Sat, Nov 22, 2025, 3:30 PM ESTWeek 13 · at UTSA · Conference game
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7-3 · Power #51
24
final
Final
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5-5 · Power #65
58
▲ winner
Closing spread
ECU -2.5
✓ UTSA W
Total
61.5
▲ Over · 82 pts
Model before kickoff
ECU 31–28 UTSA
✗ ECU (57%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenECU -3.5
CloseECU -2.5
Total61.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward UTSA
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ECU -3.5 · closed ECU -2.5 · moved 1 toward UTSAmodel ECU -3
Opened 61.5 · unchangedmodel 58.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 55%, covered 47% (226 games)ⓘ
Crossed 3The team the line moved toward covered 46% (111 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenECU -3.5
CloseECU -2.5
Total61.5
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 2.5-point road favorite at UTSA, the favorite won 6, covered 5, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: UTSA won 58–24 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 82 points went over 61.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 58%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 51%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 1.9 against an average line of 3.2; 61.5 points a game (usually 52.8). 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
WSU @ ARIZ
2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & total
-431–20 W U63
Very close
2024 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & spread
-1.521–37 L U59.5
Very close
2025 · Week 10 · very close · similar rest & season form
-4.536–48 L O58.5
Very close
2023 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & spread
-2.53–45 L U64
Very close
2023 · Week 10 · very close · similar rest & spread
-3.528–26 L U60
Very close
2023 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & season form
-442–29 W O61.5
Very close
2024 · Week 14 · very close · similar rest & spread
-2.520–13 W U58.5
Very close
WASH @ WSU
2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & spread
-2.551–33 W O60
Very close
2024 · Week 10 · very close · similar situation & spread
-3.531–38 L O53.5
Very close
UCF @ MEM
2022 · Week 10 · very close · similar season form & spread
-335–28 W O60.5
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Mixed signals on the spread
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 on the road
Strong against the spread on the road this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 228-230 (50%)
UTSA 3-1 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 →+4.2▲ 9.2#51
UTSA−2.5 →−1.8▲ 0.7#74
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW12

ECU
Longer bar = better
UTSA
#38
Offense
Even
#42
#25
Defense
◀ ECU better
#97
+0.5 #30
Turnovers
◀ ECU better
+0.2 #59
79 plays #1
Pace
◀ ECU faster
68 plays #47
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When ECU has the ball
Advantage: ECU offense
ECU offUTSA defEdge
Points / game 33.6 #29 30.4 #113 ECU
Yards / play 5.91 #57 5.99 #111 ECU
PPA / play +0.18 #42 +0.17 #106 ECU
Success rate 48% #23 41% #58 ECU
When UTSA has the ball
Even matchup
UTSA offECU defEdge
Points / game 32.3 #38 18.3 #15 ECU
Yards / play 6.03 #47 5.11 #37 Even
PPA / play +0.18 #43 +0.01 #30 Even
Success rate 45% #41 37% #16 ECU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
ECU scoring against the UTSA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ECU scored
10.0
#8
7.3
#90
17.3
#36
8.5
#21
7.8
#41
16.3
#23
UTSA allowed
5.2
#63
8.5
#93
13.7
#83
9.7
#132
7.0
#88
16.7
#131
UTSA scoring against the ECU defense
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UTSA scored
6.8
#53
10.4
#32
17.2
#37
8.5
#21
6.6
#70
15.1
#36
ECU allowed
2.3
#8
8.1
#87
10.4
#32
3.8
#29
4.1
#20
7.9
#15

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
UTSA +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
ECU7d
UTSA7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 147 plays
slowavg 134fast