California @ Virginia Tech: Result, Lines & ATS Trends (Week 9, 2025)

Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 9 · at Virginia Tech · Conference game

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California

5-2 · Power #76

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Final

Virginia Tech

2-5 · Power #73

▲ winner

Closing spread

VT -6.5

✓ VT W

Total

50.5

▲ Over · 76 pts

Model before kickoff

CAL 21–28 VT

✓ VT (67%) won

Closing line · ESPN BET

SourceESPN BET closing line

OpenVT -2.5

CloseVT -6.5

Total49.5 → 50.5

Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

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Market

Open → close

Spread

OpenVT -2.5

4 → VT

CloseVT -6.5

4 pts toward Virginia Tech

Total

Open49.5

▲ 1

Close50.5

Up 1 since the open

Line movement

Opening and closing line · tap a dot

Opened VT -2.5 · closed VT -6.5 · moved 4 toward VTmodel VT -5.5

model VT -5.5

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Line context

Home favorites of 5.5–7.5 since 2023: won 70%, covered 57% (197 games)ⓘ

Crossed 3The team the line moved toward covered 45% (91 games since 2024)ⓘ

Closing line · ESPN BET

SourceESPN BET closing line

OpenVT -2.5

CloseVT -6.5

Total49.5 → 50.5

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 VT as a 6.5-point home favorite against CAL, the favorite won 5, covered 4, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: VT won 42–34; the favorite covered, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 76 points went over 50.5, as in 4 of 10.

Favorite won

5 of 1050%

Normal range · usually 68%

Favorite covered

4 of 1040%

Normal range · usually 51%

Went over

4 of 1040%

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 2.6 against an average line of 5.6; 55.2 points a game (usually 53.1). Of the 3 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
Close	AFA vs HAW 2025 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & season form	-7	35–44	L	O52.5
Close	CSU vs HAW 2025 · Week 8 · close · similar situation & season form	-2.5	19–31	L	U53.5
Close	NU vs M-OH 2022 · Week 4 · close · similar total & season form	-7.5	14–17	L	U50
Close	NEB vs IU 2022 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & rest	-6.5	35–21	W	U61.75
Close	AUB vs MIZ 2022 · Week 4 · close · similar situation & total	-7.5	17–14	L	U51
Close	VT vs WAKE 2023 · Week 7 · close · similar situation & total	-1.5	30–13	W	U48.5
Close	ILL vs NU 2023 · Week 13 · close · similar team ratings & situation	-5.5	43–45	L	O46.75
Close	TROY vs CCU 2022 · Week 14 · close · similar total	-6.5	45–26	W	O49
Close	WYO vs USU 2022 · Week 8 · close · similar situation & rest	-5.25	28–14	W	U44.5
Close	GT vs BC 2023 · Week 8 · close · similar situation	-6	23–38	L	O57

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

ATS

Records before kickoff

	Season	Cover	Venue	Role
CAL WLWLL	3-4	43%	2-1	2-1
VT L–WLL	1-5	17%	0-3	0-3

Venue/role: CAL away, as underdog; VT home, as favorite. Squares: last 5 games ATS (W covered, L didn’t), oldest first.

Totals

Over/under before kickoff

	O-U	Over %	SU
CAL OUUOU	3-4	43%	5-2
VT OUUOU	3-4	43%	2-5

Went over in Q4. Of 555 earlier overs in games with totals 46.5–54.5, 33% had cashed by the end of Q3.

When games like this go over ›

Squares: last 5 games (O over, U under), oldest first. Hover for the score and line.

Last 10 games

Before kickoff, this and last season

	Straight up	Spread	Over / under
CAL	6-4 60%	3-7 30%	3-7 30%
VT	3-7 30%	2-7 22%	5-5 50%

Wins-losses (pushes and ties last). Spread and over / under skip games without a line.

Recent meetings

The series

CAL 2–1 VT CAL leads · 3 games since 2003 · CAL has won the last meeting

All-time series from CollegeFootballData.

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

CAL+3.8 →−2.8▼ 6.6#78

VT+6.8 →−2.4▼ 9.2#77

Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW8

CAL

Longer bar = better

#105

Offense

VT better ▶

#91

#43

Defense

◀ CAL better

#117

0.0 #73

Turnovers

◀ CAL better

−0.4 #107

68 plays #59

Pace

◀ CAL faster

66 plays #87

Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense

When CAL has the ball

Even matchup

	CAL off	VT def	Edge
Points / game	23.7 #95	29.3 #105	Even
Yards / play	5.08 #110	6.09 #114	Even
PPA / play	+0.05 #111	+0.26 #130	Even
Success rate	40% #104	46% #119	Even

When VT has the ball

Advantage: CAL defense

	VT off	CAL def	Edge
Points / game	23.0 #98	21.9 #50	CAL
Yards / play	5.48 #88	5.27 #52	CAL
PPA / play	+0.11 #89	+0.03 #38	CAL
Success rate	42% #90	38% #31	CAL

Bars show league standing (dashed mark = league middle); Offense and Defense use the average rank across the four stats below. In the tables, a highlighted value and the Edge column mark the side ranked better by at least 15% of the league; defense values are what that team allows. Yards and turnovers from ESPN box scores; PPA from CollegeFootballData (garbage time excluded). Descriptive only: the model already uses these.

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams

CAL scoring against the VT defense

	Q1	Q2	1H	Q3	Q4	2H
CAL scored	8.4 #26	4.0 #128	12.4 #96	5.0 #85	6.3 #77	11.3 #91
VT allowed	5.6 #77	9.1 #100	14.7 #95	5.7 #82	8.9 #120	14.6 #113

VT scoring against the CAL defense

	Q1	Q2	1H	Q3	Q4	2H
VT scored	4.1 #109	7.7 #84	11.9 #100	5.7 #73	5.4 #93	11.1 #95
CAL allowed	4.0 #41	7.6 #85	11.6 #58	3.9 #40	6.4 #66	10.3 #50

Regulation only (overtime is left out). 1H = Q1 + Q2, 2H = Q3 + Q4. #1 scores the most, or allows the fewest. Season to date, not adjusted for opponents.