Sat, Nov 1, 2025, 2:00 PM EDTWeek 10 · at Temple · Conference game
Weather at kickoff57°F9 mphgusts 28DryWindy Over 48% of 274 games since 2023Weather watch ›
4-3 · Power #51
45
▲ winner
Final
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5-3 · Power #96
14
final
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.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward East Carolina
Total
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
Opened 57.5 · closed 58.5 · moved 1 upmodel 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 8 · very close · similar total & rest
-7.517–20 L U60.5
Very close
WKU @ FAU
2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar situation & team ratings
-7.532–31 L O62.25
Very close
2025 · Week 6 · very close · similar total & spread
-6.521–27 L U58.5
Very close
2023 · Week 13 · very close · similar spread & situation
-5.544–52 L O56.75
Close
2023 · Week 9 · close · similar spread & season form
-6.531–13 W U53.5
Close
2023 · Week 7 · close · similar spread & season form
-731–13 W U59
Close
2024 · Week 8 · close · similar spread & total
-6.533–25 W U61.5
Close
2023 · Week 12 · close · similar spread & situation
-545–10 W U63.5
Close
2023 · Week 6 · close · similar total & spread
-635–28 W O59
Close
2023 · Week 9 · close · similar spread & total
-442–29 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%)
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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 →+2.2▲ 7.2#58
TEM−16.1 →−5.9▲ 10.2#88
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW9

ECU
Longer bar = better
TEM
#58
Offense
TEM better ▶
#39
#28
Defense
◀ ECU better
#91
+0.7 #23
Turnovers
TEM better ▶
+1.3 #4
79 plays #2
Pace
◀ ECU faster
65 plays #89
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When ECU has the ball
Advantage: ECU offense
ECU offTEM defEdge
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
When TEM has the ball
Even matchup
TEM offECU defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ECU scored
8.3
#25
6.0
#107
14.3
#75
6.7
#59
9.3
#25
16.0
#32
TEM allowed
8.3
#118
5.6
#33
13.9
#81
7.0
#105
4.4
#23
11.4
#61
TEM scoring against the ECU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TEM scored
6.5
#64
9.9
#45
16.4
#53
10.5
#7
5.9
#89
16.4
#30
ECU allowed
2.3
#14
6.1
#46
8.4
#17
3.3
#23
5.4
#47
8.7
#24

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TEM +2.5
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