Sat, Sep 5, 2026, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 1 · Neutral site
Closing spread
AUB -6.5
✓ BAY W
Total
58.5
▼ Under · 33 pts
Model before kickoff
BAY 25–31 AUB
✓ AUB (69%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenAUB -6.5
CloseAUB -6.5
Total59.5 → 58.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenAUB -6.5
no move
CloseAUB -6.5
No change since the open
Total
Open59.5
▼ 1
Close58.5
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened AUB -6.5 · unchangedmodel AUB -8
model AUB -8
Opened 59.5 · closed 58.5 · moved 1 downmodel 56
model 56
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Neutral-site favorites of 5.5–7.5 since 2023: won 65%, covered 37% (43 games)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenAUB -6.5
CloseAUB -6.5
Total59.5 → 58.5
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
AUB as a 6.5-point neutral-site favorite against BAY, the favorite won 7, covered 4, and 4 went over the total.
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This game: AUB won 17–16; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 33 points stayed under 58.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 67%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 52%
Went over
4 of 1040%
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 5.1 against an average line of 6.4; 50.9 points a game (usually 53.1). 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 |
2023 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread & team ratings |
-6.5 | 34–22 | W | O54 |
| Very close |
2025 · Postseason · very close · similar team ratings & total |
-3.5 | 25–21 | W | U55 |
| Close |
2025 · Week 1 · close · similar spread & situation |
-6 | 20–17 | L | U50.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Postseason · close · similar spread |
-7.25 | 44–41 | L | O52 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar team ratings |
-6.5 | 21–17 | L | U50.5 |
| Close |
2025 · Week 15 · close · similar team ratings |
-3.5 | 20–27 | L | U58.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 4 · close · similar situation & spread |
-6.5 | 34–27 | W | O52 |
| Close |
2024 · Postseason · close · similar total |
-9.5 | 34–3 | W | U59.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 1 · close · similar total |
-10.5 | 21–24 | L | U54.5 |
| Close |
2025 · Postseason · close |
-4.5 | 27–30 | L | O56.5 |
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2023 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 1 trend and market move behind it
No clear signal on the spread
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.
Small sample warning
Baylor have 0 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 42 in the 4th quarter and got 16. 48% of games with totals 54.5–62.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4-6 40% | 1-9 10% | 4-6 40% | |
| 3-7 30% | 3-6-1 33% | 3-7 30% |
Recent meetings
Last 1 since 2023
BAY 0–1 AUB
AUB leads · 1 game since 2023 · AUB has won the last meeting
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 2025 | Auburn 38 @ Baylor 24 | BAY -1.5 | AUB W |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
Neutral site
No home edge
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
BAY1st game
AUB1st game
Even
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