Sat, Sep 27, 2025, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 5 · at Texas A&M · Conference game
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3-1 · Power #24
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Final
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3-0 · Power #10
16
▲ winner
Closing spread
TA&M -6.5
✓ AUB W
Total
51.5
▼ Under · 26 pts
Model before kickoff
AUB 23–29 TA&M
✓ TA&M (68%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTA&M -6.5
CloseTA&M -6.5
Total46.5 → 51.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
Up 5 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TA&M -6.5 · unchangedmodel TA&M -6
Opened 46.5 · closed 51.5 · moved 5 upmodel 51.5 matches the line
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 5.5–7.5 since 2023: won 70%, covered 58% (174 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTA&M -6.5
CloseTA&M -6.5
Total46.5 → 51.5
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 TA&M as a 6.5-point home favorite against AUB, the favorite won 8, covered 7, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: TA&M won 16–10; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 26 points stayed under 51.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 67%
Favorite covered
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 50%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 14 against an average line of 7; 53.2 points a game (usually 53.1). Of the 4 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2024 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & spread
-7.514–24 L U51.5
Close
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & spread
-642–20 W O58
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2024 · Week 13 · close · similar spread & situation
-7.541–15 W O54.5
Close
2023 · Week 11 · close · similar season form & situation
-1047–45 L O53
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2023 · Week 8 · close · similar situation & spread
-5.541–3 W U60
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CLEM vs LOU
2022 · Week 11 · close · similar spread & season form
-731–16 W U52
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2023 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & situation
-523–0 W U47
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FLA vs UK
2022 · Week 2 · close · similar situation & spread
-616–26 L U52.75
Close
ARK vs SC
2022 · Week 2 · close · similar situation & spread
-944–30 W O56.25
Close
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar spread & situation
-637–17 W O48
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Texas A&M ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Over trend Miss
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 ATS struggles (1-3)
Auburn have covered only 25% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 262-295 (47%)
Total moved up 5
46.5 → 51.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
Texas A&M 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 →+13.3▲ 2.3#21
TA&M+14.3 →+16.4▲ 2.1#15
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW4

AUB
Longer bar = better
TA&M
#51
Offense
TA&M better ▶
#31
#38
Defense
◀ AUB better
#65
+0.8 #35
Turnovers
◀ AUB better
0.0 #79
67 plays #69
Pace
TA&M faster ▶
69 plays #45
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When AUB has the ball
Even matchup
AUB offTA&M defEdge
Points / game 32.0 #59 28.7 #104 AUB
Yards / play 5.75 #73 5.16 #56 Even
PPA / play +0.25 #34 +0.08 #74 AUB
Success rate 48% #39 36% #27 Even
When TA&M has the ball
Even matchup
TA&M offAUB defEdge
Points / game 42.3 #20 16.5 #32 Even
Yards / play 6.96 #23 4.64 #36 Even
PPA / play +0.28 #28 +0.05 #61 TA&M
Success rate 46% #51 34% #23 AUB

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
AUB scoring against the TA&M defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
AUB scored
7.8
#47
11.3
#40
19.0
#40
6.0
#72
7.0
#65
13.0
#74
TA&M allowed
7.7
#109
5.7
#44
13.3
#89
7.3
#113
8.0
#100
15.3
#117
TA&M scoring against the AUB defense
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TA&M scored
8.0
#44
18.3
#2
26.3
#10
8.0
#46
8.0
#53
16.0
#45
AUB allowed
2.3
#27
5.0
#32
7.3
#26
4.8
#67
4.5
#44
9.3
#46

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TA&M +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
88° · 6 mph
gusts 16 mph · at kickoff
Rest
AUB7d
TA&M14d bye
TA&M +7 days
Tempo
Average 136 plays
slowavg 134fast

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