Sat, Sep 19, 2026, 9:30 PM EDTWeek 3 · at App State
Weather at kickoff64°F4 mphWet0.2 mmWet Over 45% of 309 games since 2023Weather watch ›
0-2 · Power #135
21
final
Final
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2-0 · Power #94
26
▲ winner
Closing spread
APP -16.5
✓ CLT W
Total
52.5
▼ Under · 47 pts
Model before kickoff
CLT 19–36 APP
✓ APP (88%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenAPP -19.5
CloseAPP -16.5
Total53.5 → 52.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
3 pts toward Charlotte
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened APP -19.5 · closed APP -16.5 · moved 3 toward CLTmodel APP -15.5
Opened 53.5 · closed 52.5 · moved 1 downmodel 55
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 15.5–17.5 since 2023: won 91%, covered 49% (140 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 50% (240 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenAPP -19.5
CloseAPP -16.5
Total53.5 → 52.5
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 APP as a 16.5-point home favorite against CLT, the favorite won 10, covered 3, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: APP won 26–21; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 47 points stayed under 52.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
10 of 10100%
Normal range · usually 90%
Favorite covered
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 52%
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 12.5 against an average line of 15.8; 55.1 points a game (usually 52.4). Of the 5 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 2 · very close · similar spread & rest
-17.538–23 L O51
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & spread
-1733–28 L O56
Close
2023 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & situation
-1735–24 L U59.5
Close
2023 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & total
-14.541–24 W O54.25
Close
2025 · Week 8 · close · similar situation & spread
-16.522–20 L U56.5
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest
-1335–33 L O48
Close
2025 · Week 5 · close · similar rest
-1535–10 W U54.5
Close
2025 · Week 8 · close
-16.541–27 L O54.5
Close
2024 · Week 11 · close · similar total & spread
-14.538–7 W U53.5
Close
2023 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & total
-16.520–17 L U52
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Charlotte ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (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.

Market moved toward Charlotte
3 pts (APP -19.5 → APP -16.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Small sample warning
Charlotte have 2 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 138 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
CLT−18.1 →−17.0▲ 1.1#131
APP−10.7 →−6.8▲ 3.9#93
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

CLT
Longer bar = better
APP
#79
Offense
APP better ▶
#36
#135
Defense
APP better ▶
#69
−1.0 #123
Turnovers
APP better ▶
+1.5 #13
68 plays #59
Pace
APP faster ▶
72 plays #28
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When CLT has the ball
Even matchup
CLT offAPP defEdge
Points / game 25.0 #100 13.5 #25 APP
Yards / play 6.37 #57 5.05 #64 Even
PPA / play +0.13 #86 +0.13 #97 Even
Success rate 44% #71 42% #91 Even
When APP has the ball
Advantage: APP offense
APP offCLT defEdge
Points / game 41.0 #28 42.0 #134 APP
Yards / play 7.24 #20 6.78 #130 APP
PPA / play +0.30 #32 +0.38 #137 APP
Success rate 45% #63 55% #138 APP

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 123 FBS teams
CLT scoring against the APP defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
CLT scored
3.5
3.5
7.0
6.5
5.0
11.5
APP allowed
3.5
1.5
5.0
5.0
3.5
8.5
APP scoring against the CLT defense
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APP scored
5.0
19.0
24.0
8.5
8.5
17.0
CLT allowed
7.0
10.0
17.0
7.0
10.5
17.5

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
APP +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
64° · 4 mph
gusts 8 mph · 0.169 in rain · at kickoff
Rest
CLT7d
APP7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 140 plays
slowavg 133fast
Altitude
CLT +2,625 ft
moderate climb