Sat, Nov 29, 2025, 12:00 PM ESTWeek 14 · at Florida Atlantic · Conference game
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.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenECU -6.5
no move
CloseECU -6.5
No change since the open
Total
Open66.5
no move
Close66.5
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ECU -6.5 · unchangedmodel ECU -10.5
model ECU -10.5
Opened 66.5 · unchangedmodel 59.5
model 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
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close |
2023 · Week 10 · very close · similar rest & situation |
-7.5 | 37–29 | W | U71 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & season form |
-6.5 | 45–42 | L | O69.5 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-7.5 | 32–31 | L | O62.25 |
| Very close |
2025 · Week 13 · very close · similar situation & season form |
-10 | 45–10 | W | U62 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & season form |
-4 | 31–20 | W | U63 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-7.5 | 35–17 | W | U67.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 10 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-7 | 36–44 | L | O61.5 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 6 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-6.5 | 52–32 | W | O59 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & season form |
-7.5 | 45–21 | W | O62 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-5 | 45–10 | 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%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 22 in the 4th quarter and got 0. 41% of games with totals 62.5–70.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7-3 70% | 5-5 50% | 6-4 60% | |
| 4-6 40% | 7-3 70% | 7-3 70% |
Recent meetings
Last 2 since 2023
ECU 4–0 FAU
ECU leads · 4 games since 2013 · ECU has won the last 4 meetings
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7 2024 | Florida Atlantic 14 @ East Carolina 49 | ECU -5.5 | ECU W |
| Nov 11 2023 | East Carolina 22 @ Florida Atlantic 7 | FAU -7.5 | ECU W |
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
Longer bar = better
#38
Offense
◀ ECU better#61
#39
Defense
◀ ECU better#116
+0.2 #53
Turnovers
◀ ECU better−1.5 #137
78 plays #2
Pace
Even79 plays #1
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| ECU off | FAU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| FAU off | ECU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9.1 #13 | 6.9 #94 | 16.0 #48 | 8.4 #22 | 8.4 #32 | 16.7 #18 | |
7.5 #113 | 9.2 #101 | 16.7 #112 | 9.1 #130 | 10.0 #131 | 19.1 #135 |
FAU scoring against the ECU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9.7 #9 | 9.5 #50 | 19.3 #19 | 4.5 #105 | 8.2 #35 | 12.6 #63 | |
3.4 #28 | 9.2 #101 | 12.5 #68 | 4.4 #38 | 5.0 #30 | 9.4 #28 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
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
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