Sat, Nov 1, 2025, 2:00 PM EDTWeek 10 · at Temple · Conference game
Closing spread
ECU -5.5
✓ ECU W
Total
58.5
▲ Over · 59 pts
Model before kickoff
ECU 29–24 TEM
✓ ECU (66%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenECU -4.5
CloseECU -5.5
Total57.5 → 58.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenECU -4.5
1 → ECU
CloseECU -5.5
1 pt toward East Carolina
Total
Open57.5
▲ 1
Close58.5
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ECU -4.5 · closed ECU -5.5 · moved 1 toward ECUmodel ECU -6.5
model ECU -6.5
Opened 57.5 · closed 58.5 · moved 1 upmodel 53
model 53
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 4.5–6.5 since 2023: won 59%, covered 48% (133 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 49% (221 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenECU -4.5
CloseECU -5.5
Total57.5 → 58.5
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 5.5-point road favorite at TEM, the favorite won 7, covered 6, and 4 went over the total.
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This game: ECU won 45–14; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 59 points went over 58.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 63%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
4 of 1040%
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 8.3 against an average line of 6.2; 57.9 points a game (usually 53). Of the 3 overs, 1 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 8 · very close · similar total & rest |
-7.5 | 17–20 | L | U60.5 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar situation & team ratings |
-7.5 | 32–31 | L | O62.25 |
| Very close |
2025 · Week 6 · very close · similar total & spread |
-6.5 | 21–27 | L | U58.5 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 13 · very close · similar spread & situation |
-5.5 | 44–52 | L | O56.75 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 9 · close · similar spread & season form |
-6.5 | 31–13 | W | U53.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 7 · close · similar spread & season form |
-7 | 31–13 | W | U59 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 8 · close · similar spread & total |
-6.5 | 33–25 | W | U61.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 12 · close · similar spread & situation |
-5 | 45–10 | W | U63.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 6 · close · similar total & spread |
-6 | 35–28 | W | O59 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 9 · close · similar spread & total |
-4 | 42–29 | W | O61.5 |
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
Moderate Temple ATS trend Miss
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (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.
East Carolina 3-1 ATS as a favorite
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 271-262 (51%)
Temple ATS trend (6-2)
Temple have covered 75% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Temple 3-1 ATS at home
Strong against the spread at home this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 228-230 (50%)
Temple 3-1 ATS as an underdog
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 271-262 (51%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 392 earlier overs in games with totals 54.5–62.5, 33% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6-4 60% | 6-3 67% | 3-7 30% | |
| 5-5 50% | 7-3 70% | 7-3 70% |
Recent meetings
Last 1 since 2023
ECU 1–0 TEM
ECU leads · 1 game since 2023 · ECU has won the last meeting
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26 2024 | Temple 34 @ East Carolina 56 | ECU -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 →+2.2▲ 7.2#58
TEM−16.1 →−5.9▲ 10.2#88
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW9
Longer bar = better
#58
Offense
TEM better ▶#39
#28
Defense
◀ ECU better#91
+0.7 #23
Turnovers
TEM better ▶+1.3 #4
79 plays #2
Pace
◀ ECU faster65 plays #89
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| ECU off | TEM def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 30.3 #57 | 26.0 #87 | ECU |
| Yards / play | 5.75 #66 | 5.67 #85 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.14 #63 | +0.15 #97 | ECU |
| Success rate | 45% #46 | 44% #94 | ECU |
| TEM off | ECU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 33.6 #42 | 17.1 #17 | ECU |
| Yards / play | 5.97 #54 | 5.08 #38 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.24 #25 | +0.02 #33 | Even |
| Success rate | 46% #34 | 38% #25 | Even |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
ECU scoring against the TEM defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8.3 #25 | 6.0 #107 | 14.3 #75 | 6.7 #59 | 9.3 #25 | 16.0 #32 | |
8.3 #118 | 5.6 #33 | 13.9 #81 | 7.0 #105 | 4.4 #23 | 11.4 #61 |
TEM scoring against the ECU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.5 #64 | 9.9 #45 | 16.4 #53 | 10.5 #7 | 5.9 #89 | 16.4 #30 | |
2.3 #14 | 6.1 #46 | 8.4 #17 | 3.3 #23 | 5.4 #47 | 8.7 #24 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
57° · 9 mph
gusts 28 mph · at kickoff
Rest
ECU16d bye
TEM7d
ECU +9 days
Tempo
Fast 144 plays
slowavg 134fast
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