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0-0 · Power #38
16
final
Final
vs
0-0 · Power #25
17
▲ winner
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
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened AUB -6.5 · unchangedmodel AUB -8
Opened 59.5 · closed 58.5 · moved 1 downmodel 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread & team ratings
-6.534–22 W O54
Very close
2025 · Postseason · very close · similar team ratings & total
-3.525–21 W U55
Close
2025 · Week 1 · close · similar spread & situation
-620–17 L U50.5
Close
2024 · Postseason · close · similar spread
-7.2544–41 L O52
Close
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar team ratings
-6.521–17 L U50.5
Close
2025 · Week 15 · close · similar team ratings
-3.520–27 L U58.5
Close
2023 · Week 4 · close · similar situation & spread
-6.534–27 W O52
Close
2024 · Postseason · close · similar total
-9.534–3 W U59.5
Close
2024 · Week 1 · close · similar total
-10.521–24 L U54.5
Close
2025 · Postseason · close
-4.527–30 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.
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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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