Sat, Oct 5, 2024, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 6 · at Georgia · Conference game
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2-3 · Power #33
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final
Final
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3-1 · Power #8
31
▲ winner
Closing spread
UGA -21.5
✓ AUB W
Total
49.5
▼ Under · 44 pts
Model before kickoff
AUB 14–35 UGA
✓ UGA (94%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUGA -27
CloseUGA -21.5
Total49.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
5.5 pts toward Auburn
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened UGA -27 · closed UGA -21.5 · moved 5.5 toward AUBmodel UGA -23
Opened 49.5 · unchangedmodel 49
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 20.5–22.5 since 2023: won 95%, covered 46% (41 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUGA -27
CloseUGA -21.5
Total49.5
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 UGA as a 21.5-point home favorite against AUB, the favorite won 10, covered 4, and 8 went over the total.

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This game: UGA won 31–13; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 44 points stayed under 49.5, as in 2 of 10.
Favorite won
10 of 10100%
Normal range · usually 91%
Favorite covered
4 of 944%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
8 of 1080%
Above normal · usually 48%

Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 24.1 against an average line of 21.4; 59.1 points a game (usually 54.8). Of the 4 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
UGA vs UK
2021 · Week 7 · loose · similar rest & situation
-21.530–13 L U44.5
Loose
ALA vs AUB
2022 · Week 13 · loose · similar rest & team ratings
-2249–27 P O51
Loose
TENN vs MIZ
2022 · Week 11 · loose · similar rest & situation
-1966–24 W O57.5
Loose
2024 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest & total
-1830–27 L O52
Loose
CLEM vs MIA
2022 · Week 12 · loose · similar rest & total
-1940–10 W O47.5
Loose
2023 · Week 6 · loose · similar rest & situation
-14.551–13 W O47
Loose
2023 · Week 12 · loose · similar total
-23.545–7 W O47.5
Loose
2023 · Week 6 · loose · similar situation & total
-2439–17 L O52.5
Loose
CLEM vs GT
2021 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & season form
-27.514–8 L U52.5
Loose
ORE vs COLO
2021 · Week 9 · loose · similar situation & rest
-24.552–29 L O49.5
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 Hit
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (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.

Georgia ATS struggles (1-3)
Georgia have covered only 25% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 262-295 (47%)
Georgia 1-3 ATS as a favorite
Struggling to cover in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 221-216 (51%)
Market moved toward Auburn
5.5 pts (UGA -27 → UGA -21.5). · 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
AUB+7.1 →+6.3▼ 0.8#40
UGA+24.2 →+24.5▲ 0.3#4
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5

AUB
Longer bar = better
UGA
#40
Offense
Even
#42
#42
Defense
Even
#46
−2.2 #137
Turnovers
UGA better ▶
0.0 #77
61 plays #120
Pace
UGA faster ▶
63 plays #105
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When AUB has the ball
Even matchup
AUB offUGA defEdge
Points / game 33.4 #44 14.8 #18 UGA
Yards / play 7.64 #8 4.90 #41 AUB
PPA / play +0.11 #82 +0.05 #59 UGA
Success rate 49% #26 40% #64 AUB
When UGA has the ball
Even matchup
UGA offAUB defEdge
Points / game 32.3 #54 18.8 #38 Even
Yards / play 6.88 #28 4.84 #39 Even
PPA / play +0.25 #30 +0.05 #55 UGA
Success rate 45% #57 37% #35 AUB

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
AUB scoring against the UGA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
AUB scored
9.8
#19
8.2
#68
18.0
#42
7.0
#63
8.4
#41
15.4
#46
UGA allowed
6.0
#85
3.0
#14
9.0
#40
2.3
#14
3.5
#31
5.8
#17
UGA scoring against the AUB defense
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UGA scored
3.5
#108
6.5
#96
10.0
#110
11.5
#8
10.8
#14
22.3
#7
AUB allowed
4.8
#66
4.0
#22
8.8
#35
2.0
#12
8.0
#105
10.0
#43

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
UGA +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
82° · 6 mph
gusts 15 mph · at kickoff
Rest
AUB7d
UGA7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 124 plays
slowavg 133fast

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