Sat, Oct 4, 2025, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 6 · at North Carolina · Conference game
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1-3 · Power #34
38
▲ winner
Final
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2-2 · Power #89
10
final
Closing spread
CLEM -15.5
✓ CLEM W
Total
47.5
▲ Over · 48 pts
Model before kickoff
CLEM 31–17 UNC
✓ CLEM (85%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenCLEM -13.5
CloseCLEM -15.5
Total48.5 → 47.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2 pts toward Clemson
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened CLEM -13.5 · closed CLEM -15.5 · moved 2 toward CLEMmodel CLEM -11.5
Opened 48.5 · closed 47.5 · moved 1 downmodel 48
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 13.5–17.5 since 2023: won 83%, covered 53% (76 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 52% (176 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenCLEM -13.5
CloseCLEM -15.5
Total48.5 → 47.5
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 CLEM as a 15.5-point road favorite at UNC, the favorite won 9, covered 6, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: CLEM won 38–10; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 48 points went over 47.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
9 of 1090%
Normal range · usually 84%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 47%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 11.5 against an average line of 14.5; 50.7 points a game (usually 53). Of the 4 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2024 · Week 3 · close · similar spread & total
-15.537–17 W O47.5
Close
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar spread & total
-1731–11 W U46
Close
2025 · Week 4 · close · similar situation & total
-1149–37 W O51.5
Close
2023 · Week 7 · close · similar situation & total
-11.531–10 W U49
Close
2023 · Week 6 · close · similar spread
-1449–34 W O56
Close
2025 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & spread
-14.531–14 W U52.5
Close
2024 · Week 11 · close · similar spread & total
-15.523–13 L U48.5
Loose
2023 · Week 9 · loose · similar total & spread
-1427–33 L O48.5
Loose
BOIS @ WYO
2022 · Week 12 · loose · similar spread & total
-14.520–17 L U44.5
Loose
2023 · Week 10 · loose · similar situation & spread
-1713–10 L U44.5
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 4 trends and market moves behind it
Slight North Carolina ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Under trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Clemson ATS struggles (0-4)
Clemson have covered only 0% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 262-295 (47%)
Clemson 0-4 ATS as a favorite
Struggling to cover in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 221-216 (51%)
Market moved toward Clemson
2 pts (CLEM -13.5 → CLEM -15.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Both teams trending Under (6-2 combined)
Their games this season have mostly stayed under the total. · Backtest 2023–26: 48-54 (47%)
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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
CLEM+15.2 →+8.6▼ 6.6#32
UNC+2.3 →−4.0▼ 6.3#79
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5

CLEM
Longer bar = better
UNC
#97
Offense
◀ CLEM better
#116
#59
Defense
Even
#67
−0.5 #109
Turnovers
UNC better ▶
0.0 #76
64 plays #98
Pace
◀ CLEM faster
54 plays #135
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When CLEM has the ball
Advantage: UNC defense
CLEM offUNC defEdge
Points / game 19.8 #118 22.8 #61 UNC
Yards / play 5.68 #79 5.07 #51 UNC
PPA / play 0.00 #124 +0.12 #84 UNC
Success rate 44% #68 41% #73 Even
When UNC has the ball
Advantage: CLEM defense
UNC offCLEM defEdge
Points / game 21.0 #108 22.8 #62 CLEM
Yards / play 4.90 #123 5.17 #58 CLEM
PPA / play +0.03 #110 +0.05 #60 CLEM
Success rate 38% #121 39% #54 CLEM

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
CLEM scoring against the UNC defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
CLEM scored
2.5
#124
6.0
#104
8.5
#123
6.0
#70
5.3
#97
11.3
#90
UNC allowed
4.3
#62
7.3
#78
11.5
#63
7.0
#105
4.3
#31
11.3
#68
UNC scoring against the CLEM defense
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UNC scored
6.8
#67
5.0
#119
11.8
#105
5.0
#90
4.3
#110
9.3
#114
CLEM allowed
5.0
#78
9.0
#101
14.0
#93
4.3
#56
4.5
#36
8.8
#38

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
UNC +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
71° · 2 mph
gusts 9 mph · at kickoff
Rest
CLEM14d bye
UNC14d bye
Even
Tempo
Slow 118 plays
slowavg 134fast

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