ALA scoring against the AUB defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ALA scored
9.5
#9
9.6
#42
19.1
#18
6.9
#55
10.2
#13
17.1
#18
AUB allowed
4.6
#55
3.1
#4
7.7
#7
4.0
#27
8.1
#102
12.1
#61

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ALA +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
51° · 1 mph
gusts 6 mph · at kickoff
Rest
AUB7d
ALA7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 128 plays
slowavg 134fast

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