Sat, Nov 29, 2025, 12:00 PM ESTWeek 14 · at Florida Atlantic · Conference game
Weather at kickoff75°F14 mphgusts 30DryWindy Over 48% of 274 games since 2023Weather watch ›
7-4 · Power #51
42
▲ winner
Final
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4-7 · Power #108
3
final
Closing spread
ECU -6.5
✓ ECU W
Total
66.5
▼ Under · 45 pts
Model before kickoff
ECU 33–26 FAU
✓ ECU (70%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenECU -6.5
CloseECU -6.5
Total66.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ECU -6.5 · unchangedmodel ECU -10.5
Opened 66.5 · unchangedmodel 59.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 5.5–7.5 since 2023: won 65%, covered 53% (173 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenECU -6.5
CloseECU -6.5
Total66.5
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 ECU as a 6.5-point road favorite at FAU, the favorite won 9, covered 7, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: ECU won 42–3; the favorite covered, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 45 points stayed under 66.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
9 of 1090%
Normal range · usually 68%
Favorite covered
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 51%
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 14.7 against an average line of 6.9; 65.9 points a game (usually 53.2). Of the 3 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 10 · very close · similar rest & situation
-7.537–29 W U71
Very close
2023 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & season form
-6.545–42 L O69.5
Very close
WKU @ FAU
2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & spread
-7.532–31 L O62.25
Very close
2025 · Week 13 · very close · similar situation & season form
-1045–10 W U62
Very close
WSU @ ARIZ
2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & season form
-431–20 W U63
Very close
WKU @ MTSU
2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & spread
-7.535–17 W U67.5
Very close
2024 · Week 10 · very close · similar rest & spread
-736–44 L O61.5
Very close
TOL @ NIU
2022 · Week 6 · very close · similar rest & spread
-6.552–32 W O59
Very close
2023 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & season form
-7.545–21 W O62
Very close
2023 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & spread
-545–10 W U63.5
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
Slight Florida Atlantic ATS trend Miss
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.

Florida Atlantic 4-1 ATS at home
Strong against the spread at home this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 228-230 (50%)
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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
ECU−5.0 →+2.4▲ 7.4#60
FAU−10.0 →−9.4▲ 0.6#101
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW13

ECU
Longer bar = better
FAU
#38
Offense
◀ ECU better
#61
#39
Defense
◀ ECU better
#116
+0.2 #53
Turnovers
◀ ECU better
−1.5 #137
78 plays #2
Pace
Even
79 plays #1
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When ECU has the ball
Advantage: ECU offense
ECU offFAU defEdge
Points / game 32.7 #32 35.8 #132 ECU
Yards / play 5.93 #50 5.95 #107 ECU
PPA / play +0.16 #48 +0.19 #115 ECU
Success rate 47% #22 44% #108 ECU
When FAU has the ball
Advantage: ECU defense
FAU offECU defEdge
Points / game 31.9 #39 21.9 #44 Even
Yards / play 5.78 #67 5.23 #45 ECU
PPA / play +0.12 #63 +0.04 #46 Even
Success rate 42% #73 38% #20 ECU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
ECU scoring against the FAU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ECU scored
9.1
#13
6.9
#94
16.0
#48
8.4
#22
8.4
#32
16.7
#18
FAU allowed
7.5
#113
9.2
#101
16.7
#112
9.1
#130
10.0
#131
19.1
#135
FAU scoring against the ECU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
FAU scored
9.7
#9
9.5
#50
19.3
#19
4.5
#105
8.2
#35
12.6
#63
ECU allowed
3.4
#28
9.2
#101
12.5
#68
4.4
#38
5.0
#30
9.4
#28

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
FAU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
75° · 14 mph
gusts 30 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
ECU7d
FAU7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 156 plays
slowavg 134fast