Sat, Nov 8, 2025, 12:00 PM ESTWeek 11 · at Texas Tech · Conference game
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8-0 · Power #19
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8-1 · Power #5
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▲ winner
Closing spread
TTU -13.5
✓ TTU W
Total
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Model before kickoff
BYU 20–32 TTU
✓ TTU (82%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTTU -10.5
CloseTTU -13.5
Total—
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Market

Open → close
Spread
3 pts toward Texas Tech
Total
 
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TTU -10.5 · closed TTU -13.5 · moved 3 toward TTUmodel TTU -10
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Line context
Home favorites of 12.5–14.5 since 2023: won 86%, covered 52% (125 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 52% (214 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTTU -10.5
CloseTTU -13.5
Total—
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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 TTU as a 13.5-point home favorite against BYU, the favorite won 8, covered 5, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: TTU won 29–7; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 80%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 46%
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 12.5 against an average line of 13.4; 51.7 points a game (usually 53.9). Of the 3 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3.

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MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
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2025 · Week 10 · close · similar season form & situation
-1145–14 W O57.5
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2024 · Postseason · close · similar spread
-13.538–24 W O49.5
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USC vs WSU
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar situation & spread
-12.530–14 W U64.5
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CLEM vs SYR
2022 · Week 8 · close
-1427–21 L U50
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2025 · Week 7 · close · similar season form & situation
-10.531–34 L O57
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2023 · Week 13 · close · similar situation & season form
-1431–7 W U61.25
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2023 · Week 6 · close · similar spread & situation
-1327–20 L U62
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OU vs KSU
2022 · Week 4 · close · similar season form
-13.534–41 L O53
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TEX vs ISU
2022 · Week 7 · close · similar situation
-15.524–21 L U48.5
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2024 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & spread
-1634–0 W U51.5
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 6 trends and market moves behind it
Moderate Texas Tech ATS trend Hit
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.

BYU ATS trend (6-2)
BYU have covered 75% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
BYU 3-1 ATS on the road
Strong against the spread on the road this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 228-230 (50%)
Texas Tech ATS trend (7-1)
Texas Tech have covered 88% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Texas Tech 4-0 ATS at home
Strong against the spread at home this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 228-230 (50%)
Texas Tech 6-1 ATS as a favorite
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 271-262 (51%)
Market moved toward Texas Tech
3 pts (TTU -10.5 → TTU -13.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
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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
BYU+7.8 →+13.5▲ 5.7#19
TTU+5.6 →+19.6▲ 14.0#8
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW10

BYU
Longer bar = better
TTU
#28
Offense
Even
#24
#29
Defense
TTU better ▶
#4
+1.3 #4
Turnovers
Even
+0.9 #17
67 plays #63
Pace
TTU faster ▶
74 plays #12
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When BYU has the ball
Advantage: TTU defense
BYU offTTU defEdge
Points / game 36.3 #19 13.2 #5 Even
Yards / play 6.47 #28 4.10 #6 TTU
PPA / play +0.21 #32 −0.26 #1 TTU
Success rate 46% #34 32% #4 TTU
When TTU has the ball
Even matchup
TTU offBYU defEdge
Points / game 43.6 #4 17.0 #16 Even
Yards / play 6.69 #20 4.92 #27 Even
PPA / play +0.24 #25 0.00 #27 Even
Success rate 45% #46 40% #45 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
BYU scoring against the TTU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
BYU scored
7.6
#38
11.8
#21
19.4
#22
5.4
#87
10.4
#7
15.8
#34
TTU allowed
1.4
#2
3.8
#9
5.2
#5
1.6
#5
6.4
#69
8.0
#16
TTU scoring against the BYU defense
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TTU scored
13.2
#2
11.9
#16
25.1
#2
8.0
#30
10.4
#5
18.4
#12
BYU allowed
5.1
#62
4.3
#12
9.4
#25
2.5
#13
4.8
#30
7.3
#10

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TTU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
67° · 9 mph
gusts 19 mph · at kickoff
Rest
BYU14d bye
TTU7d
BYU +7 days
Tempo
Fast 141 plays
slowavg 134fast

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