Sat, Sep 6, 2025, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Colorado
Weather at kickoff75°F6 mphgusts 16DryWeather watch ›
1-0 · Power #117
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0-1 · Power #75
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▲ winner
Closing spread
COLO -23.5
✓ COLO W
Total
49.5
▼ Under · 38 pts
Model before kickoff
DEL 15–41 COLO
✓ COLO (97%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenCOLO -24.5
CloseCOLO -23.5
Total50.5 → 49.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Delaware
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened COLO -24.5 · closed COLO -23.5 · moved 1 toward DELmodel COLO -35.5
Opened 50.5 · closed 49.5 · moved 1 downmodel 55
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Line context
Home favorites of 22.5–24.5 since 2023: won 95%, covered 43% (55 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 50% (163 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenCOLO -24.5
CloseCOLO -23.5
Total50.5 → 49.5
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 COLO as a 23.5-point home favorite against DEL, the favorite won 8, covered 2, and 9 went over the total.

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This game: COLO won 31–7; the favorite covered, as in 2 of the 10 similar games. 38 points stayed under 49.5, as in 1 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 91%
Favorite covered
2 of 1020%
Normal range · usually 44%
Went over
9 of 1090%
Above normal · usually 49%

Overs above normal. Splits like this often fade, so treat it as context, not a pick. Average result: favorite by 11.4 against an average line of 23.7; 59.2 points a game (usually 54.2). Of the 3 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
FLA vs USF
2022 · Week 3 · loose · similar spread & situation
-23.531–28 L O58
Loose
2023 · Week 2 · loose · similar situation & rest
-19.525–6 L U48
Loose
2023 · Week 3 · loose · similar situation & total
-2548–14 W O51.5
Loose
2024 · Week 13 · loose · similar total & spread
-23.535–14 L O48.5
Loose
PSU vs OHIO
2022 · Week 2 · loose · similar situation & rest
-2846–10 W O55
Loose
ND vs UNLV
2022 · Week 8 · loose · similar rest & situation
-2644–21 L O46.5
Loose
MIA vs MTSU
2022 · Week 4 · loose · similar situation & spread
-25.531–45 L O53.5
Loose
BYU vs WYO
2022 · Week 4 · loose · similar situation & total
-21.2538–24 L O49.75
Loose
LIB vs NMSU
2022 · Week 13 · loose · similar spread & total
-2414–49 L O50.5
Loose
2023 · Week 6 · loose · similar situation & rest
-2141–28 L O55
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Colorado ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
No clear signal on the total

Green signals have beaten the market in our backtest; yellow ones only describe the data.

Colorado at altitude (+1.6 km)
Delaware climb about 5,282 ft to play here; visitors have covered less often than the line expects at altitude. · Backtest 2023–26: 64-41 (61%)
Small sample warning
Delaware has 1 game with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
DEL−22.6 →−19.8▲ 2.8#131
COLO+9.6 →+6.3▼ 3.3#43
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

DEL
Longer bar = better
COLO
#42
Offense
◀ DEL better
#84
#89
Defense
◀ DEL better
#115
+1.0 #53
Turnovers
COLO better ▶
+3.0 #6
70 plays #52
Pace
◀ DEL faster
60 plays #101
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When DEL has the ball
Advantage: DEL offense
DEL offCOLO defEdge
Points / game 35.0 #47 27.0 #103 DEL
Yards / play 6.11 #53 6.81 #123 DEL
PPA / play +0.36 #37 +0.19 #104 DEL
Success rate 54% #29 59% #131 DEL
When COLO has the ball
Even matchup
COLO offDEL defEdge
Points / game 20.0 #90 17.0 #80 Even
Yards / play 5.08 #85 5.21 #91 Even
PPA / play +0.15 #68 +0.12 #87 Even
Success rate 39% #91 44% #99 Even

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
COLO +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
75° · 6 mph
gusts 16 mph · at kickoff
Rest
DEL9d
COLO8d
DEL +1 day
Tempo
Average 130 plays
slowavg 133fast
Altitude
DEL +5,282 ft
thin air for the visitors

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