Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Oklahoma · Conference game
Closing spread
OU -6.5
✓ OU W
Total
47.5
▼ Under · 41 pts
Model before kickoff
AUB 20–27 OU
✓ OU (67%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenOU -6.5
CloseOU -6.5
Total49.5 → 47.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenOU -6.5
no move
CloseOU -6.5
No change since the open
Total
Open49.5
▼ 2
Close47.5
Down 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened OU -6.5 · unchangedmodel OU -5.5
model OU -5.5
Opened 49.5 · closed 47.5 · moved 2 downmodel 46.5
model 46.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 5.5–7.5 since 2023: won 70%, covered 57% (165 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenOU -6.5
CloseOU -6.5
Total49.5 → 47.5
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Similar games
The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out
In the 10 games most like
OU as a 6.5-point home favorite against AUB, the favorite won 9, covered 7, and 7 went over the total.
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This game: OU won 24–17; the favorite covered, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 41 points stayed under 47.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
9 of 1090%
Normal range · usually 68%
Favorite covered
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
7 of 1070%
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 11.1 against an average line of 6.6; 52.9 points a game (usually 53.2). Of the 4 overs, 1 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 5 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-6.5 | 30–20 | W | O45.75 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-6 | 44–31 | W | O52.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 6 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-6.5 | 27–34 | L | O55 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar spread & total |
-7 | 41–17 | W | O48.75 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread & rest |
-6.5 | 31–24 | W | O45 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & total |
-8.5 | 34–20 | W | O47.5 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-6.5 | 22–19 | L | U55 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 6 · very close · similar rest & total |
-3.5 | 19–17 | L | U50.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & spread |
-5.5 | 45–17 | W | O43 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 4 · close · similar situation & rest |
-9 | 27–10 | W | U51 |
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
No clear signal on the spread
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.
Total moved down 2
49.5 → 47.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
Auburn have 3 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 25 in the 4th quarter and got 18. 54% of games with totals 43.5–51.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6-4 60% | 6-4 60% | 3-7 30% | |
| 5-5 50% | 5-5 50% | 4-6 40% |
Recent meetings
Last 1 since 2023
AUB 0–1 OU
OU leads · 1 game since 2023 · OU has won the last meeting
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 2024 | Oklahoma 27 @ Auburn 21 | AUB -1.5 | OU 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
AUB+11.0 →+13.7▲ 2.7#18
OU+11.4 →+16.2▲ 4.8#14
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3
Longer bar = better
#33
Offense
Even#42
#39
Defense
OU better ▶#6
+0.7 #42
Turnovers
◀ AUB better−1.7 #130
66 plays #69
Pace
OU faster ▶74 plays #19
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| AUB off | OU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 37.0 #42 | 6.3 #4 | OU |
| Yards / play | 6.27 #49 | 3.48 #3 | OU |
| PPA / play | +0.33 #24 | −0.13 #14 | Even |
| Success rate | 55% #15 | 24% #3 | Even |
| OU off | AUB def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 33.7 #56 | 14.0 #31 | AUB |
| Yards / play | 6.39 #43 | 4.56 #40 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.26 #40 | +0.06 #70 | OU |
| Success rate | 51% #28 | 31% #15 | Even |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 123 FBS teams
AUB scoring against the OU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9.3 #23 | 12.7 #27 | 22.0 #29 | 8.0 #38 | 7.0 #58 | 15.0 #51 | |
0.0 #1 | 1.0 #4 | 1.0 #2 | 5.3 #74 | 0.0 #1 | 5.3 #16 |
OU scoring against the AUB defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8.3 #39 | 12.7 #27 | 21.0 #31 | 7.0 #51 | 5.7 #74 | 12.7 #71 | |
2.0 #24 | 4.3 #31 | 6.3 #24 | 5.3 #74 | 2.3 #18 | 7.7 #34 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
89° · 10 mph
gusts 22 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
AUB7d
OU7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 140 plays
slowavg 134fast
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