Wed, Oct 15, 2025, 7:00 PM EDTWeek 8 · at Jacksonville State · Conference game
Closing spread
DEL -2.5
✓ JXST W
Total
55.5
▲ Over · 63 pts
Model before kickoff
DEL 30–29 JXST
✗ DEL (52%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenDEL -2.5
CloseDEL -2.5
Total57.5 → 55.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenDEL -2.5
no move
CloseDEL -2.5
No change since the open
Total
Open57.5
▼ 2
Close55.5
Down 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened DEL -2.5 · unchangedmodel JXST -6.5
model JXST -6.5
Opened 57.5 · closed 55.5 · moved 2 downmodel 58.5
model 58.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 55%, covered 47% (203 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenDEL -2.5
CloseDEL -2.5
Total57.5 → 55.5
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
DEL as a 2.5-point road favorite at JXST, the favorite won 5, covered 3, and 5 went over the total.
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This game: JXST won 38–25 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 63 points went over 55.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
3 of 933%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 51%
Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 4.1 against an average line of 2.8; 59.5 points a game (usually 52.9). Of the 4 overs, 2 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close | 2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar total & spread |
-2.75 | 40–6 | W | U55.75 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 6 · very close · similar situation & season form |
-3 | 24–44 | L | O62 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 8 · very close · similar spread & situation |
-2.5 | 36–10 | W | U58.5 |
| Close |
2025 · Week 7 · close · similar spread & situation |
-1.5 | 28–35 | L | O49.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & rest |
-4 | 24–38 | L | O51.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 6 · close · similar total & situation |
-5 | 24–27 | L | U56.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 13 · close · similar spread & season form |
-2.5 | 34–10 | W | U51.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 8 · close · similar situation & spread |
-3 | 24–21 | P | U50 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 8 · close · similar spread & total |
-3 | 42–41 | L | O57 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar situation & spread |
-1 | 42–45 | L | O59.5 |
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 1 trend and market move behind it
No clear signal on the spread
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.
Total moved down 2
57.5 → 55.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 475 earlier overs in games with totals 51.5–59.5, 34% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-3 50% | 2-4 33% | 2-4 33% | |
| 5-5 50% | 5-5 50% | 6-4 60% |
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
DEL−22.6 →−12.3▲ 10.3#114
JXST−5.1 →−9.4▼ 4.3#106
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW7
Longer bar = better
#46
Offense
Even#58
#105
Defense
Even#101
−0.2 #92
Turnovers
JXST better ▶0.0 #71
72 plays #22
Pace
Even73 plays #20
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| DEL off | JXST def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 29.6 #58 | 26.8 #88 | DEL |
| Yards / play | 5.90 #61 | 5.74 #97 | DEL |
| PPA / play | +0.21 #36 | +0.18 #106 | DEL |
| Success rate | 48% #30 | 45% #113 | DEL |
| JXST off | DEL def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 29.5 #59 | 26.4 #86 | JXST |
| Yards / play | 5.80 #65 | 5.90 #105 | JXST |
| PPA / play | +0.16 #55 | +0.24 #129 | JXST |
| Success rate | 45% #52 | 44% #100 | JXST |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
DEL scoring against the JXST defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.8 #97 | 13.2 #12 | 18.0 #42 | 4.2 #102 | 6.2 #78 | 10.4 #101 | |
6.8 #102 | 6.3 #51 | 13.2 #76 | 5.2 #71 | 8.5 #115 | 13.7 #103 |
JXST scoring against the DEL defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.3 #65 | 7.8 #86 | 14.2 #77 | 7.0 #50 | 8.3 #45 | 15.3 #41 | |
4.8 #65 | 7.4 #82 | 12.2 #69 | 8.2 #124 | 5.4 #46 | 13.6 #102 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
75° · 1 mph
gusts 10 mph · at kickoff
Rest
DEL12d
JXST6d
DEL +6 days
Tempo
Fast 145 plays
slowavg 134fast
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