Fri, Aug 29, 2025, 8:00 PM EDTWeek 1 · at Baylor
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0-0 · Power #24
38
▲ winner
Final
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0-0 · Power #50
24
final
Closing spread
BAY -1.5
✓ AUB W
Total
56.5
▲ Over · 62 pts
Model before kickoff
AUB 28–29 BAY
✗ BAY (52%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenAUB -2.5
CloseBAY -1.5
Total57.5 → 56.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
4 pts toward Baylor
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened AUB -2.5 · closed BAY -1.5 · moved 4 toward BAYmodel AUB -2
Opened 57.5 · closed 56.5 · moved 1 downmodel 56.5 matches the line
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Line context
Home favorites of 0.5–2.5 since 2023: won 50%, covered 47% (139 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 3.5+ pts toward the favorite: that team covered 40% (89 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenAUB -2.5
CloseBAY -1.5
Total57.5 → 56.5
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 BAY as a 1.5-point home favorite against AUB, the favorite won 6, covered 6, and 6 went over the total.

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This game: AUB won 38–24 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 62 points went over 56.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 55%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
6 of 1060%
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 4.9 against an average line of 2.5; 59.7 points a game (usually 53). Of the 2 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 9 · very close · similar spread & total
-2.524–37 L O53.5
Very close
2024 · Week 3 · very close · similar situation & spread
-2.528–31 L O58.5
Very close
UCF vs CIN
2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar team ratings & total
-1.525–21 W U55.5
Very close
SYR vs PUR
2022 · Week 3 · very close · similar spread & situation
-1.532–29 W O59.5
Very close
UNC vs ND
2022 · Week 4 · very close · similar situation & spread
-2.532–45 L O55.5
Very close
2023 · Week 3 · very close · similar situation & spread
-2.517–6 W U47.75
Very close
2023 · Week 12 · very close · similar spread & total
-2.517–14 W U52.5
Very close
WASH vs MSU
2022 · Week 3 · very close · similar situation & team ratings
-3.539–28 W O56.5
Very close
KSU vs OKST
2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar total & spread
-2.548–0 W U57.5
Close
APP vs UNC
2022 · Week 1 · close · similar total & situation
-361–63 L O56.25
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Baylor 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.

Market moved toward Baylor
4 pts (AUB -2.5 → BAY -1.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Small sample warning
Auburn have 0 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
BAY +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
90° · 5 mph
gusts 11 mph · at kickoff
Rest
AUB1st game
BAY1st game
Even

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