Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Oklahoma · Conference game
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3-0 · Power #24
17
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Final
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3-0 · Power #16
24
▲ winner
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.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
Down 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened OU -6.5 · unchangedmodel OU -5.5
Opened 49.5 · closed 47.5 · moved 2 downmodel 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
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 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
CLEM vs NCST
2022 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & spread
-6.530–20 W O45.75
Very close
2023 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & spread
-644–31 W O52.5
Very close
2024 · Week 6 · very close · similar rest & spread
-6.527–34 L O55
Very close
MICH vs PSU
2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar spread & total
-741–17 W O48.75
Very close
2024 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread & rest
-6.531–24 W O45
Very close
2023 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & total
-8.534–20 W O47.5
Very close
MISS vs UK
2022 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & spread
-6.522–19 L U55
Very close
NCST vs FSU
2022 · Week 6 · very close · similar rest & total
-3.519–17 L U50.5
Close
PSU vs MINN
2022 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & spread
-5.545–17 W O43
Close
2023 · Week 4 · close · similar situation & rest
-927–10 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.
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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+11.0 →+13.7▲ 2.7#18
OU+11.4 →+16.2▲ 4.8#14
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

AUB
Longer bar = better
OU
#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
When AUB has the ball
Advantage: OU defense
AUB offOU defEdge
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
When OU has the ball
Even matchup
OU offAUB defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
AUB scored
9.3
#23
12.7
#27
22.0
#29
8.0
#38
7.0
#58
15.0
#51
OU allowed
0.0
#1
1.0
#4
1.0
#2
5.3
#74
0.0
#1
5.3
#16
OU scoring against the AUB defense
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OU scored
8.3
#39
12.7
#27
21.0
#31
7.0
#51
5.7
#74
12.7
#71
AUB allowed
2.0
#24
4.3
#31
6.3
#24
5.3
#74
2.3
#18
7.7
#34

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
OU +2.5
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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